The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-09-26

tians. and desires. with reference 20 their
present means and 10 their future and
common Interests.
Nnlhing delights me more ihsn 20 en-
Ter the neal lirlls tenement of the young
couple. Who within perhaps Iwo ar three
years. withnuG any rrsaurees but tlsir
owh knowledgs and industry, have join.
ed heart and hand. engaged % share L-
RsIher the responsibilities, dnli-s. int
rests. trials and pleasures Of life. The
industrious wife 10 ehserlully employing
her own hands in domestic dulirs. pat.
ling her house in order. nr mending Ter
husbands cinlhrs. or preparing ths dInnsr.
RhIle perhaps the liIlls darling siis prsI
ding upon Ihe f.'or. nr lies sleeping IN
the eracle-ahd every Thing seem pre-
pairing 10 Wrlenme the happiesI nf hus.
bands and the best af fathers ~hrn De
shall come from bis toll 10 enjny the
sweets of his li,Ile paradise. This 10 the
true domrstie pleasure. the .. only bliss
that survived Ihe fall" Health. en=Ienl.
menI. lave. abundance aud bright pros.
prrIs are zll here.
But q has become . prevailing sen,i.
msni. that man must sequife his farluEs
hrf1Te he INJURIES; that ihe wife must
have no sympathy nor share with hin in
the pursuit of Il, in which most of the
pleasure truly consists; and that young
married people must se, out with 10 i4rge
end expensive an establishment. as j. ne
coming those Who have been welded fur
twenty Yeas.
This 10 verr unhappy. Il fills the
community with bschslors. Who are wait
ing 10 make their fortunes. endanRering
virtue aud prum"iing wire; IL mars the
true economy end design ri the d"mrslic
institution; aud il promotes idleness and
Inefiirisncy am"ng females, sho are ex.
porting TO be taken up BY fortune. and
passI'ely sustained without any care or
concern on their parl-snd thus many .
modern wife becomes. as . gentleman
onre remarked, not q " helpmsIe." but
help eat.
There is smother UNPLEASANT evil ~.
tending the. especially rs IL hears pretty
severely an The fair srx. When harhs.
l"rs have made their fortunes aud beeome
s"me forty or fly years old. they do no,
usually take wives oi their own age. but
they then abandon those w:.h whom they
have hitherto associated, requiie all The
pleasures which their sncieiy has afford.
ed them with utter neglect; they then se.
lec' a." their enmpannns the young and
blooming. and thus leave 20 their tate =
numerous class III wurlhv msidens.
Great disparity in ms,timuny 10 an evil
in many psrncul.rs: and what 10 more
unnatural than 10 zee q young Miss wed.
Died To man old enough to he her father!
tie ought to have sense enough m knnw
that unless she is an exceniric character.
she never married him for love, and she
ough, also knnw. that in conserving IN
marry him. she in oil probability conssrt.
ed IN make herseIi . wreIched slsve--io
~, herself in tie power "f a man who
had already expended his fret aud warm.
eel love upon uii,ers: and who by his 90.
perior age. his INSURED habits uf pleasing
himself andnf having his avn way. and
the self importance winch property gives.
~as well qualified 10 art The part "f the
~ rant, rather than that ri the husband.
( Ira ynuna man has property. he may
of course marry Al suiishle age. and
adopt The style of living ~hich is jnsuf.
ed by his means. But Il he is destitute
Of pr"p-riy, lie has three alternatives. and
he can take his ch"ice between them.
/ Selecting a prudent Industrious person
for hts wife. he NAV marry young and
1--we in a OF, ]. az simplicity adapted 10 his
! income; ~ he ran wsit tll he has acqu,r.
ed property. so a. tn be able 1" suppof,
q family in The more mndern and LASH
innable style; or he can marry al any rae.
launch fesrlrssly out into all the expenses
at fashionable establishment, ssd run
his chance of bringing his wife aud chi.
dren To wani. The frs, 10 the best. the
Nseeond is the next, aud the third is bad
enough. Hindslon.
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