The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-05-25
A short Patent sermon.
MARRIAGE A DUTY.


Ihere'S mott the least reason or rhyme
In the wiSeSt excuse you can mention;
Don't tell me about 'other fish,
Your duty 10 done when you buy 'em,
And you will never relish the dish,
Unless you've a to fry 'em'
Ny HEARERs:-I have no doubt that after
you have heard my discourse you will ask in
your minds whether your preacher has taken
unto himself q wife, and is now luxuEiating in
the tall clover Of connublal bliss, that he
preacheth thus.-Therefore l Q before
time. Noi but | have got measured for one, and
expect to conjugate as soon Gs my somewhat
diverged rays Of affection can be brought q lit
tie more to a focus through the burning lens of
love. Ideefh il the duty Of all 70 get marri-
ed once in their lifetime at least. II Is but
yielding obedience to the commands Of ma
ture. Every gander has his goose and the
birds all mate at a proper season. Who ever
heard Of q gahder going down to the grave
goslingleSS, unless, he was prevented from full
filling his destination by the arbitrary custom
of artificial society; it is God who tells the
brute creation to cohabit and prOpa gate, with
out fuss and dummery Of a long and tedious
cOurtship and they implicitly obey, even to a
woodlouse. The same God tells you to mar
~, and do the best you can to be fruitful; but.
you don't always do it. You frame some pal
try excuse or Other-Such as, q have other fish
to fry,' too busy to think Of it now cir
CUmstsnces won't admit Of it al present. I'll
think Of it ~ and BY and 80 you trudge a
long the wide world alone, from the meridian
Of manhood to sunset Of age, without having
effected the object for which you we're placed
upon the earth, and Of no more use than the
fifth wheel TO a coach, a moon IN the day time,
a lock without a key, Or a saddle and no horse
to ride.
Young man! If you have arrived at the RICH
point in life for It, let every other considers
ton give way to that Of getting married =
Don't think Of doing any thing else. Keep polk
ing AMONG the rubbish Ofthe world till you have
stirred up a gem worth possessing in the shape
Of 4 wife. Never think Of delaying the mat!
ter-fOr you know delays aO we'll as wild boars
are dangerous. A good wife is the most con-
slant and faithful companion you can possibly
have by your side while performing the journey
VI life; u dog isn't a touch to her. She il
Of more service, too, than you may imagiue.-
She can smooth your care for yOu-mend your
trowsors and perchance your manners; sweet
en- your moments as we'll as your tea and cOf-
fec for you. Rufie, perhaps, your shirt bOs'
, ON, but not your temper; and instead Of SOW
ing seeds Of sorrow in your path, she will sew
buttons on your shirts, and plant happiness in
stead Of harrow teeth in your bosom. Yes
: and il you are too COMPOUNDED lazy or too
5 proud to do such work yourself, she will car
] ry swill to the hogs, chop wood, dig potatoes
/ for dinner; she will do anything to please
: y~Uu-excspt receive company in her every day
clothes.
When a woman loves, it is with a double
distilled devotedneSs-und when she hates, j
is on the high pressure principle. Her low
is as deep as the ocean, as strong as a hempel
halter, and az immutable as the rock Of ages
She won't. change ii except itis in a very
]. strong fit Of jealousy and oven then it linger
/. as If 10th to part, like evening twilight at tn
I windows Of the west. Get married by al
means. All the excuse you can feb up q
/ rainst'dOing the deed aren't worth a spoonful
. Of pidgeon's milk Mark thisAif, blest witt
health and employment, you are not cspabl
# Of supporting a wife, depend upon it, yO
are not capable Of supporting yourself; thi
I 10 invariably 80. Therefore the moro need Q
annexation,4-Eor in uniOns as we'll as in a
onion, there is strength. Get married re
peat, young man! Concentrate your affection
upon one object, and not distribute then
crumb by Crumb amohgas q host Of Susanl
n Sarahs. Mays, ElizaS, BetseyS, Peggys an
|. DOrthys, allowing each scarcely enough
nibble 1t you. Get married, and have som
body to cheer you. upas you travel through thi
lOwly vale Of teaEs-sOmebody to scour .
% your dull, melancholy moments, and kse
10 you, your whole life, and whatever linen 20
r possess, in some sort Of Sundsy.gO.sO-meetin
order.
Young women! l need not tell you to loo
out for = husband; for / know that you are &
ing = continuance I ocateh one; and are 81 ma
uEally on the watch as a cat is for mouse
But one word in your ear, if you please
DON'T bait your hook with an artificial fly
beauty, If you do, the chances are ten to OF
that you will catch a gudgsOn-sCns sill
fool Of g fish that 10 not worth his weight
aaw dust. Array the inner lady with u
beautifnl garments Of virtue, ntodesty, trut
n morality, wisdom and unscPhiSticated love; an
\. you will dispose Of yourself quicker, and to
J. much better advantage, than you would If di
"a played in all the gow gawS, hiPPeEiigs, fOddl'
al rolls and Rddle-de-dssS in the universe. R
= ,uamhsT. n In an awful thing 10 lve and dis