The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-10-19
pENo1I1Nas, BY IAMp-I1aHr.
Anticipating Evils.

Jeremy Taylor. discoursing upon anticipa-
ted ills, remarks: Enjoy the present, what
soever it may be. and be not solicitous for the
future; for if you take your foot from the
4 present standing, and thrust it forward towards
?. to-morrow's event, you are in restless condi-
tion.. It is like refusing to quench your pres
ent thirst by fearing yon shall want drink the!
next day. If it be well 10 day it is madness
to make the present miserable by fearing it
may be i'll to morrow - when your belly is full
of to days dinner to fear that you shall want
the next days supper; for it may be that you
shall not, and then to what purpose was this
days affiictionl But if to morrow you shall
want your sorrow will come time enough,
though you do not hasten it; let your trouble
tarry till it's day comes. But if it chances to
be illto day, do not increase it by the cares of
tomorrow. Enjoy The blessings of this day, if
God send them, and the evils of it bear pa
tiently and swestly; for this day is only ours,
we are dead to yesterday. and we are not
yet born to the morrow. He, therefore, that
enjoys the present, If it be good, enjoys ns
much as is possible and if only that day s
trouble leans upon him. it is singular:and finite.
Sufficient to the day (said Christi is the evil
thereof sufficient but not intolerable. But
if we look abroad, and bring into one days
thoughts the evil of many, certain and uncer-
tain what will be and what will never be. our
load will be as intolerable as ii is unreasona.
BILE. s. .tsitll zss
Husbands and Wives. - 80 I1.ss -ias
We wonld like to have every man. married
and single, says one of our exchanges, read
the following and profit by it. As it contains
sound and wholesome advice. and many telling
truths. we viii give our readers an opportuni
ty to peruse it. s.
TO the Men. ..-,:.....
The transformation worked in lover afte
marriage has long been pet subject with ga
tirists. Before the nuptial kLot is tied, tn
suitor is all devotion. No business engage
ment is permitted to infringe on the evening
consecrated to his .tiancee. If she drops he
h fan, lmisplaces glove, Or needs helpin putin
on her shawl, he is instantly at her side, th
Fg most eager, the most patient, the most del
cate Of servants. She has only to express,
wish to go to church, or to visit some place
amusement, and 10! he waits on ter even bs
fore breakfast, though it rains as If deiug
had come. -S-ge n q-r- r. -sE ~
!, But when the irreveeable vows are said an
the honeymoon comfortably over, a chang
too often comes over the obsequious cavalie
The latent sel6shness of the male anima
begins to develop Itself. The wife has I
asz pick ur ser own fan, search for her own glove
ID shawl herself unassisted, go to church alon
get to concerts when she can. Sometimes Il
poor creature is happy to win a civil ansW
from her rude. dogmatic lord. Men wi
5- would be civil to even a-strauge servant, if
woman, think it quite natural to be impoli
to their wives. Z n . r e
.,s Yet there is nothing by which even self
man CAT more easily benefit himself than
being respectful. wen bred and considerate
her be has sworn to love and cherish Soc
er later an imperious or exacting htIsba
makes an indifferent or careless wife. Talk
love as yeu may, eulogze the forbearance
(. woman till the language of praise is exhau
ei8 ed, and still the fact remains that as our 8
has not monopoly Of human nature, fem
inc flesh and blood feels injustice finally qu
4S" / as ourselves. 1t may require ye'
to make long suffering woman as indigns