The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-12-23
A BEAUTIFUL SKETCH,
We select the following beautif

dress Of Richard V. Cook, Esq, Of Co.
lumbus, Texas, on the Education and
influence Of woman: 1t will lynch the
heart ofthe reader. We seldom stun.
bic upon so well expressed an idea of
woman's true mission:
81 fancy a young man just emerg.
ing from the bright elysium OF youth,
and commencing the bright journey Of
life. Honest, noble and gilted--the
broad world to his warm hopes is the
future scene of atlluencc, fame and
happiness. Under his active energies,
business prospers, and as a conse-
quence, friends come about him. Ere
long he meets a sensible and amlable
girl, who wins his heart, an who loves
and trusts him in return. He doesn't
stop to ask what the world will say
about the match in case he marrieS
her. Not he. The world is kicked
out of doors, and the man determines
to be the architect of his own happi.
ness. He doesn't stop to inquire
whether the girls father is rich it the
lands and slaves and coin; but he mar
ries her for that most honest and phil
osophic of all reasons because he
lovcs her! He builds his home in some
quiet spot where green trees wave
their summer glories, and where bright
sunbeams fall. Here is the Mecca OF
his heart, towards which he turns with
more than Eastern alteration. Here
he is a green island in the sea Of life,
where rude winds never assail, and
storms never come! Here, from the
| troubles and cares of existence, he
finds soluce in the society of her who
is gentle without weakness, and SEN
sible without vanity. Friends may
betray him. and foes may opprcSs; but
when towards home his weary foot
steps turn, and there beams upon him
golden smiles OF welcome, the clouds
lift from his souI--thc bruised heart is
restored, and the strong man made
whole see the man fall into adver
sity Creditsrs seize his property. pow
erty stars him in the face and he is
avoided on all hands as rulnedbank-
rupt When he sees alt go--lrends,
credit and property, griet.strcken and
pcnuilcss, he seeks his humble home.
| Now does the wife desert him too!
! Nay, verify! When the world aban-
dons and persccutes the man, she
draws closer to his side, and her ailcc-
ton is all the warmer because the evil
days have come upon him. The NOR
al excel'cncics OF her soul rise superb
or to the disasters OF fortune, And
when she sees the man sit mourniul
and disconsolate, like Thcmistocles by
the Household Gods of Admethus
hers is tue task to comfort and console.
She reminds him that misfortune has
oft oyertakcn the wiscst and the best;
that all is never lost while health and
hope survive; that she still is near to
love, to help and encourage him. The
man listens, his courage rallies, and
the shadows flee from his heart; arme /
once more, he enters the arena of life
Industry and energy restore him tc
competency; fortune smiles upon him
friends return, and
Joy mounts cyultmg on triumphant wings
Again the scene shifts. see the
man stretched weak and wasted on q
bed of sickness, The anxious wife
anticipates evry want and necessity
Softly her foot falls on the carpet, and
; gently her hand presses the ievered
brow orthe sufferer. Though the pale
face gives token of her own weakness
and suffering, yet through TIE long
watches of each returning night, hc'
yiyils are kept beside the loved one''
, couch. At last disease bcleaguers t.! {
fortress OF lite; and the physician sol
T emnly warns his patient that death is
! approaching. He feels it too; and th'
| last words of love and trust are ad
: dressed to her who is weeping bcsid,
his diving bed. And, in truth, the las
| hour hath come. | imagine it is Fl
; time to depart; for the golden sun him
self has died upon the evenings iai
I horizon, and rosy clouds bear him t.
/ his grave behind the western hills
: Around the couch of the dying mar
weeping friends and kinsmcn stand
} while the minister slowly reads the ho
" words of promise:
81 am the Resurrection and the Life
Y saith the Lord; he that bclicvcth o
t me, though he were dead, yet shall b
= live; and whose liveth and believet
: in me, shall nener die" Slowly tn
3 clock marks the passing moments, an
c silently the sick mans breath is cbbln
i away. Slowly the cold waters ar
If rolling through the gatcways of lil,
It And now. as the death damp is on til
II victims brow, and the heat throbs il
). last pulsations, the glazed eye oper
r and turns in one full, farewell glanc
c Of affection upon the trembling weeI
r er who bends over him; and ere tn
e spirit departs forever, the angels hea
y the pale wife whisper--rll meet, !
ID meet thee in Heaven
10 Sheridan agreed with Walker tina
A. the pronunciation of wind should o.
Dr. wynde, but insisted, contrary to wal
ker that gold should be goold. Nj
sheridan tells us that Swift used t
y y ieer those who pronounced wind wit
: short i, by saying,
- 81 have a great minn'd to finn'd VIII
4 you pronounce it winn'd.'
An illiberal critic retorted this upO