The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-11

Every now aud then some rich mans
daughter up North runs away with the
coachDan or negro or some designing
scamp who is on the make and slips up
on the old man while he is asleep-not
asleep to his business of piling up
money but asleep to his family that they
rarely see him except on Sunday and
never get closeup to him as children love
to do unless they are repelled by indiffe-
renee or unkindlsss. "knowiDg that
thou vert an austere man" ITS many
a father now and the children soon get
weaned and so does the wife. That
girl at St. Paul would never have mar
ried a negro man ifshe had had a kind
fathers love and care. Of course she
has wrecked her hopes Of happiness,
and her parents are to blame for it. Her
home was not happy. BE ye not une-
qual!y yoked," sayeth the Scriptureand
every violation of this injunction brings
grief to the girl, the victim, and her
family. TIE scamp who works the
scheme l. -,"erally bought III .'"i
retired. H..r nIou says: "Be thar
troublelh his own house shall inherit
the wind" No husband or wife. no
son or daughter has any right to bring
trouble within that sacred domain
called home. J was Illuminating about
this because the daily papers are OF
late so full of domestic grief. 1t looks
like there is hardly family in the land
but W hat some member ofit has brought
trouble to all the rest. I look over the
community where live and the num-
Der is small where there is nc shadow
no secret sorrow. A fathers bad
habits, mothers discomfort, sons
dissipation or daughters frailty have
troubled and still are troubling many
household that might otherwise be
happy. A happy home is the only
paradise upon the earth and whoever
makes it unhappy is as guilty as was
the serpent that destroyed the peace Of
Eden. The domestic freside is the
most sacred place upon the earth.
Blackstone says that by the laws Of
England mans house is his castle
into which the king of England dare
not enter uninvited. I am sure that
our people generally do not value the
privileges and endearments of their
homes. do not mean the house with
its adornings nor the flowers in the
front yard, butI do mean the sweet
communion Of the family by the fire
side or under the lalnplight or 10 the
dining room or sitting ia the We
randa, and all the time loving each
other and sympathizing with those who
have suffered or are suffering the afflic-
tions that are common to US all. If
every member Of a family who is old
enough to think would only resolve to
bring nothing but sunshine into the
household how happy would they be.
This can be done. It is easy to 10. A
man has no right to enter his own door
with q cloud upon his brow and bad
temper in his heart. His coming should
always rejoice his wife and his children.
A woman has no right to be always
complaining about little things and
showing her discomfort in thousand
ways and keeping the children in a
state Of constant alarm for fear mother
will make fuss about 1t. There should
never be frown at the dinner table
nor at the morning or evening meal,
nor should there he that dismal silence
that sometimes broods over the feast
and takes away the appetite. Food
taken in sulIen sileuce will not digest.
The bed and the board should always
be cheerful. The sleep will not besweet
when there are tears upon the pillow.
/ would be afraid to scold a child just
before the eyes were closed III sleep.
The responsibility is greater upon the
n1,iISro,, If tho