The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-09-06

be carried on with Hy upon the nose, AM
any teasing Of single sense, whether o
sight or sound or touch, is fatal TO religious
devotion. Ipresums that If the pasto
wishes to find the most sterile portions o
his field he needs only to ascertain the name
Of those who occupy pews in the vicinity o
this lively little lady. Her husband died tw'
years ago, Of sleeplessness, and harrassini
system Of nursing.
NUMEROUS FAMILY.
The Flutter Budgets are a numerous family
in America. They are not all as restless n
Madame, but the characteristics Of the bloot
are manifested among them all. They nevel
know repo-e and what is worse than this
they dread If not despise it. They are i'm
mense workers-nOt that they do more worl
and harder than their neishbors, but they
make great fuss about, and are always a
it. They rise carry in the morning and they
do this from years end to years end
whether they have anything to do or not
They cannot sitstill. They have an unhealthy
impression that it is wrong for them not to
be doing some:hing"all the time. Nothing
in the world will make them so uncomiort.
able and so restless as lesure. Mrs. Flutter
Budget could no more sit down without
knitting work, ,or sock to darn in one hand,
than she could fly. As she has many times
remarked, she would die il she could not
work. To her. and to all her name and
character constant action seems to be necesi.
ty. The craving Of the smoker for his pipe
or cigar, the incessant hankering OF the
opium-eater for his drug, the terrible thirst
Of the drunkard for his cup-all these are
legitimate illustrations of tho morbid desire
Of the Budgets for action or motion The
man who has the habit Of using narcotics is
not more restless and unhappy without his
accustomed stimulus than they are with
nothing to do. In truth,l believe the dlsire
for action may become just as morbid pas
sion of the soul as that which degndes and
demoralizes mankind.
NOT A HAPPY WOMAN.
Mrs. Flutter Budget is not happy wo-
man and, as have intimated before, she
seriously interiors with the happiness and
the spiritual prosperity of those about her.
When she can find nothing to do, then she
worries. Those children of hers are worried
nearly to death. If, in their play, they get
any dirt upon their faces, they are immedi-
ately sent TO make themselves clean. Ifthey
soil their clothes, they are shut up until re-
duced to a proper state of penitence. They
are kept out of all draughts Of air for fear of
u cold and il they should take cold, why,
they must take medicine of the most repul-
sive character as a penalty. II they cough
out Of the wrong corner of their mouths, she
suspects them OF croupy intentions; and il
they venture, at some unguarded moment,
on mutancous eruption, they are immedi-
ately charged with the measles, or accused
with the small pox. If they quietly sit down
for moment ofrepose, she apprehends sick
ness. she stirs them about in order to shase
it of. Even sleep is not sacred to her, for,
il she finds flushed face among the har-
rassed little slumberers, she wakes its owner
to make aHectionate inquiries. Her husband
as have already stated, died two years ago.
She worked upon his nervous system to such
an extent that he was glad to get rid Of the
world, and Of her. think man would
die, after while, with constantly looking
at the motion of u saw mill. The jar Of u
locomotive makes the toughest iron brittle at
last; and the wear and tear Of a restless wife
is beyond the strongest mans endurance.