Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-01-06
THE ma RRlED STATE.
Shall Happiness and Health, or Mise
ry and Sickness, attend 1t?
MOST STARTLING CONSIDERATIONS.
Reflections for the Thoughtful.

ANVAeCOakOAKS 1OE 1hAC ! beOu - kASk aoh'
STRANGE tina. countless human boinss exist
~ and dag through life as do the beasts OF
the field, or the insect. of the "arh, eylnirg
no more thought or reflection than though fthe
noble faculties Of mind were not voucEsaled to
them.
Many such are husbands and father, upon
when are dependent the health, the well being
and the happiness of confiding and Affection
ate wife, with perhaps family of children.
how OFTEN 1T HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LINGERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
Ia that pitiable condition as not even Tor one
day 10 feel the happy and exhileratine 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
charge Of her household, even when her health
will not admit Of it but she is nevertheless per-
cepliby sinking from day to day, and always
ailing.
Thus, day after day. and month after month
ifanspire. Her health daily sinks, till finding
even the hope of recovery no longer remains
And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But few years ago in The flush oil health and
youth, and buoyanoy spirits, rapidly, and APP
parently inexpcabfy, ecores feeble, scklys
debilitated wife. with frame ernacIated, nerve
unsllung, spirits depressed, countenance bearln
| the impress of suffering, and an utter physica
nd mental prostralion.
| Sometimes this de2lorable change may an
does arse from organic or constitutional cause
But oitener, by far oiiener. TO gross and lnexcu
sable ignorance of he simplest and panest rules
OF health as connected with the nsrriage stale
the violation of " hich entails disease, suffering
aud misery, not only 10 the wife, but often
HEREDITARY COMPLAINTS UPON CHILDREN
.suNTo THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENEaArioN,'
! TRANSMITTING CO.NSLMP7ION SGRO
| FULA HYPOCF0NDRTA TNSd NJ
| Try cOTpT, YJNrrS LYIy ond
| III -. .J..es.. DDI.n
| EI1y rWITEDJr,s nTE, c.. a.
fCL i4'i1Hai hNCC hoM 'se
| farems.
And must this eontinuef ehalt we De wise
IN all that concerns the cattle Of cur felds, opI
horses. our sheep, our COWS, our oxen, the Ia
lure and character Of the col we p9ssess, aie
disc hu, 1 in al ,haI eoaee,s ourselves \, human
beings, with human functions and PASSIONS sub
| lect to great arrangement, involving our future
peace and happiness--in all that concerns the
| health aHd welfare OF the wife of our affections
and The mother of our children. in all that ron
car,s tho mental and nby.ical well heing n
those children. we should be immersed IN II
darkest and most
| BENTGHTED IGNORANCE,
AseuIpABIE As INEyCusAgLE2
How loug shan thds ipnorance prevail SO pro
duc,Iye Of lis bitter fruits? How long shall The
wife ard mother be ignorant of the nature, char.
ac,er and causes of the various womb and sexu-
al complaints. embi,tetne her DAYS by suffering
suffering often prolonged 10 wears, eyeptuatine
in I;ca,;on Of diseass. n,,s1y and bore
| lesslv incnrnblea Shall we forever close on.
ewes 10 the results of physiological science BY
which we NAV arrive al an understanding of our