Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-01-27
A Little Lecture Addressed to Ny Dcars.
Oh an oH NdM ofthc WorId.)

IN an en- .Rdid ~ me " Orid.
My dears, Love is like Chancery it is a
deal easier to get into it than to get out
again. There are thousands of ways for the
former. but us for the latter, it can t be done
no ways.
'Take my advice, my doarS-nevcr believe
a man before marriage, and never trust him
afterwards.
." If men. my dears, were to pay. like SER
wants, for everything they broke, they
wouldn't be 50 fond of breaking their hearts
for every pretty girl they saw. The fortune
Of Rothschid couldn't stand, my dears,
against such Il rulnGus amount oi brcakagcs
Why have known 2 mans heart break as
often an American bank, and yet he would
open the next day with the same brass plate
on his face. ON which you could plainly read
assurance" and his heart would 90 on
issuing the same false notes us before. Be-
sides what becomes Of all their bro%cn hearts.
| should like to know Where do they all
90 to- Along with the old moons, | suppose:
or they may be- keeping company there : no
knowing where. with all the pins that are
lost, each heart being struck through with u
pin. like the curious insects in Il museum
'There's no need to tell you, am sure my
dcars. about choosing husband. \ woman )
instinct generally guides her in thoss little
matters But this will tell you, that hus-
bands differ as much as geese but the sottest
mind is not always the worst. The softer
your husband, the more lliable You will find
him, and all the easier for YOU u twist him
around your little finger. If husband,
trusted more 70 their wives and less to them
selves, there would br more happy marriages;
but, until they learn what is due t. our >,X
and are fully prepared to pay it, that happy
balance will never exist in Il household which,
to the husband. should be the source of as
much as Il large balance is at his bankers
but at present the wife Is not allowed to have
any share or interest in the une. or to rari.
ciIutc in tine other.
:" will conclude. my daars, with giving
you Il few rules with regard to the choice Of
husbands in general. and though my dears.
| have never vrnturcd on the stormy seas of
matrimony myself, (hcrc the fair lecturers
voice slightly trrmhled with emotion,) "still,
| have watched from the haven of single
blesscdncSS many of the squalls and hrcczcs
that have taken place on them and have de-
rived no small knowledge from the numerous
Shipwrccks | have witnessed in consequence
of them; and this knowledge am only too
willing to inpart to all those WHO are anxious
to embark for the United States.
- shall coatine my observations. my dears,
to the small circle Of my experience of men,
such as | have studied them round the tea
table.
" ia man wipes his feet on the door-mat
before coming into the room, YOU may be sure
he will make II good domestic husband.
- If Il man, in snuting the candles. Snutis
them out, you may be sure he will make IL
stupid husband.
= If man puts his handkerchief on his
kcncs whilst taking his tea, you may be sure
he will be prudent husband,
4" In the same way, alwas mistruSt the man
who will not take the last piece Of toast or
Sally Luna, but prefers waiting for the next
warm batch. 1t is not unlikely he will make
Il greedy, selfish husband, with whom YOU will
enjoy no brown ut dinner, no crust at tea,
no peace whatever ut home
" The man, my dcarS, who wears guloShcs
and is careful about wrapping himself up well
before veuturing into the night AIR, not un-
frequently makes good invalid husband that
mostly stop, at home, and is easily comiortcd
with slops.
The man who watches the kcttle ami pre-
vents it boiling over, will not fail, my dcarS,
in his married state, in exercising the same
care in always keeping the pot boiling.
" The man who doesn't take tea, il-trcats
the cat, takes snuff, and stands with his back
to the fire, is II brute whom would not adj
wise yon, my dcarS, To marry upon any con-
Sidcraton, either for love or money, but most
decidedly not for love.
But the man who, when tea is over. is
discovered 70 have had none, is sure to make
the best husband Patience like hIs deserves
being rewarded with the best of wives, and
the best of motherS-in-a NV dcarS, when
you meet with such man, do your utmost
to marry him. ln the Scvcrcst winter he
would not mind gong 10 bed first"
Here the lecturer concluded, and the sey-
cral young ladies retired to their respective
ayocatons