The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-07-30

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Ascerman ur;ter. an Amer;ca.-fK;sten,---
Ill. !, .o,,,,.,, 20 o,a ,n.;d. NJ, hov, -
preserve and nickle the vast masses OF .unem-
ployed affection, seems at present to be the
question in ,our countrv. So few; are the men
who can afford to marry. with, the .till in
creasing .exnensivensss of the .,uxurv, !, ,b.,
the amouut of warm hearts on hand amounts
to a .selut in the market. ., The ,.d;s. ,b.m.
selves, however fortunately. seem to be apnre-
hensiye Of its growing to az, nconvspieuce,--
Thus writes one of !. them. .sont West >,
where thev usually are the. ,ouiclest n .nesL
their mind. She addresses the ,ea;,or os the
Sandusky Reaister !, =, -t - ..o.s. go.
..It is a mournful fact that this world ;s ful,
OF young men who want 70 marry. and dare
not. Deny this, as some win, il is neyertbe-
less true, as we can easily showc In this ,owrs
for instance. there are some th;rtvg or ,for,v
young men well -to-do. in the WA ., oe s,Isr;s.
and business. vet who ,sf,,.s - ,,L. On. 80
which thew all waat to take. b.t,. 40 not. ,,ns
why? The large ma;oritv of them bave ..,nr-
les ranrin. from five hundred dollars ma, pear
and few have eight hundred and |, fbo,son "A
dollars per wear. gs - =
snow. the first au.s,;on 10 no asLsd hv ,,v
sane man is can I nronsr,v s,nnor, ,u;e. ;e
take one? Then he counts the co.t - ,;v;,u
as the woman of h;s nrefarsn.s vo,,a III
ard loI he finds. to his am.zaue,, ,th,.h;.:
come is vastly too small 10 summon, eveo . mod.
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est modern establishment. and somewb,, s,d-
d.rea bvg * J. IA ~ e. ..s.- ,.sT1
and courts bpsiness uif,, ~ ..,;d,;,u th..
takes awav his health even,,,,,v r. ~. 80
attaining am I;nc5ou,e -. !, 81. = a,,h,o
marry and have home Of his % %o,vn nd ~.
is III. secret Of All tbe b.,,a nnsna;nn ta,I -
the Young mon Of n sav ,ybo .ra s,st
proa ching tbirtv wears a. ,oe mi.
son Of SO ma nv d;s,nno;nut.d '.aJ s..s;.;.-
women denv i,sor Ma M s'''As a'"s
ssBut,' SAYS some good woman. .svo, s do =, :,
Injustice; for any woman who trn1,, i,... ~
man will adapt herself IN his c;rc,, - !, -
with the greatest pIsasnre Rnt WHIT ,n.n -
any sensitlveness or high sense Of honor wo,,ld
take woman from EASY circnnms,anr.css, ~, : ana
pleasant and ell-furnishea bom. - ,dorn
his little four rooms and do his honse vol
as the first principles OF economv would de'
mand of him? Few will do II. FOR ,b.,,ah
the woman signifies her willingness, to t,La on
with such experience. we are ali sn,c,b crs,I ! :
lures of circumstances that there woull h.
complainings on her part eveptualIv ana sicL-
ness or over-exertion. and nbann;noss fron,
many cares-a!l Of which wouI,i repa.r ~ -
riase anything else than nleasan, Al 80
the young men yerv wi,e,v ,hink nrefar,;nno
afew years more or single lon.,iness i ~
der 10 obtain money enough Il sonnort MAJ
est hous. of between twelye or sf,an
dollars 4 wear expense rather ,han - ,asa :
modernly educated woman into ths 49, 80
six hundred dollars ! wear wbere sh. rn,,.t
do her own work. e7d''S - =
Snow, what is the remeav2 p,a;r,, a.,
women must fit themselves 70 he
as the yonnc men mnst bavo E,.a ~
men must fit themselves 70 he :, s,nc.6 ,n.6 ~
asthe women want and snsn1 ~
est years s Of their life in the dismal drndgery Of
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