The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-02-19
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L neighbor whose better half VAS III,
o few MORNINGS sgo,I found him bus
ied about domestic affairs, doing Ms
best 10 get breakfast for himself
aud family. had been there but g
few moments. when, with on empha-
sis that led me TO think bo had Made
some great and important discovery
second only to the telegraph or tel.
ephoue. hs said: II have found out
one tniug T. "Well.' said l, With
not little uriosity, "and what is
it e. II have found,' said he, that
a vito is very handy thing to have
about tho house" goes
| thought that a man who had
beeu blessed with a. good wife as
he had for forty years, ought to
have found out this o little sooner
Nor DO doubt but that he had but
inst then he had found it out anew,
and it came to him with oil the fresh
uess OF recent discovery. And
yet it is too truo that wo husbands
who have long beou favored with
what has been called Heavens best
gift to man" do not always appro,
ciatsit as we should. We are mol
won't to realize its vu'uo till touched
by death. "a handy thing in
deed is worthy wife. But I recall
tho word I will not characterize 30
sraa. q boon as thing Solomon
does not SO characterize it, though
hs is 80 Represented in our version
Of the Scriptures. What be docs
say is tbis: "Who SO fudeth q
wife, findeth good" The word
thing is not In the original, And
good wife indeed is. solomon
Gays that cher price is above rubios,'
And he furthermore says Of her,
tho heart of her husband doth
safely trust in her. Sho will do
him good and net evil oil the days
Of her HE. Sho openeth her mouth
with wisdom. and on her tongue is
the law of kinduoss, Che lootsth
we'll to tho ways OF her household
aud oateth not the bread Of idleuess.
Such wife is needed blessing
in tho, house. How much do we
depend on her for our own comfort
How many are the things that she
does for us II would take a long
time to specify them oil, II would
take long time to sbeak oil tho
things the lesser aud the greater,
that she docs for US even ia u single
day. They are nutnberlGss, almost /;
and then these aep to DO repeated,
day after day, al. tie year round.
There "a no end 10 ber work, no
place where she cad sit down aud
say Il have how dono up my work,
| have now reathed stopping place
where | eau rest. Rsst! There 10
no rost for her till She huds it in the
grave. The moiusnt that one thing
10 done another claims her attention
aud she IL hurried on and ou till at
length worn out with her tolls aud
cares she rests in d premature grave.
She Is ever Working aud work is
over making for hor. Before the
washing of one Monday is .oomplet-
cd clothes are being soiled Tor the
next. No soouer is room swept
and put iu order for the day than its
dust and dirt have begun to accu
mulats for to-morrows sweeping.
No sooner are tho husbands aud tho
children clothes uiendod aud put to
rights than they begin to bo put
out Of sorts again, And thus II is
ever. Aud Wonder il is that the
worn aud weary woman does not
get all out Of patience and give up
10 despair. But she ever girds herr
self anew for the work and tolls on
hopefally did chesrfully to tho end.
Surely whether it bs 30 or not Der
children ought to arise up aud call
her blessed aud hor husband ho
ought to praise her.