The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-31
4 Letter From Aunt MaIindy.


tell the truth didn't known but what
you'd get kinder riled up at what did
say SO thought I'd better stop till
seed how you tux ii. But when got
your letter to-day and seed how kindly
you tux what | said in my last letter,
and how willin you was To be advised,
and how eager you was to learn ; says
to myself, ''Sallcs made out Of the right
kind of grit. Itll not be throwin away
time to give her a bit Of plain advice
now and then: and ri tell her how To
do, aud help her over the rough places ;
| III stand by her through thick and thin
and help her to make a woman out Of
| herself, as shore as my names Malindy
| Hunter, and I'll he as good as my word
see if don't want you to be good
and happy woman, my dear, and that's
the reason take the trouble to write to
you and tell you how to do When you
git to be as old "a me, aud have gone
| through ~ much as me, you'll find that
| writin il hard work, but for your sweet
sake l'm willin To write on and work on
till these poor old hands are crossed in
death above my mOtl0nless heart. II
you aint happy, it will most likely be
your own fault; for if a woman has a
sober kind hearty, workin man for Il h'Is-
band, and she is a true lOvin wife to him,
| always tryin to do her duty and make
home cheerful, she'll be as happy as it is
| possible for people to be in these low.
lands of SORROW. If you aud your hus-
band want to be happy you must love one
another. Man and wife cant be happy
if they nin't in love, don't mean to say
you must always he II billin and GOWN
and fondlin of each other like two
moon struck FOOLS but mean that you
must love each other and show it in Il
plain sensible. modest, lovin way
You needn't expect your husband to
he always huggin and kissin you, and tel.
lin you that he loves you, if you do, you'll
BILE men don't show their love in that
way. They show their love by takin care
Of their wives ani surc0undin EN- with
comforts. A true man don't spend much
time in maxim love after he'a married,
but he goes to work and does every thing
in his pawer to surround his wife with
| ease and comfort, and luxury. Hisg,eat
aim is to make hisselt worthy Of the
jewel he has been 80 fortunate as to gain,
to make her happy and to make her proud
! Of him.
Show your husband that you love him,
| my dear, but show it in the right way.
Put your arEis around his neck, aud lay
your head on his bosom, and tempt him
to kiss you, and fOndle you as he did
afOre you was married, but don't show
your love i'll this way too often or it'll
become disgustin. You can best show
your husband that you love him by re-
spectin his tastes, and habits, by little
pleasant surprises, by helpin him to keep
out Of debt, by encouragn him in the
hard battle he's ightin for you in this
world, and in many sich ways. If you
show your husband that you love him in
the ways that woman of sense always
does: and are C true. faithful lovin wife,
you'll git into the inner most chamber OF
his soul, ard you will abide there, the
chief object Of his strongest purest earth.
ly love, ~ long rs his heart beats in his
manly bosom. A man likes to he proud
of his wife: but some women are sich
poor excuses that no man could be proud
of 'em. They aint no account for nothin
they don't know how to work, they don't
know how to do nothin: wax dell
would be worth just about ~ much for q
wife and would be n great deal less
trouble and expense, hope you'll act SC
~ to make your husband proud Of you
make yourself necessary to him. BE his
mife in tho brondest, fullest truest sense oi
the word, and your husband will love
you, and you'll both be happy just rs
man and wife orter be.
Keep your home cheerful. There's
nothing that will warm mans hear,
quicker and make his fnce glow with
happiness oftener than cheerful home
It's kind Of earthly heaven to him.
Many woman has drew her husband
| IN m hur ho mi, foll In
some other man trap jist by maxim ONE
sich gloomy doleful place, that he had
to go some where else for cheer rfulness and
comfort. Men love cheer fulness
and pleasant surroundins, and il
they can't git these things at home,
they'll go some where else after 'em.
When me and your uncle Simon was
first married, didn't have any one to
advise me like Im advisin you, and no |
made heap Of blunders. One of the
biggest blunders made was this,
| didn't keep home ns cheerful NJ
might ave done could see that some
thin was wrong with Simon, aud tux it
into my foolish head that he didn't love
me and was repentin Of his bargain. Hi
tell you Sallie, it like to ave broke my
heart, 1 cried most all tho time and neg
lected my home work more aud more
every day and home kept lookin loneso-
mer and solemner, and gioomier. Some.
times Simon would come in and find me
a erin, aud AK me what was the matter
with me but wouldn't tell him: it
seemed to me I'd rather die than to tell
him why | was 80 unhappy. So finally
he couldn't stand it any longer, wonder
now that he stood it Us long az he did. J
He got TO spendin his evenins away from
home. thought this would kill me
shore. The night of desolation md
misery settled down on my soul. Pts a
wonder I didn't 60 crazy or die don't
think could ave stood II much longer
but my evil course was pointed out to
me, and was showed how ! might regain
the happiness had so foolishly throwe,l
away. 1t happened in this way--I had
o mighty bad spell of sickness and like
to ave died. My mother come and TUX
care Of me while was sick. Shortly
after begin to git better she found out
what was wrong. and she give me q
mighty good talkin and lot of good
advice: jist what she should ave done
before got married but she didn't, may.
be she thought as 7 was her darter
wouldn't neeG it. Well AFTER mother
hfd give me good talkin, she went and
talked awhile with Simon; and then
81 non come into the room and sot down
OF the eide Of the bed, and me and him
had a long talk, larnt how foolish I'd
been and resolved to change and did,
| told Simon twas all my fault be said
1t wasn't, but knowed It was, and from
that day to this I've always managed to
| keen some place In the house cheerinl for