Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-10-03
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osophic uncle.
"Oh, John, look, look !" she exclaimed,
pointing TO some words ON the other side
Of the plate:
Between bliss hate
Doth oscillate
Your moral fate"
ooh, darling" and the poor girl was
about to sob in her fear. "Shall we not
send for mother2"
''Send for your mother2" I repeated.
"Send for fiddlesticks, said /, with reck-
less irreverence. "Why, see there!
Look2" and along the side of the instru-
ment were the words: ''Blss heat, 1870
degrees, affection, 100 degrees; friend
ship, SO degrees; indifference, 60 de-
grees; GOODNESS, 40 degrees; aversion, 20
degrees; hatred, 0 degrees"
"Oh, john" Was my wife's appeal,
''don't keep the hofrid thing in the
house. am sure it is something dread
full" and Il few tears did gather in her
eyes.
-'Have no fear, Angelica" I cried,
kissing away her tears. "EIave no fear
See, the thermometer stands at 100 lie
grees; bliss heat, dearest Hurrah for
psychic force" And the dear girl actu-
ally laughed i'll the swift transition of
feeling, and joined in the rapturous
hurrah. "IIurrah FOR Uncle Jolln!n we
then both exclaimed together, aud An
gelica kissed the thermometer in her en-
thusiasm. The warm-hearted grill Bliss
heat, now and forever! How kind, how
noble of Gear uncle, to send us what
would be perpetual photograph, as it
were, OF loves young drcaml Aud that
evening l praycd-Angelica joining in
the aspiration-that uncles govt would
soon forever disappear, and we resolved
to invite him for II lengthy visit Then,
toward midnight, we stole down cauti-
ously to the dining-room, where we had
arranged lovely niche for the thermomc-
ter, aud with what rapture did we note
how the psychic force still stood at bliss
heat--120 degrees.
$50 shall it ever bel" was my pious
exclamation, and Angelica responded
with Il fcrvcnt hand clasp.
wish to relate faithfully and soberly
the history of that wedding gift, and its
influence on our lives and characters. If
l relied on my memory alone l might
perhaps cXaggerate, or appear TO do so.
Happily there is another resource, and
one whose cXactness and fidelity can be
depended upon. 1t is my diary, wherein
| I'm accustomed to chronicle the throb-
binys OF my inner life and the record of
each passing day. A few pages will tell
the whole cvontful story.
July 10th-Angelica was 4 charming
vision at break fast. She is bewitching
i'll every mood, and how ardcntly | love
her. The mullins were exquisite. Dear,
noble little woman, 50 tender aud so af-
fectionalc! How beautiful she bakes
1t will be rapture to teach her German,
which is my passion. Shall instruct her
according to the natural method, and then
read Don Carlos TO her. Its ideal senti-
ments, its glowing imaginary, its magnifi-
cent style, will inspire her with enthu-
siasm. The thermometer Mt. bliss heat
is Our daily benediction. We gaze at it
at all hours, and then at each other. Both
tell the same story. How sweet is exist
ence-surely life is worth living. Ii is
two weeks since our Wedding.
June 12th-A very curious occurrence
happened this evening at dinner l was
just enjoying the roast lamb, when an
organ grinder appeared, and his monkey
began to rub its nose against the window
bars. sect OFF, / cried, "you wretch I"
"Ah, John, do let it pj,hSSrs3aa11sye mon
keys" "But, Angel music dis
turbs my appetite. +" 1 cried
again TO the man. Anga pressed her
handkerchief to her eS 10y angel
weeping! gazed at eeeSefmometcr.
1t marked 100 degrees, and the psychic
force was rapidly falling. "Hcrc!" l
and come every evening at this hour"
The man grinned, the monkey took off
its cap, my angel smiled, and l was
saved. Again the Thermometer stood q.
120 degrees. 1t was narrow escape.
Lie, life, thou art precip;ce-one false
step, one needless act, and the abyss re-
ceives us. To think that our bliss was
almost wrecked by monkey!
June 1Ith-I gave my darling her first
lesson i'll German by the natural method.
1t went OF beautifully. She has lovely
Ausspl"che TIC NOruS fOll ike velvet
from her lips. To hear her say das
THERMOMETER is an education in itself.
On coming home to dinner | found An
gelica very much tiurried. She explained
that the cook WAS i'll, and she herself had
to prepare the rcpast. congratulated
her Il thousand times until her eyes
sparkled like an electric light. I told
her aftcrward, in casual way, that the
soup would have tasted better with mint
instead of mace, ard she burst at once
into tears, while to my horror the Their
mometcr began rapidly falling until sixty
degrees was reached. "Angelica!" I
cried, 81 was only jesting." And,
soothed by my endearments, her tears
vanished, and she actually asked me to
give her second lesson in German;
while the thermometer just as rapidly
rose to bliss heat. 1t was again a mar
row escape. And when told her of it
she murmured: "Dear John, forgive me
am so inpatient" Was ever mortal so