Minnesota weekly times., 1856-05-03
Get Married.

Young man! II you have arrived at the right
point in life for it, let every other consideration
give way 10 that Of getting married. Don't
think of doing anything else. Keep poking
about among the rubbish OF the world till you
have stirred up a gem worth having, in the
shape of a wife. Never delay the matter; for
you know delays are dangerous. A good wife
is the most constant and faithful companion
you can possibly have by your sioe, while per-
forming the journey Of life--a dog isn't touch
to her. She is Of more service. too, than you
may a first imagine. She can "smooth your
linen and your cares" for you-nend your
trowsers, and perchancc your nanners--sweet-
en- your sour moments as well as your tea and
coffee for you---rufilc. perhaps, your shirt bo-
som, but not your bosom, nor your temper and
instead of sowing the seeds of sorrow in your
path. she will sew buttons on your shirts, and
plant happiness instead of harrow teeth in your
bosom. Yes---and if you are too confounded
lazy or too proud to do such work yourself, she
will chop wood and dig potatoes for dinner /; for
her love for her husband is such that she will
do anything to please him---excrpt receive COM
pany in her every day clothes. eG
When a woman loves, she loves with a
doube-distilled devotedness; aud when she
hates. she hates on the high pressure principle.
Her love IS as deep as the ocean, strong as n
hempen halter, and as imlnutable as the rock
of ages. She won't change il, except it is in
very strong fit of jealousy, and even then it
fingers, as if 10th to par, like evening twIights
at the windows of the west. Get married, by
all means. All the excuses you can fish up
against ''doing the deed amt worth a spoon
full of pigeons milk. Mark this---if, bIest
with health and employment, you are net ca
pable of supporting yourself. Therefore, so
much the more need of annexation; for in
union, as well as an onion, there is strength.
Get married. | repeat, young man! Concen-
trate your affections upon one Object, and not
distribute them crumb by crumb among a host
of Susans. Sarahs, Marys. Loranas, Olives,
Elizas, Augustus, Besies, Peggies aud Doro-
thies--- ALLOWING each scarcely enough to nib
Bile at. Get married, aud have somebody to
cheer you as you Journey through this slowly
vale of tears" "---souebody to scour up your
whole life and whatever linen you possess, in
some sort Of Sunday o-to-meeting order.
Young woman, | need not tell you to look
out for your husband, for know that you are
fixing contrivanceS to catch one, and are as
naturally Oh the watch as cat is for mouse.
But one word ih your ear, if you please. Don
lait your hook with an artificial fly of beauty !;
if YOU do, the chances are ten TO one that you
will catch gudgeon---some silly fool Of fish
that isn't worth his weight in sawdust. Array
the inner lady with the beautiful garments Of
virtue, modcsty, truth, morality, and unsophis-
tca,cd love; and you will dispose of yourself
quicker, and to much better advantage than you
would if you displayed all the gew-g Avs, flip
pings, folderols and fiddle-de-dees in the uni
verse. Remember that it is an awful thing to
live and die self-manulactured old maid.
My hearcrs---get married while you are
young; and then when the iross Of age shall
fall and wither the flowers ofaffrciion, the leaves
of connubial love will still be green, and, per-
chance, joyous offspring will surround and
grace the parent tree, like ivy twning and
adjoining the time -scathed oak