Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-06-01
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How TO CHoosE Coon HusBAND.-
When you see young man OF modest, res
pecliul, sludious habits not given to envy,
TO vanity, OF to flatiery, he will make good
husband, f0T be will bc tue same 10 his wife
after marriage, that he was before. When
you see man Of frugal, industrious habits,
no "iUrtune-hunter, but who would take
a wife for the value Of herself, and not for
the sake Of wealth, that man will make
good and afieclionste husband When you
see man using his best endeavors to raise
himself from obscurity TO credit and infiu-
ence. by his own efforts. marry him-he is
worth having. for his affection will not de-
crease, neither will he bring himself or his
partner to poverty and want.
When you see young man whose man.
nefs are Of the most boisierous and disguise
ing kind, with brass enough TO set up Ten
Ioundres. and vanity enough 10 shame a
peacock, don't marry him, girls-he will
make wreiched husband When you sec
Young man depending solely for his repu-
tation and standing in society upon the
rusty dollars OF his father, dom, marry him,
for he will make poor husband When
you see young man spend one-half Of his
time i'll adjoining his person or riding thro'
the streets in gigs, who leaves his debts I'M
paid, and sneers al any honest means, how
ever humble, Of getting living, do not
marry him--for he will in every respect,
make bad husband
When you see young man who is never
engaged in loaferism by day. or dissipation
by night, and whose general conduct is not
OF SO mean character as TO make him
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merly lived, who does not keep low COM
pany. de6e himself with tobacco, drink,
gamble. break the Sabbath, or use profane
language, he certainly will make a good
husband. When you see young man dill
gent in his business. firm 10 his principles.
faithful 10 his word. kind 10 the distressed,
forgising in his disposition, charitable to- .
wards the faults Of others. aud imbued with
love TO God and mau, take him if you can
get him, girls The will make an excellent
husband
When you see young man who is wide
awake at balls and parties and sleepy at
church, who courts by the quarter" and
is given to flirting and trifling, and whose
conversation is frivolous and Improbable,
beware of him. girls. for he will make
cold-hearled aud Indifferent husband, for
saklng your society, evenings, for that Of
barroom loalers.
When you see young man who is atien-
tive and kind TO his sisters. or aged mother,
who is not afraid to repose confidence in
the woman who gave him birth and nursed
him, and who attends TO all her wants
with filial solicitude, affection and reyer-
ence-marry him, girls, il il is possible
| thinn IN oat him No ruattar tRhaf his cir.
cumstances in life are he is richly worth
having, and will certainly make most su-
Never make money an object OF mar.
riage; if you do. depend upon il, as a bal.
ance for the gold. you win get bad hus-
band. Never let a fashionable demeanor
sway your choice look rather at the wealth
which young man carries inside Of his
head, than at that which he may dangle IN
the shape Of chains and bosom-pins outside
OF his body.-Lancaster, Pa. Famer.