The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-01-11
From the Western Home Visitor.
a Voice from 'the Bachelor Boy.

. - HOASS Az Ii S44O OdSASASA Ivy
( wonder what people mean by eternally
harping about us Bachelors Every indiyid-
ual. (and especially those who have their
tongues for ii deienSe) from the child who
has scarcely shed off the dirty trAppings of
the cradle, to the totteling clay house, whoes
face is scared aud SCARED by the eaLings Of
time, are eyerlastingly hurting their analhe-
mas, either verbally or through the press,
upon us Bachelors" :"
Iwonderlf people think by sodong they'll
scare us intoa 'Lore pr If they think
they'll frighten us 0 bad that wen fright
square" open our great big saddle bag hearts
and give space for the little Love Cod"
that vel fall in love with the first pretty
piece Of painted. chalked, and vanished clay
we come across;-that we'll GO forthwith,
kpeel at her shame, make confession, tell her
chat it was the happiest moment of our exs-
tence that revealed to us that angelic form;
that we only live and bask in the sunshine of
her smiles, and sing TO her the old song,
"Thou art the ship that guides ue
Der all ites troubled sea- aaa.
And what ever bstiles me, . 5.g..t tr
This heart still turns to the
Yes, tell her that she is our polar star, that
star whose bright light woos us ON to bet
tier time, and whose twinkling guides to
earthly happiness tell her that she is a
"mnsterlng angel, a sweet enchanting
fairy" as handsome as "The floating llebe, "
who with zephyr brightness,
Passed around tho nectar
. AT the banquet of The Gods;'
Tell her that her mouth ar
sis the ruby gate of Love and Bliss,
Just formed to munnur sighs, to smile and liisa;
That we would give all we have on earth,
land almost sign away our right and title to
Il "kin dom come" if thai little heart oil
ihers but throbbed with love for us, and
but one sweet responce to ours; thatto have
her for our 'better half would be enough
of earth 'twouid be a foretaSte of better
land and then, after telling all this and a
thousand others "'too tedious to mention,
'pop the question" and at last "wind up
by telling her it is all we ask, the only boon
we crave. a aa.t.
wonder if people think by eternally har.
ping the old song they'll frighten us to do al
this? rather think not. .art
Too otter has our bright imagination
canyassed and surveyed and canvassed "a.
gain, the joys and griets, the happiness and
.miSerles Ut "Honey Moon and married
life, and our big leathern hearts can't bu
confess that "loney- Moon" is rich, sweet
enchanting, aud soal-stirrlng, and we ac
4knowledged that,
"ia the chased heart loves the wave,
Asblind silonceoye the grave, 'm
As the penitent loves prayer
. fsrs--' Aspale pussion lovesslisfIaip,;l
30 would we Tore 10 gather our arms arounC
the delicate waist and imprint the ''swee
seal Of betrothal' upon the ripe tempting
lips Of somebody's daughter, were marriet
life one continued Honey Moon" But ah
''Wedlockis hapess fate,
Where people learn TO scold and hate"
The "Honey Moon" will pass off very wei
as long sa the "happy pair" can ''bil ant
coo" and eaA each olber by the soft, swee
appelations of ''Honey," and "Iove," ant
''Dear," and "Dove." But, hark We Ii
the course of events, package of troubl,
is duly mailed. aud received by the young
couple, neatly "done up" in the shape .
y Baby" and then, oh Jews ant
: Ammonites Reader, / hope you will spare
i me The excruciating agony Of portraying t,
!. you the woes, the CRIES, the niseries, th,
!. sleepIess nights, the eternal chanting of tha
:, old cruciied lullaby, "Hush-a-by Baby
:, that now ensue.
= But let us leave our 'happy" "unhapp,
: pair for eight long years, and then com,
a with me some cold morning, and IN SHOW
> you the very identical pair, housed in smo
. ky house, with
4 "A towscr dog and twotom cats,
:. And half dozen noisy brats,''
: and every brat has good, sound, regula
built music organ jummed down, their throat
!. and eacn and ever one grinding away in Il
q good earnest as modern German, and al
: TOO, to the edihcation of ''old dad" who sit
II in one corner nuising that "Sweet little pet,
: dolly, Angelina Maria" waiting pauent
h till the old lady gets breakfast.
G By-and-by, as the little urchins crow
r around the fire the fee-potis upset, AM
then 'James Jacob Jones cries aloud
e Now Sal, you'd better get out or mann J
. give you skeesickS," and away runs the it'll
!. embryo angel to escape the Cad" for sh
preceives that mothers ginger pop" is a
about the same pitch it was yesterday whel
9 shethrew the boot jack at the old gent.
Y Oh, Abraham, Isaac and Esaw, is no
i this The ne Plus ultra of earthly misery?
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