The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-16
WHOLE NO. 164.
II poN'rrAY.

IT DoN'r rAY.
What follows is 10 Be rcad carsfrllv.
The sting OF age 10 il. The social trouble
Of the time il laid bare, and sAe relied l,is
Of our too hasy life ssands with uncoy cred
face gazing At ~ With cad, dreamire, xeyn-
ing eyes, and pointing 70 line Of shadovs
more fearful than The witches summoned be.
fore Macbeth, the terrible Ehosts Of dy,pep.
sia, divorce, lossless homes and suicide.
Read il and say il il does not como home toi
the business and bosofns Of almost everv oba
at Us: No enc cares for advice thev imsv.
inc dosnst ofFes PLEASURE enough to make the
performance Of il pcy. The il literally :
golden age. Everything must pay for youth
to show attention to old age. Ii must nav
for friends to keep up show Of friena.
ship. II must pay for enemies to be foes,
! scarcely think our scrd,d souls would al
low rs to hs down or get up; to take time
from business to eat, drink or rest. IL Ne
we're not forced TO acknowledge il swould
pay" The appeasing Of hunger, the re-
freshment OF sleep, the recreation Of rest.
s.andinsin our mcrcsnary sight, in the same
light as postage ssamps-jast as good a.
gold.
The old fashionable days, when men went
counting and girls had bsAux WAs poppcd
the question, have gone BY Tor ever. fhey
would not pay nowadays. Young men
now pay attention; young ladies have ,hsir
admirers: it isn't necessary to do any court
ing. and then they set married in a most
business Ike manner. II is the only way
that wouldpay. ltdocs.'. pay for husbands
to ait down TO q cosy cup Of tea With wiiv.
TO tell the news, or kiss tho baby: hs can
only swallow his food in tho mast abs,rac,ed
manner, pass his cup to his slady," wi,hout
speaking to her or looking at her; frown
that the. crosse baby isn't kept out Of sisht.
and grumhlc because there may be chill ON
his biscuit. Tho iady doesn't feel bad over
this-it wouldn't pay for her TO feel had
over IL and she goes out after tea whcrs
she knows there are people who will notice
her neat new dress aud pretty face. Ry ana
by somebody goes to his bed room ,aies ous
a little ohlong case Of rose. wood, abstracts
u pistol, loads, cocks, and fires il strnirhs
into his own heartl His ''lady" has lost
him, friends blame him. No use OF living
any longer-i'ac.ually wouldn', pay.
Why do we blame woman for being fraii
and tickle, when the real faul, lies with our.
selvesp We have always plea for the ab-
sepce from homc-always an excuse for tho
late return, the neglected favor, the forgot
ten promise. Business, business Is our watch
word and constant cry--no time for wife or
home, or brains. What is divorce but the
ghost Of business9 1t crawls along the Dc.
serted halls Of affection, lays It's cold hand
on the heart, fxos its distracted gaze far
away from home--fcels with it's slmy fingers
for those tender heart strings--lays hold Of
them-hreaks them. Man and wife are pus
er-business stands between and par,S
them. They grieve, they are ansered, they
arc divorced. Woman has faults enough
Heaven knows! my grnmbliny self acknowl.
edges it readily; still, would DO their De.
fender in some things. We can work 10
live, but II is not necessary that we should
live to work. Moreover many a pa,,isnc
comes under that hydra. headed monster
yclcpt business, which has no right to be
there. lhave many married acquain,ances.
often see them linger Ut the Office long after
business hours, chatting with some pleasant
dropper-iu, or whiting away at tho silent
cigar. Tho tca table is perhaps waiting as
homc--,he wife perhaps watching at tho
door. The tardy loi:erar comes at last de-
clareing that he was unav oidably detained
by business. If the wife grows Jealous OF
this bug bear which keeps her husband from
her nll day long, and send him home SO ia
tigued he cannot sit up to chat. wha, has hc
10 say to her but that man with family is
forced to work; and BIO he lawyer, doctor,
editor, preacher, scavengcr or bricklayer,
the cry is forever the same. Some wives
wear nm apologetic look always on their
faces in the presence OK their husbands, 90
though they would say: 81 am sorry to be
such burden to You; sorry that you aro
so unfortunate as to hnvo wife aud littlo
ones. hope you will excuse ns, We would
not be here il we could help it," And no
doubt the poor woman means it--no doubt
she dreams sometimes Of the deep, cold riv.
ers, which wrap their waves around aching
hearts and say, "Pcace, be still. No doubt
when Sunday comes, she forgets 10 join in
that part Of the litany which prays FOR do
liycrance from sudden death, and sha lenrns
to look at her children pityingly, and 10
whisper mourufully, ~ she bonds above
them in their cradle, elbow little you drcam
poor darlings, what terrible sorrow lifo
is.o
The fashionable women tnkcs diffefen:
course. The world knows what that is; but
in either case man is blnmable ns woman.
Tho Bible tells Us there is time for all
things-aftcr marriage a,man has no right
to forget there is time for rest, and TO Dc.
vote the number Of times his heart beats in
one day, and make up bis mind to set aside q
certain measure Of its palsations for "homa,
sweet hcme."