The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-26

| Tue glorious passion reached lite cfiriz. a
had the singular prudence to eramine Ht re-
cords, aud So obtain an exact knowledge q
! the wealth of his charner How hanp,
was he TO find that hgr estate vas clrar
aud for once cyenmore valuable t.lul rumo,
| litd proelainied il.
FLYING, then, on ihe wings of love 10 i.lr
dwelling Of his fair ope---in good sci Phrase
he declared his affection for her-iuade n
tender OF his heart aud hand--aud bcsouellt
her to smile upon his passion, and mako
HIM happy. But the ilati,rlng ialcof Hope
was not Ia hc realizcd-Thc s,nr OF Our 10.
'er's happy fortune had, alas not V,
cast lis silver light above the horizon BY
some means, IL harpratd HAT The yonn.
Lady had been apprlsed of the extent of her
lovers curiosity and, IN the midst of his
descent upon flames, and darts, and Cupids
SHE very composcdly drew from her re
tcnle small piece of money, aud approach
ing hun, made this reply Although may
not profit by your very favorable senli-
menfs towards me---siill, | cannot think ol
you being loser on my aceount.-As You
have been ut the expense ola SEARCH
must be allowed to replace the amount su
expended. So saying, she put an eighteen
penny ptece in her lovers hand and he
went his NAY
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Comfort 10 Bachelors -. Matrimonial In
itheHy-A very respectable little man pre-
icrred acomplaint, at College street, against
his unmanagcable rib, in whom il seems the
honey -lnoon once oyer--he could discover
honey no inore-in lieu Of that fond, Ten
der, aud animated affection the nameless,
yet expressive eongeniality of sentiment,
aud harmonzed regularity of feelings, opin-
IONS, and attachments, which should stamp
The character otthc true wife, and render the
name itself first amidst the halcyon sounds
that greet husbands car--in place of all
these, Socrates Xantippc WAS pattern oil
placidlty To her fury was in her head rage
Ia her demeanor fire flashed from her eyes;
a tornado ratified from her tongue and
the poor husband had blows for dinner,
| thumps for breakfast, and kicks for supper
he plteously described the various cubs,
scratchlngs, clanlnEs and roarings that SHE
had poured on his defenceless head, aud
the quantity of missiles which had been
discharged on the same, on s,ndry occa-
| slons, and in conclusion stated, thai she had
latterly pcltod him most numerically with
! Goals, whereby he was much blackenvd.
cut and bruised then she vowed or rather
screamed, . in widest asc.nis,' that she
would have his life and proceeding 10
keep her promise, grasped a knife with
deadly purpose, with which she would
have despatched him, had il no, fortunate
~ Glanced that he was enabled To disarnn
The fury disappointed in this, her passion
found vent in another manner, and away
went bottles, pokcrs, freirons, pots, let-
ties, saucepans, " stewpans, against glass,
wlndow-iIames, mirrors, pictures and china
ware. Notwithstanding all that has occur
red, this trail pattern of womankind, and
poor sample of domestic Tenderness, found
lavor IN her husbands heart, where she SO
little nAcrited y place he felt for her i'm
pfisonmrnt IN the watch house she had
been confined there about fifty hours, & he
begged Tor her discharge but 10 the mo
ment Sue Was cmancipated, she fed home,
and raised suef a storm about the sufferers
ears, that the poor man again sought the aid
ofthe polite, and begged that his wife might
be secuted.