Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-12

on The delay and neglect OF physical
education, and the corroling drynes,
Of our climate, has given an American
value TO the immature April and May
!, of female seasons, and a consequent
deprcciation Of the month Of June -
The article which we copy below,
from the Brooklyn Star, expresses, we
believe, the opinion of the best Judges
Of these exotics from "A better world
and emboldcns us to express ii long en-
;, tertaincd belief that the most poeiical
and lovcable age Of unmarried womens
lives, commences at the earliest, OF
twenty-five, and lasts bright and fair
as long as she shows no dlminution OF
scnsibility and no ravages Of Time
Women improve SO much longer than
men-(Improve by the love and suffer-
irg that spoils menu and we wonder
that they have never found an historic
anatomist of their latter stages. We
suggest it to pens ut loss. Here fol-
low the opinions Of our cotemporary:
My DEAN Sm--lf you ever mar
ry, marry an old MAZDA good old
mald--who is serious, and simple, and
true. | hate those Undetermined
Misses, who are all the time hunting
after a husband. tell yon that when
a woman gets TO be twenly-eight, she
settles into a calm-rather, she arch
ors in deep water and clear from the
shore. There never was a set, or class
or community of persons, so belicd, as
is this ancient community OF ladies'
Look upon it as no rcproach to a wo-
man, that she is not married nj thirty,
or thirty five. Above all, fall not into
the vulgar notion Of romances and shall
low wits--unearned in woman's hearts
because they never had the love Of
true woman-that they are continual
" lying in wait to catch bachelors
hearts. For one woman who has
floaled into the calm Of years, who is
anxious 10 fix YOU, will show YOU fit.
ty maidens in their teens and Just out,
who lay thousand snafes to cntrap
YOU, and with more Co'd-bloodcd in
teut--for whether it is worse. that ono
Of singlcness of purpose should lean up
on you for life, or that one should seek
you rs lover, TO excite jealousy in
Others, or as last resort.
Marry healthy weli-brod woman
between twenty-eight and thirty.hve,
who is inclined TO love you, and never
bcwildcr your bro 3 with supersti-
tons about WIZ .cr she has intentions
on you or not. This is the rock of van
ity upon which many man has wreck
cd his best feelings and truest inclina-
tions. Our falscness, and the falseness
of society, aud more than all the false
and hollow tone of society upon this
subject, leave but very little courage
for a straightforward and independent
course in The matter. What matter if
a woman likes you, and shows that she
does honestly, and wishes to marry you
the more reason for sclf-congratula-
ton, but not for vanity. What mat.
ter whether she be young OF not, so
she be lorablcl | wontsay what mat
ter il she be plain or not--for every
body knows that that is 10 matter
where love is, though il may have some
business in determining the sentiment.
| don't know what has led me into this
course Of remark. The last thing |
should have expected, on sitting down
to write, is, that should have fallen
into lecture on matrimony. am
not an old maid myself yet: but | have
a clearer eye to their virtues than |
have had, and begin to feel how digni-
fed a woman may be. in her loncness,
the faircr for that lonencss. You may
think iii. bespcaking favor and patience
with n Vengeance.