The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-09

you will able to obtain, and one year'S
possession of the heart and hand of 4
real noble specimen of hes sex. is worth
nine hundred and ninety mine yesrs'
possession of a sweet creature with two
ideas in her head, and nothing new 10
say about either of them. Better Fifty
years of Europe than cycle of Cathay..'
So don't be in hurry l say again.
You cont want wife now. and you haya
not the slightest idea of the kind of VIE
you want by and by. Go into female
society if you can, find that which will
improve you. not otherwise. You car
spend your time better. Seek the 90.
ciety of good men. That is often more
accessible to you than the other. and it
is through that mostly, that yoa vii,
find your way to good female society.
If any are disposed to complain Of
the injustice to woman of advice like
this, and believe that it involves wrong
to her, / reply that not the slightest
wrong is intended. Thorough apprecia-
ton Of a good woman. on the part of Il
young man. is one Of his ST. ongest re-
colnmendat!ons to her favor:
The desire of such man to possess
and associate his life with such woman.
gives evidences of qualities. aptitude,
and capacities, which entitle him to any
woman's consideration and respect
There is something good in him snd
however uncultivated he may below
ever rude in manner and rough in per-
son-he only needs devele pemeut to be.
come worthy of her, in some respects at
least. l shall not quarrel with woman
who desires husband superior to her.
self, for l know it will be we'll for her to
obtain such a one, if she will be stimu-
late by contact with a higher mind to
brighter and broader develo, ments At
the same time, must believe that for
man to marry his inferior is to call upon
himself great misfortune to deprive
himself of one of the most elevating and
refining influences which can possibly
affect him. l, therefore, believe it to
be the true policy of every yonng man
to aim high in his choice ola companion
l have previously given a reason for this
policy, and both conspire to establish
in this letter the souncness Of my coun.
sci. One thing more; not the least Inn
portant, but the last III this letter.
No woman scithout piety in her heart.
is tit 10 be the companion of any man.
You may get in your wife, beauty,
amlabllity, sprightliness, wit. accomp.
lishments, and learning, but if that wife
have no higher love than herself and
yourself, she is a poor creature. She
cannot elevate you above mean aims and
objects she cannot educate her chill
dren properly she cannot in hours of
adversely. sustain and comfort you she
cannot bear with patience y cur petulance..
induced by the tolls and vexatiohs ot
business, and she will never be safe, with
out piety, against the seductive tempta-
tions of gaiety and dress.
Then again, a man who has the pray
ers of pious wife-and knows that he
has them-uphheld by heaven, or by
refined sense of obligation and graft
tude, can rarely become very bad man.
A daily prayer from the heart Of pure
and pious wife, for husband engrossed
in the pursuits Of wealth or fame, is q
chain of golden words that link his name
every day with the name of God. He
may snap it three hundred and sixty
five times in a year, for many years.
but the chances are that in time he will
gather the sundered filaments, and
seek to re unite them in an everlasting
bond.