The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1858-12-18
Marriages at the North.

More than four-sevenths of the marriages in
Massachusetts, among the foreign born.
Why is it =? For the most simple of reasons
the foreign born can afford to get married, and
the native born cannot and this must be so
long our extravagant modes Of life continue.
In social life there never people tending
to deeper and more destructive social corrup-
tion-and that is most evident from the records
of all the courts and the columns of all the
newspapers-than Americans. Our fathers
used to tell of the profgacy of Paris--ther
children tell of the mysteries of New York
a city not far behind any in Europe. And ma
king proper allowances for size, how far is
New York ahead of other cities and towns
Once was time when wife was "help
meet ;" now, in a thousand cases, you can
change the meet 70 "eat." and make it read
more truthfully.
We boast of our system of education we
have female high schools, female colleges, fe-
male medical schools, and female havens. Our
girls are refined, learned and wise they can
sing, dance, play pianos, paint, talk French and
Italian, and all the soft languages, write poetry
and love like Venuses. They ready to be
courted at ten years, and can be taken from
school and married at fifteen, and divorced at
twenty. They make splendid shows on bridal
tours, can coquette and f1irt at the watering
Places and shine like angels at winter parties.
But Heaven be kind to the poor wretch that
they at-washing floors? Oh, we forgot no.
body has bare floors now how vulgar that
would be What are they at-making bread
and boiling beef? Why, how thoughtless we
are TO be sure they will board, or have SER
wants.
What are they at, mending old clothes But
there we are again the fashions change so
often, that nobody has old clothes but the rag
men and the paper-makers now! What are
they at-washing babies faces, and pinnng up
their trowsers And here our intolerable
stupidity once more having children is left to
the Irish. What lady thinks of having chill
dren about her now or, if she is SO unfort"-
nate, don't she put them to wet-nurse to be-
gin with, and boarding schools afterwards?
We repeat, we have come to point where
young meE hesitate and grow old before they
can decide whether they can marry. and after
wards keep clear of bankruptcy and crime.
What is the consequence There are more
persons living single life-Are there more
living virtuous life ? 1t is time for mothers
to know that the extravaganza they encourage
is destructive to the virtue of their children
that all the foolish expenditures making to rush
their daughters into matrimony, are, instead o.
answering that end, tending to destroy the in
stitution of marriage altogether.-E1. Paper
BoGUs.-The word "bogus' owns singular
origin. In 1884 gang Of counterfeiters, on {
very extensive scale, was broken up in one o
our western cities. The parties manufactured
United States coin, and the leading spirit was
named Bogus. When arrested, he turned
ty all the rest of the counterfeiters were con
vcted. False coin has ever since been termed
" bogus" and the word has been gradually
adopted one significant OF any thing false