Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-24
A Husbands Confession

~ 1AuoOdlAu SUnlGSS1Ou.
We hasten to lay before our many fair
readers the following choice mo,ceua---the
'1ContcssiOn ola HAlsband:"
Ineycr ycrondertook but once to set at
naught the authority of my wife. You
Knew her way-cool, quiet, but determined,
as ever grew. Just after We married, and
all was nice and cozy, she got me IN the
habit of doing all, the cluruing She nev-
er askcdm me to DO it, you know, but then
slle-why 1T was done lust in this way
She finished breakfast before me one fine
morning, and slipped away from the table,
she filled the. churn with cream. and set it
just where L couldn't help seeing what she
wanted. So took hold, regularly enough,
and churned until the butter came--shc
didn t thank me, but looked so nice and
sweet about it, that | felt we'll paid. We'll,
when the churning day came along she did
the same thing, and ] followed suit and
fetched the butter. Again, and twas done
Just so, and was in for it every timc.-
Not word was said, you know, of course.
Well by-and-by, this become to be very
rksome. i wanted she should Just ask me,
but she never did, and / couldn't say. any,
thing about it, so on wcwent. And atlast
made resolve that | would not clnlrn
another time unless she oskcdmc. Chum-
ing day came-and when my breakfast
she always got nice breakfasts-when that
was swallowed, there stood the churn.
got up, and standing few lninutes lust to
give hera chance, put on my hat and walk
cd out doors. stopped in the yard to give
her chance to call me, but not word
said she, and with palpitating heart ]
moved on ,+ stsHa
| went down town, up town, and all over
the town, and my foot was as restless as
Noah's dove felt as if l had done wrong
i didn't feel exactly how-but there
was an mdescribable sensation of guilt rest
ing upon me all the forenoon; itseemcd as
If dinner time would never come and as for
going home one minute before dinner, /
would as soon cut my cars off So I went
trctting and moping around town till din
ncr time came. HomeI went, feeling very
much as criminal must when the iuy is
having in their hands his dcstinyLlife or
death. | couidn't tmake up my mind how
she would meet me, but some kind of a
storm expected. VIII you believe it !?
She never greeted me with sweetcr smile.
never had abettcr dinner for inc than on
that day; but there stood the churn lust
where | leftit J Not word was passed.
| felt confoundcdly, cut, and every mouth
tul of that dinner seemed as if it would
choke me. She didn't pay any regard to
1T however, but went on as if nothing had
happened. Before dinner was over, I had
again resolved, and showing back my chair.
l marched up to the churn, and went at it
in the old way. Splash, drip, rattle, splash,
drip, lattie-I kept it up. AS if in spite,
the buttcrsneNer was so long coming. |
supposed the cream standing so long had
got warm, so L rcdo,iblcd my efforts. OBJ
stlnatc mattcr--the afternoon wore away
while was chnrning. / paused at last
from real exhaustion, when she spoke for
the first time: "Comc, Tom, my dear, you
have pttled that buttermilk quite lone,
enongh if it is only for fun you are doing
it" knew how it was in q flash. She
had brought the butter in the forenoon and
left the clmrn standing with the buttcrmilk
In for me to exercise with. i never sctup
for myself in house household matters after
that. E ~ zsr
IRRlrABlLITY IN Il ILLNESS. II hose who
are blessed with health can never know.
till they in their turn are called upon TO
suffer, what heroic strength of spirit lies
hidden under. the mask of silent, Iuhcom-
planning suffering; howstrong the tempta-
tons are to be unreasonable, pettish, on re-
plning; how difficult, it is to be grateful,
and still more 10 be amiablc, when the irri-
tatlon ,of|eNfry nerve renders the most
skdlful attendance irksome, and the dearest
presence q burden; when the irritatcd
frame loathes the sunshine of a smile and
breads the tear and the cloud, where all is
pain and weariness and bitterness Let
the healthy lay these'things ever to heart,
and while they scrupulously perform their
dntyA@hile they reverence the fortitudc
and patience Of the gentle and resigned,
let them have pity upon many q poor and
querulous sufferer; upon their side, lot the
sick not forget that Che, reverence and love
thus excited, are of the elixir of life to
their own wearied and oyer-taxed, attend
ants; 4uickening them to exet ton by the
sweetest ofihfucnces, instead OF, exhaust
ing them with the struggle TO perform an
'ungrateful duty '7'D1t
--------+-4 49, 10 re. ~
THE. witty and .cohTiyial Lord Kelly be-
ing, ip his early years, much addicted to
disssipatiqD, his ,motiler .adyised MIN to
take example of o agentleman whose CON
stant food was herbs and his drink water.
/" What, madam" said he, "iwould you
have mo initiate a man who cats Ike q beast
and drinkslike o fish ~ ,,r NJ, H. -
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