The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-09-05
COLUMBIA DEMO RAT,
SEPTEMBER 6, ls4s,
For tho Democrat
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.


dwell alone. Notwithstanding al the luIuriant
beauty Of Nature, ss displayed In the handy work
Of God presented perfect picture to his sdmring
Wow, still his soul was not content to enjoy alone
the magnificent scene companion was given to
him aud his happiness perfected And as we trace
the progress Of the human race. down through the
long vista ofby gone ages, we find mankind still
seeking for society. True the hermit has some
himself up in 'mountan Businesses The priest
has retired to the Monastery, and tho youthful vir.
gin hath shut herself up, Nun in the coistsr. -
Exceptions to the great law Of nature, they have
unfortunately become insensible to social joys, and
Of such we may say with the poet
"Ah in their bosom rsigns a moonIeas night
CScordby no ray Of soul revivipg light
And mature sits amid the drsaTy gloom
Like pale spectre watching o'cT the tomb"
my purpose is, more particularly, to speak
ei Social Intercourse, with reference to our own
times, aud in its relation to the younger classes Of
society, and perhaps make general application of
my rcmsr';s to our immediate neighborhood
" The days ofmy youth we're tho happiest of
my life" is sentiment almost universally uttered
in declining years. And whatisit that makes them
suchl 4hefree, easy, and almost constant inter.
course with agreeable companions, is fruitful
source Of cnjoyment Age muliiPlics carcs busi.
ness creates coldness and indifference and the fre
quen' tossings upon the uncertain bilIows Of fol-
Il. r.
Of tie Sea,t.
but II may bo well al this point to attach scrno
definite idea to the term Social Intercourse IN or.
der not to dealt largely in generals. What
mean by Social Intercourse is the commineling to-
ge'bcr Of kindred spirits in rational compsnionship,
or the meeting and interchange of sentiments freely
between those who may be susceptible Of recipro.
clly Of feeling.
Every person, young and old, selects fIom the
mass of community some particular ones whom he
endeayors TO attach 10 himself in friendly II laton
and we ofcourso select the splits most congenia!
30 our own. Thus, little circles Of intmates are
formed, in which thosocial principle is strongly de
-veloped. These are sometimes confined to one
the remark, that in my humblo opinion, ve
are not wise to confne the circles of intimaes to
our own sex, for by so doing we are oftentimes led
TO throw of that restraint which prop;cty would
encsapa. The vaSssaeSG es oiSSeS iSSeSr ee66 Isqe
tween the sexes, is to wear off the roughness of the
nnchlsseled marble and develop, the outlines and
proportions of the fair form concealed beneath
Let young man absent himself from all female
Ecciey until he attRins the age Of manhood, and
most assurcdly the green freshness of youth will
cling to him still Let him for the first time, after
he has told score of years enter a polits female
circle IN nine cases oul Of ten he vii, 20, know
whether Lo stands on his feet or his head, and he
wi. act as awkwardy as an Embarrassed colt. /
could cite ludicreus instances which have come nm
Ger my own observation, but we all have frequent
opportunities Of ocular demonstration of the fact.
Let young lady avoid all mixed company, un.
I'll she has attained her full szc and reached tha,
age which single ladies never pass, and then be
thrown into miscellaneous gathering, her hand.
will appear in her way, her arms will b. too long
rer body too unwieldly, and her tongue like the
olcpper ola mufied bell.
II then the occasional commingIinr of Young
people Of the opposite sexes has tendency to rem.
der them more easy and more refined in their man.
ncrs, land Of this every ono's experience will con-
vince him,) should We not encourage and cultivate
The habit But some will say that evil often grows
n
Tins is all true, but because good practice hap.
pens to be Gbused should we altogether discard il
is total absence Of moral principle which would
allow any one 10 abuse the privileges extended to-
him in Social Intercourse
Lners ls IN my opinion mistaken notion among
young people that those only of the same az cor
nearly the came, should associate together. Now
we all know that child must lean to Green before
It can learn to walk. and when It begins to walk
relies upon some external support, as tho hand of
tnend foF instance. All persons are children m
society before they become adults, and canpo, with
safely rely upon their own strength. II ia then
the kind hand and advice Of friend shou,a sv,o,sl
q umeiy eld, nor shaw as eOon as VIC have At.
tslned the summit, kick away the ladder on yybiclJ
"e have climbed up For my own part ulwsv,
enjoy company in which there are not only ,bosel
OF my own age but both younger and older for n
hope to learn wisdom from the older, and ayoid ,bo
faults which may appear in the younger VANITY
is the spice Of life and gvoe it all its havo,s.'
This notion io.which last referred is very prev.
slent in this place. and the evil effect Of i, is anna
remit amOs! every social gathering. This is tnlr
folly 1heyoung and the oil both alo plodding on
in the pursuit of happiness. Why not jog aIonsi
hand in hand,all keeping ina 20 dhumor, without
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