Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-09-26
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Change in the Household.

There's no use trying any longer to suit
Isaac Parsons" muttered that individual s
better half, as she eat in corner of the farm
kitchen, rapidly divesting chicken ofits
feathers - I've worked and shaved myself
to death for him and his n,and all the thanks
pve had for the last fifteen years has been
short words and general growlin' and fault
fndin', until now I'm just determined to
stand out and have my own way or let things
take their own course and he II find, after
all, Melissa Talcott has got some spirit inher
that cant be crushed out with all his abusin
aud aggravation. i''irh tHr," rr
"To think he should have the heart to re-
fuse me a new carpet after he had such good
luck with his wheat crop, and | just slaved
myself through harvesting and got along
with one girl u
'Thc more the man gets, the stingier he
grows, and there isn't woman among my
acquaintance that would stand such treat
ment and won't. I'll put my foot down
from this moment, setting down most EN-
phatically that solid member of her comely
person on the kitchen floor, ''if Isaac Par
sons won't come to terms, LII quit him
that's all" 0a ..- uAlnI Imoii
Mrs. Melissa Parsons had been a remark
| ably pretty girl in her youth, and thirty.sev-
eh yo"io AiaoS hoi . iau uhu cohleiy W.
man. .isI l8Y IH,. -lhu-ft III
Her husband was somewhat phlegma.
tic man, stubborn and aOpinionated, and as
his early life and social atmosphere had not
enlarged or softenedh his character, the hard
est and most disagreeable part of it expand
ed with his years. He loved money, and
as the asthetic part of his nature had never
been cultivated he regarded it as wasteful
ness and extravaganza to indulge in much
grace or beauty OF surroundings. f.,
Still there was another side to this man
His affections were deep and tender, and ,
judicious woman could have reached and in
fuenced him to almost any degree through
these. But Mrs. Parsons never understood
her husband. She was an impulsive, higl
II spirited and really waim hearted woman
with q good share OF pretty social ambition
and SIZE and her husband were constant.
, ljarring each other 'i 'i4 'I'''"'."'
II Yet all these years the barns and stor
houses the Glands and gold of Isaac Parson
had increased, and God sent childrenAtw
boys and girlAto soften the hearts Of tn
father and mother, and to be to them angel
Of new covenant of household peace an,
tenderness But alas, alas, the sweet faces
and the beautiful ninistrations Of childhoo
; had never accomplished their mission, an
! with hearts and tenipers fretted and soure
3 and worn, Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons counte
r the years growing over them, and both fe
that their marriage had been a inistake and
misery, and with blind eyes that would nc
!, see, and hard hearts that would not uhdel
: stand, each blamed the other, and mutu,
recrimination only produced fresh bite
ness. pii4 tsir.' mo elh bi-e ul'Hi %!
At hast crisis came. Mrs. Parsons ha
set her heart that autumn upon a new pa
q lor carpet, which was in no wise unreason,
, bic, and inwhich her husband ought to ha,
"a indulged her, but the manner Of the reques
which was IN reality command, at ono
: reused the inherent stubboniness ofthe maj
and he fatty refused her. Then followe
passionate words and angry retofts, till hu
band andwife separated with mutual bite
.g ness and rage. .hJ hoh3, - o5lou9 "a lig I,
J But now as.e Mrs Parsons took up b,
:. ldenuded chicken and plunged It into q pi
att of hot water, her eyes glanced Oh aweek
Y paper which lay on the table, and they 80
= tied on this passage, which completed
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