Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-12-21

huTSe Iusnes luto pattie, NOT knowing why
they run but frightened by the constant
spurring Of their friends, and that vocifer-
Gus scream in the rear " old maids old
maids" We say, solemnly, if you are
willing to see them plunge headlong into
sea Of misery, whose waves roll on IN
broken to the shore Of eternity, tall; to
them daily Of tidgety old maids" Ia
dies of unmentionable age" " antiqua'ed
spinsters," etc, and speak in peculiar
tone, and let there be meaning in your
smile; and your girls will marry-yes,
"marry in haste, and repent at leisure" "
Who are these cod maids ?" Unsel-
ssh, devoted daughters, giving their best
days to the service of declining parents ;
faithful sisters, lending q hand to help O 'er
wearied mothers in training up their little
ones, or taking their places as foster moth
ers to the little ones, when those mothers
are gone. sold maids" are, with few ex-
ceptioDs, plain, unobtrusive, high souled,
and intelligent women. "Old maids" have
time to become intelligent, and they i'm
prove it. They don't have to sit down af-
ter the cares Of the day are over, r,and, weary
and worn as they are, rock the cradle with
one foot, while they ward off the two year
old baby with the other, both hands busy
with old clothes for five other little dagucr-
reotypes Of somebody away in the eating
saloon or may be, at the theatre; or, to
put the best face on the matter, quietly
reading the last new work in the parlor.-
"Old maids have no wrinkles in their fa-
ces before they are thirty -fve-they are
nc. like crooked apple trees at forty, and
as withcred as dried apples at forty.fve.-
No, no, single women retain their beauty
and elasticity of spirit until an advanced
age; for, those little, dropping, tiny vexa-
tions, which wear away the hearts of the
married so early in life, need never reach
them. Single women, as a class, are not
"idgety, end hard to please;' on the con-
trary they are patterns Of patience, and
everything ''lovely and of good report. -
But they are often reserved; for all eyes
are upon them, and they are unpleasantly
conscious that they must hold III check
their own warm, trustful natures, and call
no man brother, lest some human hornet
buzz the thing abroad.
"Old maids are the friends of the lone
ly and sad /; and yet, even in the highest
social position, they feel, at times, unkind-
ness and neglect; and women, who should
love and respect them, forget their great
worth, and join in the laugh at their sod
dities and old maidish ways" Wha. won
der, then, if "wags' dare take their names
upon their lips in promiscuous assemblies?
and better men, who should kick them
out, stand by and listen tamely2 and what
wonder, when women read such dirty
"toast," as that which heads this article,
without blush and frown, that editors
find room for them in their "columns " of
fun" and so they are banded round over
the world, and the sensitive spirits Of
large class of excellent women are wound
ed, again and again, by the hundred times
repeated insult?
"Always ready" We don't believe
that single woman lives (unless deformed
or crazy,) who has not had, more than
once, an opportunity of marriage. When
we look around us, and see a countless
host of married women degraded into mere
child's nurses and kitchen maids for their
interiors; men too stupid too know their
worth, or appreciate their self immolation;
We thank God that blessed few remain
who have not purchased tickets in the great
matrimonial lottery, whose most substan-
tial prizes bring with them sorrow and
care, as well as happiness. Yes, we re-
joice for their sakes, and for the worlds,
that there remains, unfettered with house.
hold cares, noble band of women, "ready"
for every good word and work pattern
daug ghters, unselfish sisters, foster mothers
of poor orphans, angels at the bedside of
the sick, stars in the mental armament.
"Never wanted" We have not the least
doubt hut that very "wag," whose sublime
witticism has been so much admired, offer
ed himself tc some ten Of them, (we'll war
rant,if he wrote love letters, he didn't pay
the POSTAGE and that "toast" was the re-
suit of long studied revenge, because they
wouldn't have him. Poor, old, crusty
benedict that he is-a left handed blessing
be on him. May nobody pity him when
he is down with the gout, nobody help on
his overcoat when he can't get his hands
to bis head for the stitch in bis back no.
body read to him when his eyes are dim ;
may his shirts be buttonless, his nightcaps .
be stringlcss, his handkerchief un- hemmed,
may his bread be sour, his coffee be settled
with lamp oil, and his beef be burned to a