Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-12-29

MARRIAGE A DUTY.

MARRIAGE A DUFFY.
Txxr-Dont tell US you haven't got fsrne,'
That other things claim your attention:
There's not the least reason or rhyme
In the widest excuse you can mention;
Don't tell me about other fish,
Your duty is done when you RUY EN-;
And you never viii relish the dish,
Unless you We woman To- FRY EN-
Mr. HEARERs-l have no doubt that after
you have heard my discourse, yeu ~ill ask In
your minds whether your preacher las taken
unto himself wife, and is now luxurissting
in the tall clover of connubial Eiiss, that he
preachetb thus. Therefore | answer before
time, No; but have got measured for pne,
aud expect to conjugate as soon rs fny some
what diyerged rays of affection cap bs brought
a little more TO a focus through :the burning
lens of love- | deem it the duty of all to get
married-once in their life times at least. 1t
is but yielding obedience to thss wise COM
mands of nature. Every ganaer has his
goose, and the birds all mate at /: proper sea-
son. Who ever heard of an Old gander 60
ing down gosling less to the grace, unless he
was prevented from fulfilling hrs destination
by the arbitrary customs of artificial society
1t is God who tells the bruit CREATION to CO.
habit and propagate, without the fuss or FUN
merry Of a long and tedious colrtahip; and
they implicitly obey, even to a ygoo1-louse.-
The same God also tells you to snaFly aud do
the best you can 10 be fruitful 5ut you don't
always do it. You frame some f)altry excuse
or other-such as i have othe: fish to fry,
too busy to think of it now Circumstances
won't permit a. present. I'll t:hirk of4t by
and by &c.; and SO you trudee On through
the wide world alone, from the. meridian of
manhood to the sunset of age, Without having
effected the object for which you was placed
upon EARTH and of no more use:than the fifth
wheel to 4 coach, moon in the daytime, a
lock without key, OF saddle and no norse
to ride.
Young man if you have Arrlyed at the
right point of life for it, let every other con-
sideration give way to that Of getfing married.
Don't think of doing any thing. else. Keep
poking about among the rubbisiE of the world
till you have stirred up gem worth possess
ing, in the shape of wife. Neyer think of
delaying the matter, for you kaov delays. as
well as wild boars, are dangerous. A COED
wife is the most constant and faithful COM
panion you possibly have by your side
while performing the journey Of life "a dog
isn't touch to her. She is OF more service
too, than you may at first imagine, SHE can
smooth your linen and your cares for you
mend your trousers, and percha0ce your man
ners = sweeten your sour monlents as well
as your tea and coffee for you = ruff1s. per-
haps, your shirt bosom, but NOT your temper
and instead of sowing seeds of sorrow in your
path, she will sew buttons on your shirts, and
plant happiness instead Of harrow teeth in
your bosom. Yes, and if you are too con-
foundedIy lazy or too proud to DO such work
yourself she will carry swill to:the hogs, chop
wood, and dig potatoes for dLsnner; foI her
love for her husband is such that she will do
any thing to please hinl-exceFt feceivecom-
pany ia her every day clothes. Whensa wo-
man loves, she loves with a eonte distilled
devotedness; and when she hates she hates
on the high pressure principle. Her love is as
deep as the ocean, as strong as heampen
halter, and as immutable as the rock cfages.
She won't change it, excect It is in d very
strong fit of jealousy and even then it lilgers
as if 10th to part, like evening fwi.ight at the
windows of the west. Get taarried, by all
means. All the excuses you .cap fish up a
gainst doing the deed aren't worth spoon
fui Of pigeons milk. Mark th.s-f. blest
with health aud employment, yea are not a
bic to support wife, depend upon it, you are
not capable of supporting yourself There
fore. SO much more need of anneaatior; for
in union, as well as in an onion. there is much
strength Get married. repeat young man !
Concentrate your affections upon one object.
and not distribute them crunlb by crumb a.
mong host of Susans, SaraEs, l,farys, Eli
zas, Betsys, Peggys and Dorothys-aiidwing
each scarcely enough to nibble at. Getsmar-
ried. and have somebody to cheer you zap as
you journey Though this owly vale OF sears
somebody to scour up your dali, .aelaucholy
moments, aud keep your whole life, ard the
linen you possess, in some SORT of SUNDAY GO
to-meeting order.
? Young woman | need not tell SOU tt look
out for husband; for l know that ytu are
fixing contrivances to catch enc, and are as
naturally on the watch as cat far a mouse
But one word in your ear, if yos, please
Don't bait your hook with an artificial lily of
beauty if you do, the chances are ten 20 one
that you will catch a gudgeon = some silly
fool of a fish that isn't worth bis weight in
saw-dus'. Array the inner Iady with the
beautiful garments of virtue nodasty, truth,
morality, wisdom and unsoplsistieated love;