The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-05-04
The E7ening hefore Marriage.

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eve Jaieeriainh be yeryharpy Iuscth-
cf,S said louise TO her aunt, ON he evening
b~fne marriage; and her checks glowed
hxith a deeper red. and her eyes SHINE with
delight When a bride saws We, 1t may be
&-aily guessed whom Of all persons in the
world she means thereby"
Il do not doubt il dear Louise, F" replied
Der trnt. 'if you only continue to be happy
together"
ssOh. who can doubt that we shall contin-
ne so! | know myself, l have faults, indeed,
but my love for him will cure them. And
So long as We love each other we cannot be
unhappy. Our love will never groS cold
'sAlas," sighed her aunt, ''thou dost talk
Ike a maiden OF nineteen, on the day before
marriage, in tie intoxication of wishes full
hlled, Of fair hopes and happy omens. Dear
Nsthild, remember this-cyen the heart in
time grows cold. Days viii come when tbe
magic OF the scenes shall fade. End when
this enchanlmenl shall fade, then il becomes
first evident whether we are truly worthy of
lore. When custom has made familiar the
charms thatare most attractive, when Youth
Tli freshness. has died away, and with the
brightness of domestic life more and more
shadows have mingled, then, Louise, and
net until then, can the wife say Of the hus
bad, HE is worthy of love; then first the
husband can say Of the wife, ''She blooms
In imperishable beauty" Eut truly on the
day before Riarnage such assertions sound
iaughahie to me-"
81 understand you, dear aunt. You would
say that our mutual love can in earlier
yea1s give us worth for each ojherl But is
not he to whom | am to helong-ior OF my
self 4,can boast Of nothing but the best in
tentions--is he not the modest, w~9rthiest oil
all the young men of the city? Blooms not
In his soul everything that tends to make
life happy"
my chile" replied her aunt, 81 grant
Il. Virtue blooms IN thee as well as in him;
/ can say to thee without latterry Bit,
nv dear heart, they bloom oaly, and are not
yet ripened beneath The sun and the show
er. No blossoms deceive the expectations
more than these. We can ne?er tell i'll
what soil they have tabeC root. Who Knows
Che concealed depths Of he heart?'
~ "Ab, dear aunt, YOU really fr1sh'en me-
$50 much the better Louise, such fear Is
right: such fear VS. as it should Be on the
marriage eve. l love thee t~enderly, and
will declare al my thoughts on the subject
without disguise. ! am not as yet an old
aunt! At.seyen and twenty years one looks
forward into life with pleasure; tie world
still presents a bright side 10 Us. have an
excellent husband, and ! am happy
Therefore, have a right thus to speak 10
thee, to call my attention 10 a secret which
thou dost not know, one which is not often
spoken to a young and pretty maiden, one,
indeed, that does not grcn'ly occupy the
thoughts Of a young man, and still Is OF the
utmost importance in every household, a Sc
cret from which alone spring lasting love,
and unalterable happiness"
Il Louise seized the hand of her aunt in
both Of hers. dear aunt, you know that
] believe you in everything. You mean
taiat enduring. happiness is not insured to Us
by accidental qualities, hy beeting charms,
but only those virtues OF the mind which we
bring to each other. These are the best
dowry which we can possess; these never
Become old."
""Asi it happens, Louise. These virtues,
also, like the beauties of the body, caa grow
Sid, and become r~epulsive and hateful with
age." .
How, dearest aunt what do you say ?
name to me a virtue which can become hate"
fail with age"
..When they become so, we no longer
cau them virtues a bezu!ilul maiden can
not be called beautiful wien time has chan
ped her to ar old and wrink!ed woman"
but, aunt, Wiz tues ale nothing earthly
''Rerl aps!" AS
elbow can gentlencss and mildneskrs in
become hateIul? chill
$50 soon as they degenerate into itwhile
iistlcssness and inso!ence." IN in
Sand manly coaragc?" and
.Becomes imperious rudeness. tof its
.'Aud modest dlfiidence?' new
..Turnsto fawning humility."t gtthe
Sand noble pride?' Teen
'To vulgar haughtiness.', hs in
HAnd readiness TO obli3e?' = fact
..Becomes a habit CT too ready ~frie1Ive al
and seryility." Cure,
"iDear aunt, YOU almost make me abugh
NV future husband can never degerhere.
thus. He has one virtue which Wilt is
serve him as he is forever. A deep Sared
an indestructible feeling for eyerythinae to
is good and noble, dwells in me also, | can
as in him. This is the innate pledge we
security for our happiness" INKS,
"But if it should grow old with ydatic
Ii should change to hateful excitability If
excitabiity is the very worst enemy toFAig
rinony. You both possess senslbilEhat
That | do not deny; but be Fafe lesi
grace should degenerate into an irrI We
and quarrelsome mortal" I'll
"Ah dearest, if l might never be4gs
DID, ply
s'Wert thou always as fresh and beige
full as to-day, still thy husbands eye VIDAL
by custom of years, become indi1erer Of
these advantages. Custom is the gre is +,
cnchantress in the world, and in the h}jg
Sne Of the most benevolent fairies. I'D
renders that which is the most beautiful
well as the ugliest, familiar. The VIII
young and becomes old. 1t is cusd. /,
which hinders the husband from perce4r, |
the change. 0nthe contrary, did shel
hain young, while he grew old, it nlr7
bring consequences, and render the mse,
years Jealous. II is better as kind II
dcnce has ordered it. Imagine that !
shastgrown 10 be an old woman, and +,
husband were a blooming youth, how wd 4,
thou then feel? :