St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-04-07
JOBS PATIENT WIFE.


WrsagsA Wosaaa.
Job was wonderfully afnicted
man. but - a partial compensation
Tor il he has had the sympathy Of the
human race for four thousand years.
But it has not been 10 with Jobs
wifa Nobody has ever poken = kind
word of her. On the contrary. she
has been held up br forty Ger.
turtles - horrible exa1 1ple. But for
all that we are confd int the POOR
woman deserves . bette place in his.
tory than she has versoccupied II
she was sour-tempeipd she had
enough to give IN acid ktinge to her
disposition. She was Ssde to drink
the dregs from . very ter cup. and
It II probable that sde bore he r
troubles with about q much equanim-
ity - the average wombn would do.
In the first place she vas suddenly
reduced from luxury TO penury.
ANY unfortunate woman who has
suffered this ocleal knows Just the
frame Of mind poor MrA Job was in
In the next place she was bercft Of
her children. There il uogrief 50 bur.
densome as that which falls upon .
mothers heart when thd grave hides
her children from her siSht
In addition to this accumulation OF
sorrows she was left viii An invalid
husband on her hands Job was COW
cred with boils. and experience has
taught Us that there is nd more exas-
perating patient than . man with a
boil on him. There arp wivea and
good wives. too. in this Christian land
Of ours whose lives have been made
most miserable for days and weeks at
time by . husband with ono boil.
Just think. then. what this poor WON.
IN had to endure with husband with
perhaps from five hundred to thou.
sand boils on him! Is it any wonder
that the woman encouraged her hus-
band to terminate his existence? The
only wonder is that she didn't cut her
own throat in despair
But these were not all the troubles
that Jobs wife had to bear. Her hus-
band friends came on a visit to him
and took possession of the house for
six weeks at . time. Other women.
and good women. too. hsbe had to en-.
dure the same affli ic,ion. Ind they can
very easily account for Mrs. Jobs ex-
hibition Of bad temper. Job got wor-
ried with the three visitors himself.
and yet he didn't have to wait on them.
to clean up their rooms. 10 wipe the
tobacco Juice from the parlor carpet
every day. to sweep out tho mud they
carried in on their boots. Gad to sub
nit to the thousand and one annoy.
ances that male visitor gives the
housekeepeE
1t is about time that somebody was
raising voice in defense # Jobs
wife. and saying . kind word FOR the
poor woman who for four thousand
years has suffered the slings Of unjust
criticism In uncor planning silence.
There are a great many Jobs wives
in the world to-day. We meet them
every day. They may not have hus-
bands with boils on their bodies but
they have husbands who go to the
clubs Of evenings They have hus-
bands who are selfish enough to dee
vote all their time to business and
pleasure without considering that 4
portion Of that time Of right belongs
to the woman, the charm Of whose
existence is his companionship. The
Jobs wives Of to-day are the women
who are burdened with the cares and
sorrows Of this life. and who get no
sympathy. And their name is legion.
-x Pau Globe.