The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-11-30

lnlnnles, every one. Thou wouldst give
/ the whole bunch of their carroty heads for
Thy liberty again. Once more: X
Tom, my lad. get married. MatYimo-
my, You know is like JeremiaHs fgs-
the good are very good,'-the rest of the
quotation is inapt My wife is the prettest
woman IN fhe city wish she wasn't, by
the way. My home is theresort of all the
gay young fellows about town lam quite
the thing 4my wife is that is to say-ev-
erywhere. I am excessively happy; ex-
cessively, assure yourselfof that. | grow
thin, they say, but that's age; and I've lost
my habit of laughing, but that's proper,
as I'm vestryman. On the whole, how
ever I'm tolerable contented, and think
may llvesten years, if my wi fe settles down
as she will, you know. God bless you,
Tom, How is the vinegar! Well, marry
mind that. Yours always, G.
z. S,-I wouldn't marry, a beauty, if |
were you, Tom. af.et
Poor Gourlay! His wife is belle, and
he is as jealous as Blue Beard; dying alb
solutely of corrosion. 1t is eating him up
by inches. Hang the letters! they make
me melancholy. One more, and | vii
throw the boding things into the fire.
My dear Toni hope the gods have
promised thee new weasend. The vine
gar improves, doubtless, by age. 1t mus
= be satisfaction, that it is nectar of YOU
own bottling. Here am |, the happics
dog that is coupled. My wife, ! took war
ming from Gourlay, is not run after by
pack of puppies. She is not handsome
heaven knows; | wish she was a trlhe pret
tier; but she is as good as Dorcas. All
how we walk and talk, eoenings. | prefe
: that time, as. can imagine her pretty
when don't see her, you know, Tom.
And how we sit in the dim light of tn
! parlor and gaze at each others JUS. per
= ceptible outline, and sigh! All! Tom
!, marry, and be blessed, as | am.
T Yours truly, PHIL
P S. S.-Marry woman that is at leas
pretty, Tom. a..1
. The gods forbid that I should MARI
- one Ike yours, Phil. She is enough t
" male ones face ache And so, you ar
rs all liscontented: ones wife is too smar
y another's too simple, ano hers too pretty
and anothcr's 100 plain. And what Nigh
y not mine have been, and l, too, been ire
1t Parably a husband!
] Well, l o15 an old bachelor. / didn
i it though till now, How hard it is to be
q lieve one's self past anything in this word
/ And it is my lot, with all my peculiar fiji
" ness for matrimony-with all my dream
T. OF women, my romances, my aspiration
afl flerhappiness. it is my lot to be laid o
| the shelf after all! Am | to be shunne
|! by sixteen as bore; to be pointed at b
d school-boys as an old bachelor; to be invite
$ to all superannuated tea-drnkings; to
e quizzed with solicitations for founderin
y hospitals; to be asked of my rheumatism
: and recommended to warm chairs! HeaN
l en- help mel aer d. s.t4 ss.TE
/ But not SO fast. WHAT'S the prodieiou
l. difference? What if | were married?
it should have to pay for whole house in
(, stead of a part; to feed, heaven knows hoy
). many mouths instedd Of one; TO give m
whole bed for a half or quarter; to dine a
: another's hour and not my own; to adoT
another's friendships, and to submit m
own to her pleasures; to give up my ma
IL after dinner for romp with the child; t
turn my library into nursery, and M
quet freside into a Babel; to call on m
: wife's cronies; and humor my wife $ palat
;! But there's domestic felicity says tn
: imp at my elbow, and interchange of sen
! timent, and sweet reliance; and the re
Y spectabili'y ola man Of family, and duty
t to the state, and perpetuation ofname aud
+. comfort, and attention, and love- Chan,
fees, mere chances; prize in a lottery, all
i and whole life the price ola ticket n
Egr When woman rigs herself OF in
fancy style, and puts paint on her cheeks
she acts unwisely to complain that mer
stare at her. 1t is to be presumed tha,
she adorns herself for the express purpose
of being looked at .fa -"
4 ES Two immense Annexation meetings
ilwere held in Montreal on the 9th inst.