The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-10-24
THE TRIBUNE.
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correspondent, Mrs Patty Spangle,
who writes thus pleasantly of Spangle'
conduct before and after marriage:
SPASGLE AS a VOTER.
| first met Spangle at country fair.
We were introduced to each other aboui
ten clock In the morning, and, if you
VIII be lieve me, did not get chance to
speak to any other gentleman that day. /
never saw a fellow 50 struck at first sight.
don, think he saw horse, or anything
else tlasst was on exhibition that day, but
me, although there were present many OF
thaincst beautiful and accomplished young
Ia lies Of that section Of the country. As
n was extremely good looking of good
fainIly and unexceptlonal habits and
character, L, OF course felt battered by
III, marked preference. l had to take
him TO dinner, and Introduce him to pa
al ma, and the whole family. Tie nlade
very COOL Impression. In fact, Span
ge can shine when he tries. | remember
the fact with pride Well. it is the old
story He became infatuated, and re
quested permission to visit me and spend
"a day there Ia just two weeks from the
day we met. During these two weeks L
received daily long letters from Simon,
closely written and cross written. iwish
| had kept them At length the day
OF his visit arrived aud 10 and behold !!
the servant girl awoke me III the morn
ing with pleasant information that
Spangle was waiting for me III the parlor
Here was a lover for youl
MARRIAGE AND HONEYMOON.
Well, well As Isaid before, it was the
old story, ever recurring, ever sweetly
told, and ever listened to by willing ears
Suffice it to say, that from that day |
saw no peace until became Mrs Span
gle. Our honeymoon was, l suppose,
like all homogeneous, short and delicious.
-ss1 THE REALITIES OF LIFE.
And then came the realities of life It
Is my belief that this is the most trying
period of woman s life. However kind
and attentive her husband may be, a
young wife, when she enters upon the
actualities of life, has disclosed to her a
state Of affairs Of which she had little or
no conception before marriage. When
she leaves an atmosphere of romance
and enters upon the realities Of life, it is
ike stepping out of a garden of summer
flowers, into the regions of perpetual win
ter, and unless she brings all her good
senses and philosophy to her aid, her at
fections will become chilled, and she will
regarl herself disappointed, if not a
deceived woman, for the balance of her
lite. 1T Is the hope that our experience
may be or benefit to young wives that in
dpceS NE to reveal some OF the domestic
incidents and intelicities of twelve years
of married life.
+ After our brief holiday, Spangle-to
use his own xore5sion-took "a tilt at the
world, determined to wrest from it not
only competence, but a fortune, that
would place me in the most beatitic atti-
tu1le to be obtained by opulence.
The dear fellow did work hard, and if
he met with obstacles and difficulties, and
trlais, the world never knew it. He re-
served them for his fireside, aud, although
he did not accuse me as the cause, yet
he recountad them in tome and manner
50 different from the Joyous and buoyant
langnage Of courtship, that | could but
feel | was accountable for his troubles.
Although | never seriously doubted his
love for me. yet he certainly permitted
maa5 excellent opportunities for mani
testing it to pass unimproved. Before
we were married. he seemed to have a
perfect mania for holding my hand and
Used TO wander IF he would ever give
laA an opfaortunity to do any needle work
after marriage Bat, bless your soul !
after marriage, when opportunities for
inll'gIng in that delicious pastime We're
ahialant. It seems to have lost Its charm.
Poor, foolish ne | was often a@@riere1
1t his apparent coolncss, and would ask
him twenty times a day i he did not love
me why, certainly | do, my deas
little puss.; thought You knew i'll
Yes he thoueht / knew it? Perhaps
dill. also knew tiat we had Ilonsy ol
flour AMI bacon IN the pantry, hat thar
sknsgleslge did not satisfy NY hunger
TIE HONEYMOON IN a PARrLAL ECLIPSE.
It's true TRAIT this affection manifested
itself spor4aic1;iy wish all the warmth
AMI asfectian OF the ol days; but these
cblilifions were the exceptions sFhc
rlif was, i thought you knew it, : Yes
girls when yau ret husbands they vii
eynect you So know il. and my advice tc
you il, that you get all the counting you
wana bctpre ypu are married, FOR after
that event what h:tle counting is done IL
the family viii have to be done by ths
vie
sPANGLE AS \ FATHER.
We have six children. All haautif;I ans