New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-04-20

o"h ieVeH Let US understand eac]
fotber.'
| From among those who move in ou
wn circles. Frm the educated. ref
med, and accomplished
1 Such as the Misses Walton for IN
stancer Yes; or Misses E ien.'
Whose fathers supp ,rt then in idle.
ncss, and expect the y ,ung men wht
Them to 10 the sams. N,w, Lizzie. the
liaet OF the business is, I like Mar,
= len very we'll, and once came 8, nea,
falling in love wirh her, that I wa, re
| ally frightened. / did not 90 near he,
-fetty face for six months after I fell
INC i1rst movement ofthe tender passion
"Oear M'ry! o Tom why no,
marry her? l could love her "a m,
.,wn sister,
Cent afford it petty. I'm but .
poor young man, and have only nv
talents = !, d {! j industry tn help me for.
ward in the world. Mary can't do an,
thing herself, and would expect me tn
put her in an establishment but little
less costly than l,..r, father ow. s.
'Oh, but, T,,a, there'l be n, se,es .
'ty for housekeeping ~ first. AMI
then, you know, her father is we'll Of!
in the world, and he'll give her /. Ssorse
and furnish it, 40 doubt when she is
married.
But Tom sho;k his head.
Mary E'lens father he replied.
nay or may not he rich. My own op,,,-
ION is that he is living up t., if not a
little beyond his income. A,ui AZ to
the house and furniture which M.ry's
husband is ging to get, that is s,m:
;hing very fin, to fee a fancy up,n.-
The real bricks and mortar is ano her
asair.'
''Oh, but Mr.. E len is rich, Tom.
The rich men Of to lay are Dur ro,r
men Of to-m,rrow, Lizzie. I woulla
give the snap of finger for a ric'.
~ III o,.: Ia 81. . dnnon. ,encc Imo,,,
to trust in myself, an honest purpose
and a clear conscience. And as for
wife, want woman with life, pur-
pose, Industry and independence III
her, not great bundle of silks, laces,
bonnets and curl-papers, with a pretty
little hell l,ss do-nothing-and l had
almost sail KIN w -nothing-a,ll hi lden
sonew here inside, thtee or four feet
ir m the crinol,ne circumvallation =
And then, aga n Lizzie, I am something
Of an independent young, wonderfully
given to the work Of taking care >fmy-
SELF l Ihapurn to he at the bottom OF
the lad Ter, and if everI get at the top
Of it my own strength will carry me
here. Now wife on my back, in
stead of on the r. unds Of the ladder
keeping step with me upwards, wo Id
hea dead weight, :nd keep me 1T or
near the foot forever. NJ, no, petty, /
cannot afford one Of your boarding
school misses for wife the luxury is
too expensive for me, Slam ".,ino
to marry girl who knows 'nething OF
real life "a true, god, patient, enlu-
ring self-denying. sweet, darling little
body, who Is not ashamed to earn her
living with the needle. And l can
tell you what, D,lly, I only wish you
were more like Harriet Parker; there
would lie forty chance in favr marry
ing man Of sense where you have one
now. D,n't y.'u kn,w that new So
ciety has been f.r,nel ain ,ng the young
men, an | that some Of til. very best
catches among them have signed a
pie ige not t., marry any girl VIII, IS MT
willing +, CON nence .nstri,n ,aii Il life
with tw, r ,oms AMI kitchen, AMI VII,
.lv sl.'t KIN w how to bake, COX or sew,
AMI to wash AMI ir m int, the bargain!
an the presl lenil'
Pep ,ster 9usl exi .imel Lizzie
| ~ u'll cry s,.ns rher w,rl w.sa
you &c, On the oil in i rs list, anl see
your place fille.l in the home Of s,m.
man that is man, by woman who wat
not ashnmcd Of useful employment