The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-06-21
Set in Ones Way

on Nj stoves Little Tex,s.f .l .Lc All.tcf.r
May
The domestic laui, We speak of is the
Wild. urcultu.ed growth al tiiis faculty. the
instructive ac'icu Of frmncSs uncontrolled
by reason or conscience.-i common par
lance. the being SCI ia Ou.'s lruL" II Is
The ANIMAL instinct Of being "set in ones
way which we mean by seli-wiu or persist
euCe; and IN domestic life il does the more
mischief from lis working as an instinct un-
watched Is reason and gnchalenged by
conscience.
ID lie pretty new cottage which you see
on yOnder Knoll, are q pair of Young peO-
PIE just I'D tie midst u that happy hustle
which attends the formation Of q first home
In prosperous circumstances, and with all
the means OF making il charming and
agreeable Carpenters, upholslers ana ar
uhcels await their Will: AID there remains
Tor them only the pleasant task OF arrang-
lng and determining where all their pretty
aud agreeable things shall he placed. Our
Hero and Leduder are decidedly nice peo-
pie, Who have been through all tie proper
stages OI Being i4 love with each other Tor
Tie requisite .-ri suitable the. Tie, have
written each other letier every day for
t"O year, beginning with NV dearest. "
and ending VIII y our OWn." etc: they
have sent each other flowers aad rings and
locks OF hair; ,hey have worn each OIL er's
pictures ou ;Leir hearts; thc5 have spent
hours ana hoCis talking over an subjects
under tie SUI. and are convinced that
never was there such sympathy Of souls.
such unauimity Of opinion, such just,
reasonable, perfect foundation for mutual
esteem.
Now 10 IS quite true that people may have
perfect agreement and sympathy in their
higher intellectual nature. .-may ike the
same books. quote the same poetry. agree
III the same principles, be united in the
same rell9iOn-and nevertheless. when they
come together IN the simplest affair Of eve
ry-day business. may lind themselves jar
ring and impinglng upon each other at ev-
cry step, simply because there are TO each
person, IN respect OF daily personal habits
aud personal likes and dislikes- a thousand
little lnOlvIdualilIes with Whlcn reason has
nothing 20 do, which are not subjects for
tie use OF logic, and 20 which they never
think oi applying Tie power oi religion, -
which can only be- set down as The posi-
1--WE ultimate facts OF existence with two
people.
suppose blue jay courts i.ul WINS and
weGs Baltimore orlOie DuriuL cOurtshiu
theie may have been delightfully."- sympa-
Actlc cOnyeI saiIOu Oh Tie charm OF benz
fee birds, The felicity oi soaring IN the blue
summer air. NJ. Jay may have been all
hunihly and aA ec,,acy M comparing th,
dsc0rCanl sC4ecch 90 bis own Moie wl.n the
warbing tenderness Of Miss OriOle But,
once united. the TWO commence business
relations. lie Is firmly convinced that q
nOle m hollow tree is the only rea enable
nest iOr i bird; she is positive that she
should dle there in month Of damp and
rheumatism. Size never heard Of Going [,
1 housekeeping in anything but nice little
: peluu!Ous Jar swinging down from under
Tie branches OF a breezy elm: he is sure
be sh' uld have wafer Oh the brain before
summer Tas over, from constant vertigo
10 such swayiu-. unsteady quariers,-h,
would DC q sed->ick b.Ee-iay on land. ano
he cannot ;hink OF II. SLe knows now he
don't love her, ~ De never would think O
shutting her up in an old mOully hole pick
ed out Of rotten wood; and he knows she
does nj love him. or she never would want
10 make hlm uncomfortable all his days by
ultiDg and swinging him about as nO de
cent bird Ought 60 bc swmm Both are
ucad-se, IN their own way and opinion
and how Is either TO he convinced mat the
way which scemeth right unto The other i.
mol best. Nature knows this. and there
fore, Ia her ieaihered tribes, blue-jays dc
not mate with orioles; and 81 bro house
keeping goes on in peace.
But men and women as diverse in thea
/ ply sicai taste ard habits as bluc-jays anC
orioles. are w0oiug and wedding every day
and coming to the business OF nest-bulld
ing, Gtsas housekeeping. with prediction:
as violent, AMI as incapable OF any logicl
defence, as The orioles parIiality Tor {
swing-nesl and the Jays preference OF rot
! ten wood.
/ Our Hero and LranGer, then, who are ar
ranging their cottage to-day, are example:
/ just in point. They haye both Of them been
+ only children. both the Idols Of circle,
+ where they have been universally deferred
/ 10. Lach in his or ler own circle has beer
/ looked up 10 is a model OF good taste, ant
/ Oi course each has tie habit OF exercising
and induiging very distinct personal tastes
! They truly, deeply esteem, respect, ant
love each other. ana for The very best O
/ reasons, ,-ltcause there are sympathles o
/ tie NciS highest klng between them. NOtl
are generous ana atlcctionate, 10th ar
highly cUltured in intellect and taste bot
aIe earnestly religious; and set, with al
this, let me tell you that the first year o
their married life will be worthy 10 be re
corded as n gear o. Jatlcs
Yes, these friends 50 true, these lovers
so ardent, these individuals in themselve
so admirable, cannot come into the Intimat,
relations o! life without an eferyescence n
great as that CT M acid and alkali; and i
Will be Impossible 10 decide which is mos
in fault, the acid OF the akali. both bein,
IL their way OF the very best quality.
The reason Of 1t all is, that bctn are in
tensely ''set in their way" and the ways o
no two human beings are altogether coin
eldent. Both ofthem have the most sharp
ly defined, exact tastes ard preferences
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