Litchfield enquirer., 1834-08-21
ADVICE To YOUNG LADIES.


A young lady of eighteen often needs
warning voice to point out the quicksandS
over which she is speeding her thoughtIesS
career. If you are beautiful and nave ma
ny admirers, 1 am sorry for it. "A young
woman, whose conduct is marked VIII"
strict honor and principle, cannot nave MA
NY admirers. There is nothing tnat more
certainly marks bad heart and depraVeo
moral principle, or more thorough oeS'l-
tuition of it, than cruel and guilty encour-
agement of honorable love.
A young man is never long attached to
a Young lady, without her being aware OF
it-commonly, indeed, before ne is himself
aware of the nature and extent OF her teei-
ings. The knowledge is almost intultlve.
From that moment, if she be persuaded that
she cannot reciprocate his sentiments, her
course is plain before her--lt is COOL une-
quivocal, unhesitating repulse, on every
occasion, place, and manner. Love WILL
die without hope. 70 crush love in the
bud. is easy; but trife and tamper with 1t
till it has taken ROOT in the heart, and its
destruction is attended with the extinction
of the hearts ngblest feelings.
Never forget This prime maxim in these
Matters Not to discourage IS at'o0ys to
encOurdge.| A mean and culpable species
of coquetry. IS tho practice of not giving
encouragement or repulse, with view Of
keeping your slave till you have learned
you cannot do better. kfiow not an ex-
preston that betrays more despicable mean
ness, and she who uses it shows wiling
ness to sell her hand, to traffic her person,
for value received, that is revolving in the
highest degree.
No one, not even parent, can tell what
character will render lady happy, but her
self. On herself alone, then, must and
ought to rest the responsibility of her
choice. / have seen SO many marriages
commenced with all the glitter of wealth
and pomp, terminate in misery and broken
hearts and so many that were begun with
no very promising auspices, which have
proved as happy as human life admits, that
am convinced that the parent who official
ly interposes stands answerable to his God,
his child. and his conscience, in degree
of responsibility most fearful and tremen-
dous.--Boston paper.
Zmpudence.-We once heard it serious
ly argued in literary association, whether
modesty or impudence is the more COM
mendable. If We consult the results Of
both, the matter may be more questionable
than at first is supposed. Modesty is a We
ry good sort of virtue, does we'll enough
in the maiden of bashful ffteeu,' and
serves admirably to turn period. But,
after all, what is it good for? Can mod
esty set table? or win a cause at the court |
house, or an election at the polls, or GUS
toner in Market street, or fortune on the |
exchange? Impudence, on the contrary,
Is omnipctent. 1t crosses more Alps than |
Hannibal; itconquers more foes than Ce-
sar. While modesty is lettering, with her
finger in her mouth, in the shade of humil-
ity, impudence pushes on to eminence
and wreathes around its brazen brow the
laurels which belong to genius. Impu-
dence it is the lever Of society, the stay
of the politician, the strength of the law
yer, the hope of the speculator, and the
dependence Of all mankind. What is a
man worth without impudence You may
talk about industry. fidelity, merit and a.
biity, till doomsday: but. depend upon it,
all are useless, unless 1rumpet-tongued i'm
pudence proclaim their praise, and hold
them up for admiration and reward.
Fhilad. INTEL.
No man was ever scolded out of his sins.