The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-01-08

It IS the foundation of every nobl,
ms piration, and on which 5 bull
. every hope of happiness. Their,
, has never been a hope of happiness
expressed or imagined, in whicf
home, in some way, was not i'm
piled Without it the English Ian
guage is inexpensive, civilization
failure and heaven a mock. We
once heard lady say her husband
was losing his interest in home,
that he was learning to love the
company of others better than that
OF his family. Now this is sad
occurrence, and oh, how e wanted
to tell her of her mistake-for we
knew it was like tearing his heart
out-for she was driving him from
the home he had struggled to build.
A few financial troubles made their
appearance and he received as his
reward her trowns and cross words.
and instead of giving him her en-
enlargement she withdrew it and
taught his children to pitch insults
into his face and bemean him for
troubles over which he had no con-
troll AS long as he was successful
he had easy sailing, but in adversely,
the very time above all others when
he needed encouragement, it was
withdrawn from him. No one to
offer kind word at home; no one
to meet him with smile or fond
embrace; the children he so tender
ly loved were slapped and knocked
about by Grabbed mother; chris
tianity had flown off with prosperi-
ty; everything he said or did was
all out of order. She, by her wrong
conception of life, was daily cutting
the tender chords of love that bound
them together, with dissatisfied
look, unpleasant frown and unkind
words. If there is anything on
earth man needs and requires
above another it is peace in the
family and pleasant look, accom-
panied with kind words when he
comes home tired and worried over
his daily struggle for success. He
needs this encouragement to help
him redouble his efforts in the bat
tie OF life. We have great pity for
the man or woman who fails to get
it or who has quarrelsome. I'M
pleasant, dissatisfied companion,
or one who fails to realize the inn
portance of a real home. There are
many things in the journey of lite
that are unpleasant, many faults
put in an appearance that it is nee
essary for each to look over and
forgive, but when the devil makes
his appearance in the family, in the
person OF an unpleasant, disagree
able companion, we have no con-
domination to offer "a man or woman
who, under such circumstances, is
driven from home, but are simply
surprised at the amount of patience
some people have that they are not
sooner driven from home and be-
come victims of the bottle, or NOR.
phlne, or driven to a suicides
grave.
Ye humble scribe and wife and
little daughter, Marguerite Ruth,
visited and dined with their friends
and neighbors, Mr.. aud Mis-. Wiley
Petty, of Houser Valley, one day
during Christmas. Mrs. Petty is
quite an artist when it comes to
aud serving an up to-date
meal and making people feel wei
come and free. Mr.. Petty and
John were raised up boys together,
and have been intimate friends
since 1858. How we did enjoy talk
ug over the scenes of our childhood.
It seemed as If we were really liv-
ng it over again, for in our CONVEX
,ation and Imagination we again
vent romping up and down and
across old Piney river in Hickman
county, fshed, made pawPaw whls-
les and whips, chased old Mollie
rare over the hills, up and down the
and across the valleys,
ode billy goats and played hide
ind whoop in the hay loft. But we
ian scarcely think of those days
regret, and lingering de-
sire to live it over again, for there
ire ties that bind us closely togeth-
r and fond rec Elections we can
lever forget. One Of the recollec-