St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-22
THE WIVES or CELEBRITIES.


Their better Halvee.
The wife OF Thomas Carlyle lived q
l:fe CT abnegation. Welded 10 man
who. by reason of an exceedingly nerv-
ous temperament and shattered health,
(, was perhaps irresponsible for his erratic
moods. she bore with every whim po.
tiently ard unconplainingly, nor was
he insensible to her worth, and at her
death no woman was ever more sincere
ly monrned. In one Of his letters to
, Emerson after his wife's death he says'
by the calamity OF last April I los!
my little all in this world, and have no
soul left who can make any corner oi
this woi III into home for me more.
Bright, heroic, tender, true, and noble
was that lost treasure Of my heart,
who faithfully accompanied me in all
the rocky ways and climbings; ! an
forever poor without her"
A familiar visitor st the home ol
(, William Cullen Bryant describes the
home life rs rarely beautiful After
forty-ave years Of sunshine together
the wife, a gentle minister, living
,, wholly for her husband, the husband
T! at seventy q lover still, the darkness
fell, and he was left alone. OF this he
wrote: Bitter as the separation is,
give thanks That she has been spared
to me SO long. and that for nearly a
half century have had the benefit oi
her counsel ind her example,"
An amusing story is related of Edi-
/, son, the inventor. A friend passing by
his laboratory late at night was sur
prised 10 see it brilliantly illuminated.
! and, entering, found the inventor 50
deeply absorbed in experiments as to
be unconscious Of intrusion.
swell, Tom." he remarked. 1T il
after twelve o'clocks are tou going
home to-night?'
Twelve o'clock? BY George! must
go home. surc enough; was married
! this morning"
Notwithstanding this little episode.
Mr.. Edison is said to have been a model
husband, and they were a most devoted
couple. rs r-
Among the men known to fame who
''marr;cd discord in noble wife, was
Dryden, whose wife welded him solely
| for the honor the position would confer
|. upon her. Their fate was not . happy
one. His thoughts were in the clouds,
while hers were of the earth, earthly,
making it impossible for them to meet
on the same plane. On one occasion
she told him that she wished to be q
book, that she might be favored with
inorc Of his company. His reply was:
''IBe an almanac, then. my dear, that
may change you once year"
Tennyson experienced naught b1t
happiness in his married life, and in
lines addressed to his wife says: '-+
Dear. near. and true-no truer Time himself
Can prove you, though b. makes you svermors
Dearcr and nearer.
Is there anything this side Heaven
that can be compared to such compan-
ionship.
Benjamin Franklin. after forty years
in matrimonial bonds, was able to tes-
tify: eve are grown old together. and
il my wife has any faults am so used
to them that do not perceive them" "
In the midst Of toll and poverty his
home was a refuge. where all the petty
cares and perplexitics Of the day werc
, laid aside.
James A. Garfield said Of his wife:
Sometimes it looks little blue before
me, but l take courage from her brav-
cry"
Would that all mems creed was that
of the Talmud: "Woman was not made
from mans head, that she should rule
over him, nor from his feet, that she
should be his slave, but from his side.
that she might be near his heart"
Would that all women were worthy OF
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