The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-03-11
1HE LOVER TuG HUSBAND
AND TIIF Father.


In his dream Life liz. MAsv,L
thus Sketches in pleasant vein. a.J
''.ose self-concei,ed, humanisiny Incl.
dents which have gained tn. laughter
ana good Will of tho world, tho lover
aud the newly married man.
You grow unusually au,iabia and
kind You are earnest ia your search OF
friends you shake hands with your Of.
ii'ce boy. as If he were your second
cousin. You joke cheeiially with the
stout washerMonan aud give her a
shilling ovor-change aud insists upon
her keeping it 1; and grow quite merry
AT tue recollection OF il. lcu tap YOU,
hacAman on the shoulder very fumiI.
iarly, n"l tell him he is a capital fellow:
and don I allow him TO whip his h ,rses.
except whtn driving 10 the pos,.oilic..
iou crcn ask him to take e'uss of
beer with you upon some chilly evening.
You drink 10 tue health Of his wi.e.--
lie says h- has 10 wite-whcreupon
You think hi:i very miserable man ::
and give him dollar by way oiconsol-
alton.
You think all the editorials in the
morning papers are remarkably we'll
written, whether upon your side or the
other. VA :hnk the stock market has
y very cheerful look. with Erie, of which
you are large holder, down 10 seventy
five. You wonde, you never adm red
Mrs !!"man. before, or Stodda!d, or
any of the rest.
You give pleasant iwrl to your
fingers, ns you saun,cr along the sii cel;
and ,ay--hut not so loud rs to be over,
head-'She is mine, she is mine .
You wonder if Frank ever loved
Nelly half as well as you love Malge !:
You feel quite sure he never did
You can hardly conceive how !. !, ,hat
Madge has not been seized before now
by scores Of enamored men. and borne
off. IKE the Sabine wJ.Aen in Roman
IIia,ory. You chuckle over your fu.
ture, like boy who has found guinea
in s,oplng for sixpence. You read
over the inarriag" service. thinking Of
'ne ''mc ~"en you WIN 'akS Mer "aha
A"u ny ."e ~. ,m sp""marr .po" mer n.$ 1872 as
fof TttosttF, iS5f Tetfcf iOr worss x
grea, deal Of worse there will BE-
about it. you think
Through all. your heart clcaves to
that sweet Image of the beloved Madge.
as light cleaves TO the day. Til. week,
leap with bound and the months on.
ly grow long when you approach ,ha,
day which is to make her y"ar, -
There are no flowers rare enough to
make bo1ue, for her; diamonds are too
dim for her too wsaI; learIs nre
tame.
And after marriage, the weeks are
even shorter than before YOU wonder
Why on ear,I all the single men in the
world do no, rush tumul:.."u.ly to the
Altar: YOU look upon them all, as a
ir,y.llrI man viii l,ok unon som.
corc.;,.a D,tcL boor. WHO "a, never
been beyond The limits oe hi. cabbage.
oa,,i.n. Married Men. ON the contra.
~. Won regard rs fellow ,oyaycr, and
Inok uncn t,e;r wives. upiy rs they
NAV he A. better Than ponr.
Wan hlpsh . l;,,le ., f,.t t,l,iuc
ynnr butcher villa, .your vile would
i;k. vou b,r,aio with ,Le nroc.r for
su.ar and tins and wonder r ne Eoor,
ia. Won a-r =, married mau3 You nrac.
,i.e yonr row wav or l,. rro, ,ou,
otHcr how vol, tell him that .your wit.'
.yroc,s yon Lom. to dinner. md are.
,s,o,;sL:d ,h,, hs do.. no, s,.r. ,o
hear ousayili
yo, ,onIo, ;r ,h. neools in the
on,;,,ns tnow that van ar.
;ns, married and If ~. driyer
lnow. ,bo, ,h. sb;,l;ng Won hand him
,s for ..,ii and wiC,' :. You nond,.r i
o,,.L,dy ..s e,.rso Io,,v h,c,,e nr
aver viii ,,c 40 Lan,v a,ain ;
.You enter your nnme upon the no.
tel hooks a. .Clarrnce---and Lady
and come back 70 look at il. wondering
&c a,,hnJ,, ,,,., h,s ,o,;..d /, ,rl
thinking that L looks remarkably well.
You can,.o, help thinking that ey.ry
,hiri man YOU meet in the hall, wishes
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