The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-03-05
Upton, CEDAR COUNTY. IOWA, MARCH $, 1852

Matrimonial Offices" said she, "arc
very common in Paris; people thing moth.
ing Of it there. But some of our Amcri-
cans have an idea they are immoral. But
that depends altogether upon the use
people make Of them. Strangers who
come here without any acquaiutances
find it very convenient to be introduced
into respectable families, where they can
enjoy social advantages and occasionally
pass a pleasant evening with friends"
"That was my idea in coming here, "
replied Fitzgerald "Ncw York is pleas.
ant in day time, when We can 60 about
and see such a varict, Of things; but At
night / often get tired of the opera
tired Of the theatre, and the ordinary
amuscments, and feel greatly the need Of
good female society"
"You are not married, then, sup
poses"
"Oh, no. Married men, I take it,
are happy aud conteuted to stay At
home.'
"Not Always replied Cunningham.
Many fnd themselves worse of than
before. You would be astonished If you
knew all know about the nnhappiness
of married people in New York. These
case. are very common
Indeed !"
Yes, everywhere, but particularly in
New York. The truth is, ladies think 50
much of dress and fashion here they do
not make good wives. There are very
few fit for man to marry There are
some, however, know a young lady,
fourteen years of age--a very particular
friend of mine--to whom | would intro
duce gentleman Of the right stamp"
"What qualifications would you re,
quirey ?"
We'll, he must have means, Of course.
A poor man may be just as good as
rich Que, and all that but whatever pso-
pie may say, money is desirable. He
must be rich, and must be a gentleman
who would appreciate her, not make
slave of her. | tell you, sir, the man
who gets her will find a true wife. |
have known her intimately from child
hood, aud she has not been educated in
the follies and extravagances which most
girls get into. She is domestic 10 her
tastes and habits, and understands house
hold duties as well as the accomplishments
of the parlor She is beautiful, too, and
do not know what more could be de-
sired
"But the picture you have drawn Of
domestic unhappiness is not encouraging
to a bachelor. You are a widow, and
have seen much of society, and your
opinion that unhappy marriages are very
common, is certainly entitled to weight"
"Yes, unless you marry understand
,ngly, you had better let it alone. The
ouly way | would recommend = young
man to marry would be to take some one
whom an experienced female friend could
recommend. Women Of my age, for in
stance, are capable Of judging, a"d this
young lady | speak Of, | could recon-
mend from personal knowledge"
IL think, nt BEST" suggested Frank,
d" there would be possibility Of mistake.
If custom only permitted separation when
parties are dissatisfied, it might do
When Fitzgerald uttered this senti-
ment, which a f,ee.lover might easily
construe in favor Of his theory, he watch
ed the effect and Cunningham gave him
another searching look, and he thought
her side glance the most devilish he ev
er encountered. 1t was mingled look,
in which suspicion was predominant
"In the present state Of society," she
"it would not do mean it
would be regarded as wrong"
Fitzgerald perceived that she had put
the worst construction on his remark it
would bear, and replied:
"Many things would be regarded As
wrong by society, which, nevertheless,
if carried out, might be for the good Of
society. Public opinion is not always
correct criterion"
"That is true," replied Cunningham.
" I entertain views on that subject my
self which / should not dare to make
known to my friends, only some who
could appreciate them. believe, for
instance, that persons who are not fitted
to each other ought to be allowed to sep
arate whenever they choose and do not
believe that the legal ceremony consti-
tutes marriage at all.
Cnnningham's interesting aud liberal
discourse on marriage and divorce was
here interrupted by the entrance of Mrs.
Willis, the broker, who sat down between
Fitzgerald aud Mrs Cunningham. 1t
vas now twilight, the gas had not been
lit, and everything in the room wore
gloomy aspect. The broker, as if i'm
pressed by the sombre spirit Of tue hour,
began Immediately to talk Of ghosts and
spiritual manifestations.
when | took hotel to keep at the
corner of Spring street, few yenrs ago,
she commenced, Il bad two excellent
servant girls with me that was anxious
to keep, and, in order to do so, retained
them several days without anything to
do, while I was waiting to begin in the
hotel
"One afternoon one Of them comes in
20 the room, and says: 4 want to 60 over
to relative of mine, for have just
heard their little boy is sick. Very
we'll, | told her, she could 90. But We
had an old clock inthe house which had
stood on the mantle four years without
stirring and just as this conversation
took place, what should the old clock do
but begin to strike and it actually struck
ten The girl was frightened, and said
she thought that was warning that the
little boy, her cousin, was dead, and that
he died at ten O'Clock. She hurried right
over there aud sure enough the child
had died, just at that time