Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-02-02
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1860.

become, like her, wives, mothers, heads of
families, and useful members of society.
Where do men usually discover the wo
men who afterwards become their wives p
is question we have occasionally heard dis
cussedj and the result invariably come to
IS worth mentioning. Chance it is true,
has something to do in the affair; but then
there are important governing circumstan-
ccs. 1t is certain that few men make sg-
lections from the ball rooms, or other places
OF public gayety; and nearly as few are in
tuenced by what may be called shouting off
an tie streets, or by any allurements of dress.
Our firm conviction is, that ninety-nine
hundredths of all the fnery with which
women decorate or load their persons, 90
for nothing, as far as husband catching is
concerned. Where and how, then, do men
find their wives !? They find them in the
quiet homes Of their parents or guardians
at the freside, where alone the domestic
graces and feelings are demonstrated
Against these, all the fnery and airs in the
world sink into insignifcance
AS long as young ladies only excel in
the Modern Accomplishments, neglecting.
nay dcspising, the useful and essential, let
them not wonder at the large portion of
young men remaining unmarried How
can man; with any forethought, but shrink
at connecting himself with woman who
is ignorant of the commonest duties of a
wife Blind indeed must love have rem
dered him who would take to his hearth
and his bosom being, whose chief recon-
mendatlOns are, that she could play and
sing, dance the polka, and entertain COM
pany; and this is the gross amount of re-
qulsltes many candidates for matrimonial
honors can command. OF what use is a
fdgety simpering doll to man of sense
When girls learn common sense instead
of broken French-when they learn to pre-
fer honest industry to silly coxcombry, and
when men find that woman is 'helpmate'
instead of burden, then we may expect
to find a few old maids-not till then.
In conclusion, would say to young men
who are seeking partner for life,' that if
they wish to secure a companion who will
prove a real treasure they will look in
vain among the wealthy, proud and fash
lonable beings who form what is styled re
spectacle society But when you find the
girl whose character is adorned with the
graces Of virtue and piety, and who is quail
flied to perform all the domestic duties of
home, depend upon it, however humble her
condition may be, she will make the wife
you desire, and become the angel of your
household
The following directions in choosing your
future companion may prove useful:
Join yourself in union with no woman
who Is selfish, for she will sacrifice you
With no one that is .fchle, for she will be-
come estranged-nor with proud one, for
she VIII despise you-nor with an ertrava-
CANT one, for she will ruin you.
That young lady Will make a good wife,
who does not apologize when you find her
at work in the kitchen, but continues at
her task until it is finished
When you see girl anxious to learn a
trade, so as to earn something to support
herself, and perhaps assist her aged parents,
you may be sure that she will make one of
the best of wives
When you see girl rise early, get break
last, ana 90 up her work In good season,
depend upon it, she will make good wife
Leave the ball-goer and the coquette to
the asses that futter around them
I DO not care for those picture faces,
That look forth d frame.
Aud which, though mot IN twenty iif.sput places.
Are everywhere ana eyermore the same
Give me the eyes that may with tears oerfow,
Or eyebrows that may frown-if there's occasion;
Cheeks that with dimpling smiles warmly glow
In all the living beauty of expression.
The soul Itself etherial) most esteems
The lovelinesS akin to its own nature,
And of mere outward beauty little deems,
But MIND that glows and speaks in every feature.
In short, do not seek ssme peerless beauty
With sCulptured charms and graces superhuman
But something filter far for earthly duty
A loving, pleasing, kind and thoughtful woman