Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-11-21
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vslos ,s ioysris 4 proof that you believe her to
be woftby of esteems tt IS DO useless andwrong
10 talk to woman Of her N ttues use the word
in re largest acceptation bscauseS size know sthem
all, and Il she does not such ignorance y bliss;
wrong, because our good qualities 10 attended by
destroying devil, which, II you speak oil them,
appears and kills them, and takes The pace which
they occupied.
In ourtimes. all women, when inslpye, are ac-
tresses; they felgna co1dness' which they do not
feel, and often say what they do not nleni. In Z
the days of hepatfiaIchs, woman s. conduct was
the child of her heart. tut lei us tell how they
were eourted.
WiEtaAM'EHE Conc UERol.N liam surhamed
the GonquefoI, Of England, loved Matilda the
beautiful daig of the Earl of FLANDERS, rich,
potent aud polite prince! = a issnan he was
deSr6uS for league with the fatheF; Us man, he
yeafned [orsa union W. the daughter, She was
coIely and learned, ga mirror of PRUDENCE and
perfection Of virtue. 2 She was sought in mar
riage by the greatest sovereign IN Europe. VIII
liam was handsome man, an able legislator and
warrior Of 7renown. But his addresses were. yei
rycooIly received; for Matiid6 was senaTnoured of
young Anglo Saxon Hobleman, who treated her
as she treated William. For seven years did he
serve an appFentic ship 10 Cupid; at the expira7
ton OF which Says Agnes Strickland, he, I04T,
waylsid Matilda in the s.reets OF Bruges, as she
was returning from mass, seized her, rolled her in
the dirt, spoiled her rich array, and not content
with these outrages.s stuck her repeatedly, and
then rode off atstnllEpeed. This Teutonic meth
cd of courtshp brought the affair to a crisis for
Matilda, convinced either of the strength OF VIII
liamS passion by the violence of his behavior, or
afraid of yentuting second beating, copse to
become his wife. How he ever presumed to en-
ter her presence again, after such a series OF
enormities, the. chronicler saith not; and Agnes
Strickland being a woman says she is at loss to
imagines 80 y "
TheInafriage between the royal cousins took
Mace in 1862, at Williams own Castle at Agni, in
Normandy, whether Matilda was with great pomP
conducted by her illusTious parents and noble
company of knights and ladies'. "-Eipes Of the
Queens of Eng lind, vol. IL. ~. ~.
This unhattering mode of Sspar king IS not yet
extinct. 1t exists among the aboriginal lnhabl7
tants of the Australian gIoupl which has been
Justly styled "the country OF contra -
Their treatment OF the female sex; says DR., Hugh
Murray, in his HfEncyclopedia of Geography is
of all other particulars, the most atrocous. Their
courship consists in the most brutal violen The
intended husband, having contrved to find alone
the unhappy victim of his love, begins by beating
her to the ground with club then accumulates
blows till She becomes altogether senseleSs, when
he drags her to his hoYel regardless Of her striking
against shrubs and stones till under such prCrms-
ing auspices she is fixed in his establishment. All
of their SUBSEQUENT life is OF piece with this OUT
set. Several of the colonists in vain attemptedto
count thescarS with which the faces OF these I'M.
fortunate beings were variegated.
Sir Isaac tOn.-of the eourship of tllisillus-
trious philosopher, have somewhere read an an
| lives OF him which / have searched. II is we'll
known he was often absent mindet; that, for ex-
ample, he would sometimes rise and sit for several
/ hours by his bedside undTeSSed, and absorbed IN
thought; that he would often forget to- dine until
reminded by his domestics, thar TO live 1t was me-
ceSSaIy to eat.
Once and once only, he loved young woman.
/ One evening they they were seated by the freSide
together. He sat silently smoking. She was too
proud of his loveito be offended by his conduct
\ tlength he took his pipe from his mouth, and
sezed her hand. She expected that he was about
to kiss it, Instead of doing so, however he stirred
4 the tobaccoin The head of his pipe with her fore
4 ingeT-a rather odd substitute for pin! She was
langry with him aud their courtship ended.
Eldon.-The father of Lord Eldon, the Chancel-
lor of England, having resolved to marry, rang his
hell. a female servant answered. it. He told her
dress herself in order to repair to the altar with
hun. She thought he was jesting and disobeyed.
I He raug his bell again. A second servant appear
ed. To her he gave the same command. She at
/ tired herself and was made bride.
O'Conneu.-Danie o. Connell did not court at
all. He told his sweetheart that he loved her;
asked if his love was reciPEoeeted, or il she was
Il engaged; and # she was willing to1make an en-
j gagement with him. The Young lady replied as
4 frankly as he questioned, and they were speedily
/ united for better or worse. ts,s
\ ABer1atkg-o DR.. John Abernethy, one of
the most eminent surgeons and medical writes OF
the last century, several anecdotes are recorded.
He was extremely eccentric or rather extremely
manly. He acted and spok= always as nature die
tated and not as custom ordained. To rich vale
4 tudiHarian gentleman he once said: nLive en- a
sixpence day and earn it;'' and to a lady Of the
same species who offered him fee, he said ftMa-
dam keen your money and buy skipping rope"
| When he loved he still continued to despise the
forms with which society ever seeks to incumber
the sayings and doings Of men. He did not waste
his time in counting, nor did he PROSTATE himself
/ MS is usually the case before the relatives of his