The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-07-30
NUMBER H..
Don't be a Baic,helor,,''

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Young man- don't i've acrustysbaehelor
lt1s not g"odfor you., 1t will ;neitler i'm
prove row Your morals, Your health, nor your
beauty Marry as you can make ii conyen.
lent, and as you can shape Your affairs 10
support a wife. Bit when you airy. don't
klls oyejwill, u face instead of n woman.
Rememee, that common sense is a rare yir-
the, much better than silver and gold and
tasl.on. Don't court and marry ,crinolihe
and money-lags, simply. because il IS crino-
line or gold in plenty; but look for sound,
practical sense ana woman first. that Is
the stonchstonesto try her other qualities by.
When you have that, all else comes. Your
wife that Is to be, if she is full Of common
sense, willsgrow to your way yof thinking
aud make you grow TO hers. A woman
who has wonianly love in her heart, will
lind ways to make Your foye toward her
grow as the years 60 over you Sbolh. And
another thing needsfto be-heeded, and that
is-a common,sense woman is not to be
found where fashion insists upon drapoinp
young females into wllirl, where there is
simply idle gossip and little, brain. ~ %
Young Dmn7-don't stand hooking after
that young woman who has the distinguish.
ed air, the reputation Of flirt and y belle.
and whose father has heaps of cash; for is
1T not possible that while you are strainino
your'eyes that way you may be turning
your back upon some uuobtrusive Iittie
damsel whom Nature has cut out for your
other half and who may be Just that pleas.
ant-faced, plqcid.tempered, loveable little
creature who viii think enough of YOU to
go with you to the end of the world, and
stay by and comfort you when YOU pet
gray. haired and fidgety
Marry--youngs gentlemen and keen
yourselves out of scrapes. Have sometbino
to hive for. A man alone in the world isnt
more than halfsa man, ,.and the world wanto
entire men. So mend yourself and be han.
py. And you shall have reason to saw l.
was good thing you resolved to marry and
refused TO be a solitary, beer. drinking nine.
smoking bachelor-if you succeed as we'll
IN your effort as he who, once a youno man
like you, is now simply the DID, contented,
ana comfortable .r UNCLE BENJAMIN,
MIcHIGAN PoErRY.-No one, who reads
the following, can deny that the Wolverines
have roIx in their midst The Adrian
Watcbtower has been favored with poAM
entitled "The Souls Last Sight," which con-
tains the history Of Young lady who be.
came enamored Of a certain John Smith
who was faitllfnl until he heard of a certain
former down east flame living in "York
State" when it appears lie took the steam
boat line to pay visit before yielding him.
self up to his engagements. Lucy. cast
down by this apparent desertion thus gives
vent to her grief: ,.'-" -
Hes gone! across the sudzy see:
Hes cTost the lakey waiter t-.
Eo sea Jerushey Anytime -. .-.
Ben. Smiths oldest dawter. "
Mi heart is broak soon shall di. .-..,.
Oh cruel, cruel John! s- -.,s.
And when I'm ded and berrved -......
l hoap you'll look upon >'s.s .-..
The gras that grose upon my tune. ...
Down in the woods SO dark. =. -.
Where all is sad and silent gume
And stfeekid skwrrels bark.
And when. you're out at mite as late ,a,
AS eleven O'clock or later, ~. ..-
And heer the wind whine through the tall
topped pine, ..-'N, -
Oh!!! think Nv Lucy Baker. g. '---. .....
And eff ye marry that Jerushey .-. r..
Yuve crost the laix to cit, ......
Remember that yure deerist Lucy ..... r.
Dide in konoekwence NV it.
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