The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-10-24
Stitch. They wer. then poor, bu, have siAcs

|, Stitch. They were then poor, bot have siAcs
become rich No, no l an cot for waiting
10 get iich before 1 mary, ioc these plain
ressons, and a bundled ioo7c that l might
name " limc would permit list, then, ia
wating 20 get rich, i must necessarily grow
oIdei ID, in growing old, must certainly
approach the delesieh state OF bachelorship
Sd, in becoming old bachelor, l shall as
surely lose my tssie for mstiimony---or, il
should unio tunstely, at that awful period, re-
tain q wish 10 marry, every thing lovely, fair
and beautiful, will ffown at my approach. 10
Maryland, bachelor is already considered q.
nuisance, Ond ihe good people are trying hard
30 rid themselves OF the evil by taxing them.
Let oui delegates be Instructed 10 &C and do
likewise, or We shall soon soc Maryland bach
rluts n eng 10 VI gInia to avoid TAX and re-
nela ,ngle win as much secrecy as the
yoDye ladies snd geSllemen OF this state fly
TO M.ryand 10 avoid law and double their
happiness. My doct'ine IL 10 get married
ard tb1n grow rIcn--f | csn--at oil eveols
10 get married; therefore l shall NOT sub-
st'iLe 10 my aunt. doctrine.
My unc.e Tou Is The next whose counsel
have received. He says l must marry 4
Iich wife. N " should hrnk uncle TCm
the last nan a. give such advice, Tor he spec!
his youthful days in search OF rich wife,
and now he cas not get any at all bot has 10
b,sr the "pcliog Of the pili!ess storm,
wiihuut rib 70 shield him, or heipmate 70
soo,no his lonely ,orfow-yet ho is an adVo-
cate fol mauyinEs rich wife. My notions
OF a good wife very diHereot from, my
uncle TONS. 10 The first place she NUT
be an,iabIe--I care no, Tor beauty, il fie-
quently does more harm than good. 10 tho
-. ha toJu and At
/ -! care not for gaiety aud fashion, they ire
quendy ruin he hu band. And lastly, she
tnus, be economsg.l aud viruous--the mod
- fashionable accomplishments l cafolrofy
nule about. II she possess these good quail
ies then let her be as rich as ,ise macs OF
Po.csi, and shall not complain. On hs
o,ber hand # she should be as poo as Laza'
rds, sht old think NY fortune ample 10 pos
ss ssing her lows. NV, my dea' ladies, be
c.sd,d. don, you ,hluk | am more than hall
rig6,? An yes, see l. in your Smiles
IA sweet liuie din,pe IN your cheeks de-
e,s,es it ;---rhe'efne, | shall not subscribe 10
my uncle Toms doctrine. Ii may do vel!
for your full blooded dandies 10 marry iich
wives. la short, they cannot get along with
out.
Now ladies, take my advice, and never
mary iop, fool or dandy.
And my young fellow candidates for mat
,imony, may, and without delay but re-
memOet don't mary scold, she will tor
mtnt you with curtain lectures don't marry
d slut she wiikeep you 10 peck OF 'rou-
bles don't marty toS beauty, II will soon
fade and leave pale and pallid check; don,
many Tor f.sh.oO and gaie.y, 'hey will lead
you 100 disaipytion, and ,nake you Scfatch
plor nlan's head don'l mary for riches,
hey canne, make you happy, they may make
ycu miserable, they cannot make your wife
betIet, bu, may make her worsei and now
leg me Whisper secret 10 your ear, II IS 'sn
chances 10 one if rich wife does not wear
,be b,ceches. But don't let these things
Ir;gh'eo you, quad against them and get
mauIcd Seek for vile that would make
1he humble co, the mansion OF happiness,
whose sympathetic bosom would alleviate
you, suife,ings in adversely, and 'ender ten.
fold ynu' happiness IN p'rsperi'y.
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