Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-05-10

A BACHELORS REVERE AT THE AGE OF Eff
| fy.-FTTY to-day! Fifty; little chance now OF
my having wife and u house full OF 'ittle re.
sponsibilities," as Fanny Wright calls them
lieigho! I'm getting to be-no, not middle agec
gentleman" for have been that any time the
last ten years-no, I'm "a gentleman declining in
years, and may advertise for housekeeper with
out giving handle to scandal TO make free with
ny character. Twenty-Five years ago, and
should have affronted the man who foretoid this:
that | should be sittirg this day III an arm-chair
newspaper in hand, breakfast before me, ioot on
j cushion and only one cup and Two eggs on the
I bic. NEWSPAPERS are stupid things; I'd much
rather chat over my morning meal. Why III
deuca am not mane Aoboi y makes tea til To
drink now, and Tie tea never comt up To me hot
| W hat capital tea Lucy Smith used 10 make. PcoI
Lucy; wonder what mad me think OF her! Peo-
pie SAID Lucy and | Woull certainly make d
match, and so we should / suspect, II it hadn't
been Tor that cursed cousin OF h,rs. I'm sure
she would have married me II had asked her;
bat k pt putting it off day after day, and he cut
me out and be hanged TO i'm. | was young
gentleman then, anu Thought could marry when
tVtr liked Ihey Went away 10 the west and
GOT rich; he's member OF Congress, and she has
grown tat and rides about in her carriage; with
Two or three grown up daughters, pretty girls
too, as I'm told, but they'll never be like their
mother. I've "a ribbon of hers, that she used
10 wear rounb her slender waist, and | bribed
her liJe brother to steal it for me, with the loan
OF my toWling piece; and when it rains, and
feel sentimental, | take it out of my writing
desk, and look at it awhile, think III throw 1t
III the iire-bnt | don't though, and there it Is
YET in the secret drawer of my mothers picture,
and the last lock OF my own hair. They make
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suspect that my curis are not the natural crop.
Lucy used TO say my hair was beautiful, and
I'm almost certain she cut otfa lock once, when
l was asleep on the sofa | wonder whether
she's lost any of her SPLENDID teeth mine have
stood II pretty well: bat they are going. PA2MLY
(the DentiaO said hers Wonld last d long time,
and ne ough TO know. must 60 TO him and get
MIN 10 make me couple of new ones WHAT
shall do with myself to-day! I've given up bust
ness and made money enough to last me my time
I've no one to leave 1t to wi!en I'm gone. W heres
tie use of going Oh adding dollar to dollar, un-
less one has children to set up? Nine marriages
in the paper to-day! Nine husbands and nine wives
created since yesterday morning. | dare say
they ii all have young sprouts-say four apiece
on the average; that's thir,y-siX little mouths TO
be stuff ID vita bread and butter; and seventy-twO
little ie TO buy Oes tor, and Two hundr and
eighty little fingers TO wash and keep clean! No
fool OF Il Job that for the nine papas and mammas
/ was always fond Of children.
There Is a new married couple moved into the
house over The way, on purpose to plague me,
do believe; they seem to be very fond of each
other, and very happy. There's gig comes to
the door every afternoon, and he hands his wife
SO carefully, and she smiles at him so brightly as
they drive off, that Pm almost tempted to wish
they might break tier necks before they get back.
Tnat's nice looking girl that has come to stay
with them during the honeymoon; she's the brides
sister or something, dare say; the PROTEST foot
and the most roguish eyes I've ever seen--eX-
cept Lucy Smiths. | wonder if she's to be mar
rled; | don't see any very suspicious looking
Young men come to the door, and---But
what the deuce is it TO me whether she is or not.
Pm an old bachelor, and must 90 down to the
grave without leaving any body to cry for me. |
should like though to the girl nearer; its easy
enough to get introduced into the house, and
though I'm too old to marry, there's no reason
that | know of why an old fellow like me should
not do the polite thing to a new conner into the
neighborhood.- a new coat coming home,
that my artist says will make me look fifteen
years younger-rather impairment by the way
And Fin not so amazingly old, after all. When
sat down to breakfast, felt rather blush and
thought myself quite Methuselah. Poh, no
such thing. | can walk as brisky as ever-al-
most can ride, sing, DAN, no, I'd better leave
out the dancing; but what of that? I'm good
looking nlidde-aged- man, tired of living alone,
and hang me but III make one more try for the
ring, it die Cor it.-Tnere's pretty girl over
the way, and I'll send over a basket OF grapes
with my compliments.