The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-08-25

Thc Advantage. Of Marriage.

"a BAmour.' OF this work, the New York
Post says;
Mchtlet's cbec,in writing il, wes to promote
among men So sympathetic a knowledge Ut wu-
mans nature Of her moral mcntal and physical
constitution her habits of thought teelng, mo.
tives aud nece <Sities as to remove The principal
causer - GOumouIal uuhlppiuess. The design
is a good enc, aud il is carried ont with as
mus delicacy as is consistent with the thorough
ness aud mluuteuesS which the author deems
the subject to rcqIire. In the icw eases where
he eutcrs upon the physiological details of the |
discussion, they at' wrapped in a hazy spirltuali-
ty OF expression which betok'uS sincere wish
to avotd pandering to morbid auI prolane |
curiosity, aud those who are old enough ~ APP |
rrtcidte his intentions will hud some we'l-cou' |
sidtred practical Suggestions couched under the
poetic initiation of his style.
The author seys that more then twenty years
were employed in compiling the materials OF his |
! book and that he has awaited himself Of the |
disclosures of large unmber Of persons Of both
sexes as well US OF the counselS oil eminent
| physOlogists
THE ADVANTAGES OF MARRI ,oE
Fortunate is he who rescues woman, who
frees her from the physical iOtali~m IL which
she is held by nature, from the wesknrsS lmroS
ca upon her by Seclusiou, from SO much misery
so many drawbacks! H,ppy he who instruGts
her, ,elerateS her. strengthens her, and makes her
| nus own fOr Ill uSllNCEllS HCI, hS disO bS'l'
erS himself
In this mutual deverance man must, oi'course
tane tho initiative. lie is stronger, III better
health Especially in not having to en- 'ure the
gre mulddy OF maternity) He has a solid
education. lie is favored 10y the laws, He has
tha best occupations to himself, and earns much
more than woman. He is his own master; ii
mot suited i'll one place. he can 80 to another.
Poor Andrumeda, alas must die on her rock
! ,G "a, ri II hers AN vel
lay from it, we would say: She is an adven-
turer.'
But once delivered by you, dear Persuasion
what will she not rescue va IN retlrn? Let us
euum'rate:
From The servitnde of your base passions: If
your home is happy one you will not 60 un-
der the smoky lamps Ot b1ll-sarden IN quest
OF love- nor to the street for inlOXlcauon.
The serviDue OF weakness You will not
drag yourself lcebty along, like pttlul conrad"
that yonug old men, 80 pale, drbaSed amt
, broNtudown, whome the women rldIcule. True
love will preserve you from this, aud concen-
ira Q your strength.
The s,ryilude OF melancholy: He who ia
, strong and does 4 mans work--hc VITO, IN go
lng out TO his daily toll, leaves at hon' btIov-
ed creature who loves and thinks at hin a"nr,
Is hy that very fact lrSpred with cheerIulnesS,
lnl H. is happy all the day
, The servitu le OF mnntv: Il ceive for truth
this tX,ct MA them mlileai mdAln- Iwo PGrSJAs
SpsHd tes than one.
see many blchelors who remain such from
sheer fright at the rxp'uSlvenrSS at mdtrimnny
! inl yet spend infinitely more than married
- nan after all. 'lhry live very dearly at the
cafes and rrstourouts and at the theatres. H0
vana cigars, smokad all day, arc 10 their soIl
/ tuhe an eXtrivagtnt necessity.
e WAY duthey smoke ito forget" they sa,
. Nothing can be more disastrous We shoulo
= ucUsr forget. Woe 10 him who forgetS evils
' Tor he never seeks their antidutes. fhe man
e The citizen who forgels, ruins not only himSet
but his country. beSS-L thing 1t is to have
II hy your hearth stone a reliable and loving wo
= man, to whom you eau open your heart, viii
u whom you can suffer. She will prevent yOl
e from either dreaming or forgetting. We mus
5 all spl.r, and think. In that is the true lie q
o mtn
Soma men call themselves bachelors. Ru
'"e " are they really 500 | have long sought, bat
Il have not yet found thai mythical being hav
d discovered that everybody is married some b
a Temporary marriage only, it is true secret an
shameful these lasting sometimes Tor months
sonl-tims for week. and often on'y for Il
l. hour. These mirriages of hourly duration
r. which arr the inter d'graditiou of the woman
II trr not effected al IA less cost to the man. 1t
easier TO feed Il whale than Dams aur Can
, elias
n Ii the wife has no female friends whose riva
a. ry mcites her to extravagance IN dleSs, sh
ir sprnlS almost nothing. Sue reduces all yot
. exncnses to such a drgree that The formula give
" hove IS no longer clrrrct. We must not Ia
If " two p-rsons,' but fnur psrsons spsad lr'
oi than one" She supports The two chIIdren b.
o. sides.
When the m irriage is jndi,ious entered int
with torethoughr, when the family does not II
= crease 100 rapidly, the wife, far from being
Il nlrance to LID rty OF action, is on the contr
il nv. its natural aud essential element. Why
M it that the " Engishm,n emgrates so easily,ar
TO so much advantage Tor Engldni herself?'-
h7 Because his wife follows him. EScep. in sick
lily climates dixie Indu) the English WOmt m,
o. may saw. has sOwn She whole earth with sol
;ts English colonies 1t is the strength OF 4
family which with them has made the power a!
% the grandeur of the nation.
~ TIE SrArUARY OF ras BATTLE FIELD An a
my surgeon d.scrbss seas Oh u battle liel
'rt thus:
,te While raversing the battle field OF Mng'nt
.L the sayinr wlch had formerly been currp
with respect to Russian sodlers, that they mi
al not ONLY b. killed out thrown down. WAS broug
'rr to min ID graat number OF the killed in fdr
rs retaining in part the attitude they w-re IN
o RECEIVING tn ,ir death blow. Tnost VINO had III
=, from ininri,s of tn bead usually fell with IN,
)" faces to The ground and with complete rsso
n ton o. the limbs. la those wpunded II
err h art. death though rapid, is not 50 instonrar
If ols tn It som. at itud- cnnot b, taken. A ~
ave SD struck had fallen OIL his muSket, VIII
IS he hell in TIA position of a bLyOnst charg-
i've energetic fac prof cted forward, with The M
all acng a atitutudr oi dead lion. Not far of
,pr Il con rass, lay an Austrian, who had died
-. hrrnorrhsse, anl in his agony he mad taken
ao'H attitude of suppicaing II aven--hs face tn
lch ID unwarls a,Ii h twI hudS iIintd win {
ION 2 rs irnly int.ra:-l. A Huh sarim hus'
killed the IN time a his horse, both h4i
,m snDt thrnu gh the he and IN his 81 'r c
It Irying his slhr, f,w,r Is ss during cha ge.
,ns S.,.,n ~ Al-n A. a rars Glnnl a nnnr