Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-09-23
Selected 6r he Dcmocrqi by Lady.

~ " INV sNAi1AilNs Atit hnIu INC luTNA ptdUl
Is riled by the thundegholt, cling round il with its
caressng tehdrils, and bind up its shattered
bOugh; so, is beautifully ordered by Providence,
that woman, who Is the mere dependent and or
nament ofman in his happier hours, should oe
his stay and Solace when smlt,en with sudden ca
amity, winding herself into the rugged recess Of
his nature, enderly supporting the dropping head,
and binding up the broken heat,
MARRIAGE enlarges the scene of happiness OF
misery. A marriage Of love is pleasant, a mar
rage of interest easy, and marriage where both
meet, happy; and happy marriage has in ii all
the pleasures of friendship, all the cnjoyments of
sense and reason, and indeed, all the sweets of
lite. Good nature aud evenness of temper will
give YOU an easy companion ta life; virtue and
good sense, an agreeable friend; love and con-
stancy, good wife or husband.
There is something in Sickness that breaks
down the pride of manhood--,hat sollens the
heart, and brlngS It back to tho feelings OF mfan.
cy. Who that has langu>hed even in advanced
life, IN sickness and dependency; who that has
pned on weary bed in the neglect and loneli.
ness OF a foreign land, but has thought on the
mother "that looked on has childhood" that smoo-
thed his pillow, and administered to his helpless.
ness! Oh, there is an enduring tenderness in the
love Ct mother to a son, that transcends all 9TH
er affections of the heart! Ii is neither TO be
chilled by sellishness nor dauned by danger, nor
weakened by worlhlessness, nor stuffed bv ingra.
tityde. She will sacrifice every comfort to his
convenience; she will surrender every pleasure 10
his enjoyment; she will glory in his fame, and ex
uIt N his prosperltE and, if misfortune overtako
hun, he Will be the dearer TO her from misfortune
and II disgrace settle upon his name, She will still
love and cherish him in spite of his digface; and if
all the world beside cast him off, she will be all
the world to him.
Lore's Telegraph --Ifa gentleman wants a
wife, he wears a ing on the first finger of the
left hand; II he be engaged, he wears it On the
second finger; if married, on the third; ON the
fourth, il he intends never TO be. married When
a lady is not engaged, she wears a hoop or din-
mond on her first finger; if engaged, on her Sc
cond; II married. on her third; and on her fourth,
II she intends to die maid
When gentleman presents Il fan, hcwer, or
irlnket TO a lady, with the left hand, it is on his
part an overture of regard. Should she receive
1t with her left hand, il is considered as M accep.
lance Of his esteem; but if with the right, it is re-
fusal olthe offer.
lhos' by a few simple tokens explained BY
rule, the passion of love is expressed, and thro
the medium OF this telegraph the most timid and
dliiIden man may without difficulty communicate
his sentiments otIegard for a lady, and in case
bis oifv' shoald br .ofuacd, avoid experiencing Int
modification OF an explicit rejection.
Beautiful passage --"Lile bears us on ike thecur
rent of a mighty river. Our boat mt first glide,
down the narrow channel, through the playful muir
murings of the little brooks, and the winnings Of its
grassy borders The trees shed their Young bios
SONS over our Young heads; the flowers on The
brink seem to offer themselves 10 our young hands
we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at TN
beauties around us; but the stream hurries Us on am
still our hands are empty.
''Our course in manhood is along a wider ant
deeper FOOD, and amid objects more striking an,
magnificent. We are animated by the moving pic
lures Of enjoyment and industry which pass be
fore us, we are excited BY some short-lved disap
pointment But our energy and dependence ar
! both in vain.
''The stream hears us on-our gries and JOYS ar
alike left behind US; we may be shp-wrecked butw
cannot be deIayed-whether rough or smooth, III
river hasens on towards its home, till the roaring o
It's waves is beneath our keel and the land lessen
from our eyes, anu the Hoous are lleu up around u
and the earth loses sight Of u.s. and we take our las
leave of earth and its inhabitants, and of our fuhr
voyages there is no witness but the Infinite an
Eternal.
Money is fruitful subject mas
much as ii is the great governing principle IF W
; may be allowed the expression) Of mankind, an
the axis of human ambition Money is a goo
thing--a bad thing; kind servant---a bad mas
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