Georgetown weekly news., 1855-01-18
The Charms of Married life

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In that chair yonder, not. the one your
| feet lie upon, but the other beside you, clo-
ser yet, were seated sweet-faced girl with
apretty little foot lying out upon the hearth,
bit of lace running round the swelling
throat, the hair parted to charm over a
forehead as fair as any of your dreams; and
you could reach an arm round that chair
back, without fear of giving offence, and
suffer your fingers to play idly with those
eurls that escape down the neck, and if YOU
could clasp with the other hand those little
white taper fingers of hers, which lie so
temptingly within reach, and so, talk softiv
and low in the presence of the blaze, while
the hours slip without knowledge, and the
winter winds whistle uncared for; if in
short, you were no bachelor, but the hus-
band OF some such sweet image, (dream.
rather,) would it not be far pleasanter
than cold, single, night sitting, counting
the sticks, reckoning the length of the blaze
and the height of the falling snow.
Surely imagination would be stronger
and purer, If it could have the playful fan
cles of dawning wonanhood to delight it
All toll would be torn from mindslabor If
but another heart grew into this present
soul quickening it, warming it, cheering II
bidding it ever God speed,
Her face would make halo, rich as a
rainbow, above all such noisome things as
we lonely souls call trouble! Her smiles
would illumine the blackest of crowded
cares, and darkness that now seats Won de-
spondent IN your solitary chair, for days to.
gether, weaving bitter fancies, dreaming
bitter dreams, would grow light and thin,
and float away, chased by that beloved
smile
Your friend, poor fellow! dies-nevep
mind. That gentle clasp of her fingers, as
she steals behind you, telling YOU not to
weep-is worth ten friends
Your sister, sweet one! is dead-buried
The worms are busy with her fairness
How it makes you think earth nothing but
a spot to dig graves upon!
1t is more. She says she will bea sister;
and the waving curis, as she leans upon your
shoulder, touch your cheek, and your wet
eyes turn to meet. those other eyes. God
has sent his angel, surely!
Your mother, alas for it! she is gone. Is
there any bitterness to youth, alone and
homeless, like this?
But you are not homeless-not alones
she is there, her tears softening yours, her
smile lighting yours, her grief Killing yours;
and you live again to assuage that kind
sorrow of hers. Ia
Then, these children, rosy, fait.haired; no,
they do not disturb you with prattle now
they are yours. Toss away there, on the
greensward; never mind the hyacinths, the
snow-drops, the violets, if it SO be any are
there; the perfume of their healthful lins is
worth all the flowers Of the world. No need
now to gather wild boquets to love and
cherish: flower, tree, gun, are all dead things
things livelier hold your soul.
And she, the mother sweetest and fairest
of all, watching, tending, cares5ing, loving,
till your own heart grows panied with ten
derest jealousy; and curses itself with low
ing.
You have no need now of cold lecture
to teach thankfulness; your heart is full of
1t. NO need now, as once, of bursting bios
SONS OF trees taking leaf and greenness, to
turn Thought kindly and thoughtfully; for
ever beside you there is bloom, and ever
beside You there is fruit for which eve.
heart, and soul, are fnll of unknown, unspo-
49, "NN""SS uhio hioI'SuhsIulC-IudDh OlCTlDpS
..~.-- .,,,,...., ,...,.~. lWaverlIes or
weakness, constitute at least Gne-fourth of the
population af civilized countries. Scientific and
medical research has consequently been largely
devoted to their cure and the most illust!ious of
living names in medicine, are of those EuroIea
practitioners who have discovered sure and safe
methods The saving of human life and health
which has resulted from the researches Of John
hunter and his successors, and the nledcal DIS
| coveries of Ricofd and few others, IN our own
times, has produced a sensible increase in popu-
ation, and has extended the average term OF hG-
man existence.
| Dr. W. wishes to have it understood that he re-
! lies for his success upona competent knowledge
| of the more recent and valuable discoveries OF
/ science. In a country so unsettled and with a
| nonulation so fluctuating as that OF California,
it is not necessary for him to apologize for hay
inc taken this public mcthcd of making known
/ his principles. The proof of their correctness is
! in their constant success.
Remember thut DIR. W 5 Office is on the corner
of Sansome and Commercial streets, Long
| Wharf0 up stairs, entrance on Sansonle, opposite
| St. Nicholas, Mantle and Crescent City Hotels
San francisco. j. D. WHELPLEY, IL. D.
NJ B. Letters requesting advice, enclosing fire
dollars, will be promptly attended to.
Address DR.. J. D. WHELPLEY, San Fran
cisco. Dec. l, 1854. S-3m
TAEa II E e -.
All Diseases of the Eye Cured with IsnfsIt-
Ing certainty.