The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-15
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Nog5mt Iu3 Is work splsnhdly
Anj as - set Ellen. Il yot
would q tmc work Edward pair
as rfes,n 81 The anniversary Of your
wcd3in dy
tndced Mars I bae no jimC Non
sulle Nel perhaps Il is that have
no inclination pshsw Mary, we mar
o3 women afr u8teXpCetcd 60 do that
+ lud Il in
aud hy not lllcn
Why b6oaua1 hocaufo thtAk 4
natural tlat ailer q woman is married
she should. lose ali interest in them
+ Whom fray bas She then TO draw PIC
tures ard elt wateh papers forY'
Whom Ih,uh q moment Ellos.
"Ihul sNhy what's the use Of think.
f iag hss ala not acted her part has
she net intl her point, and with re-
lacatat VHoa, turned over the gilded
picture Whro Loeo was crovuing Hy-
man wifi yoaes @ discover The satnu
interesting individual a. ~ real't 's1
+ We lUsr ~ eUr romance, Mary, wher
We desc ud e. rl'A over the kingdom; oi
pots gu1 kettles aud are constantly in
Il terrupltd by messages from walters or
vashera> aon, = . solo .perfor1net on
/ 9 above the lodges. ine, in the nnrsefy
Then you do not approve Of matri-
Imony. Eilen9'
"Oh, rtainly, | dol think il wo-
mans true sphere But it rcdicnlous
to attempt % employ your mind and
time as ydu did before. What uTtiyo
would you have proyg
Excuse me. Eiiu II you loved Ed.
wati as yoh ouqhl II do you would bo
Hat no lass far q motive
Love Edward Why, / love him de-
yotedly, but he Is very much changed
Changed do you notsexpect HIM TO
change Could any one, All at once, rel
ish coarse food, Eho had boon feeding
on ambrosia I,
''Yory romantic, Mary But they dc
moi bring any 81 the latter commodity to
market, nna hayt. TO DO tho best can.
Besides think it would look rather
Iodd served up at a houHokooprs table.
1t might do very well. for loyers bun
a bona fie husband oftwo yeai9' stsid-
'ng would bo apt in my humble judg-
mont, to prefer ham and eggs hot cof-
fee; that is, il be were in his sober
senses. hope, Mary, you don't serve
mp for your poor man dish of roman
&c, or as you are q pootoss,ra sonnet or
two, for breakfasts ditto, with pair Of
worked SLIPPERS, for dinner; and as SUPP
Iper oGghtto be light,a dish Of sighs and
sentimcnt, seasoned with recolectionH
Of the past Z Hh hal You do not suf-
/ fer from dyspepsia, do you 2
"Cull and sec nae, Ellen. and Judge
for yourselfmy bill Of fare, | do not
i think immagination has much to Dc
with that, though il is bysno means
banishcd from our house Now think
Of ii, We do sometimes have sonnet or
two after dinner, when We hlo alone,
and ! assure you, my George relishcs
It quite ~ much as the other entertain
mcnts. We hive other things, too, 81
/ ON house, which, as they cannot be oh
tained ut market, | am afraid you do
not haze These are warm smiles and
happy hearts bounding pulses and
bu0yaut spirits contentmont and peace
have never rohnquished any one ne
comphalmcnt since / have been marri.
i ed, for 1 never had so many occasions
/ 70 eall them into practice. And, Ellen,
IN addition to my household duties, !
have acquired moro information from
books, lave written more played more.
soWed more and sung more, than / over
/ did IN The course of my life. / study
harder now than Whom we were AZ
school.
4 study What do sou study?
You know, Ellen, neither you nor
myself married fools. Our husbands
are both men of fine talonts and educn-
tion, and rs / knew we were liflted TO-
gether for life, thought that thb bar
plan would be torcnder myself III ever,
respect a fit companion FOR tho man /
loved 80 fondly George willingly mado
Inc bis associate in everything could
understand, and won my willing foot.
steps to tread with him the rugged road
OF abstruse science But there were
nifty things did not know. George
was devoted to the classics they wero
al scaled volumes to me; and often
q when / enterod his study and asked hith
TO read / felt sorry that, Tor my sake
Do had to put down the enhancing vol
uino IN bis hand, for one that ! could
understand 50, one day, boldly ash.
od him to teach me Latin and Crock.
\ Though not little supplied al ms re.
quest, he gladly cousented, and / set
apart portion q my tiiuo 70 be deyo
ted to these things HIS constant al.
I tention and gentle voice smoothed the
difficulties % lny ~ay, and With such
motive for perseverance rs | had, ]
negor thought 81 tagging. And, Ellen.
! / was rewarded Nc~ scenes unfoldod
before me, new beauties bargt upon ms
sight. which had all been hidden lroiH
fiew by the darkness of my mind eud
when George came home and woul
.couyefe of these things Oh hog fond
would be the smile and how warm tbf
kiss Of reward Since then, have stud.
led German, and rubbed up my rusty
French, while secretly / have run oycs