The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-11-27
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NORTHERN STAR
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WARREN, SATURDAY, NOV. q
~ MATRfMONY. E "
1 a vast proportion ef our fellow crss
ltufes, stsoms period Of life, very proper
!ly exchange the comparative eass ~
lIinjependenes o. single "blessedness,
for the mora sosisl relations Of the wed
dsd state I'D suddenly find = multitud.
ofcares, before unknown, pressing upou
them, and requiring The exercise of much
prudence and industry. Then i i, that
there is great danger this revolution ia
their situation, may exert an unhappy and
tunlooked for influence on the feelings and
disposition on the young novitiste, whose
imagination had been pictpriag nothing
but golden joys /; but, Who now hegins. to
find load Of dull cares clustering about
his path, and grsetly embittering, g,ii il does
not entirely destroy the harmony and con-
idence that should always exist, between
partners, for life. To prevent these sad
consequences, should be the particular
study Of parents and guardians. They
know, " probably" from experience, what
their children are ignorant Of: that in all
ranks and conditions, domestic life has
more Of dull reality, than Of visionary
bliss; and that, if the fancy Of youth be
allowed to expand in the regions of roman
tic conjecture, and suffered to form plans
Of life from the chimerical tales of fctit-
ious competition, the seeds Of irremidable
are Gown, and provision made for
a harvest ofunavaiIing sorrow and regret.
Every condition of life sffords opportuni-
les for the highest degree Of excellence
(which our natures are capable, and 1t
should be the careful study ofparents, 90
o educate and instruct their offspring,
hat they may enter on life prepared for
ts sevcrest exigences not with unfound-
ID expectations Of an uninterrupted stream
# connsbial felicity or constant success
on Of cloudIess hours. In the latter e.
rent, misery is certain ; q disgust 10 be-
,otten for condition, fron which they
nee formed the highest hopes Of happi-
ess, and what the end must in this case
., may easily be coniectured. /
These candidates for hymen's bands
ray have been acting before an admiring
,orld-thcy may have known nothing of
orrow-seen nothing at which their finer
ceilings recoiled ; what danger then they
'ill be in, Of considering the state into
,hich they are about to enter, and from
hence they are expecting 30 much en-
,yment, as a gross and vulgar scenc--
nd the obligations they have taken, as
omething too sordid for them to perform.
'he past may have been spent in compar
tive inactivity ;-exertio must now be-
in, now they must begin to tread the
umble dust ofreal life they have com
lenced the first chapter Of patience and
support which, with cheer
aiIness and equanimity, not only judic-
ous education is requisite, bst firm be-
iefin the Providence ofthe Supreme Be-
ng, and an mistaken trust in his promis-
IS Of aid, in every scene Of difficulty and
istress. In the practice Of piety, every
ocial and domestic pleasure will be heigh
'ned-and every difficulty stripped Of
alf its terrors--this life made the passage
better, and death, when il comcs to
reak all mortal ties, the commencemsnt
# unfsding and never ending joy.
In Livermorc, Pa horse took fright
ecently, and dragged his cart with great
'pecd, crossed the canal bridge, and came