The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-08-20
nj Miscellaneous.

OHiy My ffusbdaa.-fIe1sunt, isn u!
Ii Is common enough, however. for oil
that. Nature often makes great mistakes,
ard misplsees spiri, sbockinsIy. How
frequently do we find The lin,id, retiring,
yeii,ling spirit Of . woman in the form Of
q man-siving place at once. as il like
woman "born 10 be controlled" The
whiskcrs Of tiger, and The proportions Of
a Hercules, in inrumcrablc instances, co.
Yer a hear, with NO more boliucss, or cner-
gy ia iss puisa,io than tho little. Palpi-
ataiing siiair, which is piacea in the bosom
of u maiden of bashfui fifteen; while many
LADY fair-bcforc marriage all soitncss and
graceful hum,ii,y-bcars within her brcas,
the unlcvcloped Gre and indamiitablc rcso-
luton Of an Alexander, Napoleon, or q
C@sar. 1'ha, soul, which, had she been
Inan, wonid have qualified her for q militia
~ conqucror, or great thirf-caichiug po-
lice officer. by being ia female frame,
readers har.a Nantippr-a Napoleon OF
the Ereside, and pens her husband, like a
yanqu,shcd kipg-s prisoner, q spiri!less
captive In hissown chimney corner. The
whole rarcof grey mnres-and their. name
Is legion, sccording to our theory, became
40 BY aceideni. They did mol get their
own souls, they have Tho souls Of men;
while tho same number OF men arc scat
tered through the world--,he hcn-pecked
eenius-wiih souls uf fcmeninc mould.
So it. is with Mr. and Mrs. Eitzgis.-
They arc pattern pair, and cxcmpiify our
aotions on tho subject 10 nicely. Mir.
Filxsig lhosgh, himself quito model Of
a man before he was unizeky enough to
&c, msrricd-a gr al mistake. lie dreamed
that he was chockfail OF ralor, and fl to
lead sauadrons 10 the !irll--at the sound
ofsdrunas and ,rumpe,s. tcspccislly OF Q
Fourth Of July. after. he had swallowed
brace or two Of Julaps.) he perkcd up
his chin, stuck ous bis breast, sstaitened
his backbone. AMI believed himself jusl
the boy 10 head aforlorn hope In ytorming
for.rcss--a great n,issake. Bat wors'
Of all, he msdc i Mss. Fitzgig Of Mih,
Sefaphina Serens Pumn taking her for q
femsnine woman, when tho "lurking de.
vii in her eyp" might have told him tsrn1
she was masculine woman-tfs greatest
mistake of the whole troop Of blundcrs
As 10 the last, however. Fitzgig wss lit
tie 70 blanc. He had seen manifcs,alionl
Of Seraphina Serena Pumps energies
for he was present when she took u cas- b.
tho tail which had scratched her, whirlct
j, two or three times round her head. ant
slnng il, whizring and scratching, through
the window into the street; and agai,hs
saw her bung her fathers cyc with ah egg n
breakfast because he would no, promise Il
buy her anew bonc,, with other little affair,
Of the sort; but Fi,zgig, like ourselves
in our (" salad days." as Co'eridgc call,
ihs Time. when we fall in love with brigh
eyes and such matters, liked lady non,
the worse for u li.lle sprinkIing Of tn,
"old un'' in her composition. He be
lteved that she loved the har1er for IL, ant
lie was satisfied iha. his own sway coult
curb all its improper maniies.ations.-
Alas. for Fi!zgig! alas. for mos. men
who venture, under The same impression
rpon the same experiment! Fiery ladies
may be bcausiful-so may kicking poneI
--.but tame them. If you can.
Fitzgig, in two weeks. was sneiamor
phescd into only my husbandT' H.
struggled hard; but who can resist his fate
Mrs. Fuzgig so "chissised him with sh'
saior Of her tongue and Of her deeds