Washington telegraph., 1847-02-10
PATENT SERMON.
How salyelca is woman.
Hos tender wafnan.
llos loving Is waman.
llss ehaa,.ke = womanl

Sure enough, how sa.vcless IS wumanl
She /. an unguessable ri'le-a mosl in.
lficale enigmai flower whiah. BY analz
Ia. ~ aur eau lei. Ia a certainly whether
Il he tinlz3nols or muY1 1iaus=-nai always.
she has becu win nan iiomihe beginning,
aud he hasn't found her oIi YET. She Is
comparatively Al uaaaplofel eo1nlry--an
alphabet OF hierosllphics--a magnetic
mystery. Nobody knows what her heart
contains. sonHlmes Il seems slIiad
wiih lD,e, tenderness, anl s5mpalhli and
al olaeFs. allsd VITA nolhlag aai 81, aad
Afasel Il wont answer Ia shiAe hef II
~ 20. Yon eauss The acids aad tie a.kalies
Ia hei nature 10 conc IA coalaeti aui Ilsn
snch an rtlenrseenes laArs place A. mishI
iswer tho ambition nl peaflash aud clder.
Lie the manih ol April, she Is al sunshine
all showers. Aaay 4 lesfdfap ul hers
dIlcs hul r,apjfales ia thu warm light ol
sni.e, ele g has a uaanee 10 tAli: and many
Il bright smlln Is sulieay qlealhed 10y
sprinxle from slne passing eloli oi sorrow,
aD1al the sfls u Ueu ulaHKst. uauis
..lh.c up llnn hrf bosom, 10 blfsl "a an
.aanesp pbera el ~, AL Jpls, Ike aain'aaal
ilpWcrs, spnngag iTOaL ihe warm beds
of her head, 10 or cut down by the sudden
ilna, ol gucf A queer compound Is wo.
maui She Is made up ol mOdesIy, bold
ness, beauty, silks, sailns, jealousy, love,
hatred, horse.hair whale bone, pieiy, paint,
gaicly, ga,nelaslic, bears grease, sym
pa,hy, tears, smil, 5, affections, anJ And'
ness. She talks wiih heT tongue. speaks
with her eyes. is eloquent ia her actions,
aad yet cant understand hcf.
How tender is womanl She Is as ten
der as a chicken, AMI as tough as AN Old
gobrr. She must bo screened from the
hot summers sun, sheltered iron storms.
and protected IRON lhe blasts of Sinler--
and yel, II she InaArs up boa n.ud 20 Il, abe
can Oul sweat The sun--laee north.easltri
and be a match Tor the devil. But inwardly
she is as tender rs The mereies Of heaven;
her heart Is as much softer than he humans
as bccswax Is soller lhsn a brick bat
Her sympathies afe as delicate as the
down under an Angels wing, and ter love
appears as fresh aud unhd,ng amid the
sufrOws OF adversely, as the evergreen
wreath thai encircles the bald brow OF
Winter. Her tenderness is too Tough 10
be destroyed ly what ever chance iorIune,
or lime, may briug--tough as Hipo anu
twice as common. ...T
How loving Is woman! Aye, she Is
amazingly sticky in her attachments. She
will cling to The chosen object of her heart
like 'possum to gum tree; and You can
separate her without snapping slungs lhat
M at can mend, and leaving portion %
cher soul upon the upperiea'her Of her at
irciidns. She will sometimes ser some
thing to love whore others can discover
nothing even IA admirr; and, when her
ioDdness IL once fastened upon u telow, II
slays there, like glue and molasses III a
bushy head Of hair.
How childlike. wiihal, is womaal A
playihing herself, size is fond of every pay
thing 10 lh, worlds great loy.shop. hef
home is in the realm of lancy--her eSis.
tence is n kind Of IDEAL realty--her very
miscries are mingled with pleasing ro
nance her present is always bright aud
future still brighter. Would that were
woman, to bc pleased with every pos,
that pops lis head above the weeds oi
wicked world, and have no ihorns 10 modest
mo while gathering the wild flowers OF
Imagination! Chidlike, woman is ever
happy. Tickled with The straw of llalIery,
delighted with every rainbow.lincd bubble
that floats upon the wave Of lime---as ants
as young coon in the moonlight and IS
merry as a cricket. she dances in The siil
light Of Joy, and seems TO use ever en-
deayor 10 coax us, male, moody p'r'als,
!, M ho, DIV, JR.