The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-01

qulSltelsnlJ having W pItdbue III y mouse OF +
half dozen ungoyerned children, with their
faces dirty, hair uncombed, and penafores
rumpled: think of}lny having to endure the
prolongation of festivals in honor Of theE
washtub, the scrubbing brush, and the dust
pan; think I say of cold dinners, rent trow-
sers, undarned socks, and the absence Of nu-
merous shirt-bottons. a plague say ], on
your rose-pink notions Of female courage in
marrying a man, for HON she has been ex-
piring for six months. It is the man that
ventures every thing, after all. No sir, |
prefer my iberty-to have my lodgings, just
as I,like--havinga heusekeeper bound by
that invincible task-master, cash; being priv
LEGGED to rise, eat, go out, retunrn, and sleep,
as please. Why sir, you are actually in a
larm now, and would start as though you saw
a ghost, were to draw my cigars on you, as
! used to do at our social reunions No sir,
say again, give up your single blesscdness,
if you will-put yourself in bonds if you de-
sire it-but as for me, I beg to remain unfet-
tered my poor Peter Nowonder those wise
Germans call marriage, the 'birth-death' I
would as soon end my mortal being, as to sub
NIT to il"
1 thought had Peter in my clutches
Judge of my surprise then, when he drew
out of his pocket a paper, in which my de-
: nunciation was fused up" He opened it,
and after requesting my attention, he read in
!, a calm, and, must say, feeling voice, as fol-
5 lows:
what are all selfish bachelor delights, to
the true comfort of married existence? Lone
ly lodgings are abandoned; (here he was pro
yoking enough, to calmly survey my room
[ coughed) neat and cosy home awaits the
l happy man. A fair hand pours out for him
his cup of tea, Gust at that point my old col
I ored house-keeper, with hands black as the
ace of spades, and awfully huge, came wab-
bling in, in regular muscoyy measure, with a
: waiter of lemonade. Peter quietly run his
d eye up aud down the physical Of the huge
old creature resting it with significance up
b on her hand-I coughed again. but could have
! massacred the illustration Of his theory, for
It her untimely entrance) and he quietly sips
his coffee Continued Peter, takinga glass Of
the lemonado) under the. influence of an in.
! carnation Of that divine beauty that has been
d the living music Of the world since the tim,
If of Adam. He leaves the house for the town
| and fair hand adjusts his garments, and h,
II feels a sweet thrill vibrate through him, a,
d, her delicate fingers lightly touch him, orna
IS menting, improving him. q got up an,
p strobe to the mantle piece, but my pipe hat
: boen removed. Peter went on. He has al
it impetus that bears him half through the day
r, in the echo of kiss that plays warmly a
III bout his lips; power that draws him home
m ward in the certainty of a coming duplicate
lie and in the bright eyes that viii light up, hi
a frugal board. And as to the opera-what
n Alboni singing to ahouseless, homeless, an,
he wifeless bachelor, to Alboni singing impas
rs stoned music to attuned& concordant hearts
m The loss Of the noisy orgies of bachanal inc
US briation, whose proper region is the tavern
is amply repaid by the prattlc of infancy, Q
y the serene pleasures Of an aesthetic tea. ca
nr this stage of his reading, the memory of Hat
ne ties dear little Hal, with his winsome way
/ and tender beguilings, came upon me, and
es- took an enormous quid, and commenced wall
ito ing the little sixteen by seventeen aFaptgaen
for 1t never had been so small before. Peter COZ
. tinucd his task The odors of miguonett
nd or hyacinth, are surely sweeter, than the sicl
lat y smell Of stale smoke; and the absence
,re opium and tobacco upon the lips, discolorir
int the teeth, poisoning the breath, (away wei
lp- my quid right then) and killing the nerve
led is fully made UP, BY the fond kiss Of pul
es- affection on those lips, (Peter's voice quive
ide ed, and he drew his snowy cambric) and
alb fond eyes looking into his soul"
ore could stand no more 1t was now n
,ye time to bound into the street, in an effort
Tvs escape from my feelings. Barring my brc
de in the cold atmosphere Of January night,
an was soon convalescent Itremains only t
md me to say, that Peter and his entire Jzz,lil
my seem to be doing well, while Hal Hankins-
but why dwell on the horrors of bachelorisr
ere Are they not written in the Book Of !
hat Chronieleso Of Columbus; known and read tc
zee of aIlour ladies?
Jar Columbus, 1851
use
Singular instance of Monomania III til
Boston Lunatic Hospital
- The annual report of the Board of Vi
the tors Of the Boston Lunatic Hospital has j
5 Of been published by the City Authoriti
opii- From the accompanying report Of DR.. CHI
,m HI Stedman, the Superintendent of the H
=. pital, we copy the following interesting
1lCn tice Of the decease of several of the patiel
so in that institution. The Superintendent
uri- noticing the mortality among the inmat
ont remarks;
:, = .1Among those who have died within
year, there have been several patients "
my have usually attracted considerable attent
that from visitors IN consequence Of coftain
the culiarities in the manifestation of their {
On ease The Queen of America lives no lol