The Van Buren press., 1876-03-28
MISCELLANY. Y
Written for the PREss
\ story for Girls.
THE WIDOW Ed WIFE.
Ok
A House of Woe.
BY EDWARD.

One of the purest and hottest charms
OF Which woman is the possessor, is the
strength, the quality and the consistency
OF her love. 1t is SO strong that no
earthly power can break it; it is noble.
refined aud elevated in Its natare. draw
ing into the excellence of ita Influence
those who are the objects Of It's atiec
ton; it is eternal and uawaveiiag in its
devotion, and cannot be easily turned
aside from the channel it his chosen ais
its course T3t
There are several species OF iove, each
OF which has different effect upon the
human heart Tie love Of pa4eut for
lis child different from that which is
felt for brother or sister These two,
however are at perfect vali nee with that
, which woman feels for lie eitb1sband
Snc is willing to leave father, mother,
brothers, sisters, and all the many sum,
memories that weave them elves ia sol.
den netWark around her sui, ll ssl,arr
'Iie heaft aaa lif' OF The naa ata tovcs.
Poverty aad wAp ~! - uai.e tletr inrces
tu turn aer eeurse pf lote ats ale. hu
al theif forts would he In Ia AS
well rf shfa" 4'pn I l., sta# f.ee
Il. ii.ts uI W.tals laHt r.>av5 80 l4
- ~ 80 u La "a " Il wa HWaisi
s,a3 gue~s.e ut a,@Jy Er'-hels, ag io
a rh ut.s < fu.etNaE ni - 4sGsA1s lpyt
Err caato make AeF abansipn her iaeuI !,
water cannot sabncTse her affection :.
heat cannot melt her devotion, nor can
cold freeze OVER aud itnDe,e The rippiug
mwmuriug ol her currento of Iuye. Each
hour she spends trom her beloved hus
band's ~iie, is tinted with si,ate of
woe, Her iite' is enwrapped il his, and
each huugAt of him is,a cloak il which
sac j, CONSTANTLY cnto.dcd No tilp OF
~ea " a4el- ut sufficient power to dis
iurh the peaceful nature of .er eqaau IN
tv. Tue world may turn away with ha
tired and disgust, an friends. alike with
foes. may ciosr phelr once friendly hearts
AMI humr> 5 tp her husband. hut she VIII
love hin stili. When sqleslid poverty,
Win its iiiu and rags, seas Itself upon
'lar besr,Astonc, aud sarvation, with its
gAa-tly form, Is present tu her mind in
Tie Iiteous pirahngs of her child for
bread when dissipation has changed the
ruspatc hue OF health. that once SO mod
est SAT upon her husbands cheek into y
ficry coiured tlush when blows and cur
ses, hard and lond, fall heavy and harsh
upon the back and cars of her. who, far
aioNn The CREAMY corridor Of the past,
had only felt thepress Of love, and heard
its words Of tenderness. the loving wife
remains, amid it alt, unalterahle and I'm
changed ia her love Bat, even while
posscssng all this devotion and attach
me TO- him. she may. by hei ohslinacy
aud wiliuluess, decrease her husbands
love for her, and increase her own un
happiness
Many married women are responsible
for the "vil hab,s OF their husbands
Women. who really lore their husbands
cause them, by their scolding tongues
willful obstinacy, and silly vanity, t,
seek, recklessly. that peace in the gam
A bling and drinking saloons, which, has
: departed from their own tresides. Sol
omon says: " 1t is better to hive alon,
on the housetop than in the house with
brawling woman
The love of a mother for her chldrer
is one of the most commendable virtues
of human nature. The heroic devotion
of mothers for their offspring inspiret
the pen of the poet woen he wrote hi,
most sublime measures Those Of lis
whose mothers journeyea across iii,
chilly river of death. to cast a shade %
gloom across the sunny pathway of ON
childhood days. know something Of thu
d depth of Il mothers love. But he ex
oui te heaut, and the unparalleled con
tmuit, OF thi, parenlal affection. too cft
ten causes the mother 10 idpllze her call
lrcn. permitting 'hem to do wrong, rath
er than correct them This they sout
learn to take advantage ot, and thus com
mences the foundation upon which th,
future characteis of the children are L,
be built
This is griivous fault Of the pre-en
oge Chidrpua are allowed to do prett,
mucn rs ,hey ylen,e The eoinmnnls %
= the muther aie OhcNed + not, ut the vii
u aud pleasure a the chill :" | will, ait
" wnn t. arr uttered IN a peeYsli ani
ln-oleut uanlrr, in answer to the com
mands of thrparrnts. Mothers ARE re
sponslhe forthis; the childis but mir
ror. from thesurlare Of which IS reAcce,
her faults allse with her virtues. II sh,
is snappisl aI snnrlish in her converse
ton vi h heI children. let her rest assur
ed that iheYiwiii be SO with tuose witt
who n thet ,ome in contagtin the race o
lie. When she pro. ises gift or
whipping, she neglects the fuliihnen
in either c8e, she teaches the child t.
lose confidnce in her, and to have Q dc
crease of Inspect sar--a direct result n