Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-15
NESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Is, 1858.

get discouraged, George these twenty years,
Carrie; l am tired fit. Just think what fix
l am in now, after all my struggling"
ut Is very unpleasant, TO be sure; but don't /
YOU remember how often, when we lived in the /
cabin here on this very spot on the lone prairie,
you used TO feel so, and threaten TO leave and 90
back to the old hauntsl What if the company
should fail shall we be bankrupt Shall we com .
plain, ii out Of our abundance, in such a time 4
Of trial as this, we lose with othersl1
''Yes, hut" said George the influential pro- ]
pretor of the town, the Judge of the county, the .
on ner and indweller Of that beautiful mansion /
who held in possession half the surrounding .
landscape, the rich rail road man, and bank d. /
rector stopped short, as If he did not know what /
TO say next
"But what, Georgel" asked his pleasant wife,
laying her hand again upon his brow
Il don't want You to say, Don't get discour-
aged"
Then don't give me occasion, my dear.
pledge you i will not. But really l don't see
why you should so much dislike the phrase, for
out of it has grown much Of the success Of your
/ life"
"And that is the very reason, Carrie. Man,
when he gets the blues, don't love to be remind
ed Of his own weakness. But really, Carrie,
/ will own up. That hopeful heart of yours has
0
when l have sunk down in despair, and let the
waves roll over me- 1 felt this morning about
as gloomy as l did when we travelled here on the
prairie with one yoke Of oxen, COW, and house
hold stuff in a cart and ten dollars in a purse,
and looked over the lonely landscape.
do you remember how hard / begged your
consent to turn round and plod back how even
accused you Of unwifely disobedience, and Of
setting up your will, when you declared you
would rather make a bed of prairie grass, or
sleep IN the old cart, than to turn about SO faint
hearted"
'Yes, l remember it.all."
"And how sat down and growled in despair,
when the old OK diedl"
"Yes"
"AuJ, when the lightning burned the hay
stack"
ayes"
"And,"-an he looked up with a laugh Of
hall shame-"when they located the railroad
through my farml"
"Oh, George, George one woull suppose
you'd never have the blues again; for with al
these accidents, and they have been many
which were grievous at the time, and hard t
be borne, we have had 50 much of good lucl
and prosperity, that when l look back over thu
!, past, the misiOTtunes are so covered up witt
blessings, that 1 see only brightness and beauty
> over all the way. So, Don't get discouraged
George" And she stopped gain, aud lett he
, kiss upon his brow as of old.
And though he had lost his. thousands, the
his heart was sore over the tresIehery of truste
friends, though his plans Of future sPeculatio
: had to be abandoned though his bank had sus
pended, and his railroad operations dead los
his heart rose from Its dependency, and seal
ing himself BY his pleasant, yIne-coveTed VII
dow, in his old arm chair, with wife by hi
side, he bade Carrie, the secoL'd open the Pian'
: aud iplay an accompaniment, while he san
: the following:
..Wheu the black Icered list The Gods pressute
: A iiz, Z whst fate Tor each mortal i9teidsi
And east IN three blessings, vile, children, and friend
g ''In VAIN surIy Pluto declaTedhe was cheated,
ThlI justice divine could not compass his erds;
e The scheme oi mans fil he rlai1Iala Z was 5e alel
Aai eAuh become heaven with vie, children al
The stock Of our bliss, wien N sranT es land vested
= The fund ~ secured; on 10 hankrur. g ends
When drawn GA the lrm oi vle' ehiLhreu AMI ffizna
II The storm cloud had passed over, and t
earnest, energetic man, full Of power and fore
o gathered up his strength and went forth to B
le business, and nghted up in few days what
d had, IN his moments Of dependency, set dOy
- as an utterly bankrupt concern
ID There is many man who sinks dow IN he
te lees dependency, for the want Of pIeasa
u word and cheering look; many a one, in time
powerful pressure and misfortune, by cold wOI
" of repToach and murmuring, has been driv
Is from the paths Of duty and honesty, to criH
insanity, and even suicide Eany one, too,
E. reckessness and wild speculation, by spurnI
A. all counsel aud help from her, who is COMPEL
ld to be a sufferer in all his mistakes, has We
C. out a cheerful and faithful heart, and brOug
upon himself the torture Of wailing and crI
spirit, that goaded him through all his futu
d. years-a spirit that might, had it been allow
MS To sympathize and cheer had staid and siren q
ened his steps through all the changing vici
e. tudes Of life, and gone down with him, in tru
ing faith and love, TO the end Of earth's pilg
mage, blessing and being blessed.
il In times oftrouble, let wives ne cheerful al
ready TO bear their part of the burthens, a
Nv husbands fail not TO trust and honor them wi
a confidence and love.