The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-06-04
The Secret of Happiness.
AN INSTRUCTIVE STONY.

"oh, how ! Nish We were rich! said L
to my wife one day. ao..5sl f5asss 5a
."My dear, p she replied, "you must not be
discontented, we have every comfort-wEat
more can we desirel'' q - '.,lh'4 .'-i
"Oh, there area hundred things7--a large,
house, a earfiagci a 6he library, and know
not Mhati"7 sdi k-EiEgso4t ,gaBl lo eidasslfj
AIt is sin to Ay ii the face Of 6 od's pro-.
vidence," replied my wife. sour house is
plenty large enough for our smallfamily; as
for carriage We should have no use for IT
and then,w subscribe to the Mercantile
Library. You can get any book you want
there. Believe me, my love we have every
reason to dissatisfied with our lot. and in.
stead ofrepiping, ought to thank God for il. ~
And the dear little woman came over to
he--pht her arms afo6ffd my ncckAno,, I
made mistake, she IS too short for that n
pulled my face down to hers and kissed me.
Dear reader, / must tell you that my name
is Jonathan Clutterwell, and that have the
privilege Of writing M. d. after my name,
as diploma from the University Medical
College in New York, now hanging in my
bedroom, amply testifess 7 was born in
Virginia. and of course belong to the F..
F. VS.; I hope you will make no mistake on
this point, At the time L commence. this
history had been living for upwards Of four
years in, Madison street, in the city Of Balti-
more. ! tsd sctqped together very far
practice, and as my wife said, we had every
comfort; but still ives not satisfied; there
was Mr.. D. kept his carriage, Professor c.
had a large, fine house, with ever so many
servants, End DR.. D, had very large libra.
ry, while + colld get all my books into a
moderate sized book case. WANTED to jump
to The top Of the ladder at 'once-f did not
like this waiting for fortune-it was alto
gether too slow, too. tedious process for
me. The result was, I'became discontented,
cross, peevish, / was easily annoyed, and my
natural good temper stood in great danger
ofPeing forever destroyed. ....f -. .t... ..,
My wife, however, exercised good deal
OF influence over me--sootbing my ruff d
spirits and pouring balm upon the troubled
waters! She was q dear, good gill;
l don't believe it was possible for there
to be another woman like her in the world.
She was the epitome ofgoodness. She was
but why should | go on? Words can.
not express half her good qualities. / must
leaFe it to thereadef.s Imagination to fiI
i,up the portrait. She also belonged IL the
F. F. VS.: We had been brought up to.
geiher from childhood, had always loved
each other, and you might search all the
United States through and you would MOI
find happier marriage than ours. -. .'' 80
The conversation opening my story, oc
rhrred on the alst day of December; 1856.
We were undressed for bed, and had had q
few friends to spend the evening with u.s.
had bee beaten three games of chess, run
ming, and that might, perhaps, have had
somcthipgsts do With Increasing my discon.
tent. .$5IHtHt - tf1Hua
Well, ,as I before Said, ny wife came owe,
and kissed me; this soo,hed my feelings Q
little, and without more grumbling jumped
into bed. = -sr@ s.Erl laa ai.i' sl 81. 'a' -
II dreamed--T scarcely know what dream
ed that night carriages, Libraries, golu aHe
silver, were all mixed up in terrible confu
sion: At last / thought | WIS dead, anc
some enc was mailing down hny coffin al'
."Rat. tattat.h '@@o q 10 as@ tr'f@'.
Perspiration bursting from every pore o
my mybody.-----.--.,-...---.-.-.-,.-..-.,-----~-- body.
"Rat tat.ttt.."' t.."',t.II:l9ElC
,Afearful struggle, inwhich I knocked my
I wife over the eye with my elbow; fortunate
! ly not hurting her, but .catsing her to civ
me Rick, (of course she, knew not wha1
she, was doing) which awakened me. al
1T, was broad day light, and some ont
knocked ut the bed room door, which ex
! planned the comfortable sensation | had eS
pereheed Of being nailed down in my coffin
/ "Come in" | exclaimed. .-..,-,,............
] The door opened, nnd Bridget made hel
appearance. G shohldsay that Bridget wa
q recent importation from the Emerald Isle
and our maid of all work assure you W,
have had hard work to train her. To Civ
an idea how exceedingly, terdant she wa
when she first came to Us, we asked her
one hot, scorching day, to pour water OF
some ice; she did so, only the water wa
i boiling. go !. "A ,..za,r ..aage..a
| "If yees please, sir" said Bridget, eth
Il mates cooked, and breakfast is nearly rea
'Edy."
i eBrideet issffom Cork, and her uccent wa
! rather broad ID a3{t i @Est ~ -l5l
!, aAll right Bridget" | replied. eve vii
get up directly Give me the Sun paper
7 Bridget did as Ireduested, and | proppe
| myself up in bed and began to perusc it,
The first thing that struck me, was that |
was Thursday, the first day ofJanuary, 1857
had Quite eaforgotten that it'was New Year
day. determined'i would torn over ne,
Ileaf, and endeayor to be more satisfied wit
!, my conditionfor the ensuing year My eye
then, ran down the iist of aavertised letter.
4 | saw one for me, yes there I, was, iona
jthan Clatterwell, M. D., right before N
I Eeyes: i Nov CIattefwe al il, not avery CON