Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-10-08
MISCiiELANY.
FRoM THE N. Y. LITERARY GAZETTE.
A SKETCH.

A SKETCH.
Thc Philosopher Of old, when asked,
is it best to marry, or not to marryf,
replied, edo as YOU will, you will re-
pent'-This is as true u maxim as any
on record. There is probably no un-
married man, wao when the hey-day OF
youth is past, Gnds himself, as 1t were,
alone in the world, and neglected by
the young bcauX and bells, but rcpents
he did not wed at twonty-fiye; always
excepting the members Of the Bache-
lOr's Club, of which we may give some
particulars when time and inclination
serve. Again, there is no married man
! no matter what his situation in life may
be, but repen,s The day he ever saw his
wifo. There are so many cares atten-
ding the matrimonial state, so many
jibes and jeers, even among the most
loving couples, that wedlock is often a
very irkspmc and unpleasant lock; in
which, instead Of silkcn jcssies, and rosy
fetters, the haplcss co,qncen finds him.
self pinioned down, with adamaniinc
chains, CALLING as those of the galley
slave.
SoreIy troubled and worn out with the
labours Of the day, the married man re-
turns home,
"Whcre sits our sulky, sulen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm
Nursing her wrath TO keep it warm.''
And then comes u TRADE! of where
have you been to so late? | wish to
60 to the play, opera or balI;' or again,
Il have invited three and fifty OF my
dear friends to party, next week, and
| want money to purchase the necessary
articles and decorations, to outrival Mrs.
Shinewelps last routc,' or thousand
other unreasonable things, which none
but woman's BRAN could conceive.
1t is not thus with every man - but
very different with many. There are
fow who do not admit,
"That marriage rightly unders' ood,
Gives to the tender and the good
A paradise below"
IIc who is blessed in fair wife, when
evening arrives, turns for refuge and
sheker from the cares of the world, to
his own fresde, and says with Cotton,
"From the gay world we'll oft retro
To our own family and fire,
Where love our hours employs;
No noisy neighbour enters here.
No IntermeddlIng stranger near,
To spoil our heartfelt joys"
Such u man is happy ed,-his
wife blessed. But the Bachelor, when
night comes aud the business of the day
is done; where does he GO? he has no
magnet to direct his compass; no friend
10 whom he can unbosom himself: he
he lives an unIoved frigid thing. Go
he to his boarding house, who cares for
hun there? much respect and affection
may likely be expressed-but let pover-
ty overlake him; or sickness lay him
low, where is all the protlered respect
and affection!
"Fled like the speedy wings Of night" I"
lift should be, that he keeps Bachelors
Hail." who has he there to commune
with? his chceress iireside, or empty
walls. The evening is long, the night
longer and he is wretched, till morning
arrives, that he may again pIod at his
business:-his sole employment is in
the accumulation Of riches, and when
he dies, where goes all his wealth.? To
heartless and needy relations who ten
TO one, cursed him for living so long.
As l have seen many strange characters
in my travels and intercourse with man
kind, it has been my delight to study
their lights and shades, these general
ly note down in book kept for the pur-
pose from which | CLEAN when occasion
suits, to clucIdatc the opinions that l
advance and now for a Sketch of
THE BACHELOR.
Il am bachelor said my good
friend Frank Codbiood, to. me the day
he attained majority, and glory in the
tule; l am as free as air, no. pettlcoat
to control my actions, no woman to
care for me, nor to be cared for by me .
Ten years afterwards, SAID he, Il am a
bachelor still, thank heavenn In ten
yesrs more, he cried, Il am bachelor
80 shall live, and SO shall die; It's a
noble and independent liie;' aud, adj
ded he, 'my good friend Bob, Celibacy
is a glorious life, have opened an ac.
count in my ledger, entitled Matrimony
can now speak to fraction on the
subject; know 't's happy life, mar.
riage rulnous business, 1t would make
man bankrupt in a year. Well to
show this cloarly to the Credit of the
account, / have placed all the endear.
ing charms asd attractions, (spoken
ironicaIly) that the husband experien-
ces-wiie, children, home, in sooth,
every happiness that the most blessed
in wediock ever knew, but which, my
dear Bob, need not particularize; my
brave fellow, you can see the items by