The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-04-05
A True Wife

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She is not true wife wh1 sustain
not her husband in the day ui hi, Gala
uity, who is not when the world
great frowr makes the heart run chill
with anguish his. guardian angel, grow
| ing brighter and more beautiful as mis-
fortunes crow along his path. Ther
is the time for the trialof her greatness
then is the time for testing whether III,
sweetness Of her temper beams only
with transient lfght; or. ike tn" stea
nv glory Of the morning star. shines out
justsas brightly ul1er the clouds la.
she then smiles just as cheering? -
Does she say fflictiDn cannot ,euch
our purity.and should aever qucnch our
love z" Does she try by happy inv,n
tions to lift from his mind the ur,len of
thought? There are wives, nay, there
are beings, who when dark buurs came.
fall to repning and upbraiding thu:
adding to outside anxiety the harrow; II .
tsceues of domestic striie--,,s if all the
blame in the world would make one i ii p.
white or black, or change the deere,
gone lmmuiab!y forth. Such knew
not that our darkness in heavens light ::
our trials are 6ur steps in the golden
lad'ler by which. if we rightly ascend
we may at last gain the eternal light
and breathe forever in its fuIness aud
beauty. Is that all ?" and the gentle
face of the wife ,beamed with joy Her
husband has been On the verge of des.
truction = all his earthly possessions
were gone, and he feared the result of
the knowledge, she had been so tender
-ly cared for all her life; but. says Irv-
ing's beautiful story, 4" a friend advised
him not to give, sleep to his eyes nor
slumber to his eyelids until he. had un.
folded to her his hapless case" And
this,was her answer, with the smile of
an angel----'is is that. all Z? ( feared that it
WAS worse. Let these beautiful things
be !taken-all this splendor, -let it 90, /
care not tor It'll care only Tor my hu5
bands love and confidence. You shalt
forget in my affection that sou were ev
er in prosperity y-nnlr .'''i' '"'"-'ne' anu
I viii aid you to bear these reverses
with cheerfuluess. Still love her! a
sman must reverence, aye, !iken her to
the very angels, for such woman is a
living representation of heaven.
~ CoURTEsIEs oFTHE BATTLE FGELD.
The rebel maj1r who is writing an
account Of the Virginia campaign in
! BIackwooi. says tn 1t while the rebel
army was about to cross the Potomac
after the Antietam campaign. he was
ordered at a certain point to check the
! Federal advance One Of the Yankee
officers" " he proceeds, "who, as [ was
later informed. was the colonel of the
regiment that had affected its es ape
from Harper's. Ferry, haa attracted my
attention the previous day by his gal
lantry aud the excellent disposition he
made Of his troops, Here saw him
again ga'loping very near Us on a gray
horse, quickly discovering our weak
poiuts, and posting and instrueting his
meu accordingly After having lett
him undisturbed for some time thought
it ueceSsary to put a stop to his pro
ceedings and, selecting couple oi my
intantrymen who had been pointed ou
to me as the best shots, | made acros,
the open space in font of our. lines di
rectly towards him. Having arrivet
within reasonable, distance, [ ordered
my sharpshoaters to fire at the daring
colonel who was moving along at az
easy gaIlop, without paying me tn,
slightest attention Alter several but
let's had whiStled quite close to him. h
suddenly halted, aud turning srhnd
advanced few steps and mIda me Il
military salute in the most graceful .man
ner possible Then catl,ng nut tn on
of his men 10 hand him a carh,ne h,
raised the weapon, took deliberate ain
at me. aud sent his ball 81 clo4e!y to IA,
head that Thought II bad urre aw i,
a lock of my hair Stilrni uox ou IN
part and, wheelin.t rni1l pretty, . n1tl
of us rode back 20 onr re-pac'.l" lines
So courtesias are s0nctpues exciGrnzet
in the midst OF Aa-iiie o-'.,A ct
jHE..-i - -ts --.-r .Et a.. -fA !
HoRRIBbE DSArit - few hay
since negro boy, Through .curiosit
went to the Catneiu Furnace establish
ueue, in Frederick ycSunty,G Mary lmd
10 Witaessthe operation ofimeltlng iro
ore. and while looking doWu;iuto one O
the receivers. from wfichsa large quau
tity Of gas escapes, he was almost iustaa
f taneously suffocated, and at once lost a
, useeOf himself, tumbling. headlong3 int
, tho lake OF fire andoburning to death
/ | q all efforts to recoY erthe boy tiom tn
liauid flames were rendered inDractic,
blse aud be was left to his awful fiJe
| .sso Il --r-u7-77s-"TTsu1 7ts-7r- 80 s'-a
"a workman in,Trey, while1sd
4. clock of iron. the otheroday9 was atrae
| by a. piece os metal oh.the face, spiittin