Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-02-21
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We generally 6nd domestic felicity eos
of the minor points wish men vhose
genius has,eome down through the vista
of yean TO n Of the present century
We admire and relish the great thoughta
that spice our literature. We would al
most conclude they were good as we'll az
great. But few stray leaves Of history
tell us differently.
We could scarcely expect minds busted
with the past and future to sever the
cords Of extended thoughts. and appreci.
ate the reality of home life. There is q
vast difference between the ideal and the
real. Minds that daily gathered fresh
flower. in the Elysian fields. could moi
pause to note the lowly forget me nots in
their mo.sy dells.
Is it any wonder that SO many unhap.
py marriages were contracted with the
celebrated men Of the world. Little food
could they find in the prosy common
place routine Of domestic life for inven.
tions or the imagining poetical BRAIN
Marriage with this class of men were
usually made on the same principle al
the sale of their works. Poor Goldsmith
was sorely distressed with the repeated
cries from his laudlady for the rent due
her. Although he bad no one else to pro.
vide for. he founc the care Of himself
more than bis literary nature could en-
durc. Xantippe is almost a. proverbial
as Mother Goose" In our school days
we became acquainted with her scolding
propensities. but could not decide whether
she belonged to Napoleon or Washington.
DR.. Richard Hooker married a second
Xantippe. lie resigned himself to bis
fate, lamenting that saints usually have
q double share Of the miseries Of this life. -
Dyden bitterly opposed ma:rimony. On
one occasion his wife wished to be book.
so that she might have more Of bis COM
pany. He replied. "Be an almanac. go
that l may change you once a year" F"
Addison with countess married discord.
She treated him as an inferior, although
she could not compare with him in intel
lect. Luther wrote sffectionately Of the
handsome nun he took for helpmeet, yet
he was frequently vexed with her trivial
conversation when his thoughts were
deep into works that would live long
after the great reformer's body had re-
turned to dust. At one timo he locked
himself up to pursue his sacred writings,
when the door vas assailed BY Kitty,
who threatened to send for the locksmith
if he didn't open to her. II was afraid. "
said she. on entering. "that something
troubles you" to which he replied,
The only thing that troubles me now is
yourself" Yet he writes of her AZ being
pious and gentle, and at bis death left
her sole heiress of bis estate Sterue
treated his wife with such severity that
she fed from him with ber daughter and
took refuge in a convent.
Napoleon loved the retreat Of Malma-
isin, where from the tumult of war he
enjoyed rest with the peerless Josephine
The pious Hooker would have preferred
death to separation with 'uch COM
panion. But the heart strings were bro.
ken for the sway of that demon that
brought sorrow and dcsoiation ever after
to the brave Napoleon.
The greatest philosophers led single
lives. Bacon says wife and children are
a hinderance to great enterprises and so
they are when affections and intellects
are welded to the world. Of course there
are bright exceptions. where lifetime
unions have been spent in peace and hap.
piness. but we read more of tie reverse.
One Of the most beautiful pictures We
have in history is the conduct Of the wife
of Lord Russell, who remained at his side
through his trial. How devotedly he
loved her we need not comment After
he had taken a final farewell Of his
steadfast companion. all he could say
wac, THE bitterness of death is now
past" e--
The great men Of later days generally
marry. ana are apparently happy in the
domestic relations.
A strange accident is reported from