Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1846-01-21
VOLUME q
woman and Marriage.

fnarried-as the world says WE'LL
Some have moved into costly houses, ant
their friends have all come and looked a
their splendid arrangements for happiness
and they have gone away and COMMITTEE,
them to sunny hope, eheeriIlly aid With
out tear. II is natural to be sanguine To-
the young, aud at such times am carried
away by sitssilar feelings. | have TO ge
unobserved into corner, and watch tht
bride in her white attire, and with hei
smiling face and her soft eyes moving be.
foreme in their pride Of lie, weavea waking
dream Of her future happiness, and per-
suade myself that it will be true. think
how they will sit upon the luxurious sofa
as the twilight falls and build gay hopes,
and murmur in low tones the now unfor.
hidden tenderness, and how thrilingly
the allowed kisses and the beautiful en-
dearments Of welded life, will make even
their parting joyous. and how gladly they
will come back from the crowd and the
empty mirth Of the gay, to each others
quiet company. picture TO myself that
young creature, who bushes even now al
his hesitating caresses, listening eagerly
for his footstepes as the night steals on,
and wishing that he would come: and when
he enters at last, and with an affection as
undying as his pulse, folds her to his bo-
so,,, can feel the very tide that goes
flowing through his heart, and gaze with
him on her graceful form as she moves
about him for the kind Offices of affection
htf. = and
ing him forget even himself, in heryonng
and uhshadowing beau,y.
l 60 forward for years, end SEE her
luxnriant hair pu, soberly away from her
brow, and her eirli,h graees.ripened into
dignity and bright loveliness chastened IN
to affection. Her husband looks on her
with proud eye, and show:her The same
fervei.t love and the dslecste attentions
which first won her, and fail children are
grown up about item, and they go on full
Of honor and untroubled yeaSs, and are re-
mrm',ered when they die! sly | love
10 dream thu when go 10 ;Ivc the young
bride jay. Il is the natnrals,endency and
feeling touched by DWELLINGS,, that fears
nothing for itself and if ! aver yield Ia
darker feelings. it is because tie light Of
the picture is chs peed. am not fond Of
-dwviiiiins upon such sh#ngess.. aud will
not infinitely now. aliude TO it only be-
5ause Trust that my simpls page viii be
read by some Of the young :and beautiful
beings who move daily across my path, and
would whisper 10 them, aitksy glide by,
j"yously and confidently, III secret Of an
unclouded future
The picture have drawin above is not
peculiar. II IS colorxd liks the iancies OF
the bride, and many, OH! 1any an hour
will she sit, with tie riclf Jewels lying
loose IN her fingers, an& dream snch
dreams as these. She betl1fes them too
and she goes on for while) undeceived.-
The evening Is not too log while they
talk Of plans of happiness, and the quiet
meal is still pleasant with fielightful nov
city of matual reliance al attention.
There comes soon, howevdr, a time when
personal topics become bare and weari-
some, and slight attentions viii not alone
keep up the social excitement. There
are intervals OF silence, aud detected
symptom OF WEAKNESS, and the husband
first, IN his manhood, breaks IN upon the
hours they were TO spend together. |
cannot follow it circamstlntiaiiy. There
came ong hours Of unhappy restlessness,
and terrific misgivings If each other s
worth and affection, till by and by they
can conceal their nneasiness no longer,
and 60 out separately TO seek relief, and
lean upon hollow world for support
which one who was their lover and friend
could not give them!
Heed this, ye who are winning by your
innocent besuty, the affections Ut high
minded aud thinking beings! Remember
that he will give up the brother OF his
heart with whom he has had ever fell
lowship of mind the society Of his CO.
temporary runners in the race of fame,
who have held with him a stern compan-
ionship- and frequently in bis passionate
love. he will break away from the arena
of his burning ambition, to come and lis
ten To the voice Of the charmer. 1t will
bewilder him at first, but it will not long;
and then think you that an idle blandish-
ment will claim the mind that has been
used for years to an equal communion?
Think you he will give up, for weak
daliiance, the animating themes of men,
and the search into the mysteries of know
ledge: Oh! no, lady! believe me-no.
Trust moi your influence to such ligh! ist-
tiers! Cledit not the old-fashioned abb
surdity that woman's is secondary lot
ministering to the necessities Of her lord
and master! tits higher destiny would
award you. Ifyonr Immortality is as COM
plete and your gift Of mind as capable as
ours, | would charge you TO Water the un-
dying bud, and give it a healthy culture.
and open its beauty TO the sun, and then
you may hope, that when your life is
bound with another, you will 90 on equal
ly, and with Fellowship that shall per
wade every earthly interest! Washing
ton Irving
II Patriarch Gone.-Mr. ANDREW
SkYDER died at Intercourse, in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, on the first instant,
] in the hundred aud thirteenth year Of his
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