Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-02-16
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Yes slr, Mr.: Editor, we have been
counting. The sheriff came out and
duly summoned us 10 appear az witnesses
etc aud We went and appeared at the
tina appointed IN the court house on tho
banks ofs Gov Creek at the capitol Of
Reno county, Kansas, II was zero
weather aud the case was fivolce. A
man and woman who had pledged TO
each other warm hearts and tie sunshine
OF love, had allowed chill winds to enter
into their lives until one or both OF their
hearts had become cold, frlgid and
frozen. Iii not oar purpose TO review
the evidence lp this particular case
Tint was left 10 the Judge and jr,y,
But there are some lessons that young
married people might learn that would
be Of lasting good to them.
"ihe way TO mans heart 10 through
HE stomach" Is an old sayluR, and |
think IN many respects true one, But
appr eciatlon by the man Is just NJ neccs
sary TO reach the heart OF the woman,
hOw many n Woman's heart has been
chilled after she has gone 10 particular
pains to procure II dish tor her husband,
one which che has every reason to be-
lieYe he will appreciate and commend
her for il, Ia action or In word, and then
TO sea him take che dish and Mste Of II
aud silently push from him, and on in
quiry by his wife as 10 health be told that
he 10 as well as usual Or the wife may
tell him that she thought he was partlo-
ularly fond Of that dish. How often the
answer Is, II am, the way mother cooks
IL, but Who can eat that stuff" and often
at the table alone, one party or the other
keeps blowing cold until hearts are fro
zen. As 4 am man OF few words, |
have heaCd Aun. Lizzie tell some of her
friends that slle had only one way TO tell
how reished her cooking, That lie, II
| ask for the second dish OF anything
she has made to please me, she has struck
me aboat right. And to prove to you
Mr.. Editor, or anyone else 70 whom II
may concern, that | generally take the,
second dish, 1t Is only necessary thaN
step on the scales and you rush out tbe
weight until it balances.
Penuriousness is another cold wind
that chills the henrts of married people,
| / believe, aud Aunt Lizzie does too,
that in nine cases out Of ten the most
happy homes ure those in which the mar
ried couple b'gin life comparatively
poor, Being equal in station and united
ia love aud the blood Of youth coursiug
in their veins they become one in pur-
pose and one IN their likes and dislikes
and though they may never have much
Of this worlds goods, yet because their
lives become so happily blended in one,
life ia pleasure to them and they not
only have sunshine IN their home but
they scatter sunshine wherever they go.
But lot righteousness enter into the
the mans heart-l say man because Aunt
Lizzie thinks IL better to say man than
woman, but think II will work the
other way toO-and he begins TO grow
cold and grtspiug in his nature. Per
haps this does not show Itself much In
the home Mt first but as he aocumulates
more and more, and becomes slave TO
mummon, he thinks his wife ought TO do
the same. - ia most cases she tolls and
drudges on, mere slaye, until the wei
come grave opens 10 receive her 70 rest,
Long before this time, however, his cold
heart has frozen hers also Sometimes,
however, the woman grows 80 econom-
ica that she seems to begrudge enough
thread to SOW II button on her husbands
shirt.
Jealousy is perhaps the coolest wind
that enters the hearts of young married
people. The young man visits his best
girl ,tor months and sometimes for years
before their engagement or before their
marriage, They are together alone
often for hours. He is led to believe,
yes he knows she is as pure az the driven
snow. Not by any action of hers or any
implication from anyone else can he
doubt but what she is virtue itself.
They are married, and settle themselves
down in some cosy place to make them
a home. No mouth or pen can describe
their happiness. Perhaps after few
weeks Of such domestic felicity the pic
ture all at once changes lie comes
home some day or evening and rs he APP
proaches the house he hears his wife and
someone in pleasant and animated con
versaton. He recognizes that it ia u
male voice. He has too much respect
for himself to listen to their conversation
before he enters, even if he desired to.
Perhaps 1t would have been better for
him and all concerned, had he done 80,
as they were just then extalliug his good
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