The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-22
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sensibly written article in the Nosem.
Der number Of Ilarper's Magazine,
from which we select the following pas
sages II is attributed TO the pon Of
DIR, Robert Tones, Of New York city,
one OF the bes, contributors 10 our peri.
odical literature From the tenor Of
the essay. il is clearly the production Of
bachelor.
ouh wosEs TAXING rHsis WEIGHT IN
GOLD.
The beauty Of American women we
consider an established fact a fact Of
which none seem more conscious than
themselves. The Grand Mogul was in
The habit, as we are told By some of the
old travellers, to take his weight annu.
ally. His Oriental Majesty would
place himself on one side of the balance.
and pour in diamonds and rubies in the
scale OF the other, and thus, year after
year, estimated his value. Our calcu.
iating couniry-women follow the Grand
Mogurs wise example. They are no
sooner ready for a market than they step
into the imaginary scale. and balance
themselves with gold. There is not
smile but Is estimated at fixed price,
by the ready reckoner and as for virgin
bushes, they, according 10 their rarity,
are set down at sum only to be encom-
passed by the accumulative Imagination
of Wall street financier. A pretty
woman between fifteen and twenty, is
held at SO enormous price, that none
but the lucky heir of fortune, or the
millionaire, grown luxurious in old age,
who has consumed the whole Of youth
and the better part Of manhood in amass-
ing his millions, can hazard bid. And
It is the latter who, oftener engaged in
this matrimonial trade, generally smacks
his dry lips over the possession of pur-
chased beauty in its youth and tender
ness. The young heir of fortune is
more iransitory in his enjoymenis, and
looks only to matrimony as retreat for
tired life in the future.
A man Of wealth. possessed say Of
three or four hundred thousand dollars,
marries his daughter. He has early
inculcated her, by precept and example
with reverence for the idol Of his wor-
ship; he decks her with the gew-ga
of fashion, he accustoms her to the hab-
its Of expensive expenditure he, with
ot6erlFrasri4slaaa'a22 2. ,'ii 'GiigaMay; or some
youth a Ia mode, laboriously unfls her
for useful life, by furnishing the CHAM
bers OF her mind with the tawdry furn-
iure OF fashion, where substantial know
ledge and plain common sense are never
guests. The spoiled maiden, though
fair to outward show. is married. There
never was prettier bride more ricnly
attired. Her veil from Paris her robe
of the glossiest and thickest white satin,
her diamonds, a present, probably, from
her betrothed her fr0sseau, with its
treasures OF silk, fine linen, and genuine
lace the wealth of presents mostly con.
tributions Of friends and relatives the
jewels and plate, the golden-leaved and
heavily clasped Bible, from =" her affec-
tiona,e father, with the blessing Of God"
and delicaiely exposed TO stimulate the
emulation Of rival donors, and become
the talk Of the town for week. Papa
resigns his daughter with kiss, hands
n check, perhaps for thousand dollars,
perhaps for two or three, to his son-in-
law, with the express understanding
that il is to be laid ou, in ro se wood and
damask. The respectable parent now
buttons his pockets, congratulating him
self that one of his faEily IL off his
hands, and his current expenses dimin
shed by thousand dollars per annum.
The shrewd tradesman never made a
better bargain in all his wide experience
!, Pearl street, By small investment
he saves the annual interest of some III.
teen or twenty thousand A splendid
tsnSaciion which does credit to the head
q the knowing calculator, and is the
very best disposition be could have
nade Of his daughter, 10 the advantage
o-bimself The practice Of marrying
children without dowries began in this
c'anuy ~ben daughters and large for
tines were scarce. and it has been con.
tbucd until now, when both are CON-
lsratively abundant When habits Of
lie were simpler with us--when il was
ceaper to live, and easier TO support Il
wie-there was no casion for any aid
ipm the faiber-in-law. Now, however,
ihe ability 10 sustain family, in copse.
qience Of the luxurious and expensive
requirements Of living. is no, easily ac-
qtired and seldom at an age when men
should marry. The Withholding Of the
dgwry is another obstruction. in addition
70 the inordinaie desires Of luxury, 10
thbse early marriages which are essen
'iF TO virtue. as they are ia accordance
wfh the instincts Of nature.
nINsEKs OF LABiEs-BosAYAhrE AT SAL
TINotE.
II the morals are not loose, the man
nee Of our women are certainly easy.
There is M country in the world where
ssh unresirained intercourse between
lls sexes before marriage Is allowed. a.
IN the United States --an lnAiiena5ie,
reiablicAn right which the women new
er surrender, There Is an innocent
freedom from suspicion on the part q
piscnts. and rollieking enjoyment u