Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-05-04


rons would take hint from these wild
and untutored Indians!
How indecorous, offensive, and
sinful, is tito see woman exercising
authority over her husband, and say
ing. :" aoiL have it so. Ii shall be
done as i like" But | should hope
the number of those who adopt this IN.
becoming and disgracehlI manner IS so
small as TO render II unnecessary Tor
me to enlarge on the subject.
Never JOIN in any jest or laugh
gainst your husband. He may be
plain and insignIticat, even a redI
culOus man: be Il so? why did you mar
~ him? You should have known all
those defects before marriage Il Is
now too late: and as wife, self mot
10 say word of duty calls on you TO
hide his faults; and whenever you pos.
siblY can, to bring him forward and
make him Of importance.
Assiduously conceal his faults, aud
speak only OF his merits. In the mar
RED life conlidents are by 10 means
desirable. You may be listened to
with sympathy and Interest," bot will
this redress your grievance: BY no
means. Therefore never complain OF
him In the first place, you violate a
sacred dply by exposing your hus.
bands faults; and IN the next, even .
certain degree of female dignity should
combine with better motives TO pre-
vent II.
would also strongly recommend d
concea!men. from others of any little
dlscord OF d,sunion which occurs be
tween you Repeated with additions
md aggrevatlons, ii only gives tood to
the busy whisper OF the malevolent.
and, as the witty Richardson says,
is sure to be remembered long alter
the honest people have quite Forgotten
it themselves Besides, on those oc
casions, rely on il, the world is rauch
more inclined to be your husbands
advocate than yours
In my opinion, there can hardly be
more despicabie object than "A mar
ried woman receiving the particular
attentions of any man bot her husband.
A flirting giyt is indeed bad enough;
but flirting married woman should
be an object OF contempt wherever she
appears.
Perhaps your husband may be a
plain man, or an old man; and though
possessing both sense, merit, feeling,
neither cultivated nor captivating. Let
this circumstance make YOU peculiarly
circumspect in your conduct The eye
of the world is on you; and though
your husband may scorn to betray,
even by a look, any expression of ea
lousy, believe me it gives him no plea
sure to see vou dancing and chatting
away with every young man who up
proaches you; for, at the moment per
haps when his good sense and manly
prid, make him smile, and Join in the
laugh and chat around his heart may
he exceedingly vexed and fretted at
what he is ashamed to acknowledge
even to himself To say the truth, |
never met with any husband, hand
some, ugly, young. or old, who was
pleased at seeing his wife, converse
lion and attraction much engrossed by
other men
Be you ever SO conscious ola SUPERB
GRITTY Of judgment or of talent, never
let it appear TO your husband "A
wife rules best by seeming TO obey y
And "a man cannot endure the idea of
lnteriority in intellectual endowments.
The very idea OF being reflected on
makes him infinitely more obstinate,
and more welded TO his own opinion
perhaps little management and good
sense would bring him at once into
your plans and wishes
ITO be continued