Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-11-27
the MARRIED STATE.
Shall Happiness and Health, or Mise
~ and Sickness, attend il?

mOSFDTARTLING CONSIDERATIONS
Reflections for the Thoughtful.
SIRANGE tina: countless human beings exist
and drag through life as do the beasts Of
Inc held, or the insects Of the earth, eviniGg
no more thought or reflection than though the
noble faculties Of mind were not vouchsafed to
them.
Many such are husbands and father, upon
whom are dependent the health, the well being
and Inc happlness Of a confiding and Affection
ATE vile, with perhaps family Of children.
HOW OFTEN 1T HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LlNGERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that pitiable condition as not even for one
day to feel the happy and exhlera,ing influence
incident TO the enjoyment Of health.
She may not be an invalid confined to her bed
or even to her room !; as her pride, ambition and
energy induce and nerve her 10 take personal
chargeOf her household, even when her health
will not admit Of but she is nevertheless per-
ailing.
Thus, day after day, and month after month
iransfire. Her health daily sinks, till finding
even tne hope Of recovery no longer remains
THE BLOOMING BRIDE.
But few years ago in the flush Of health and
youth, and buoyancy spirits, rapidly, and ap-
| f~s.sy NuCApuCoUiy, Y cCOlue0 q soCUiC, ciSAiyo
debilltated wife. with frame emaciated, nerve
unsiIung, spiri,s depressed, countenance bearin
the impress OF suffering, and an utter physica
nd mental prostration
Sometimes this de2lorable change may an
does arse from Organic or constitutional cause
But oltener, by TAT Oftener, 10 gross and inexcu
sable ignorance Of The simplest and planest rules
OF health as connected with the marriage state
tho violation Of hich entails disease, suffering
aud misery, not only 10 the wife, bu, often
HEREDITARY COMPLAINTS UPON CHILDREN
UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCRO
FULA, HKPOCHONDRIA, INSAN-
HY, GOVT, KINGS EVIL, and
other and tcoyse disease a. DREAD
! Full INHERITANCE from the
| Parents.
And must this continue? Shall we be wise
IN all that concerns the cattle Of our fields, our
horses, our sheep, our cows, our oxen, the La
ture and character Of the soil we possess, the
texture and quality Of our goods and merchan.
disc, but in all that concerns ourselves as human
beings, with human functions and passions, sub
lect 10 great arrangement, involving our future
peace and happiness-in all that concerns the
health and welfare Of the wife Of our affections
and the mother Of our children, in all that con.
Germs the mental and physical we'll being @
those children, we should be immersed in III
darkest and most
BENIGHTED IGNORANCE,
AS CULPABLE AS INExCUsABIE?
, How long shall this ignorance prevail 90 pro-
, ductve Of ito bitter fruits How long shall the
, wifs aid mother be ignorant Of the nature, char
acter and causes Of the various womb and sexu
al complaints, embit.ering her days BY suffering
suffering often prolonged 10 years, eventuatine
in complication Of diseases utterly and hops
lessly incurable7 Shall We forever close on
eyes 10 the Iesul,s Of physiological science By
which we may arrive al IN understanding Of ouI
selves 40 men and women, subject TO seriocs life
ong enduring diseases, aud perpetuating them
10 our children.
LIT rvEar WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER!
! No husband OF wife need be ignorant Of wha,
concefns them most TO know 10 secure theiI
health and happiness, and their pecunary pros
perity. That knowledge is contained in little
work entitled
; THE MARRIED WMOAN'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION
BY DIR. A. M. MAURACEAU,
PROFESSOR or DISEASES OF wUMtk.
One Hundred Edition. ismo., PIP. $50. Price soc
FINE PAPER, EXTRA BINDING, 81 ,00.1
First published in ls47 and i: is not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Consadeting that erery Female mhether mar
ried or moi, can here acquire a full knorl-
edge ofthe nature, character and eau
ses Of her complaints, Nth the various
| symptoms, and thai nearly halfa
Million Copies Should Should ' s.s.ce 1ssn sold.
i il !. i;rsacticable 10 convey fully the various
subjac,s treated Of a. they are Of nature strict.
ly intended for the married, OF those oontempla.
ting marriage.
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
/ SAND COPIES.
Have been semi by mail within the last few
months.
| CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.