The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-05-21
MisttIlantuas.

HINrs TO MERCHANTS, MARRIED MEN AND
BAcHELoRs. - First 10 Bachelors. - Having
seen the building Of almost every house IN Tins
great Metropolis, must have been slow, indeed,
not to have learned something Of men aad their
manners for the last half century.
As sat in my tent door, in the cool OF the
day, with the pleasures Of memory retraced
the wears of twenty two to twenty five.
| thought to myself, were | 10 live my life over
again, 7 would Just manage my treaty Of peace,
amity and eoucord, with the asses, alter the
same mode and form which pursued six years
ago. therefore, my young friends, will just de-
scribe tie process, and say unto yon' 10 ana DO
| likewise"
When | emerged from the cottage wherein
first drew breath, in Scotland, looked on the
dsug tiers Of men, and saw they were lalr, re-
solved that as soon as | could earn one shilling
terling per day, | would enter lie OF cA;Part-
ershlp with one Of these native beauties. What
Sod makes beautiful, it is for man TO admire;
and lerceiving by statistical tables, that God
sent annually into the world, an equal proPOr-
ton Of men aud women, | therefore thought,
| it must be Lis law that every man should have
his mate at once; leaving future provision aud
consequences to Him who hangs creation on his
arm, and feeds her at his board
1t is fifty five years since ratified that treaty
Of peace, amity, aud equal rights, and never Tor
one moment did regret the contract; nor dI
ever lack loaf in the pantry, or dollar IN my
purse, when God sent another mouth, land he
,eut me thirty Of those craving little mortals) he
always sent food to fill it.
With regard to cOurtship, it is the easiest
thing in the world. Love is the language OF
nature. The verest fool, il he cannot pro-
nouuee he can speak it with his eyes, and wo-
men are nice Interpreters. When first thinking
Of these affairs, | resolved in my own MIND
never TO spend an hour IN private conversation
with any Young woman till l had determined
on taking to myself wife; and also, never to
spend an hour with any other woman except
,he was the one, whom, above all Others Ia the
world, | wished to make my wife. On this
principle praeteed aud prospered.
There is nothing to be gained by hanging
round sensible woman Tor months talking
words without wisdom, repeating opera gossip
Tor play house slang You mistake the sex, 1t you
wish to gain their favor by this means. While
YOU thing they are smiling at your small VII,
they are only laughing at your green tolly. !
have soi0urned with ladies' who had more sense
ia their little finger, than you could squeeze
from a dUZon Of such brainless heads, as you
see daily leaning on the door posts and hntels
Of the AstOr, for support.
If YOU wish TO gam the affections OF Vlrtu-
ous women you must speak ts her 10 words oI
.strutn and soberness:'' if you do not, YOU have
no business in her company; ladies often suliel
IN rtyrdom when from pollteness or pity thel
are compelled to SIT for hours, hearing, (no
listening TOY the small talk OF SOME blped oI
whom Madam Nature had been tOiling all da.
to form his handsome person but getting tHe'
of the lob BY sundowu, had rolled him from he
D. work bench forgetting to put brains IN HI
head
As said before, Mr.. Bachelor; if you don
j want that lady to become your wife, the soone
I YOU take yourself off the better; you perhaT
70 see at a distance a worthy modest, quite bash
" full Young man tho would gladly give a dol
70 lar per minute Tor the next half hour, could h
T. only occupy the place on the sofa which yo
Ut now fill with your useless identity; il yo
Is wish that lady 20 become your partner tor lli
/ tell her so like mau OF sense. She does NJ
want a monkey without nerve muscle sInev
= or brain ia his frame; aud whose most prOml
Z ueut poiat of dis iuction is wild goats bear
! prospecting from the neither circle Of his unde
u lip, she wants strong arm to lean on for sup
e port aud protection; she needs man OF miud
d who will lead guide cherish, potcct her o.
d their life journey. need not say what tn
!, woman should be for, as | think, she Is tn
y most perfect subject OF all creations plan, q
: Burns speaks Of nature.
5 Her prentice hand she tried on man.
e Aud then she made the assies, U.
= Having just learned that Mary and you ar
0 agreed on the preIiminares Of a matrlmonis
treaty, will only remark in conclusion, an
by way of encouragement, that if you sir, u
$ bave to your partner like man OF sense Will
), you walk together by the way her love vi
t never fail, the honey, mosH will never wan
E but shine brighter, trl you put up at the la
10 Iun by the wayside--the grave | speak trol
p fifty years experience.-N. York S@n
h GRANT lHoRBURN.