The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-06-30
advantages of marriage, conveys sound

/ fortunate Is ne VINO TeScueS woman
who frees her from the physical fatalisnl
in which she is held by nature, from the
weakness imposed upon her by seclusion,
from SO much misery, so many drawbacks
Happy he who instruets her, elevateS her,
strengthens her, and makes her his own
For in delivering her, he also delivers
himself
In this mutual deliverance man must.
of course. take the initiative. He is
stronger, in better health Especially in
not having to endure the great malady of
materuity.) He has a solid education.
He is favored bT the laws. He has the
best occupation to himself, and earns much
more than woman. lie is his own master
if not suited in one place, he can 90 to
another Poor AndFomeda, alas must
Gle on her rock /; If she were clever enough
to free herself and get away from it, We
would say: 'She is an adyenturer.'
But once delivered by you, dear Perse-
sus, from what will she not rescue YOU in
return Let Us emunerate:
From the servitued of YOUR base pas
sions: If your home is a happy one, you
will not 20 under the smoky lamps Of a
ball-garden in quest of love, nor to the
street OF int0xieation.
The seTvitude of weakness: You will
not drag yourself feebly along, like YOUR
pititul comrade-that young old man. SO
pale, debased and broken down, whom the
women ridicule True 1--we will preserve
you from this, aud conseerate your strength.
The seryitude o. melancholy: He who
IS strong, and does mans 5 work-he who,
in going out to his daily toll, leaves st
home beloved creature who loves and
thinks OF him alone, is bv that very fact
Inspired with checrfulness, and lie IS hap
Py all the day.
The serGitude Of money: Receive for
= truth this exact mathematical maxim
It00 lssrSaHS Sl'eH6 less than one.
see many bachelors who remain such
trOm sheer fright at the expcnsivenezs of
matrim0ny, and yet spend infinitely more
than married man after all They live
very dearly at the cafes and restaurants.
and at the theatres. Havana segaTs,
smoked ali day, are TO their solitude an
extrayagant necessity.
Why do they smoke TO forget, :"
they say Nothing can be more disas-
trous. We should never forget Woe 70
him who forgets evils, for he never seeks
their an,i3oteS. The man. the citizen who
torEats, ruins net only himself but his
country. i blessed thing it Is to have
by YOUR heaTth-sione reliable and loving
woman, 70 whom YOU esR open your
heart. with whom you can suffer. She
vii! prevent vgu from either dreaming q
forgetting. We must all suffer. and love.
and think. II th4; Is the true life Of
man.
Some men call themselves bachelors
But are they really 50. | have long
sought, bu; | have not vet found that
mythical being I have discovered thar
every body Is married; some by tempo
Fary marriages only. II Is tFue-secret and
shameful tbeSe, lasting sometimes for
months, sometimes for wetk, and often
only for an hour These marriages Of
hourly duTati0a. which are the utter de-
EraGaiioa u the woman, are not Effected
At = les cost u the man. Il Is easier 70
feed whale than s EEass aax CGmsll5aS,
If tbs wife hz> no female friends whose
rivalry iuci;eS her 70 extr2vagznce in
dress she spends almost nothinr She
raiG2ss al. yoaE expenses 10 such de-
gree that the iormulz given above Is n
.osser correct. We must uos say ;~l
persons. but four persons spend ,e>s
sh2u oas- She supports the tEo ehi.-
lrea basl1as-
" hao the marriage Is judicioas. s8ter-
al iu-0 EiIh to-e.hou-ht. when the fami-
" does not increase TOO rapidly, the wife
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