Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-06-10
HAM. MCKNIGHT, EDIroR.
MISC e L L A " EO u IS.
A Tale Of Lore and Happiness, dedicated
to the UhOie Bachelor tribe.
TN e w TEE

Lock d up in woman's love, ] scent the mir
OF blessings; when I come but near the house
But what delicious breath marriage sends fort
The violet beds not swceter.'
have often had occasion 10 remark tn
iortitude with which women sustain tn
most overwhelming reVerses Of fortune
These disasters which break down tn
spirit Of man, and prastrate him in tn
dust, seems to call forth all the energ lie
\ ofthe softer sex, and give such intrepidit,
and elevation TO their character, that a
Zines it approaches TO sublimily. Moth
ing can be more touching than TO behold
soft and tender female, who had beer
all weakness and dependence, and alive tc
every trivial roughness while treading the
|prosPerous paths of life, suddenly rising
in mental force, to be the comforter Of
her husband under misfortune, and abid-
ing with unshrinking frmness, the bitter
est blast OF adversely
AS the vine which has long twined lis
graceful foliage about the oak, and be lift
eddy it into sunshine, will, when the har-
dy plant is rilled by the thunderbolt, cling
round it with its caressng tendrils, and
bind up its shattered boughs, so il is beau
tifully ordered by Providence, that wo,
man, who is the mere dependent and or
lament of man in his happier hours,
should be his stay and solace when smit-
zen with sudden calamity, winding herself
INTO the rugged recesses OF his nature,
tenderly supporting the dropping head,
and binding up the broken heart.
was once congratulating friend who
had around him a. blooming family, knit
together in the strongest affection. 81
can wish you no better lot" said he with
enthusiasm, than 10 have wife and chill
dren. If you are prosperous they are
there to share your property if other-
wise, they are there to comfort you. And
indeed have observed that married man
..-'lng into misfortune, is moro APT to re-
trleve his situation in the world than a
single one, partly because he is more
simulated TO exertion by the necessities
Of the helpless and beloved being who de-
pend upon him for subsistence, but chiefly
because his spirits are soothed and reliev-
ed by domestic endearments, and his self
respect kept alive by finding that though
lll abroad is darkness and humiliation, T,
here is still little world of love at home,
VI which he is the monarch; whereas a &
Jingle man is apt TO run to waste and self
Ieglect, to fancy himself lonely and a.
and his heart to fall to ruin like c
ONE deserted mansion, for. want of an q
nhabtant. :
4 These observations call to mind little y
cmeStlc story, of which was once a wit 0
ess. My intimate friend Leslie had
parred beautiful and accomplished $
ri, who had been brought up in the Il
past oil fashionable life. She had, it is 81
gue' no fortune, but that Of my friend g
las ample and he delighted in the an "
|cpation of INDUCING her in every ele- ie
PM pursuit, and administering TO those v
ellcate tastes and lancies that spread a lo
ina OF witchery about the sex. Her m
ie, said he shall be like fairy tale.n "
Inc very difference in their characters Of
[oouced an harmonious combination. ~ be
e was OF a romantic and somewhat OF V
.,riouS cast; she was all life and gladness. OF
nave oltennotlced the mute rapture with m
nich ne would gaze upon herin compa. g
I, OF which her sprighily powers made tn
r the delight; and how in the midst of
'plause, her eye would still turn to him. Of
If there alone she sought favor and &C. in
ptance. When leaning on his arm, her Il
ender form contrasted finely with his tall tn
ID manly person The fond confding pc
with which she lookedu up TO him seem, de
TO call forth flush Of triumphant pride no
ID cheerishing tenderness, as if he doat- Tic
on his lovely burthen for lis very helm. ca
'sness. Never did a couple set forward WI
the fowery RRth Of early and we'll Iie
tied marriage with fairer prospect Of do
lefty. 4 poi
II was the mishap Of my friend. howe 70
r, TO have embarked his fortune in large hit
EQUATIONS, and he had not been mar ION
d many months, when, by succession gal
sudden disasters, it was swept from him rar
ne found himself reduced almost to not
lury. For long time he kept his ire
lation 10 himself, and went about with Z
haggard countenance and breaking
rrt' His life was but protracted ago bel
and what rendered it more insuppor- arm
.e was the necessity Of keeping up a this
'ie IN the presence Of his wife, for he uni
III not bring himselfto oyerwhem her can
\ the news. She saw, however, with 60.
puck eyes ofafcclion, that all was not the
with him, She marked his altered poe
stuffed signs, and was not 10 be deceiv. feel
py his sckly and vapid attempts at loss
friulnoss. She lasked all her spright- we
pa tender Establishments 10 win him did
10 happiness but she only drove mil
arrow deeper into his soul. The more
NV cause TO love her, the more tor owe
"a was the thought that he was soon tc
Nike her wrntchpd A littl, Mil. ~ 49,