The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-12-04

virtue Is u gem OF trarest price. :, Solomon
himself, on bended knees, acknowledged the
infinite value ofvirlue in wife. The muses.
Ising Of the heaven born quality. He Of the
Enterprise ought to have been married long
ago but, at all events, ,"l late is better than
never" A few weeks after my marriage, l
wrote hin, letter, recommending him to
hurry and get married, and endeavored to
give him some idea of the taste of heavenly
joys I had enjoyed. He, however, refused
to act upon my suggestion at the moment.
Perhaps he did not wish to marry without
his host. see, though, that he has at last
taken unto himself wife. When L heard
OK his marriage, was the harpiest of: all
men at the termination Of the affair which,
in this world Of corruption, does not always
turn out so we'll.
do not love to magnify the good quail
ties Of those with whom am connected by
blood or by marriage; but, while on the
subject of marriage, cannot resist the
temptation TO make few remarks relative
to my consort, although they are somewhat
too much in the sclfglorying vein. When
she and studied in the Deaf and Dumb In
stitute, used 20 hate her, though without
cause. If any one suggested to me the pro,
priety of marrying her. as she had good
education, would knock him down on the
spot, because | could not bring myself 60
think Of marrying one whom my very soul
loathed.@' But prest changes After lapse
of nearly nine years we met in the museum
Of the in ditute, and there, for the first time
in my life, l learned to love her in secret.
| durst not open q regular correspondence,
rs most lovers do, with her, for fear lest my
suit should be rejected. 1t was not until a
year before our marriage that proposed
and was accepted.
My wife is a wildcat sort of girl. Not
that she is not given to scolding, but she
acts out the proverb that there is limit
to human patience" She often quotes the
Bible as saying that it is right to be angry
occasionally, in order TO prevent an undue
degree Of familiarity, either in conduct or
conversation. She is Political, Hygenic
Dress Reformer, and every other variety OF
Reformer one can think Of. Go where ]
will, she keeps TO my side. If 60 to a
store, she will accompany me, even against
my will, fair weather or foul, and regardless
Of the distance or place. She is always tell.
ing me that she loves me to the extreme OF
fondness. She is exceedingly timid, but,
strange as it may seem, she will go with me
through places infested by robbers. I am
not writing romance. chronicle in this
article the record Of facts, and facts alone
Immediately after our marriage, both Of us
standing on the bank of a creek, / made as
If to throw myself into the creek, when my
wife rushed towards ine, evidently determin-
ed to follow me into the water, rather than
survive Inc. grasped her in my arms,
and undeceived her, to her no small gratif.
cation. Though she is actually deaf and
dumb, she seems to be wife all over.
am an old line Wing; the partner Of my
bosom is staunch Democrat. Thus she
differs in politics with her lawful husband
Fishing, hunting, bathing, and every other
pastime, We equally share in. In short, and
in fact, she is one Of the "strong minded
women"
Oh, IL was torn from the embrace Of my
companion, 1t would be bereavement de-
vastating, heart.rending Oh, it must be
agonizing to be torn from heart on which
we have rested for sympathy until tile
fibres of our own were ntmiaed within its
raeshes. This, this, oh, God none but the
bereaved can define its ravages. My soul
sickens at the idea. ...,. FIX.
With the feeling Of pleasure and happi.
ness that thrills and gladdens my soul as ]
mingle 10 the ainusements Of nv wife, is as.
sociated the thought that since we areinor.
tai, we will sooner OF later submit TO the
papgs Of a separation. Why this
would that we wonld die together as we
| live together. II is hard thing to part
with those we love. I have seen many per
sons drop, as il were, into the grave when