The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-11-18

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the nervousness of her manner, radiated u
magnetism unmistakaby repellant. Had
Mrs. Penney remained healthily sunny,
bakers bread would undoubtedly have
satisfied Mr. Penney. Deprived Of the
JOY be needed, and had boen accustomed
to, he turned, man-iashion, to finding fault
with what under other circumstances, he
never would have considered for a mo-
ment.
You are not well this morning, Mrs.
Penney. said the kind voice of the seam
stress, as tho lady nervously brought out
the material she wished made up.
No | am not very WE'LL she replied,
apparently more to herself than to her
companion but | don't mind so much
about that mean could bear ill.health
very wel--if | didn't have other trou.
hles.'
The pale face Of the dress maker light
ed up wonderfully, as she met the tired
eyes Of her companion.
My dear Mrs. Penney said she, with
sudden inspiration, 'wiIf5ou allow me to
express my thought? Perhaps it may be
of service to you. | have had very
hard life, and only by personal experience
have l ever learned neutrality-suspicious.
Of the richest, and yet most agoniziug de-
scription.'
i wish you would tell me something,
replied Mrs. Penney, with quiyer of the
sensitive lip. Il am doing the best can
and yet, Mrs. Harris,I am failing utterly
in accomplishing that which is dearest to
my heart-the happiness of my husband
and the comfort of my home
You think you are doing the best you
can,' continued the seamstress here you
are mistaken,
But, Mrs. Harris interrupted the
lady, with an offended air
wait one moment, and l will explain
prove the truth of my statement by
your own words. You acknowledged a
moment ago, that you were not well, but
that this fire. was of small Importance
compared with other things. Now ]
maintain that health is the ground. work
of all happiness, the beginning and end oi
all progress. Without health you can no
more be companion for you husband and
a wise mother to your child, than your
husband could be good business man
without it, This, then, is tho first thing
to be considered. Your nerves are rasped
your child is more of a burden than a joy,
your pretty house an unpleasant response.
bility, your husband seems inconsiderate
and unappreciative and tho demon that
has brought about this complete meta
morphosis lies entirely in yourselt-your
present lack Of healthy foundation
But John dosen't seem to sympathize
with mo In these cares broke in Mrs
Penney. i tell him in the morning how
troublesome the baby has been, and all he
ever says is, Is that SO sis I've heard
mother say that children are very apt to
be cross at that age. You'd better lie
down when the baby does, to-day. and
see if you can get good snooze.''
Exactly said the seamstress. do
you ever act upon this advice I?
No how can l All the time have
to sew and attend to things is when the
baby is asleep
Better let things go without attention
until the little one is less trouble.
And then John would find fault with
the disorder.
Il do not think 50. Your nervous con-
diton makes a pervous atmosphere that
your husband feels as soon as he enters it.
The real difficulty he does not realize any
more than yourself The elements are
discordant. He is Immediately thrown
ous of equilibrium, and in trying to re.
store himself he takes hold of the wrong
string, and result is domestic chaos. Wo-
man must make the home. There il no
way Of getting round that fact. Your
husband makes lis place of business
makes tho money to adorn the nest with,
which he has right to expect comiorta-
BILE when he flies to it at night
But is husband to have no response
bility in home mattersr
You would not think of finding fault
with your husband because nature had
not endowed him with the means of pro-
viding bis baby with the first food it
needs
Mrs. Penney laughed.
That seems very ridiculous, does II
not? and yet is no more so than the hun.
dred ana one things women demand Of
their husbands, that they are equally un.
able to give. Woman is the natural
nurse of the man, as well as Of the man.
child BY nurse, in the first instance, |
mean the comforter and inspirer. With
out health, you can be neither. What
then, is the result? You know as vel
as | do. Sometimes divorce, sometime.
desertion, sometimes dragging out an ex
istence more terrible than either
i wish you had heard Mr.. Penney fint
fault with the bread this morning said
tho little lady dreamily.
The bread was something tangible
something he could get hold Of. The rca
difficulty was not in tho bread. Some
thing needed straig ghtepng out he triet
to make himself believe it was the breat
he was irritated about, but my dear Mrs
Penney, it was something far back o
that; | have no doubt | could trace it b,
, actually graduation /; but at the bottom wa
the dsordered state of your nerves, caused
. by neglected health. Get well and you
bread will be all right
> DO you really think so, Mrs. Harris
But how shall get well p
BY taking advantage of every possibl
moment to make up the sleep you hav
| lost by arranging with your servant ,cvel
. by paying her more wages, to take car
= Of the baby while you 90 out 10 ride o
? walk, or make visit to change condi
q tious as often as you can make it conven
4. lent, and especially to arrange to accom-
r pany your husband when he desires 20
| to be with him
g oh, John hates TO go out alone OF It