Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1891 — A GOOD WOMAN. [ARTICLE]

A GOOD WOMAN.

Her Heart Ig a Pavilion In Which One llldea In Trouble. A good woman' Heaven holds nothing sweeter. Not even the whitest asphodel that grows upon the heavenly hill Is purer. To know a good woman in the serenity of her excellence Is to stand within the presence of one of God’s angels, writes Amber. Sheistender, sympathetic, true; infinitely loving, and without guile. Her heart is a pavilion wherein one hides in time of trouble; her wisdom is a shield and her devotion a strong and stanch deliverance. She is never loud nor ribald nor coarse as well might a llnte become a fog norm She is full of merry conceits, yet never boisterous. She Is brimming over with joy and mirth, but her laughter never springs from a source that works harm or disc»mfort to an one. t-he is sensitive to the sorrow of others, eager to redress wrong, uick to 1 hampion the weak and defend the cruelly opprossod 1 hildr<• n io-e her. women trust her, men adore her Her humanity keeps her near to earth, while her purity draws h r ever more toward heaven. There are a few types of her kind left on the sordid, grumpy old earth, and God be thanked for it Amid the preponderance of the other sort o wo ankind the sweet born licence ot her presence Is like the growth 01 an occaslona rose In a p antation of nettles. Ne: t time you r n across the good woman 1 have so iia-iti y etched, if; a prayer of thanksgiving to •ea en t' »■ h‘ weeds havo not choked ou* h th-w rs vet In aw rid that starto tw t a paradise, but bids fair to end iu a w Idorile s or a dime museum' of wrecks.