The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

lelp she must be In our fam lily, being not
,nly q wife bus house iie not field wife.
ike DiDah: nor a street wife, like Thomas.
,or window wife. Ike Jszebeli out boutt-
: life. Another man OF quips and quirps
ave: ITO he or not TO be- She should be
ike three things and yet she should not be
ike the Sc three things First she should
be like sDsl. always deep within her OVID
house; bot she should not be like Q snail and
carry all she hiss upon her back Secondly,
she should be like an echo, to speak when
sbe is spoken 10; but she should not be like
sn echo TO always have the last word 1rdly,
she should be like q town clock. sl~sys keep
time and regularity; bat she should not be
like a town clock ~ speak 60 loud that all
the town can hear her"
Preachers s'e bat mortal, and sometimes
get fooled ike the rest of Humanity when
they select a belpmate. Rev. DR. Bell Was
one OF thsse. he was the author OF the
Madras svstem OF education. ard left for
tune OF s'Vo,ooo which was devoted 10 tue
foundation OF school. His wife was q gep-
utne Tartar. a shrew of the worst order and
he Obtained q divorce from her. She took
her revenge, hSwever by writing him i'm
pudent letters, Endorsed on the outside with
spiteful comments such as TO that eu-
preme OF rogues who looks the hand dog that
Another read: 10 the ape of apes and the
knsve of knsves. who is recorded once to
have paid q debt bat a small one. you may
be sure, ii was that be selected for this won
derful experiment.; in fact ii was 4 pence:
had il been on the other side OF pence
be must have died before he could have
achieved so dreadful O sacrifice" She kept
o p this system of abuse for a series If years.
much to the annoyance OF the worthy cler-
Igymsn.
Rev. John Wesley. the founder of Metho-
dism, had q number OF ridiculous love
scrspes which his admirers have had hard
work TO explsfn. When he went 70 Georgia
to convert the Indians his usefulness was
suddenly cut short by series OF events in
which q womaD's name wss mixed mp. He
was indicted by the grand jury for having
broken the laws OF the realm first, by speak
ing and writing TO Mrs Williamson against
her husbands consent secondly for refusing
her communion. Mrs. Williamson swore
that he he had .,s often proposed to her
his journal. does not deny this. Mrs. Will
Hanson vas Miss Causton. the neice Of
General Oglethorpe, who planted Georgia.
Her aunt is said to have encouraged her init
macy with Wesley, hoping that he would
be induced to settle in the colony She took
French lessons of him, consulted him
ABOUT her dress, and she nursed him through
q fever. No doubt he fell.in love with her.
but he deemed II his duty TO consult his
elders. They had already sat in judgment
on the affair. and advised him 10 break
1t Oft He did and she married another.
j Then the preacher refused her communion
for some alleged breach of discipline, and
eventually he returned to Engand The
celebrated divine seems to have had . PEN
chant for the fair sex. for he soon comes to
the front in a love affair with Grace Murray,
his servant. Grace appears to have been .
tickle maid, bound to marry some one, and
she played fast and loose with the Rev.
John. She travelled with Wesley, and he
speaks highly of her engaging behavior. He
proposes marriage to her and she pretends
not to understand him, and he leaves her
with John Bennett, one OF his subordinates.
John soon became engaged 10 her; then
i Wesley sent him a sharp letter, upbrsiding
him for robbing him of bis faithful servant
and fellow-laborer for the Gospel whom he
had been forming to his hand for ten years-
At last Charlie Wesley broke no the match,
and declared that Graces character was
ruined If she did not marry Bennett. 1t
nearly broke the preachers heart, for Wee
ley loved Grace, vet she married Bennett
within a week. The depth of the Rev.
Johns feelings may be judged from the dog.
gerel he wrote at the time:
Ny soul q kindred spirit found,
| By Heaven Entrusted TO my care,
The daughter of my faith and prayer.
| OFT ithouRh as yet the nuptial lie
| Was D0D clasping her hand in mine;
/ What force she said, beneath the sky.
Can our wellknit souls disjoinT'
! The reverend man, however, was doomed
to worse disappointment than that he re-
ceired at the hands of the tickle Grace. for
be soon married a wealthy widow, Mrs.
Vizelle, of whom Southey says. that she de-
served to be Chased in a triad with Xaptippe
and the wife OF Job as one of the three bad
wives'
His wife was terribly Jealous of him, and
especially aneered at his friendship with
other women. She opened bis correspond
ence surreptitiously. aud one day, finding Q
letter from Sarah Ryan, housekeeper and
intrigusnte. she packed up her things and
left him. Then the famous preacher wrote
in his diary: Il did not leave her, did not
send her away. and will never recall her"
Perhaps Mr. Wesley ought TO have lived In q
world where there were no women, for, like
the man who was weeping over the grave of
his seventh wife, when Q friend came to con-
sole him, he blubberingly replied: "Ch,
curse it; always have the darndest luck with
women"