The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-11-10
From tie Boston Spectator I
A BACHELORS OLD AGE.

At the request of two graceless ta,ourites Of
NINE, who, when urchins, were as much nv nets
as are now my cat and dog, , have attempted to
give description of the iag end Of bachelors
lie Time, when we first attempt to pull his
flowing beard, in the young days of our exs
'ence, when our blood gallops through our VEINS
with swift and healthy flow. then looks like a
respectable, decent old gentleman, with sugar
pluns IN both pockets But in after years, when
gray hairs AMI nlSht-caps. soutand peevishness,
,aNe NC place OF strength and the worship OF
Dan Cupid, he changes his appearance to mi
serly old rascal who coyets all YOUR pleasures.
and even life itself 4 young bachelor is like a
stout ship in ballast, riding merriIy over the bill
lows OF PAIN and wo, and should be 90 down to
the caverns Of DEATH his loss is little felt BY the
owner, and but few beside are affected BY the
catastrophe But In the latter part Of his life he
resembles somewhat that same ship stripped of
us rigging, perlshng nuisance in the dock of
society. There is something ludicrous in the
situation OF our corps, when we have arrived at
the age OF sixty. If we have little property.
we arc daily reminded Of the uncertainty of life
and convenience of will with the nuendo. that
the adviser is particular friend of ours. Mis-
sionares, Bible Societies, interested fifteenth
cousins, and would be heirs, are haunting YOU
by night and by day,--hollow hearted kindness,
and the treacie OF hattery, are lavshed upon
you against the stomach of your sense. -
Should you take cold, physic by quantity is ar
raycd before you, or if caught mapping, poured
down your throat, as one would drench horse.
A little farther on. when you wax little more
iah'hern-jawed, the very servants cast their
eyes upon your vtsage, and then stealthv CLAN
cHs toward the coat in which your pocket book
pFonacs; and when your eyes shall have be-
come glazed, they doubtless will come in as
iet-haEded heirs OF some Of your personal pro
perry. There is no child to watch and weep
no female lip with its affectionate kiss to touch
your damp brow of agony-no fair hand to
smooth the pillow Of dissolution-no tear of sim
ccrty to water the sod when it shall rest on
your bosom; but all of the hereafter of this
world, IS, to have some vile speller with chisel
as broad as his forehead, cut out upon slate
stone, to be placed at your head, your eptaph
as follows:
Hear Ives the boldly of
lchabod singletown who
lived respected & dyed
lame-hent-ed. Haged sixty
But there are deeper causes of lament apper.
tanning to the life, old age and death Of bach
elor He dies the last link in the chain of an
existence which has especially been handed
down to him for CONFERENCE.-The has declined
TO exercise the duties, to answer the RESPONSE
billties, and to participate in those pleasures.
which life has presented to him The cup of
consolation, offered to him by his Maker. has
been rejected, and by bis own act, at the hour
when It was most Rce,led, he has deprived him
sell OF the revly!ng draught it contained His
course, however Gallant II NAV have boan tho,