Connecticut western news., 1886-02-10

what is called 'igenteel business." So f,ras und. rstand 'genteel busineas," it . some thing to which . man 'es at 10 o'clock In the morn ne and rom which he comes home at 3 or 8 .'c ock in the afternoon an't gets l ,ge am' unt If money for do,ng nothinR. That is bli ve, "xenteel bu>iness;" and tn, re has been manv wife who hA- made the mist ke of @ ng s ii fed nntt the hus- band has gwen up the tanninK of hides. or the turning of he b btnisters, Or the build n, or the walls, and put ,iuls It in rirc es where he has nothing to do but sm ke ogars and drink W ne get hi self into habits that ups him, going dnwn iu the mae .str.m, taking his wifi and children with hun.
 Therr are g od many trains runni E from earth 10 destruct,on. Thev start at all the hours of th- d and all the hours of the night. There are the reiKht trains, tn 70 very slowly snd very hea fly, and there are the sc- conniodat on rams gmng on t'w I'd destrnc. tion. aud they atop very uf en and let mAn g-t out when he w.ri to. but xe tt el hieners IS an exp ess train. Satan ie the stoker and Death is the engineer, snd 'hongh one may me out In front Of 1t and swing the red il z ot "dang #" Q the lantern of ds Word, 1t makes just one shot into pertition, coming down h- embankm"rt with a shout and wal and . shriek crash crasa! There are two cl sses of peop sure of des ruct on: nrs', those who have nothing tO do; s cOndly. those to proud to d, it. When yonr b havior in tho mestic circle becomes mere ma ter of calcu g, ion when the cafers you give is me ely the result of deliberate stndy of the position you occtipS. happiness lies stark d,ad upou the hearthstone. When the husbands DO |. tio1 as cad of the hotischul is maintained by lou mess of voice, by strength ct arm, by fire If temp T. the republic of dou1e.t c ol ss has become despoti>m that neither God nor man wil abide. Oh, ye who at the altar promised to love each other, how dare you commit pc jury2 Let no shadow of suspicion aff ff,cE, n 1 | that flower than to let it live again. The blast from hell that puts out that light leaves you in the blackness of darkness forever. Here are man and wife they sgree in noth- They will have . splendid house. and they think that If they have . honsa they wi have . home. Architects make the plan and tho mechanics execute; the house 10 cost $lOO, ,O00. It is done. The cslpets are spread. Il hts are hois ed, curtains are hung, ards of inv,tanou sent out The horses in go d plated harness pra ,ce at tue xxte: guests come in and take tn ir D aces; the tu ues sounds the dancers go up and down; and with one grand whirl the veal h and the fashion and the mtrth of the great town wheel amidst the pictured wAlls. Ha ] this is happiness Float it on the smok- the dance, est 1t on the snow of sculpture; sound it mp the brilliant stairwayi dA.h 1t iu chandel CTS Happiness, indeed Let us build on the centre of the parlor or . | when they come in, bring their flowers and pearls and diamonds. and throw them on this pyramid, aud let be a throne, and then let H ppiness. the queen, mount the throne, and We will stand around, and all chalices | lif ed. we will sas, 'Dri kl Oh. queen, live forever But the guest> depart, the flutes are breathlesr, the last clash of the impatient hoofs are heard in the dlS, ancs, and the twain of the household come back to See the Qneen of Happiness on the throne amidst the p.rl T l floor. But alas as they come q ack the How CTS have faded, the sweet oiors have becomo the smell of oh rnel-h use, and instead of the Q 'een of Happiness there sits there tho l gault form of Anguish, vi b bitten lip and sunken .ye atd asfte. in her hair. The iomp If the daucers who S.vs 1 it seems umb ing yet like jarr ng thund rs that quske the hror and rattle ,he gl sses of he feast rim to rim. | The spilled wine on the d or turns int blond.
 ! he ~reathsof plush have become ~ranKh 6 re tiles. Terrors catch tangled in the canopy tn overhang< the c,uch strong gust of wind com-s through the hall and he drawing. room and tue becdham CT, in which all tnt
 ishts go out. And f, ,on tn. lips of tho wine
 beakers come the wo ds, 'Happ n S is not ir
 rs!" and the arches respond, It is not td
 usp And the sil ncei ins run,ents of music
 thumned by invisible finders, answer, Hap
 piness is not in u,r And the frozen lips o
 Anguish break oren, and, sented on the thr"n'
 of wi ed howers she strike, h r bbny bandi
 together and groans, It ia not in mel
 That very ght clerk wi h . thousand dol
 .rs a ye r.. nls cna tuusand d-g es to h
 home. set up thr @ mon'h ag,', just after thu
 marriage dlv. Love meets him tt the door
 love sits with him at the >blc I; ov- talks ve
 the work of the day; iovs ts es down th'
 Bib e. and ads of Hin who came omr soul'
 tn save and they kueel. and while they ar'
 knecliu ug--risht m that plain r,Dm. on th |
 pl. carpet-th angels of God build
 ihrore. not out of fl rs that perish {
 fs de away, but If ga lands of heav n, VT att
 ol top of wreath, amar nth on amar
 auth until the throne is d,ne. Ther the harps of God sounded, and sudden
 there aprear o,e who noun ed thu
 throne, with eye 20 ight and brow 50 fan
 that the vain kn W tt was Chris ian Love
 And they knelt at q thron-. an'i, pu ting on
 hand un each head, she bl. se ed them and said
 Happiness is W th thee !' And that throne Q
 ceestlal boom wthered not with the pass nj years and the queen left not the throue til une day the msrried pair felt stric en in year
 felt themselves c.lled away, and they knev not wh oh way to go, and the queen bounde' , from the throne and sa d: 'Ful ow me, and will how you the way up to the realm of ever lasting love-" And SD they went up tO sinl tongs or love and walk on pavements of love and to live together in m ansions "f love, al
 to It juice forever in the truth that God l