Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-10

is the innate plsdge and security for our
happiness" -..m..-- -
"But ifit shoald grow old with you; if
it should change to hateful e1citability;
and exeitability is the worst enemy of
matrimony. You both posses. .ensibili-
ty. That do not deny; but beware lest
this grace should degenerate into an irri-
table, quarrelsoms mortal"
All, dearest, if might never become
old! could then be sure that my hus-
band would never cease to love me-"
''Thou art greatly in error, dear child
Vert thou always as fresh and beautiful
a. to-day, still thy husbands eye would
by custom of years become Indifferent to
these advantages. Custom is the great
est enchantrsss in the world, and in the
house one of the most benevolent of fa-
ries. She renders that which is the most
beautiful, as well as the ugliest, familiar
A wife is young and becomes DID, it is
custom which hindcrs the husband from
percsiving the change. On the contrary,
did she remain young, while he became
old. it might bring consequences, and
render the man in years jealous. 1t is
better as kind Providence has ordained it.
Imagine that thou hadst grown to be an
old woman, and thy husband were bloom
ing youth, how then wouldst thou fssl?"
Louisa rubbed her chin and said, al
cannot tell.'
Her aunt continued: "But I will call
thy attention TO - secret which,
That is it," interrupted Louise hasti-
ly ''that is it which l long so much to
hear"
Her aunt said " Listen to me atten-
lively. What 1 now tell thee, 1 have
proved. 1t consists of tCo parts. The
first part of the means to render a mar
riage happy, of itself prevents every pos
sibility of dissension, and would even at
last make the spider and the fly the best
of friends with each other. Tho second
part is the best and surest method of pre-
serving feminine attractions"
''AhP' exclaimed Louisa.
"The former half of the means them
In the first solitary hour after the ceremo
ny, take thy bridegroom, and demand a
solemn VOW of him, and give him = sol
emn VOW in return. Promise one anoth
er sacredly, neUer, not eVel IN mere jest to
tCrangle ,pith each other; never to handy
words, or indulge in the least i'll humor.
Never, say never. Wraugliug in ie.t,
and putting on an air of i'll humor, mere
ly to tease, becomes earnest by practice.
Mark that! Next promise each other sin
serely and solemnly never to have = Sc
cret from each other, under whatever pre-
text, with whatever excuse it may be-
You must continually, and every moment,
see clearly into each others bosom. Even
when one of you has committed fault,
wait not an instant, but confess it freely
let it cost tears, but confess it. And
as you keep nothing secret from each
other, SO, on th9 contrary, preserve the
privscies of your house, marriage, state
and heart, from father, mother, sister, bro
thsr, aunt, and all in the world. Gou
two, with Gods help, build your own
quiet world. Every third or fourth one
whom you draw into it with you, will
form party and stand between you two!
That should never be. Promise this to
each other. Renew the vow at each
temptation. You will find your account in
it. Your souls will grow as it were to-
gether, and at last will become as one
All, if many young pair had on their
wedding day known this simple secret,
and straightwsy practised it, how many
marriages were happier than, alas, they
are?"
Louise kissed her aunt's hand with
ardor, and said, Il feel that it must be
so. Where this confidence is absent, the
married, even after wsdlock are two stran-
gers who do not know each other. 1t
should be so; without this there can be no
happiness. And now, aunt, the best pre-
servative of female beauty ~
Her aunt smiled, and said: "We may
not conceal from ourselves that a hand
soma man pleases \ hundred times more
than an ill-looking one, and the men are
pleased with us when we are pretty
But what we call beautiful, what in the
men pleases us, and what in us pleases
the men, is not skin and hair, and
color, as in picture or statute; butlt Is the
character, it is the soul that is within
these, which snchants US by looks and
words, earnestness, and Joy, and sorrow.
The men admire US the more because they
suppose those virtues of the mind to ex-
ist in us which the outside promises, and
we think malicious man disagreeablc,
however graceful and handsome he may
be. Let young maiden then, who
would preserve her beauty, preserve but
that purity of soul, those sweet qualities
of the mind, those virtues, in short by
which she first drew her lover to her feet
And the best preserv.tives of virtue to
render it unehanging, and keep it ever
young, is religion, that inward union with
the Deity and eternity and faiths pie
ely, that walking with God, so pure, SC
peaceful, and so bsnefcent to mortals.
''See, dear heart" continued the aunt,
s.tl,ar. nv. v;rtue. which arise out OF
mere experience. These grow old with
time, and alter, because, by change ol
circumstances and inclination, Prudenc'