The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-01-29

having been treated like ga responsible
e adult " for three years-Florence Hay
/ first began to see society and life will
, mature perceptions, and to wonder how
c so much that formed the burhen of the
: air around her had been prevented from
breathing Immediately on her intuiiyC
sense. The thick leaves that enclose
the bud of youth so wisely guard its heart
ill the common air cannot taint, no cold
winds chill it In tie change Of the
worm, from its limited chrysalis to the
ee-wingeJ and tirelcss butterfly, there
is scarce more entire land often, prob
ably, scarce more sudden) newness OF
impulse and novelty in the Consciousness
Of life, than in the change that takes
place in the maturing Of the mind Of a
woman. 1t is llfti 2 of the eyeids of
thought, as brief almost. as the waking
from a dream Though, as was said
above, it is seldom anticipated, it is often
retarded; aud sometimes, Cat critical
risk to happness,) takes place years after
marriage.
With what has been said, and with a
porlian of letter that will presently be
given, the fair reader must be left to in
/ tetpret for herself, the mystery that there
is about Florence Hay The letter was
written TO n gentleman with whom she
had formed the friendship of which SUI
perior women are capable one in whom
she had recognized truthful app ,ecia-
ton and Difference for what was most
admirable in her sex, at the same time
with devotion so guardedly high mind.
ed. that love could never eater, uninvi,
ted, by the door thrown opea to i)-
and 10 bin, she wrote more frankly. per
haps, as well as more arayely and philo-
snphically than she might have done 70
woman. Dated at Newport in July.
some passing gossip occupied page
and thea the fair writer turned over the
leaf, and Il leaf OF her heart with it.
thus:
10 glancing once more at your letter,
| see you hope am finding some one to
love. would, willingly, for | feel as if
there were thoughts of mne, here and
there, that are worth somebody's ha,inr.
bat the right claimant surely does not
seem To be IN Newport this year Papa's |
wealth Is my misfortune, for it brings me
so many bidders for the little hand that
j. in his pocket, that must seem more
difficult and ungraclous than my deser, |
wings justify; but what can do if the
right man is the rery last to come along
These beaux with mouslachios and hor.
scs look very well, drive very well, and
talk very well the first time or two that
one sees them but, whose fault is it, i'll
S'~ "''"' '''S S'li liicCoFeTdplY urea Ol
them Oh the third day! really cannot
accept, for the remainder of my life, the
society of a man whose mind have al
ready seen the enc of.
The truth is, that, like other soyer,
elsns, 4 am sovereign of my rifle of a
heart, | helieve,) look into history and
precedent for guidance and warning
history from now, back to the time be-
gan to know any thing. mean. The
marriages that have taken place in my
time, in New York, their rise, prog
rcss and remarkable events" have care
fully studied in the humble hope to profit
by such lessons as they inevitably teach.
And what do yon suppose strikes me as
tie one terrible moniton and sad lesson
dcdnc!ble from them all 1t will he No
news to you, of course, lur you have
seen the world aud the heir-cases there
in (; but, to simple me. the usual and
combined fate Of these swimmers with
bags of gold round their necks, looks
starllingly alarming, have Nc, the cour-
age to write down abruptly what it is.
You may gather it from cccenlrici,ies
you see me commit. hereafter Cor the
sake of avoiding ii. I'll not drown with
ninny tied round my neck with my
own purse, if ii is to be helped
mol | am willing enough to marry,
and think part wasted Of every hour ill
| do, but am on the lookout for what
is commonly called "a bad match. "
With every good match that | have
seen, in my circle Of acquaintance, the
gradual dwindle into insignifcance and
disappointment has begun with the re,
turn from the wedding journey. Money
enough to make man good match"
seems in this country, somehow, TO be
the lnyariable purchase-money for an ex-
iinguisher 10 his mind so that " "a good
match means husband you &c, tired
OF, directly, yourself, and whose soulless
ostentaIlon and nanily your friends put
upon pension ofpoliie endurance, from
the moment he ceases to be a prize in
the lottery for daughters. Why is it not
SO in England! Do rich people educate
their sons improperly in this country 2