The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-30
A BEAUTIFUL SKETCH.

! A BEAUTIFUL sKETCH.
% We select the following beautiful pic
.ture from recently published address of
Richard V. Cook, Esq, of Columbia,
Texas, on the Education and influence of
Women. 1t will touch the heart Of the
reader. We seldom find SO well express
ed an idea of womans true mission:
81 fancy young man just emerging
from the eysium Of youth, and com
mencing the bright Journey of life. Hon
est, noble AMI gifted-the broad world
to his warm hopes is the future scene OF
affluence, fame and happiness Under
his active energies, business prospects,
and as a consequence, friends come about
him. Ere long ne meets q sensible and
simple girl, who wins his heart, and 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 happiness. He
doesn't stop to inquire whether the girls
| father is rich in land and slaves AMI coin:
| but he marries her for that most honest
and phlosophic of all reasons-because
he loves her! He builds his home in some
quiet spot where green trees wave their
summer glories, and where. bright sun
| beams fall. Here is the Mecca of his
| heart, towards which he turns with more
than Eastern alteration. Here is green
island on the sea Of life, where rude
winds never ,ssal, and storms never
come! Hers from the troubles and cares
Of existence, he finds solace in her who
is gentle without weakness, and sensible
without vanity. so '5@a t'a f-5a @''-
q Friends may betray him, and foes may
Cypress, but when towards home, his
weary footsteps turn, and there beams
upon him golden smiles Of welcome, the
clouds lift from his soul-the bruised
heart is restored, and the strong man
whole. | see the man fall IN adversely.
Creditors seize his property, poverty
stares him in the face and he is avoided on
all hands as Fuined bankrupt. When
he sees all go-friends, credit and prop
y.-griet-stricken, and penniless he
seeks his hnmble. home. Now does the
wife desert him too? Nay verify! When
! the world abandons and persecutes the
man, she draws closer to his side, and
her affection is all the warmer because
the evil days have come upon him.
The moral excellencies OF her soul rise
superior to the disasters of fortune. And
| when she sees the man sit mournful and
disconsolate, like Them;stocles by the
household. gods of Admethus, hers is the
task to comfort and console. She
reminds him that misfortune has of
overtaken the wisest and the best; thai
all is never lost while health and hope
survive, that she still is near to love. to
help aud encourage him. The man
listens, his courage rallies, and he shad-
ows flee from his heart; armed once
more. he enters the arena Of life. Now
fortune smiles upon him, friends return,
toll and energy restore HIM tocoinpetency;
and Ga sfa H.lH .ToiH.-sa' - H@i8s y
"Joy mounts exulting on triumphant wings"
| Aoain the scene shifts. | see the man
stretched weak and wasted on the bed OF
sickness. The anxious wife anticipates
every want and necessity. Softly her
foot falls upon the carpet, and gently
her hand press tbs fever d brow of tie
sufferer Though the pale face gives
token of her own weary suffering, yet
through the long watches Of each return
inc night her vigls are kept beside the
loved ones couch. At last dsease, be-
leaguers the fortress Of life; and the ply
stefan solemnly warns his patient that
death is approaching. He fees SO too
and the last words Of love and trust
arc addressed to her who IS weeping
beside him. And the last hour hath
come. Imagine it is a fit time to depart;
the golden sun himsef las died upon
the evenings fair b 'rizon, aad rosy
clouds bear him to his grave beb n ! the
western hills! Around III couch OF the
dying man weeping friends and kInsmen
stand, whilcthe minister slowly reads the
holy words of promise: Il am the
Resurrection and the Life; he that be-
lieveth in me shall never die Slowly the
clock marks the passing moments, ebb-
ing away. Slowly the cold waters are
rolling through the gateways OF life.
And now, as the death damp is on the
victims brow, and the heart throbs its
last sensation, the glazede eye opens and
turns in one full farewell glance OF atfec-
ton upon the trembling weeper who
bends owe. Kim and ere the spirit de-
parts forever, the angels hear the pale
/ wife whisper I'll meet thee, I'll meet
thee IN Heaven -
THE man who undertook to blast bis
/ neighbors prospects, used too short a fuse
and got blown up himself. al aaG