The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-24


 water as thick as grue and the fish could hardly wag their tails iii it. Then he threw in whole peppef- corns, hali-a-doaon pounds at tine, til there was enough. Then he began to dilute with vinegar until his pickle was complete. The fish did not half like il at first; but habit every thing and when he showed me the tank, they were swimming about nerrYas shoa of dace; he fed them with lenne chopped small, and black pepper-corns.
 "Gome, doctor" says l. "T trust m man upon tick fl don't taste believe my own eyes, though caa believe my iongae.o (Ne looked at each other) hat you sha do n minute" sad he; SD he whipped one ot them out with landing-net; and when stuck my knife into him the pickle out of his body like wine cut of caret bottle, and ate at least two pounds ot this rascal, while he Tapped his tail in my face. never tasted such salmon that Worth your while to go to Seoand if it's only for the sake of eating picked salmon I'll give you letter, any of you to my friend. He'll be glad 10 see any oi you and then you may con- ynce yourselves. Take my word for it, if once you eat salmon that way you will never eat 1t any oher.o
 MATRIMoNY.- There Is a Dr. Johnson in London. who has made himself somewhat notorious by his pub licatons upon the Eeoaong of Heaihi From his last work in relation to this subject, he Literary Gazette extracts the following observations upon the time for Matrlmony, and the consequences of entering ato that slater
 The most proper age for entering tbe holy bands of manony has been much discussed, bat never settled
 am entitled to my opinion; and although l cannot here give the grounds which rests the reader may feke it for granted, that could addaec were this fhe proper place, great number of weghty reasons bob moral aud physical, for the dogma which am going 10 proPoand. The maxim, then, which would ineul- cate, IS hls-that matimonY should moi De contracted before tbe first year of the FoQrt Sepfennard on the part of inc female before the last year of inc same in the case o inc male; in other words tie female should be a least twenty years of age, and the t,eels fs.rsf,4 x.zaissl 4kl.. years difference between the ages of the sexes at whatever period of life the solemn contract s entered uPon, need not be urged, t IS universally admitted There Is difference Of seven yeats, not n the actual duration of he m ihe two sexes, but in the stamina of the constitution, the symmetry of tho form, and inc ineameats of the face. fha wear and fear of bring ing up family might alone account for this nequality but there are other causes inherent in ho constitutions and independent of matritnony or celibacy.
 Ln respect to early marriage, as far as t concerns the softer sex, have to observe, hat for every year at which the hymenea knot IS tied below the age of twenty-one, there will he, average, three years of premature decay of the eorporeal fabc and con- siderable abbfeviation of the usual range of human existence. It IS in vain to point out instances that seem to nulliiy this calculation. There will be ind- vidnal exceptions 10 all general rules. The above VIII be found fair average estimate.
 On the moral consequences of too carly marriages Ii IS not my intention to dllae though could adduce many strong arguments against, and very few in favor of, the practice. 1t has been said that "ulatrnony may have miserios but cei5acy has no pleasures' Is far as too early marriage Is concerned the adage ought 10 run thus-s'mauage must have nliseries, though celbacy may have no pleasures"
 The choice of wife a husband, IS rather foreign to my subject, and has occupied much abler pens than mine, to little advantage. Fly own opinion is that were inc whole of the adult population registered as they come of age, and each person, male and female, drew out of the urn, and thus rendered natri- mony complete lottery the sums total of happiness, misery, content would be nearly, if net exactly the same, upon he present principle of selection This, at first sight, will appear startling propositions but the closer examine 1t, the less extfaYagant it will be found