Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-03-15

ingiy-Dut ne had had bad example that
morning." the hogshead ~as of no use
it wouldn't hold water any more than a
basket"
go get barrel" said Mr.. Seymour,
in somewhat softened tone.
"a barrett" answered James. "There
isn't barrel fit to put water in. I'll take
the scalding tub-but there, now, it's up
aloft where body can't get it under half
day."
Mrs. Seymour had passed into the
house, but a window being open, she had
heard the conversation, and feeling a sym
pathy, quite natural to woman's heart,
for husband generally kind but thought
less and now perplexed, and approached
the window and said
/" Husband, I'll put off the washing an
other day. This will accommodate you
the best--and she added" perhaps you
will by and by have cistern"
Whether the husband conjectured what
was in her heart or not, he determined.
once more for the hundredth time that he
would build one. For thirty years, like
some others he had made use of casks of
one kind and another. usually hogshead
or two, to catch water and generally
sufficient quantity for the washing days
had been obtained. But in the summer
months, that busy period of the year, there
was often deficiency which must be sup
piled from neighboring stream. This
was comparatively hard during the dry
seasons, and was sometimes impure; but
it was preferable to the water of the well.
The subject of cistern had often been
discussed, but that Yves all I; the article bad
never been provided. The incidents re-
lated had more than once occurred at Mr..
Seymour's. Similar incidents are common
in hundreds of families, because they are
destitute of those conveniences necessary
to their comfort.
In those parts of the United States
!, where the water of the wells is unfit for
washing, perhaps not one family in four
has cistern, and yet three out of four Of
, such families as contain five or six mem
bers might have this important article.
Often the well is some distance from the
house. The female parts of the family
5 bring nine tenths of the water used in the
] family. Many mother dates her feeble
: health and ultimately broken constitu-
:, tion to services of this kind, which the
0 expenditure of a few dollars might have
1 prevented.
. But look at the moral effect Of what
!, took place at Mr.. Seymour's. There was
: unkindness there there was ill-temper
) which would destroy mans peace of
J whole day. Upon reflection he must
have felt that the request of his wife was
both proper and necessary. True, it was
a most pressing season of the year, and if
ever one had an apology for momentary
unkindness, it might be in the hurried and
perplexed circumstances of Mr.. S. But
an apology for unkindness towards wife.
, Rather let all such jars between those
whom God has joined tog ther be pre-
t vented. A mans house should be his
earthly paradise. 1t should be, of all
other spots, that to which he returns with
most delight. And, in order that it may
be so, it should be his daily duty to pro-
vide everything convenient and comforta-
BILE for his wife.
With every provision which he can
} possibly make, hers will be life of care
, and toll. She is the sentinel who can
i seldom, if ever, be relieved. Others may
e sleep, but If ever there be one who must
! watch, it is she. She ought, therefore, to
be furnished with every comfort within
, the means of her husband and if fur
3 nished TO the extent of his means,-she is
= generally eagle eyed enough to discern the
3 point at which his ability ends,-she is
contented.
; Generally, every shilling expended by
> the husband for the accommodation of his
wife in her domestic operations is returned
upon him fourfold; if not precisely in
|, pecuniary advantage, though this is often
true, it will be in order. peace, and happi-
, ness of his family. Where convenences
are found in family, there are generally
r bright looks, happy feelings, and industri-
| Gus hands, and where these are found,
| there will be more virtue and less of its
, opposite.
Singular Marriage Customs.
, The inequality almost everywhere visi-