The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-09-03
A WORD TO FRETFUL WIVES.

There you are, with your mouth puck
cred up again! What's the matter, are
your friends all dcadl Novel;, Lave
You lost every cent YOU owned ?-no-
are your children sick' Is your husband
cross /! Have you got the tooth ache 3
Neither of these and still rs cross as a
Young bear! We wonder how your fam
lily can endure your presence! These
young hearts, whose sun you ought to be
how you chill them with Your irowns
and pcltshncss No wonder they long
to CT out Of the house. And now YOU
have struck your little child because he
wouldn't stop teasing. Friend that blow
fell on his soul and left an indelihlc scar
there. lie will feel it long after YOU have
forgotten it. Many years from now, when
your Lead has laid down in the grave,
that blow, given without cause-impa-
irntIy, angrly, will DO It's work.
Why cant you be good natured =
We're You ever so! Memory points to the
days OF your girIhood-scdom the lines
Of anger disiigurcd y our brow then. And
the man who won your love, thought
what happy home she will make for me.
How sweet it will lie to sit down by
her side after the cares Of the day are
over. How beautiful to read for her
plcasurc-to be repaid by smiles and kiss.
es. And the home was ready and the
bride cstahlIslrcd-but she proved unwor-
thy OF the trust rcposcd in her. Instead
of meeting care with a hearty laugh, and
get behind ne satan" you worried and
iret,ed aud began to tell every little irou.
be 10 your husband. 1t WAS not womanly;
1t betrayed weakness both Of heart and
mind. lmperccpUbly its influence crcpt
INFO his spirit, chilling it With worse
chill than lhat Of death, ill it made
shroud of iron for the disappointed heart,
aud Tie charm Of love and home was
gone.
Was once" How often those words
drop from your lips. -" was handsome
once | WAS this that and Tie other once"
-nnd why rot now! You yourseIfhavc
"liird your own destiny; YOU have cho
sen !hc s"old's oilirc YOU must receive the
seeds deserts. A little philosophy, a few
N"ids hrcnthed TO heaven for patience, a
res"Iute hope for TO morrow il today be
stormy; II great deal less sclii,hucss n
desire t. make home sanctuary for your
self and little ones as well - vour hus.
band; and no day yon have been happier,
handsomcr and more beloved.
Fretting sister in light atilic,ion, lie, us
ask you "A few plain questions. Does q
spirit of fault finding tighten your cares {?
II your bread is burned TO c;nder, does
II ring you good, light, sweet loaf, to
sit down and worry about i;! If the ba-
by is cross, does it make him smile like
an angel to shake him almost out of eXis.
tcncc II j. rains on washing day, will
your anathemas hurry out the sun I'LL he
stops right over your c!oihes-linel But,
If your quick hands turn 20 the flour bar
rel, TO mould another loaf; if you soothe
the weeping babe witt the sweet words
Of mothers pity ing love, if you devote
your washing day to some apportioned
work, how smoothly care will iron down
his features, and become Your humble
slave instead Of the tyraun;cal master lie
would be
1t is not too late yet. Surprise Your
husband with II smile; it will be worth a
dollar to see his glance of as,onishment :;
hold The sa'Icd water Of thoughtiuness in
your mouth, that you may say nothing
unpleasant; aud Tie angel that has been
lying PROSTATE in his heart with folded
wings, viii begin to iluttcr, and lift itself
"eavcnwarl aud look out of is eyes with
tue love Of the oIden time, and your home
will be the paradise You once coveted
OHre Byunch