Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1891 — A Happy Life. [ARTICLE]

A Happy Life.

A man who has married for love is » happy fellow. He is generally cheerful, and always thinking about the dear ones at home. He prefers to live out of town for the sake of his children. He is rarely late at business, rises eaiv ly, gardens a little, eats a hearty breakfast, and goes to the necessary labor with a light heart and clean conscience. He often brings home pleasant surprises for his wife and children. Your may recognize him in trains loaded with*: parcels, which he good-naturedly carries with perfect uncoucern of what, others think—a new bonnet, music,, books, a cloak for his wife; while in an-• other parcel the wheels of a cart, a. jack-in-the-box, a doll or skipping-rope' protrude through the paper, and suggest tho nursery. He is brave end. kind, though he makes no noise in the world. The humanizing influence of that darling red-cheeked little fellowwho calls him father brings a glow anct rapture of the purest pleasure earth, holds; for the man who lias never felt, a tiny hand clasp his will always lack something—he will be less human, loss, blessed than others. This is the noble,, the honest, the only form of life that; imparts real contentment and joy, that will make a death-bed glorious, andt love see peace through its tears. It is so purely unselfish, so tenderly true; it satisfies the highest instincts. It stimulates men to the best deeds they are capable of.