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Ma. EDiToR-ln looking over your pa per Of
the 10th ut. vas much amused aud not n
little 'eAed at piece headed Advice 10 La
dies" Is AZ not cruel, even to intimate that
these dear indspensabies. are sometimes
seoIds, ill-tempered, dIsssr,eable appendagr>.
AcS Moreover, ~ MT a SANDER tu lnti.
mate, az saw some her. IN your paper, that
The ladies' arc nowadays a, foad Of spinning
street Var" as their grand-mothers we're OF
spinning u1x, IA former dSysp-thrreb, init
mating that they not only drive their hu,o.n nd,
ifom home 10y their Immature and scoIdinx
bui that they rum them with their ,dl.nes. and
extravaganza declare IL - shocking Take
a irieHds advice, aud do " justice forth = ith
u you do not, We will award to YOU the pr,,-
per punishment, the next time YOU shos Your
lace At tiarpers-ferry. We were not thu,
treated IN days gone 10y, when our dear friend
). - u Vas wih us. tie ould defend our
cause on every side. Alas! my friend, how
~e miss you! We are nov lett 10 light our
own battles-nut a single champion that has
gallantry enough - step fors ard Io our assist
ance. The ladies, MIR Editor are lashins YOU
on all SIDES but !, as good friend, have not
yet joined IA the crusade. have seen Il stat
ed somewhere. that "a friend should bear n
friends inhrmhies," aud not make them An
pear greater than they are. So. feel dispos-
eo To bear with you, aud even apologize for
you, by saying that the language complained
oi Is not yours, bat the language Of some rus
", erusty, ill-natured fellow, - no 10 a stranger
TO love aud all its fine emotions; one. ner.
haps, Who has wooed and won some pretty.
upsu>Pecting girl. who IL - SAID has a fortune
The glri loves him, and consequently cannot
see fault m him-(you know. SIR. love is
= m h. ind ..I A
to proceed: She goes TO the altar with thu,
eloveu-foo;ed one and there he swear. IN
the face OF heaven and before man, To love
ana cherish, fOrssking all others, &c. And
does he do SOL Mo- Nothing Is farther from
ms intention And, MIR Editor do not hell, = >
one half of the men keep their VOWS; and
that IS the reason why there are So man, un-
happy marriages. Such a man does moi low.
hrs wife consequently. he does not ir-a, her
with respect, much less with affection and
kindness
The woman also promises 60 love. honor
and obey, which promise .he reIigiou,I, keen,
80 long a. human fnrbesrance eau endure -
She finds 20 her Inexpres-iblr sorrow. that al.
Vas dehded. livery action Of her hu>hard',
Iie proves to her that lie never loved her. -
Day alter day, and night after night, sic is de-
serted. and treated with cold neglect. Al
hut she rePents t. Ills eyes flash FIRE. he
stamps and raves. and demands Of her how
she dare call him 90 account for his actions
giving her To understand what she NAV expect
Tor the next like ohence-takes up hi. hat
bolts out OF the house. curses his unIueky
star, and tells some friend what a vixen Of a
wife he has. that she has tongue no human
can endure, &C. His friend. who !. pret,v
much like himself believes all he saws A. true
- gospel. and whispers the SANDER 10 third.
and the third 10 a fourth, and 80 on. until the
report becomes general We'll, saws one.
r isa clever fellow. what a pity il !. he
has such vixen Of wife. An saws another
J kno" her veil, she - Tartar. You are
r'ght, regions the third, the women are eli
pretty much alike. know a good many
such, say, fourth. and had ! such Isrk.
would Ind WaV 10 hx her And so Il goe,
from one 10 another until the poor woman Ia,
ihe name Of being every thing tha: u vile and
despieahis All this time the poor vii, 4,
wretehed ard miserable. The man for whom
she has forssken the hone of her childhood
and ever thing that was delightful and dear
father, mother. brothers snd sister 10 p,,,
herself under his protection. has. by his IN.
kiDdne's, become losthsome 10 her She had
seen the lime that she had watched Dc, return
9Th delight bordering on eestscy. and YOU 4
ny tn meet and welcome him. hut nov, alas,
how changed She dread. he appearance. snd
shr,nks from him ss she ~ouid from . viper
She makes kBoNB her situstiOn TO . 1,af, VI
Trend, and vhai sdVice does tbs friend give
herr Why. 70 GU her mouth with water. I'D
I % 81 her husbands Fepronchss, answer hin,
With gentle smile 90 q graceful buW 81 the
head wv very COOL piece Of advice. o. be
sure and would aDsWeF very we'll srth some
men but 9TH others, not even this cobJe.
seension would DO lied she smiled. that
smile would have hssn her last and had sbe
bowed her head, thst head would have dearly
rad foF a. " is not nersssary. Mr. Editor
Ter usman thus situated. w .'hu her mouth
9Th v4tsr" The Vcty looks 81 her husband
Will petrify her-she heeones Pale and trsm.
bling, end 9th her little offspring. sand a,
mute as statue. slnost sfraid 10 breathe.
much less 20 answer he abuse ith - gentle
smile % q graceful nd !" Reader. think ,s
there can b. much worse he'll than this, o. .
uoman q refined fesiines' And yet she has
40 remedy She dare not even complain
YOU must not suppose. Nr Fdn0r. from
these fsmsrks, that ! would contend That I'll
somsn are angels know thst they - veil
- The men have their impsrfsctions Ard Il
/ thsrs y aay thing in nature truly dsspicsble.
. = vixen ~ woman but ia III ny Jour
ney hPctigh life. have never met With hut
two o. thEss, snd they would have been node
Te,s ens., bad tAey been properly managed
an4 FeassA vtaA hiodasss ssA Fsspsss--