The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-08-06
short Patent sermon. q

Be faithful, indulgent and kind;
Make not slight failing,
A pretext for railing,
II such you should happen to fnd.
o, do not misuse her.
And never refuse her.
When proper her ishes may be, &,
And thy cost, care and trouble
She'll recompemse double.
By the kindness she'll lavish on tho
My hearers--I am not speaking OF
horses, but do intend to say that wife
is as nice creature to work in double
harness, if you use her properly, as per-
son need wish to drive;--l must hold up
! didn't mean drive but possess. Yes, she
works well, if rightly served, and badly 1t
abused; she won't put her foot over the
traces, nor hold hard on the bit, with pros
per treatment; but with severe and unjust
management, she shows the spunk charac-
teristc of her sex, and which !, for one
take the responsibility to admire. She
expects to be treated like haman. at
least; and when brute Of a husband en-
deayors 10 make her his slave, and kick
her about like dog, ii must be supposed
that she will throw herself upon her re-
served r;ghts--a pair of tongs, a broom~
stick, or particular loger.
My frienda--a life should be cherished
dearly. Consider the amount oflove laid
out to get her, in the fret place--the costs
attending the prelimlnaries--and the a'@
ter expenses so cheerfuliy betrayed. Con-
slider these, say, and then think if you
can, that she is not worth preserving and
protecting as q pearl Of great price,
| You take her for latter or for worse, just
as YOU buy a colt. II she prove better you
have reason to rejoice; but if she turn out
to be worse, you must consider it your
misfortune, and bear the burden as well
as YOU can. The predicament was no
fault of hers; she didn't ask you to take
her; but you popped the question, and she
replied: Here, sir, give myself away
now take me as an!' So you see, you
are bound to cherish her under any cir>
cumstances, let her be good or bad--a
direct descendent of the devil or legiti-
mate offspring Of heaven.
My dear friends-after you have got
wife, see that you contiue to love her sll-
cerely, if not as warmly as when you first
brcathed into her ear the tender sentI-
ments fyout heart. Cling TO her with all
the affec ectionate tenacity of a hop-vine;
aud, when the tempest winds OF trouble
blow, cling tighter still, like coon to
limb in a hurricane. You must love her,
and love each other, if you would keep
fresh and bright the fairest blossoms in
the bonqlet of connubial bliss, and see
little jump-up-j johnnies ever and anon
springing up in your flow er-beds OF domes-.
tic 10y. But know how it is with you,
young husbands; your love is to apt to,
boil over in the eginlng, and put out the
ire--then the liquor grows cold by de-,
icrees and sometimes it gets so low IN
temperature, that if a thermometer were
introduced, think it wouldn't stand a
great ways fro IN reezing heat. 4ouwalk,
Into tue matrimonial Eden, and imagine,
that double bre asied joys and ladia-rubber
measures are forever to attend you; butt,
directly you fall afoal of the frult-hiI
Yourselves almost to a surfeit--and then
say in your inwards This place isn't near
SO ice as thought it was; / don know;
hut what would as soou be out as in, and
perhaps little sooner!' Oh, you easily
duped victims of ofdisappointment!yo you must
not raise your anticipations of conjugal
felicity to quite so high pitch.
My hearers--ae faithful to the wife;
nav her all the attention you possibly CAM
BE at home evenings, and at all times
when she has proper right to expect you;
he kind and indulgent to her, as you value
hers AMI your happiness; tor, ii you tooiishs
II oppose a woman in her wals,you face an.
eBtcrprising and energetic tornado fou
mustn't take advantage of any slight fa'l'
lug of her nature; but If you hnd a haw'
instead of making the crack wider by
t pricking and punching, you must cover le
all over with the soft, soothing, and all
1
healing plaster of patience--and you WI.
find that it is her disposition to mend !, ra<
tber than to make breaches. Oh, do not, -
beseech YOU, my dear friends, ever misuse
your better halves! They were never
fashioned nor built with sufficient strsng
timber TO stand abuse; but, rather TO be
! cherished aud protected, like bot house,
plants, as they .are--screened from the
frosts aud sheltered ftom the heating
forms o the world. Never refuse them
aoy wish within the Limits of3our circum>
s,ances--gise them kiss. when you feel
disposition 10 kick--do all in your pow
er to please tn ,m--aad; no matter what
the cost, care and trouble may amountt to,
they will repay you with compound kind
ness aud gladly look after the little re-.