Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-02
Heart-stOne Reflections.

Heart-stOne Reflections.
ADVICE TO MARRIED PERscNs.-Marry
in your own religion.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Let kiss be the prelude of rebuke
Never allow request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit of
both.
81 forgot" is never an acceptable ex.
cuse.
If you must criticise, let it be done
lovingly.
Make marriage a matter of moral
Marry in family which you have
Never make remark at the expense
of another.
A good wife is the greatest Of earthly
blessings.
Give your warmest sympathies for
each others trials.
Never talk at one another either at
home or in company.
If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only for kiss.
Neglect the whole world beside, rather
than differ with one another.
Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from your own.
Always leave home with loving words
for they may be the last.
Never find fault unless perfectly GER
tain fault has been committed.
Never deceive, for the heart once
misled can never trust wholly again.
1t is the mother who moulds the
character and fixes the destiny Of the
child.
Do not herald the sacrifices you
make to each others taste, habit or
preferences.
A hesltating or grim yielding to the
wishes Of the other always CRATES upon
a loving heart.
Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation, or
sphere of the other.
Those who marry for physical char
acteristics or external consideration will
fail of happiness.
| Those who marry for traits of mind
and heart will seldom fail Of perennial
springs Of domestic enjoyment.
CARELESS WIvEs.-It is very common
to hear the remark made of q young
man, that he is so industrious and so
economical, that he is sure to be thrifty
and prosperous. And this may be very
true of him so long as he remains single.
But what will his habitual prudence
avail him against the careless waste and
extravaganza of an uncalculating, IN
thinking wife? He might as we'll be
doomed to spend his strength and life
! in attempting to catch water IN sieve.
The effort would be hardly less certainly
in vain. Habits of economy, the ways
to turn everything In the household al
| fairs to the best account-these are
among the things which every mother
should teach to her daughters. With
out such instructions those who are
poor will never become rich, while those
who are now rich may become poor.
A SORRY FELLow.-Girls, will you
listen to few words of advice? DO not
marry if you cannot find suitable
husband, for bad husband is infinitely
worse than none. Never marry a fel-
low who is ashamed to carry a small
| bundle, vino lies in bed till breakfast,
and unill his father has opened his shop
or office, and swept it out;who trequents
taverns, bowling alleys, prize fights, ETC.;
who owes his tailor, shoemaker, jeweler.
barber, printer and landlady, and never
pays his debts: who is always talking
about his acquaintance, and condemn
ing them; whose tongue is always run
ming about nonsense; who thinks he is
the greatest man in the neighborhood.
and yet whom everyone despises and
shuns. We say never marry fellow
with all Or any of these qualifications,
no matter how handsome he is or how
agreeable he can make himself on oc-
casions. He will make bad husband.
KEEP IT TO YoURsELF.-You have
trouble-your feelings are injured,
your husband is unkind, your wife frets,
your home is not pleasant, your friends
do not treat you fairly, and things in
general move unpleasantly. Well. what
of it? Keep it to yourself. A smould-
ering fire can be found and extinguish
ed; but when the Goals are scattered,
who can pick them up? Bury your
sorrow. The place for sad ana disgust
ing things is under the ground. A cut
finger is not benefited by pulling off the
plaster and exposing it under some
body's eyes; tie it up and let it alone
It will get we'll itself sooner than you
can cure it. Charity covereth multi
tude of sins. Things thus covered are
often cured without scar; but, once
published and confded to meddling
friends, there is no end to the trouble
they may cause. Keep it to yourself.
Troubles are trancient, and, when a
sorrow is healed and past. when COM
fort it to say, "No one ever knew 1t
until it was all over"
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