The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-06-14
A WARNING.

a w AIMING.
An old bachelor, on seeing the words " families
supplied over the dor of an oystr saloon. step
ped in and said he would take a wife and two chill
dren - Decatur Chronicle.
A clear case of guilty conscience, and
should serve as a warning to all bachelors
young and old, A wife and two children 70
He should have added, educ me doubt
less he felt it. Imagine, if you can, the ex-
perience that must have brought this old
bachelor to such state of feeling-homeless,
wifeless, clildless, unloving, unoved, un-
I'd for roor fellow Haunted ever by the
recollection of the sweet ANNA or Sallie you
used to gallant home from church on Sunday
night, when her hand rested lovingly upon
your arm, and her little heart was ready
you know it now-.o shrine you her bosom's
lord. 'Tis poor consolation for you to know
that she is now the happy, loving, little wife
of your friend 4; and when you look in upon
them sometimes in the Sabbath twilight and
see the Annie of your regretful memories
sitting with her husband, carressing with
gentle touch the head resting upon her lap,
singing hymn the while in sweet wifely
way, and know that it is all right, for he IL
her hu, band, and ycu might have been.--
Whose fair fingers thread those locks Of
yours, dark and luxuriant though they be?
Who ever pressed pure kiss upon your brow;
or sung sweet hymn to you?
The old bachelor, where is his place In the
world? Was it ever designed by Provide nee
that there should be such creature as an old
bachelor? Now an old maid is of some use
in the world-there are nieces and nephe#s
to nurse through the whooping cough aid
measels, and scarlet fever, too. Alas an alb
sent or invalid wife's place 10 fill in the fami-
y, the poor 10 visit, the orphan to feed and
clothe, and t! e widow to comfort and cohsols.
But of what earthly use is an old bachelorg
can compare him to nothing but horse In
a bark mlIl, asened to the ind of 4 beatn,
waking round and rolnd after himself Id the
same cicle, all his life.
have often thought this world was like
vast and beautiful gallery, with niche for
every one but some people never find their
niche, and go wandering up and down for
ever, in search of it.
But what a gloomy niche must the 6ld
bachelors be. No home alter, no lamp Of
love shedding its soft rays over the bare cold
walls no music of loved voices enliSen its
solicitudes; no accents of sympathy, encddr-
agement or sulace echo in its cold aisles.--
When YOU closed your store last night; and
strolled out into the moonlight, 1.-THE only
privilege, by the way, l ever envied you,
were your thoughts not like these but how
in the name of all that's odd do you manage
to exist without the ministrations of woman
Wfo repairs the ravages of the wash woman
upon youl linen, or in other words, who sews
on your buttons? Who darns your stockings,
or sews the rips in your gloves, or hens your
handkerch,fs, and finds all the things you
mislay? You sew on your own buttons, do
you Do it in welcome but don't YOU feel
like man when you are about it? You have
a work box, too, have you Bah do you
call that rough thing, redolent of Cuba skies,
half full of old nails, bits Of stale candies,
broken buttons, masses of tangled thread,
rusty needles stuck in bit of old cloth,
scraps of tape, broken buckles, worn out shoe
strings, and the rest Of an old bachelors plum
der--do you call that work box =? Just look
at this rose wood box with its Innings Of velvet
and pearl this elegant gold thimble these
sharp scissors ; these bright needles, silk win
ders, spools of clean cotton, AMI never won
der again why man cannot sew like wo-
man. .......
When you empty the fruits Of the days
labor into your strong box at night. don't you
think the contemplation of it would cause a
warmer glow of .atsfaction, if you could an
ticipate stepping into the store over the way,
and expendng portion of it in a dress for
the pretty wife upon your arm Did you
ever see an old bachelor become Benedict
And can you imagine, or did you ever ex-
perience anything equal to the exultation
with which he pronounces for the first time,
the simple sentence" My wife and baby %