The Van Buren press., 1872-06-18
MISCELLANY. Y. .
How She was Cured.

David DoCile, a frugal Industrious me
chanic, having saved up a few hundred
dollars bethOught him that it would be
| good for him to look up partner to share
and multiply his joys and diminish the
number Of his SORROWS lie had become
| tired of boarding house lite, that stall fed
state Of social slavery. and, being of 4
quiet, domestic turn of mind, wisely con
cluded that he would be a gamer both in
contentment ond prosperity by having a
| home Of his o~n, where he could not only
rule the roast, but know exactly what was
roasted. Being man of acts rather than
words, he was not long in securing the
object of his ambition, which he found in
the person Of Miss Delcctable Parsnip, an
apparently sweet human vegetable which
took root in his affection. True, Delecta
bic was some half doz.n years his senior
in age, and half that number Of inches his
superior in stature; but age has the adj
vantage of experience, and the more we
have Of a good thing the better. And as
the enthusiastic representations of the
maidens friends guaranteed that she
would prove a aprofitable Investment, Dav.
id was satisfied and amid the cOngratula.
tons Of the numerous Parsnips, the twain
were made one, and In due time were cs-
tahlishcd in a snug little home Of their
own, where no boarding house bell could
dictate the hours of their food aad slum-
Der.
But, alas for the short. sightedness Of
David Docile, he soon had cause to repent,
and that bitterly, Of his has,y matrimonial
adventure Building 4 house, he found.
was much easier feat than to occupy one
successfully after 1t is built. Instead of
being the loving dutful companion he had
bargalned for, Mrs Delcctable DociIc
proved to be a woman of variable temper
ament, to say the least; and worst Of all,
Jealousy seemed to be hel predominant
failing. And with this latter fact this veri
table record has to deal
David had returned home at an unusual
ly late hour one evening, from visit to n
married sister in another part Of the city,
recreation which he had occasionally al
lowed himself. partly on account of the
affection he bore that relative, and partly
from q disatiectl5n arising from being
bored by that other relative, whose
crotchety ways rendered her company not
always the mos, endearing to the am,able
and quiet loving David his wife had re
tired to rest and was snoring as became q
woman Of her generous proportions
She's asecp-that's lucky for me !,
How much more musical she sounds when
she snores than when she scolds" !" tho't
David, as visions Of what might have been
had this happy state of things been other
wise, rose TO his mind s,siGn, amd'I '"'"
step grows elastic, says to himself,
, all what matters it--a little good
or less let ~ all iore and B. hap
ad take wh0t GJd sends This is WI
c end. Nor are we to suppose
leerful person has always been ex
from trial, or that his cheerfulness
product Of insensibility We have
eet step lightly, which far back sn -
Quincy mad left bloody foot .gajru,
ere are smiles born Of tears rain
brightest on the storm cloud
oveliest when gliding screncly from
reatening skies violets sweetest
birth place was q rock cleft. These
" whom God and man love, whose R0O
have on the wedding garment, Doo
when the master Of the feast bid
like Him, opening wide the door
hearts, and saying to the weary ~
n lalon Coma ~ SOT,