Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-04
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Brokeh Heads and Hearts.

The last tit-bit for scandal lovers, is
the chQpfing open OF q aHethedist min
ister'S head in Cincinnati, Hast Monday,
by aman named Bond, the 9ffense be-
ing that.the reverend gentleman kissed
repeatedly y the woman tofElldn Bond
was betr0thed. According TO some ac-1
counts, the lady is q rosebud, OF seven
teen, while others state that she is a.
fully opened flower OF over, forty. In.
any case we fancy the kiss was hardly
worth the hatch to. either
affeetionate priest zor his assailant. 80
Thompson. the Clergyman, is reported
fatalfF Inbred and Hence the current
of public sympathy has all set in his
favor. low, while we regret to see
any respectable man butchere1 for what
he probably esteemed minor falIlt, or,
yeEy 1iizef j, !, no fault at all, It seems to
be only fair dealing to look 81 the other
sidesof the ease with the i;sstiee Of
which ThoInp npsoif's liyingof q yiag has
nothing whatever TO do.
There is not q sdayifl which the news
papers do nQtzearry to every breakfast
table IN the con atfy Some Horrible tale
which the actors by no means Belong to
VIC Af-k4E1AN-f-A A1lftcoCb, tOQt W IdHlIfl6S ct5
refined and often as pj0dsiy guarded as
an m oE t1ch The story Isl read to- be;
shudderedl over. In most Instances,
too, married man or woman Is ,as enc 81
the gpilty par ties. s n ows we do iIt,f hel
Heys that the stand lard of, pufitv Ia
lowered one d egree IN th e minds of the
respectable classes in ! this country by
all the preaehi z or practice 81, the EEes- Ess
nj
produces it has rsEther been raised We
do not believe e that in nine cases ort Of
ten nttheSe guilty husbands OF wives Had
IN ttiepqIsfE any Inte1t ION ct disleyaIt ~
to thelr oiIlaf{lagse wow. .slsif fheY1 began
with an q H inoseAt frieAdsh .fpilir
arity at Thich angels sare alleeed to
ReysFhpHppn has beer 50 SUI sum lIssarily iain
punished and which gther ministers IN
CINCINNATI, we regret to see. Justly rs
perfectly proper and matfef-of-co
A nin1ster or 9. teacher. iiatpfsll feels
prottetlhg aIecti D. for the younE
girls and iswhgm qhes siHstrdees,
andsknews IN grief and JOY as no other
man eaniknews thelag athes affection lis
apt 10 become near and 5pers and II
both natures are pure, maiiss %. only
innocent but elepating. Bet natures
are not alYays pure; lovers nsy, have s
tendency jealousy and hatchets,
-ecce1n0mps0h..2 l.,..s.,
Again husband Is o'vesrworked,
wants recreation; he finds at home a
tired faded wofnaII; he would guard
her honor or her safety with. his life; il
she were to die he would think of her
as the angel of his home, and leave her
place untitled perhaps fof years. But
he has some Unused ideas, s0f5es nerv-
Gus energy for which he unjust have
vent; some whim CT tastelMhieh she is
too busy with the babies or the kitchen
to NOTICE or to sympathize with; where
upoa he goes cut tseiitHry and paorbid,
bef16aning his fate; that he is euncoin-
pretended, - has; me cempanionsin his
higher nat1re. Now If the fellow be
manly man, he will betake himself
to hard work or hard play, and so rid
himse3ffof his megri1as, or,Sif HsE must
haIeA cqnpanibl, teh Ito one he can
ma in the next club or shop or count
lng-room another, Iyoungz fellow with
the same taste or 5entim ett ality as f1irif
SELF But unfprt anately lie finds in-
stead a young woman; she has neither
babies nor Kitchen to tire her; she has
youth, freshness. and plenty. of time,
and,Iaore tlsh AL, ANY auoo1ht OF
unused emotions and passian kpending
the arriyalos her ownhasband) where
with to WaHin and spice her intercourse
with the husbands of other women. "A
Could anything be more nicely fitted by
Fate to his peculiar needs? Here is all
he iAcHS 70 his wife EfHen TO. him ID
periect.hsh6eence because hess married!l d
just there lies the fatal error Young
women aud old ones lfQr the further
removedsa ,schanceso Of thdanftfDOs
are thesniofe gfeedy is she for bfAt0hic
friendships are held by'tlleiF friends to
be perfectly safe in the companionship
OF Jay ban go long asshe hasj d drag
weight at home to hold him TO virtue
in tiie shape ui a wife Often they re-
rnaiassfe. The man grows. haggard
andcld, takes toarink, goes about with
the yosl1ag 3w0ilan's photograph secreI
ted in his pocket but really iOvess the
girl. too well to harm her BIZ saying that
he loves her. ~ Their friends watch her
Inconsistencies with atnsazenlefit and
credit her with either the, Stiffness OF a
fool orthe purity of an angel. Present
ly bona fide husband rc0nes, along;
she fnarries and whistles the plat6nic
iovet cpinf5 f5laeently down the wind IL
He goes back to his home, to find It dis.
tasteful and noxjous to him ever after.
AS for the Wronged wife and her wasted
life, SO long as there has been no crime.
what right has she to complain? Now.
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