Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-12-01


nothing was too noble and precious; or
a brutal husband breaking the heart of
a tender daughter, 10 whom, ere her
marriage, no living creature ever said a /!
harsh or unkind word-,his mus, be ter
rlble indeed TO bear. And yet it has to
be borne again and again. God comfort
l. Is curious fact, subversive of the /
theories Of nOvelists, that mothers in law |
of sons generally get on with them .
far better Than with their daughters in
law. While 1t is no untreauent thing to
see instances Of a mans being kindly, !
even aft ctionately, attached to ! is vife'S |
mother. and she to him-almost arg Of
us could count on our fingers the eases
We know where daughter nlaw is
really a dau ,hter to her parents by
marriage. Some cause for this i the
dltfrrence'ot sex ; no m IN and woman in
any relation of life. except the cor gal
one being ever thrown together so Who'll
ly and 50 intimately as to discover one
another's weak points in the manner wo
men do Consequently, one rarely hears
of lady being at a daggers drawing
with her father in-law. She is usually
on the ciyilesi. lriendliestterms with him;
and he often takes in her pride anj
pleasure truly parernal. For truly, wo
men who are charming to men are com
mon e2ough far safer ties. of tue
beauty OF character is it that a woman
should be admired AMI loved b. ,c3msn
1t would save half the family q1abbles
of generation, if the young. wives would
besiow a modicum of the pains they
once took 10 please their lovers. in try
ing to be attractive to their mothers in
law.
these unhappy mothers law! Their
suferings are sharp enough TO make
amends for the wickedness Of hundred
/ Mrs Mackenzies.
Yet 4n'r the last limit, the only safe
course f1rlhem is to endure, and hrlptiieir
-chillren to endure. Cases 90 aris-, az i
wise legislature ha< lately provided for
them, when ri ri5ItaoISness Itself demands
The dissolution of an unrish'eoIS mar
riIge; when a man is justified before
heaven and earth in pu'iing away bis
wife; anI the council, Let not the wife
depart ri-lrom her hl,hlnI," il rendered
inugatory by circum stances which entail
sacrifices greater than any woman has a
! riLel 10 mako, even 10 her husband
! Every one must have kuo IN such inslan.
cei, where the ,w of divorce becomes as
sacred and NECESSARY as that of marriage
But such melancholy unions are, thank
God, the exception, not the rule, in tbs
oar land, and from no Justification fer the
machinltions of bad molher-in- Jaw
, Therefore let them in all minor troubles,
practise patience, courage, hope. If, ac.
coIding 10 The apo;'le-whp wrote on the
subject with that wide calm observation
which sometimes seiZ-s on truth NOR,
clearly than does cnc-siied experience
the unbelierirg husband NAV be convert
ell by The bclievin. wife, anI vice versa
~ha knows but thai harsh husband
ncgleciiul wife, may sometimes be woI
10 better things, by the quiet digGily
The f1rbearAucr, The unceasinI loving
! Kindness, of a good generous mo;her-ir
Law!
Let us take her in one last phase il
her long it must If been a sufficient
w long one-anI these few words con
corning her are ended.
There arrives uf;limes a season whel
ihs sharpes', most il,olerable mother-in
law, bsc1mes harmless. when a chat
by the liresiie, or a bed ridden station il
some far-awlv room, constitutes the So,
dominion from which she can cxercis
even the show Of rule or Interference =
, Tyeuce lie only change probable or do
sirable will BE- 10 narrow pillow, wher
the gray head i< LAID down in peace, an
al! the acerbi;ie~; inirmi'ie' or fiu'itIo
) OF old age are buried tend rly OH; c
r >i.hi, under the green tIrf that cover
:'!ear granlmama."
Then AMI Afterwards, blessed are thoS
5 sons aud daug gh,ers, by blood or marri
: aye, who. during her lifetime, 50 actc
towards her that her death lays upo
them no burden of bitter remembrance
t Aud blessed is she who, living, lived 5
. that her memory is hallowsd by all he
, children alike, and who is remembers
= by them only as "molher"-ncver, eve
IL name. as "motherin-law."