Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-11-10

VIII ,inge the darkest cloud with light"
Hints ON MATRlMoxY-The follow
ing very sensible remarks we find among
our clippings without credit attached, tho
the author is well deserving of credit for
having penned them. lie takes matter
of fact commonsense, view of the subject,
and tells great deal of truth in few
words Listen TO him. No woman will
be likely to dispute US, when we assert
that marriage is her destiny. A man may
possibly fill up some sort Of an existence
without loving; but woman with moth
ing to love, cherish, care for. and minister
to, is an anomaly in the universe, an exis-
lence without an object. !! is as natural
for woman TO have some one 10 cling 10
for advice and assistance as TO BREATH
Without it 70 woman ever vas or ever
can be happy. |, is the want OF her ma
,ure. and nothing can satisfy her heart
with such void untitled.
Now, with the exception Of some occa-
sunal irregularities in the relative proper.
lions of the sexes, produced by circum
stances, such as the se,llemen. of new
| countries, there is no reason why every
/ man should no, have a wife, and every
woman husband; and this would be ca
silly brought abou! bt the exercise Of COM
mon sense, and less ambition. Each sex
| is looking up for some above its own
spere. The son Of an industrious and cue
cesslul mechanic must be a professional
man or merchant, instead Of following in
| his fathers footsteps & this is folly the FIRST
When he locks around for a wife, the
neat, industrious daughter of mechanic
like his father, is not good enough for
| him; he must make love TO some fine
lady, who is one generation in advance,
that is her grandfather was mechanic. in
stead of her father, very a.rocious dis
tirc,ion. On the other hand, the girl who
| works for her living earning il by her hon.
es. laJors, would no, design to encourage
the address Of labo'ing man ; she would
sci her cap for a gentleman forsoo,h
The mechanics daughter, educated on her
fathers hard earning TO be fine lady, en-
| conrages the attentions OF a set Of tops and
| danglers, who drive sensible and honest
men away from her in disgust, and she
becomes the victim of some sharper or
some shallow fool. ~
Now this is all wrong, deplorably
wre,ched wrong. Girls should know that
men, superior to themselves in education
and position, do not always associate with
them for any good Men should know
that by marrying girls educated in habits
Of life above their fortunes, they are moi
likely to have good wives. 49,.
little sound sense will enable any man
TO see that II is better to have wife CRATE
ful for more than she expected, than
grumbling at less. l. is delightful going
up the Hill Of fortune, but horrible, jo'ting,
aggravaiing work, to come down.
For man to say he cannot afford to
marry is absolute nonsense, it he is moi
afraid to work. 1t takes less 10 support
two together than to supper. Two separate
ly. Union creates energy. Married men
can earn more money than single ones,
and expends less. For comparative hap
piness Of married life, we appeal to the
experience Of those who have tried both
and 10 the observation of the unmarried.