Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-02-17
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From the Baltimore Patriot.
THE SECRET oH HAPPIEESS.
A NEW YEARS STORY.
BY DossIG siMaAwL.

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s.3Oh, how wish ws were richer!'' said
Ito my wife. oIie day.. ~
----, My dear She replied, "you must not
be discontinued, we lave every comfort
what more can we desire 2" oss5tf
= "Of, there are hundred things-a
larger house, carriage, a fine htfniy, and
know lot WHAT aso
S at is sin TO fly in the face of Gods
Providence" replied my W fe. .'Our house
is plenty large enough for our family, and
as for carriage we should have no use for
It--and then we subscribe to the hlercan-
tile Library. You can get any book ysu
wan. from there Believe mes my love,
we have every rea son to be satisfied with
our presoti, Tot, and instead of repining,
ought TO thank God for it." 2
And the dear little woman came over
| 10 ne-put her arm round my neck-no.
make mistake, size is too short for that
pulled my face down to hers. and kissed
me- .z,oizsa g.s =
Dear reader, must tell you that my
name is Jonathan Ciut;erweli, and that
Ihaye the privilege OF writing NJ. ID. after
ny name, as diploma from the lnlver-
sIty Medical College in New York, now
hanging in my bed room, amply testifies.
/ vas torn in Virginia, and OF course be-
leng to the F. f. VS.. / hope you will
make no mistake upon this point. AT the
ltime commenced This history had been
living for upwerds Of four years in Madi-
son street, in the city of Baltimore. ] had
scraped together very fair practice. and
as MY wife said, we had every comfort.
But .ull was not satisfied: there was DIR.
kept his earridge; Professor c
-------- had large fac house, with ever
SO many servants; and DR.. D had
very large library. while could get all
my books in moderate size book case. l
wanted to jump TO the 10 OF the ladder at
nnce--I did not like this waiting Tor for
Itune-it was altogether too slow, TOO tedi-
Gus process for me. The result of all
was, kecasne cross. d.scontented and
peevish. yas easily annoyed. and my
natara.. good temper stood in great danger
of being forever destroyed. .
NV vile, however, exerted good deal
ot influence over me- soothing my rutEied
fspifits, and pouring balm upon the troubled
waters. She was u dear, good girl. j
don't believe ii was possible for there TO be
another woman like her in the whsle world
She was the epitone Of goodness. She
-------, bu: why should / go on, words
can not express half her good qualities: l
must leave tito the readers ina gination to
sGlT up the portrait. She also belonged to
the r. F.sV's. We had been brought up
together from childhood-had always low
ed each other. and you might search all
1.-THE United Stetes through and you would
not find a happier match than ours.ssa .yl
The consersationo opening my story &C.
cured on the 31st OF December. 1866
We were undressing for bed, and had hao
few friends to spend the evening witt
us. I had been beaten three games o.
fehess, running. and that might, perhaps
| have had something to do with increasing
liny discomfort. ~ 4a
Well, as | before said my wife eams
over and kissed me this sooshed my feel
Iings little. aid wt.hou, more grumblins
I jumped into bed. bsssaHaa - q aalsfrs
dreamed IL scarcely know what ]
dreamed that nisht-carriages, libraries
gold and silver, we're ailnsixed up IN terri
bic confusion Az last / thought wa
dead. and some one mailing down my cof
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Rat-tat-tat. q "a sstf
j Precipitation bursting out from ever,
T Rat-fat-tat. Asfa aas
+ Intense agony of your humble servant
Rat.tat-tat.a his9a sa sessesa .sssI
A fearful struggle. in which i knocke,
Irny wife overthe eye with my hlbow, for
f,unately not hurting her, but causing he
to give me d kick, (of course she did no
know what She was dsing which awaken
Il ed me. 2 stfissts aiss a11s ~ ~ g
1t was broad daylight. and some aon'
was knocking AT the door. which explain
ed the comfortable sensation had expe
frienced Of being nailed down 70 my col
Efin. sss7ssiss
s-iCome iri," T exclaimed. ~
Tie door opened. and Bridget madehe
Iappearunee. efasiioulti say ,slas Bridge
was 4 recent importation from the Emerai
IbIsle, and otsr sssnald Of all work. I assur
iise