The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-09-10

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o., II you please. take another case.
whirh i not By any means fancy pic
inre. ihaVe seen young man. reared
in responsibility, nurinred IN the lap OF
pieiy. During al his youth. be was m
dusirinns, sober. temperate, and entirely
amiable. Ills parents REGARDED him with
honest pride. and his sisters loved 10 rall
him brother. lie was looked upon By his
youthful associates. with respect and ad-
miralion;all loved him, and all praised him.
and his friends supposed thai he had ca. VII
cd his earthly bliss when he led 70 the A.
TAR lovely and accomplished bride. But
whence Is il thai he so early gives evidence
that strange change has come over ihespi-
rit Of his dreaml Why Is II that his home
haslosliischarms, Why 10 leelwander
in The way Of forbidden pleasures! Why
is his eye red. and his counienance bloai-
ed! Why does tlle midnight hour find
him so often the companion Of bacchana-
Ian jewellers. and why so soon laid in a
drunkard's grarc! answer. he was mis-
fGken! lie had welded lovely form, but
il enshrined The temper Of demon. He
had staked his all Of hope and peace and
comfort on this union, and ali is lost. and
his soul has persisted in the wreck. On con-
clusion, on this point, we say to our young
friends, be sure 10 marry, but take very
special care whom You marry. Are you
seeking wife! Look well 10 her tenn
pers, her tastes. her habits Let her be
discreet, goOt.tempered, sober in her con-
versalian, prudent in her associations, in
dustriouS in her habits, an obedient daugh-
Ter, an aiIcctionale sister, one who can find
ample cnjoymenta al home, and is not Deepen
dant FOR happiness on company or fashion,
either as TO its wardrobe or public amuse.
ments; one who is not always seeking al.
ter, or delighted with, the batteries Of tho
other sex; one who is much more anxious
to deserve commentator than to receive il.
And finally, and above all, let her be IN
aiieciedly and habitually pious. I would
not (said one who was not himself pious,
marry any woman who was not a Chris
iian. should feel il surh an honour 10
share heart in which Goddwelt. II vas
a fine thought, and deserves 10 DO special
w remembered. 49,. .----.l1..
have entire and unlimited confidence; one
who can be your counsellor in all circum-
stances Of difficulty or trial; one who is to
be identified with you through life, in hope
and fear, in JOY and sorrow. She is TO be
sort Of presiding divinity at thy famL
| IN board, and her countenance the mir.
ror in which must be reflected the faithful
image Of thy domestic bliss or wo; one
who will be discreet. affectionate and firm
in governing her children; in short, who
will love you for your own sake, be hap.
nv with you in cabin, and who viii
cleaye the closer TO you when storms o
adversely or persecution shall have swep
away or withered every yestige Of earthly
comfort from about you. Now bear al
these things in mind, and then to you
i prayers and the exercise Of becoming
i prudence, and you will not be likely IL
fail. @''" .-''' ID
To my fair friends word Of advice AM
admonilion. First Of all, lend no ear Il
! the wooing Of him who is an umbcliever o
skeptic on the subject Of religion, Th
] Bible is the great charter Of woman
rights. Where this book is not known
she is slave. It's influence exalts her 4
, the proper station, and tho man who, il
this land of light and vision, can impudent
/, IL question the authority OF this the grea
and only charter Of your rights, give
strong indications of what his heart is ca
pable Of devising; and if, after this warn
!, ing, You confidc your all TO. him, you wi
, deserve what follows. Secondly, give nc
, your heart 10 him who tarries long at III
/ wine; who loves social glass of brand
, with an old friend; who is connoisscu
| in mint juleps, and the various Prepar'
tons of the bar-room. II already the il
/ toxicating draughts have bewi.ched hin
5 what can you hope for in afteryears! Tru
! not that his love for you, and your cons'
D quent influence over him will reform hin
D tits possible one such ease, out of a thou
: and, may have occurred; but believe m
/, tits forlom hope. H the sparkling glas
!, the bacehanalian song, and the ribald an
r vulgar Jest of the drunkard have .charme
o him; the tones of your voice. sweet as the
= are eu-him now, will soon lose their pow'
!. to restrain him. We'd not the man WI
n loves game at cards or billiards, thong
e he be polished, intelligent and propose
$ sing. Close thy heart against him, an
h stop thy ears against his pleading. Can
h thou trust thy happiness in the hands OF
j. gambler! Pause ere thou do it. His hea
:, is false, his lips profane. and his passion
, his only acknowledged law Of action. Ii
t. Ten not to the speech of him who is
,r drone in society, who is a lounger abo
). taverns, adding nothing to the worlds pr
Is duction, but spunging on the charity
N others for bread. A goodly number
nf this class of yernin infest most OF o
10 towns and villages:-not few Of the
hall.fleJged Lawyers, or young esculapia