Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-01-16
AN ADDRESS TO BACHELORS.
Erom Leaf in MI ScrNp BnOk.

Come You poor, miserable, lonely, de-
serted, fractional part nI animated nature,
c.me up here and be talked to. Are you
not ashamed of yourselves every mothers
son! Are you moi scusihe that the hest
part of your duty is undone,-that you
are wasting life away without knowing
what lie is-iiar in short, you are every
thing Thai is poor. and pitiable. You need
not speak, it is enoush that you hang
your heads.
The term bachelor. sup1oses all sorts Of
ennrmirics sud breaches of the peace
One who pulls down hafber's poles. and
places them before drug Sinres,-Crazy
young bachelors. Thuse who steal Doc
TORS sigus.-aud put them where those
who 90 in search Of diseases, may at The
same time learn where to look for Il rem
edy. Rnwdy observation-disclosures ho
steal grreu corn. apples aud penches.-
Drunken bachelors. Thusr who make
rows in theatres. Bachelors of refined
taste. Those who keep their sisters in
tears, and break their m"Iher's hearts
once day, week days. and twice on
every Sunday, The year through. Barhr-
lurs who break their tailorS, sud make
their fathers desperate In short, who
have gone a>,ray, md nre desperately
wicked. Mind. VIZ say not all bachelors;
hun we say that he who wishes moi thus in
he cIasscd, let him come out fi"m among
them.
We were never in favor Of too extensive
crrdit--hui some pcupr. as The world
il aniGcialIy constituted. GnI certain
amnant of it necessary. If then, you
want credit, you mlIsi moi he n bachelor.
Who'll trust him!-why you might as
we'll lasten your dollars for security under
The wings of u bird Of passage, trusting
10 The birds return, for the recovery Of
your money. There, is the bachelor T"m
for instanrc--or rather here. he is In day.
Trust him. aud where will hr be tomor,
ro'c! With Que clean shirt collar in his
har, he may I've calculating The speed Of
the Rail Road cars. in which he sits with
the watch you sold him on credit in his
hand, to lime the distance by. Or he
may he spelling the knees Of The pants, hr
agreed 10 pay you fnr. by The side of some
country girls milking stool, while his face
perspires with the false oarhs he is taking.
and The COWS tail vhiskS the flies off his
radiant sountcnancr. In short, he may
be any where, but where yon wish TO see
him.
Now change the scene. and consider
the case Of u married man. lie has as
many lies to hold him, Us be has hairs IN
his head. l.---aud 81 far as running away is
concerned, you may generally trust
married man. lie is convict. lie has
I'ccn tried. and found "GUiAy," Of Il heart
att,lnctl fora matrimonial duet-anh Prov
idcncr smiling an his love. he has per-
hapS so enlarged The fnuily choir, thar all
parts arr carried sOnr rlrtr--iI NAV he.
though not wiinont dscord. The bars
Of such music are bars 10 his loc0;Iioion
The "andant," is the only movement in Il
married mans march, except when his
wife plays Il voluntary on n broom-slirk,
with shovel and longs compartments
Running other Than ibis, is nul of the
question. II you woGld he trusted then, be
married. lf you would maintain a mans
place in snrirrv. he married. The res
prct OF The Indies is the respect of the
community. aud they never sivelt TO old
bachelors.
And now bachelors, having reasoned
YOU INTO IL sensihility tn vour present con-
,luinn, we shall generaly-sl'ow you the
road ou, Of The slough of de>pnnd. We
dare say, YOU know not what women
were made for: we will borrow a quota
lion from Olway, and apos'rnphise the sex
thus:
ooh woman lovely woman nature made thee
To temper man. we had been brutes without
thee"
You must do something more than talk,
and 10 show The sincerity of your refor-
nation, aud prove that respect for the la
dies, has done something towards human
izing you.-you must assist in their char
tiles. There never was a lru Y charitable
fellow in the world, who could not gel a
good wife for the asking. Think of this
bachelors If you deserve to he married.
as yon do, if you ARE a man--if yon wish
10 be married as you do if you ore wise
take our advice There must he concert
in the movemen', aud :hc ladies will lead
The army of the benevolent. against the
grim troops of want. which even now in
vest the country. Go to the fair Grner-
als fnr advice--'nakc them y ur alr,nncrs.
ask their direction. aud that will furnish
vuu with mailer for conversation. better
than any of the Obsolete stuff about Gu
nd. and two hearts on a skewer. which
sensible ladies' laugh ar. ROMEO.
EdscGed c. H Sept, 1899.
Mortality among Neuspnpers.-The Ma
rional Inlelliecncer mentions the discon.
linuarce of four Daily Newspapers within
short period. viz: Poulson's American
Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia: Baltimore
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