The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-05-12
. From the Chattanooga Advertiser.
How Could She. Fancy Him ."

tsassri.S AoW Ooulu one. fancy him
They say he is not worth cent in tho world,
and everybody knows his kin are poor enough
Indeed. they say that he supports his parents,
even now they are so infirm and badly off, She
could not have married him for his bcauty---to be
sure, he looks well enough, but then he is not
hondsome-fine looking and that's all you can
say. Theyeay too, that he educated himseLf; !;
suppose he has very fine education. but then
how did he get iti Taught sckool--kept books
and they say that he serv d his time Mt a trade.
Poor tbing--she1l have. q hard life of IL; she
never knew what it was to want anything her
parents thought all the world Of her, and they
must feel mortified that she should have thrown
herself taway in that manner 1t was not for
lack Of better chances, for everybody says that
she once had an offer from thelion of the town.
but shc was 80 scrupulous about his drinking
little. tllat She refused him. She'll regret it some
day.-no doubt she has many fines already
Such iss the reasoning. and such are the con-
clusions Of foolish, proud, false, opinionated
horde OF noyworshipers Such is the esti
fnnte which the devotees of wealth and name,
place upon real merit aud genuine ,corth. But
the truly wise and good, the really virtuous view
things in an entirely different light - - 4
Those very traits Of character which the de-
voices to fashionable folles affect to despse and
c5ntenn, are in fact the highest credentials
which young man could possess-they are the
unmistakablc marks Of real excellence they
bespcak FOR him ;ndomtablo courage, unyield-
ing self reliance and unfaltering perseverance !;
traits which must of necessity crown his life
efforts with unbounding success, aud give
him position which the proudest might envy.
position for which he has no one TO thank but
himself no monied influence, or interested friends
can cldim-the glory which his own hard toll
has achieved. .'
Wonder not then that sensible, high toned
woman should fancy jus, such a character, and
choose him, with his poverty and humble de-
scent in preference to high birth and vast pos
sessions, unaecompanied with these, inestimaLlc
traits. Commiserate not her doleful situation I;
rest assured she is far happier in her humble
home than the wife OF him who once sued for
her hand. She is loued is appreciated, is look
ed upon as the good genius of her husbands ex-
istenee-the othersis tolerated as q mere appeu-
dage, kind of necessary evil, n sort of ornamen-
tai play-thing 10 relieve the tedium of domestic
life. The one couple may be happy while friends
and fortune smile-but lily prepared are they
to meet the roughandtumble of life. The other
are equal to anything, fortune could not daunt
them; mutual excrtion and mutual encourage
ment could surmount every discouraging cir
cumstauce, all dishearteniug reversed In the
face Of all such trials. holy vows have been
plighted, and
"a Not for the Summer hour alone, -.
When skies resplendent shine,
And youth and pleasure fill the throne,
Onr hearts and hands we twine; .-
But for those stern aud ,0intry days .
Of peril, pain and fear. s...- .-r
When heavens wise discipline doth make
This earthly journey drear."
They are hGppy-so wonder not longer how
she could fancy him ,e5