Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-04-22

Her aunt said Listen to me attentyely.-
What now tell thee, have proved. 1t consists
of taoo parts. The first part, of the means to
render a marriage happy, of itself prevents every
possibility of dissension, and would even at last
make good friends of the spider and the fly
The second part is the best and surest method
of preserving feminine attractions
'Ahp exclaimed Louise.
The former half of the means then in the
first solitary hour after the ceremony, take thy
bridegroom, and demand solemn vow of him,
and give him solemn VOW in return Promise
one another sacredy, neUer not cUen IN mere jest.
to Vrangh Nth each other; never TO handy
words or indulge in the least i'll humor. Never,
| say neUcr Wrangling, even in jest, and
putting on an air Of i'll humor merely to tease
becomes earnest by practice. Mark that Next
promise each other sincerely and solemnly, neUer
to hare secret from each other under whatever
pretext, with whatever excuse it may be- You
must continually and every moment see clearly
into each others BOSOM Even when one of you
has committed fault, wait not an instant, but
confess it freey-et it cost tears, but confess it,
And as you keep nothing secret from each other
so, on the contrary preserve the privacles fyour
house, marriage state and heart, from father
mother, sister, brother, amt and all The world-
You two, with Gods help, build your own qui-
ct world. Even third or fourth one whom you
draw into it will form party and stand between
you two That should never be- Promise this
to each other. Renew the vow at each tempta-
ton, You will find your account in it, Your
souls will grow as it were, together, and at last
become as one. All, if many young pair had
on their wedding known this simple secret and
straightway practiced it, how many marriages
were happier, than, alas, they are
Louise kissed her aunt's hand with ardor Il
feel that it must be so. Where this confidence
is absent, the married. even after wedlock, are
two strangers who do not know each other. 1t
should be SO without this there can be no hap
piness. And now, aunt, the best preservaiYe Of
female beauty?
Her aunt smiled and said we may not con-
ceal from ourselves that handsome man pleases
us hundred times more than an Unlocking one,
and the men are pleased with us when we are
pretty. But that which we call beautiful what
in the men pIcases us, and in us pleases men, is
not skin and hair, and shape and color, as in q
statue but it is the character it is the soul that
is within these, that enchants us by looks and
words, earnestness, and joy, and sorrow. The
men admire us the more they suppose those viz
tues of the mind to exist in us which the outside
promises; and we think malicious man disagree
able, however handsome and graceful he may be
Let young maiden, then, who would preserve
her beauty, preserve but that purity of SOUL those
virtues, in short, by which she first drew her low
er to her feet And the best preservation of vir
tue, to render it unchanging and keeping it evel
young, is religion that inward union with the
Deity, eternity and faiths piety, that walking
with God so pure, so peaceful, so beni6cent t(
mortals.
See, dear heart, continued the aunt there
are virtues which arise out of mere experience
These grow old with time and alter, because by
change of circumstances and inclination pru
dence alters her means of action and because
her growth does not always keep pace with tina
of our years and passions But religious virtues
can never change; these remain eternally the
same, because our God is always the same anC
that eternity the same, which we and those whc
love us are fastening to enter. Preserve, then
a mind innocent and pure, looking for everything
from God thus will that beauty of soul remain
for which thy bridegroom to-day adores thee
am no bigot, no fanatic; am thy aunt of sever
and twenty But for this very reason say t.
thee-be "A dear good Christian, and thou wilt a
a mother, yes, as a grandmother, be still beauti
full
Louise threw her arms about her neck, anC
wept in silence, and whispered, thank thee
angel?