Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-12-02
From the Macon ALA Republican,
WIDOWS.

Some people have pre- ju ice against wild
ows, but for our part we never could tell what
for. Girls do very well in their lacrs, but one
widow is wortl, balf dozen of them any day.
Girls are so shy, so timid, SO reserved, 50 bash
full! Very few of them know how to make
love, and when they do undertake it, it is so
awkwardly done! They are experienced cav
alters in the dashng court CT Cupid. They
know when to advance, and when to retreat.
When to lay siege to heart. and when to at
tack it by storm. More castles have crumbled
TO the dazzliug bright eye of Il widow clad III
weeds, than were ever taken by the dreamy,
melancholy oif,s of maide"h""d. Believe us,
there is more real danger i'll the dark and wa.
wing tresses of hereavcd one OF twenty two,
than lurk in the golden locks Of grldom. See,
there poes one of Them now. Scarcely Il
twelve.month has soltened down her excessive
grief. But woman can't weep always. They
are made of something else besides tears; and
that one has al cady found out that her charms
are not entirely faded. She has not thrown
aside her sable weeds vcl hut the heavy aud
sonbre bon hazine has given lace to II light
and graceful fabric witch shows beneath its
folds the white petticoat, and Sets off more
beautifully her symmetrical form, and falls Eore
elegantly from her polished shoulders. Notice
her little foot rs she tri ,s along-!low daLli'y
it touches the ground, and how adroi,ly she
manages to exhibit the well proportionei ankle.
All! that is n woman for you But look
at that bonnet, will you? Seventeen summers
could never manage to wear it after that fash
ion. See how auntily it covers her head, and
how many sly glances she is enabled to throw
from beneath it; aud every one barbeI ar
row that transfixes the heart of some poor fool.
ISL love. sick swain.
Did you ever notice how much more apt
rather young men are to fall in love with wil-
ows and girls hat have passed the summer OF
life, than with y~"g g;'ls9 Well, here is the
secret Of it. They are experienced anglers.
They know with what sort of hooks to fish,
what bait to use, and how to draw in their prey
In this they have a great advantage over girls
who are still only in April aud May. The Tor
mer do three fourths Of the courtng while the
latter leave it all to l.ssdone by their sullors.
Butbpre comes one them. Look at her. Sh"
is a girl of fine natural capacity, End it is well
cultivated. She is what is called accomplished
Her toilettee is perfect. What colors could
better become her complexion, or what f'blics
better suit her form! Look at that eye, II you
can catch glimpse of it beneath the languish
ing lid, how soft and dreamy Behold thai
brow, how white and polished. See that arm
how firm and round those fingers, how sni
and tapering In conversation she is agreeable
and party is incomplete without her. And
vet is it not melancholy to believe 1.-THE chan
ces are even that that girl, lovely as she is, will
die an old maid At any rate, we will wager
all our old boots that our widow gets married
before her.
Such, however is the world. Evidently there
is fault somewhere There must be some
thing wrong in the way il which 'marriages
are brought about among the civilized nations
!. Look at the number of bachelors about, who
nave never tasted of the sweets Of ma.rmony
zRAnd look, too, at the number of women who
ARE pining in single blessedness. The Great
BEING who presides over all things did not in
tend it to be- He intended that every man
should have mate. But how to rectify the
fault we do not pretebdto be Solomon enough
to know. Bachelors, of course. after they ar
rive at the age of twenty-five ought to be tax;
ed. And we trust that bill to that effect will
be brought to the attention Of the Legislature