The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-29


| nn,.v;,, oh A ,ine we talk ~ and
49,, w. ",sI;,. ovs, hnt find alm1st imras.
s;bie IN reaI;z.--at leas, 10 Ourselves. /,
" oI.r ws can ses its approach clearer: vet
s..n ,h.o we .rs allow 10 recognize IL
.vvn., Ms. N and 20 look;oy old--did you
..vs imnoss;lIc shr In nuite a younu ier
s".. onIv a vear older than Iyapd that
wou1 maize her inst. Hless me I am
S,,os,,;no how tim. ooes On Yes-with
I.;s, de,'r.ca,;on wh,cb trn,b Eorbids Won 10
sont,adIc, and noI;tenes. 10 notice-'I snp.
&c ,-s arc no,,hcr NJ ma "a y0uDg IA we
Id ,o he,
..Whhor, aorl, Il ia a irving crisis In n
vomanI. l;G,---a single woman's particularly
-~whec she bcyin. 10 suspect she is not 10
Young m sbe ised 10 be-; that after crying
Wolf ever since the respectable maturity
Of seventecn--as some young ladies' are fond
| Of doing TO the extreme Amusement Of their
friends--,be grim wolf, old age. Is actually
showing his teeth In the distance and no
courteous blindness on the part oil the snid
| friends, no alarmed indifference on her own
can Deutralize the fnct that be- Il, u still Tar
Of, in sight. And. however, charmingiy pc
|
Ehalf, who writes melancholy verses about
u wish were again child, or merry three
and.twenty, who preserves IN silver paper
my hrst gray hair, Old ge,viewed ~ q near
approaching reality, is--qn'te another thing.
"I'o feel that you have hal your lair hall
at least d the ordinary term OF years allot
ted TO mortals; that you have no right %
expect to he any hnndsomor, stronger or
happier than yon are now; that you have
climbed to the summit OF life, whence the
next step must necessarily be decadence, ny,
though you do not feel it--thongh the mir
may be AZ fresh, and the view as grand
still, you know that It II 80. slower or
| faster, you are going down.hill. To those
who 70 hand in hand,
And sleep together at the foot
i, NAV be satr and swcetcr ,esont; but
am writing for these who have ,o make the
descent alone
al Ia M, . n,c.se,t ,lece.n, n, ,he begin
ming WHEN Won tinI nt parties that YOU
ARC M, .shd IN DANCE sa ,nncb ma lormcrlv
and vour mariner, ore chiefly siout middle.
.ge,i ve,,iemm and Aim ada who blusb
tcr,,hI, ami re,nir. n great d,u,l of draw.
i'm, oui when vo, A., dcar.J ami ,atro,.
i,ed he styIi,h Young cLi,s who were in
cradles when vou w,rc a grown woman or
when some how who was your ,lay,hino in
,r,ticos,. ba. ,h, ;,nsr,,o.nc. ~ iooL over
rour head hc.rd,,, ami grand mr. .v,n ~
con.nIt vou an nj. l,,v. aty,;rs When vou
6nd vour ,rona,n,.nc. ,lel,ca,slv .hs,.;n,ng
from I'M, term ali mad IN yn,r ,,re.,nce
mr. ,mmed;at.lv on.I,Tv;n. !; hv an cagc,
n.ncgvr;. on n. aoI;,,,y s;s,s,hcoi WLen
servants Address you No N.,,m ;ns,e.a or
Mr. :, ami II v,, ,,c a, ali .tn,, ami com.
Gn,tobic ,looLiry .,ranr, shonL..,ers ncr.
slst In making ant vonr b,ll. Ia Mira
blank. and pressing upon your notice TOYS
and perambnlators'
Rather irving. too. when in Speaking Of
vourseIf M a .giri'-whicb from long habit.
Won unwiiinyiy do--you detect a covert
smile ON the face of YOUR intcrocutor: or.
lsd bv chance excitement 10 ,l,port youralf
in M ultra Youthful manner. some instinct
warns YOU that YOU arc making yourself re-
diculo,s. Or catching in so,ne strange
looking,glass the face that you are too iami
liar with 10 notice much. ordinarily, you
suddenly become aware that It is not u young
iaec; that it will never be young lace
again; that 1t will gradually alter and alter
until the known lace OF your grlhood
whether plain or pretty, loved or disl,kod,
admired or dlsplsc,i, will have altogether
vanished--nay. u Vanished look Ms you
will you cannot sce 1t any more.
There is no denying the lact, and II ought
to silence many an lltnaturci remark upon
mutton dressed lanb fashion, young ladies
of a certain age, and the lke--that with
most people the passion from maturity to
middle ayr is 40 gradual IA to b. almost I'M
perceptibe TO the individual concerned 1t
Il very different for woman to recognise
that she is growing old; and to many nay,
to all more or less-this recognition cannot
but be iraugh, with considerable pain. Even
the INST frivolous ART sometimes to be- pticd.
when, not conducting themselves passes, be-
cause they really do not think il, they cx.
! na..c thcms,l,ps In all ,,np,ar nj ,n,a,op