St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-07

p -luuIHV. 'ilH Hbi luSlSlliS upon lIt
traditional sweet smile" under all cir
cumstanceS. Angels are rarely found
on earth, but is there no medium be
tween smiling and scnwling
''CleanlineSS is next to godliness.
How any gentleman can preserve his
affection for il slovenly wife passes
comprehemsion. even if she can retain
selt-respect.
There is medium in all things, and
dress should ever be suited to the cir
cumStauces of the Wearcr. \ toilet for
the paIlor should not be worn in the
kitchen but neatness of person is no
more encumbent in the one place than
in the other. A clean collar Is as quick
/ ~ put on as IL soiled one, and the few
minutes necessary for brushing one =
hair are never thrown away.
The woman who makes her motto {:
"A time and place for every thing, and
everything III its place" and sticks to It.
mas conquered fate and if with this
jewel of worldly wisdom she have also
the Pearl of Great Price, may wOr-
thily wear the crown which the mother
of King Lemuel sought for his wife.
! Let it he your chief earthly aim to
please your husband. Never allow
yourself to think that lit is only John.
and don't matter" The husband won
must also he kept, and he who having
wUOed Il dainty and attractive girl finds
himself welded to dowdy. careless
wife, is sWindled , Do not lay aside all
the accomplishments which captivated
the lover; they are just as pleasant to
the husband.
Il, L A.,
yet 60 not fancy that You can bc erery-
thing to him. nor fret because yOu are
not. \ dozen times day he will for
get your very existence. even while
workiu. for You but do not murmuI
his love tor .y"u is none the less earn-
est because of this.
Does he stop. think You, in the rush
of his business to count the throbbimgs
OF the heaIt in his bosom Be con
tent. if like that You ale the ccnterOt hi,
life : if every outgoing tide of feeling
finds lis way back I" YOU.
Let him keep his friends. if they he
not evil: he may need them some day
and their claim is 50 different from
Yours
Never blame your husband to Other
people. whatever his faults. If they
are such a. Won can keep hidden from
the eyes of the world, do So. In ANY
case. YOU Will find them easier to endure
ami To conquer if y"u ." forth against
them clad III the armOr of silent pa
tIenrc. asking help only from Him wh'
alone can really help u>.
IT, ~ sometimes chances. the staff oI
which ii w"nuIm has clcrrcd 10 lean
through lite proves Il hopclrSS'> crook
ed stick. even then to those who SrcI
comfort at the toot of the cross comt
'paticnct and designations. with suStain-
ing strength in the grasp of their arm,
and healing IN tn. touch of their tin.
gers. And if in Gods providence tiicr.
comes that Spre>t of all Trials t. ;
woman. when she must appeal I" the
strong arm of the law for protection
from her husband. the blow will Ice les
unrudurahlc if il he not barhrd an,
pointed 10y the tongues of a hundre,
evil COuu>elIcrS.
I" the wife who. loving and believ
Ing in her husband. begins her marie,
lie with earnest purr"Se to do Inn
good and not evil all the days of he
life" and who is blessed with il modi
cum of brains, marriage is seldom :
mistake. Sorrow may hay. CW come
pain and wcarinc>>. There may h,
times when heart aud flesh fail hu
shoulder to >louldc! the husband a.
the stronger #" the wiud&yaul side
these two will comfort and help cacl
other: each better and happier tnl the
huud hct tween them them SORROWS III
Nidrd their jos doubled 10y that Gu
rious moral arithmetic. Ihc key To whlCi
is po->r>Sed onll 10y married folk VIII,
love and fhoroughl> respect each Other
% women bt true in your Instincts
- woTrn. be pure in Nonr lives
You mould he future : mothers
Inu govern the present wives
-ChristaiH UHj"n.