Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-13

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Mrs FlHtter Budget was at church Las
| Sunday. She always is at church and sh,
never forgets her fan. have known her fol
many years, and have never known her TO b
in church without fan in her hand, and SON,
/ article upon her person that rustIed constantly
Her black silk dress is death TO devotion owe
| the space of twenty feet on all sides of her,
She fixes the wires in the bonnet Of her It'll,
girls, then takes thei5 hats Of entirely, theI
wipes their noses, then shakes her head al
them, then makes them exchange seats will
each other, then finds the text aud the hymns
for them, then fuses with the cricket, and
then fans herself unrefrittirgI7 -urtil she can
see something e'se to do.
During all this time, and throughout al
these exercises, every article of dress on hel
fdgety person that las FtstIes in it. rustles.-
1t chaEes against the walls Of silence rs a
Gagged bear ehafes, with feverish restlessness
against the walls of his cell; and as if the an
noyance in one sense were not sufficient, she
seems to have adopted a bob-and-sinker style
of trimming, hat and dress, and hair and cloak
and everything that goes to make up her ex
ternaIs. Little tassels and little balls and
litte tufts at lhe end Of little cords; and these
are all the time bobbing up and down, aud
trembling and threatening TO bob up and
down, like
esThc one red Leaf, the last Of its clan
That dances as Oft as dance 1t can,
Hanging light, and hanging so high,
On the ,oprnost bough that looks up at the sky
Any person who sits near Mrs. Flutfer
Budget, or undertakes to look at her during
divine service, looses all sense of rcp9se, and
all power of reflection. The most solemn ex.
ercises in which the mind engages cannot be
carried on with fly upon the nose, and any
teasing of a single sense, whether Of sight or
sound or touch, is fatal to religions devotion.
l persume that if the pastor wishes to find the
most sterile portions of his field, he needs only
to ascertain the. .pelmhs Of Alla7a Who occupy
pcws III the vi5iniiy Of this lively little lady.
Her husband died two years ago, of rslecpIess-
ness, and harrassing system Of nursing
The Flutter BulgeIs are numerous family
in America. They are not all as restless as
Madame, but the characteristics of tie blood
ete manifested amcp2 them all, They. never
know reposc and shat is worEe than this,
they dread i: not dcspise it They are inn
mcnse workers-not that they do more work
and harder than their neighborS but they
make a great fuss about it, and are always al
it. They rise carly in the morning, and the7
sit up late at night and they do this from
years end to years end whether they have
anythino to do or not. They cannot sit still.
They have an unhealthy impression that ii Is
wrong for them not to be doing something
all the time. Nothing in the world Will make
thfm So uneomforiab.e and 50 restless as leis-
urc. Mrs Eid4thr budget, could ny Ianre sill
down without knitting-work, on u sock TO darn.
in her hand, than she could fly. As she has
many times remarked, she would die if she
could not work. To her, and TO all Of her
name and character, constant action seepls to
be ne cessity. The craving ~bft!.e sr,oker
fQr his PipR or ci$Jf, the iucessant hankcring
of the opil;m cater for his drug, the terrible
thirst of the drunkard for his cups-alI these
are legitimate Illustrations of the morbid de-
sire of the Budgets for action and motion
lhe man who has the habit Of using narcotics
is not more restless end anhanfY without his
acc ustuTncd stimulant than they are with
NOTHING 20 90 In truth, l believe the desire
tor action may become just as mon bid a pas
sioE Of the soul as that which most degrades
and ,lcmoralizas mapkjnd,
Mrs F.uttcr Budget is hot happy woman;
as have intimated before, she seriously inter
Iercs with the happiness and the spiritual
prosperity Of those ahuut her. When she
can find nothing else 10 do, then she worries
These childsen Of hers are worried nearly 10
death If in their play Trey get any dirt up.
on their faces they are Immediately sent TO
make themselves clean. If they soil their
clothes, they are shut ab until reddeed to a
bfofeF state CT penitenee. They are kept out
of all draughts of air for fear of cold; and if
they should take cold, why, they must take
medicine of the most repulsive character as a
penalty II theE c9cgR cut of the wrong cor
ncr of their mouths, she suspects them of
Group intentions; and if they venture, at some
ungarded moment, on a cutaneOus eruption,
they are Immediately charged with the mea-
sles. or accused with the smallpox. If they
5ni5iIy sit down for moment of repose, she
apprchends sickness, and stirs them about in
order TO shake IT off. Even sleep is not sacred
to her, for she iuds a flushed face among
Tie hazrsssed, little slumherers. she awakes its
owner to make affeetionate 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
be- rid of the world and of her. L think a
man would die after a while, with constantly
looking at the motion of siiw niiH, The jar
of locomotive makes the toughest iron brit
tie at last; and the wear and tear of a restless
wife, is beyond the strongest mans endurance.
37ia DIR. j. G. HOLLAND.