Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-24
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From tie Troy Wing.
MATRIMONIAL LEGISLATION

III "a lik tNf HUH
his unJoinod half was appended TO his petition
10y way, we suppose, of illustrating its merits,
and was read TO the assembled wisdom" Ii
ran thus
Dear Sir can Withhold my pen no longer
from doing its duty. o. in communicating
ffo yca the ycry ecat4iicnts of IN, lscsfi, !. and
something You never anticipated. | must do
II. l have done wrong my, conscience &c lis
me so and be fore ! end, you shall know the
inncrmost recesses of my heart, il it is possi-
bic for me TO print il 10 you. have just "a
woke from a dream or a trance. Yes, my rea-
son has just returned. They tell me | am
married can ii be possible it is all an illu-
sion -! i cannot realize II. Is il possible |
have given my hand where | never gave my
heart, and never can. No. Two canno, have
my heart. ! was entrapped long before you
ever saw me. o my God where has my rea-
son been that ! have done as | havei / can
scarcely tell-only | have been talking of one,
and thinking of another. Yes, Jerome, while
] have been talking with you, my heart has
been wandering up and down the Erie Canal
with mr. Shoemaker. Yes, he is the object
of my hearts alteration. ! adore him above
all others, and freely would | sacrifice my own
life for him. My friends have ruined me.
They have urged me on headlong.
They very well knew | loved mr.. S. and
sthItItlN wv I0 thby hilCN VIC III
engaged to be married, but because he could
not make it convenient to come at the appoint
ed time, they were against him, and said eve
ry thing they could TO turn me also against
him, and therefore my reason left me. j knew
not what | was a about or where i was my
mind was not present with my person. l am
half crazy when | think what | have done my
situation is a critical one. o my God, could
| but return back to last August, | might now
be happy; yes, one of the most happy. /
would not be dictated by my connexions. No,
| would 20 acco riding TO my inclinations, and
remember, | will for the future. ! repent in
dust and ashes that | dill not leave Pcnfeld,
and fly to meet the man | adore. Jerome, |
must be plain with you. ! never loved you,
and ] never shall. | merely regard you as a
friend, and nothing more and do you wish to
live with q person that does not love youl If
you do. yon will live an unhappy life. for ] am
a poor, wrctched and miserable creature-un-
happy, and making others unhappy also around
me-you are not my choice, neither are you
such a person as | should choose were ! inmy
right mind, and | certainly am not the person
FOR you to choose as a partner for life. No,
far from il.
Furthermore you say that Margaret is such
a girl as you ought to have you say that if ]
had given you the mitten, which often re-
solved to do, you should have gone to see her
you can go yet-Margaiet likes YOU, and
from what | have heard her say | know you
can get her. | will never trouble you more
ii is useless for you to come after me, for |
have sworn in my heart never TO live with you
any more. ] had much rather work out for
what | want than TO live with a man ! do not
and cannot love. 1t is a cursed thing If |
may use the term) that mr.. S. and | should he
separated in the manner that we have been,
for never were two hearts more closely and in
tima,ely Joined than ours. But ] hear some
exclaiim, what God hath Joined together let no
man put asunder; aud cursed is he that part
eth man and wife. | agree with you, and |
will tell you in what respect. Mr.. 5. and !
were married in one sense Of the word. Yes,
in every sense, all that was lacking was the
ceremony we were most solemnly engaged
TO each other. | promised never to be any
others than his. o my God, what have
done, ! know not.
We are the ones that have been parted I;
there is where the curse lies, he rested on my
promise-he met with such opposition that he
did not cume as he agreed, but was expecting
me down, and then we would get married. !
almost curse myself for listening 10 others. o
how could they urge me on into wedlock as
they havei | told them | did not love you,
and never should, and should you persist in
my living with you, what regard of friendship
= i have for you would bc turlieu iuto nitreu.-
Ii will be useless for you TO come after me, for
swear by the God who made me-, never will
live with you another moment. My friends
have made the match and they may abide the
consequence-they have been the means ofmy
ruinaiion. ! am an unhappy creature ! have
been the means of mr.. SIS unhappiness next
Thursday he bis farewell 10 this place and
its inhabitants he is going TO Michigan, and IN
the spring the family are also going. | am
ruined by my friends, if friends | can call
them.
! presume they thought they were urging
me for my best, but they are mistaken, II Is to
INV everlasting ruin. ] never will live with
! YOU or any other man in future. ! will live a
l secluded life, from the society Of young ladies'
and gentlemen, but YOU can act at your own
on,ion for all me. | never shall trouble you
> any more. No | will run a dagger 10 my heart
b before will live with you. ] en,reat YOU in the
D name of NV God 10 lei me 60 free. II will be for
your own benefit If YOU do. never shall be
4 any profit to YOU. ] should be nothing but ar
expense 10 YOU all the days OF my life, ana
where you gained pennies should spend dol
lan. You well know my health Is poor, anc
> YOU think such a person IS a curse to a man
l. admit thai | should never be any thing but
c curse 20 YOU for ! never see you come int
Il The house but what these were my thoughts
%. i'm was the man | love and adore, happl
should be. but now nothing Temaineth bu
sorrow-thsre j, no comfort Tor me- shal
- 90 down 20 my grave IA SORROW.
4 Mr. :. has nul been out Of my mind ten MN
-. ca GFs, hecame acquainted with Inn