Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-07-13


Blackwood's Magazine for June contains
light and amusing article under this title. The
following are a few which we have extracted
for III. edfcation Of our readers:
.Uar1n 1. Now, in making marriage, as IN
making ove--and indeed in making most other
things-the beginning it's that IS the difficulty
But the French prOye8 about beginning
'C'estle premier pas qul coute'-goes more lite
rally TO The arrangement ct marriage: as our
English well illustrates the condition OF love
trhe first step over, the rest is easy Because
in the marrying affair, it is particularly tina
first step that 'costs'-as to your cost you will
find, if that step happens to go the wrong way.
And most men, when they go about the busI-
ness of wedIock, owing to some strange deIu-
sion, begin the affair at the wrong end. They
take A fancy to the white ms--(somet'mes
only 10 the kid gloves)---or to the neat ANGLES
OF !. peculiar school girl; and conclude from
these premises, that she is just the very woman
of the world to scoda houseful OF servants, and
10 bring up a dozen children! This is a conve-
nient deduction, bat not always q safe one!
Marin g White arms and neat ANGLES, bring
me naturally, and at once, to the very import
snt consideration OF beauty For, don't sup
pose, because | caution YOU against all day
dishabilles, that want to fix you with worthy
creature, whom it will make you extremely i'll
every time you look at. For the style OF at
say handsome igure-if you don't get both
advantages better than merely pretty face.
Good eyes are point never to be overlooked.
Fine teeth, full well proportiOned hmhs-dont
cast these away for the sake OF single touch
of the small pox--a mouth something too wide
or dimpes rather deeper on one side than
the other.
.IEu.cim s. It may, at some time, be matter
Of confederation, whether YOU shall marry
maid or a widow. As to the taste, myself viii
give no opinon-I Ike both-and there are
advantages and disadvantages peculiar TO either
ii you marry a widow, think 1t should be one
whom you have known in the lifetime OF her
husband; because then--d5 Qctu I'D Posse-from
The suherings OF the defunct you may form
some notion Of what your own viii be. II her
husband IS dead before YOU see her, you had
better be oil at once. because she knows (the
.iadeD what You viii Ike, though she never
means 20 do il-and, depend upon it'll you
have only an inch ot psichGHt, and trust your
self to lock At he's three times, You arc tickled
90 certainty.
Marin J. Marrying eir9 g = nice matter al
ways Tor they are as cautious as crows plum
derng corn-held. You NAV stalk for week,
sud never gel near them unpeIceiyed You hear
the oaterwaulIng As you 60 up stains into the
dr4Wing-roOm louder than thunder. but 1t stops
AS II by magic. the moment (marrlageable)
man puts his ear 20 the key.hole / don't my.
self, profess, upon principle, see any oblec
zion TO marrying widow. h she upbr4ds YOU
At any time with the virtues of her former hus
band. YOU only reply-that you wish he had hel
with ham, with all your soul II woman
however. has lad more than three husbands
sue poisoLs htn3 aEOI1 her.