The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-04
GETTING MARRIED.

DOWs d., Tie lllmlldOl0 pIedCI6f vi lIe
New York Sunday Mercury, thus discourses
on getting married. 1t is said he is abou
TO enter the holy state of wedlock.
"Young mani if you have arrived at the
right point in life for it, let every other con-
sidersiion give way TO that of getting mar
ried. Don'tthink Of doing anything else
Keep poking about among the rubbish Of the
world till you have Stirred up a gem worth
possessing, in the shape of a wife, Never
think oil delaying the matter; for you know
that delays are dangerous. A good wife is
the most faithful and constant companion
you can possibly have by your side, while
performing the journey of life-a dog isn't
a touch to her. She is of more service too,
than you can at first imagine. Size can
s'smolhe your linin and your ccresn-mend
your trousers, and perchance your manners
-sweeten your soul moments as we'll as
your tea and coffee for you-rnffie, perhaps,
your shirt bosom, but not your temper; and,
instead of sowing the seeds of sorrow in
your path, she will sow buttons on your shirt
and plant happiness instead of harrow teeth
in your bosom. Yes-and if you are too
confoundedly lazy or too pound TO do such
work yourself, she will chop wood, and dig
potatoes Tor dinner; for her love for her hus-
band is such that she will do anything 10
please him-except receive company in her
every day blolhes. When a woman loves,
she loves with a doubled distilled devoted
ness; and when she hates, she hates on the
high-pressure principle. Her love is as deep
as the ocean, and strong as a hemper hitter,
and as immutable as the rock of ages. She
WON'T changeit except it is in a very strong
fiji of jealousy; and even then it fingers, as if
10th TO part, like evening twilight at the win
dowso of The west. Get married by all means.
All the excuses you can fish US against "do-
ing the deed, y amt worth a spoonful of pi-
geon's milk. Mark this If blessed with
health and employment, you are not able 10
support a wife, depend upon it you are not
capable of supporting yourself. Therefore,
so much the more need of annexation; for
in union, as an onion, there is strength. Gel
married, | repeat, young man. Concentrate
your affections on an object, and not distrlb-
ute them crumb by crumb, among a host of
Susans, Sarahs, Mays, Lorancs, Olives, Eli
vas, Augustus, Beisies, Gerushas. aud Do
rathies-allowing each scarcely enough TO
nibble at. Get married, and have somebody
TO cheer you as you journey through this
Slowly vale of tears"-somebody 10 scour up
your dull melancholy moments, aud keep
your whole life, and whatever linin you pos
sess, in soule sort of Sunday-go to-meeling
order.
Young womani need not tell you to look
out for your husband, for | know you are fix
ing contrivances to catch him, and are as nat
urally on the watch as a cat is for a mouse.
But one word in your ear if you please
DON'T bait your hook with an artificial fly of
beauty; if you do, the chances are ten to one
that you will catch a gudgeon--some silly
fool of a fish that Isn't worth his weight in
saw dus;. Array the inner lady with the
beautiful garments of virtue, modcsty, truth,
morality, wisdom and unsophisticated love;
and you will dispose Of yourself quicker, and
10 much better advantage than if you dis
played all the gewgaws, fipperligs fol-de.
rolls and fddlededees in the universe. Re-
member that it is an awful thing 10 live and
die a selfmanufactured old maid.
My hearers-get married while you are
young; and then when the fiosts Of age shall
fall and wither the flowers of affection, the
leaves of connubial love will still be green
and perchance a joyous offspring will sur
round and grace the parent tree, like ivy
twining and adjoining the time scathed oak