Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-11
BACHELORS THERMoMRTER.

BACHELORS THERMOMETER.
! No man, according TO Samuel johnson,
| sits down to deprecate himself, even in
writing "a letter-how then cam we expect
anv man to gibhet himself in immortal
| tyne? "The Bachelors Thermometer" was
evidently never intended to see the light
/ 1t may, therefore, be viewed as probably
the most sincere self-mcmoir that ever was
penned.
I3tais 30-Look back through vista of
ten years; remember that ut twenty look
| ed upon man of thirty middle aged
man; wondered at my error, and protrncted
| the middle age 10 forty. Said 10 myself.
"Forty is the age of wisdom Reflected
| generally upon past life; wished myself
/ twenty again and exclaimed, ''If were
/ bnt twenty what scholar ! would he by
thirty! but it is too late now" Looked IN
the glass; still youthful, but getting rather
! fat. Young says, "a fool ut forty is a fool
indeed; forty, therefore, must ae the age of
wisdom.
! 3l-Read in the No,n:iig Chronicle that
a matchmaker in Paris, aged thirty-one.
/ had shot himself for love; moro fool the
/ watchmakcr;-igreed that nobody fell III
love after twenty. Quoted Sternc: The
icxpression. tN in love, evidently shows
/ love to be beneath nan." Went to Dru-
rY Lane; saw Miss Crotch in Rosetta, and
fell in love with her; received icr ultima
tam; WIS three months IN liking up my
inind--n long time for making up such
little pnrcel-when Kitty Crotch ciopcd
with Lord BuSkin: pretended to be very
glad: took three turns up aud down the
liEr.ry. aud looked in the glass; Getting
very fat and lnrid; met " friend in GlCy's
Inn. who said was evidently in ruie
he. It'll; thought the complaint rudcr than
the hc lth.
32-Passiou for dancing rather on the
decline; voted sitting on! play and farce
one of the mpossibilitics; still in stage
box three nights per week; sympatlizrd
with the public invocation; ocvasiOucd hy
non-attendaRcetheO other three: can't pie; So
everybody; begun to wonder AZ the rpleas-
ure of Kicking ones heels on a chalkcd
floor until four in the morning; sold bay
mare who reared at three carragcs, aud
shook me out of the saddle; thought saddle
making rather worse than formerly. hair
growing thin: bGught bottle of Tricorau
fluid. M+m.-A hattcriug uuctiop.
:5:i-IIair thinner; serious thoughts OF 81
wig; met Col. Buckh0rsc who wears one
devil in q bush-serious thoughts Of letting
it alone: met 81 felIow-Etonian in the Green
Park. who told me | wore we'll; wondered
what hc meant; gave up Cricket Club. on
account Oh tne "'" "'' %"u"' ':u"''s ~ t0l
Gou'u "o' III" !" "i'''o"' "e'"s '"' u
oro'!'"' ...,.. ...;,,..,
pared fresh mcasurc-hintcd something
about bulk-0Id mens nrc too short-parch-
mcut shrinks: shortened my morning ride
to Hampstead and Highg;itc. and wonder
ed what people could see 7at Hendon; de-
tcrmincd not to marry; means expensive
=; ,,, ,;, -, tI,o ,,,,or, r,,,cI, ,hn hot
~ 80 H. -, ,orr;o.
35-Trjcd on an old great coat. aud
found it an old little ono; cloth shrinks, as
VOL MS partltrnents: red face. in putting on
shoes: bought a shoe horn: remember of
ouizzinr my uncle George for using one:
then yoIlur and foolish: brother Charles
has eight children; served him right for
marryingat twenty of discretion,
too; bunting belts for gentlemen hung up
in a cIover's window: longed to buy one,
but two women in shop cheapeniug nit
tens: three gray hairs in left eyebrow.
3G-Severol gray hairs in wtiskers. alI
owinsr to carlessness in manufacturing OF
shaying soap: remembered thinking my
fltberap old man nj thfrtv-six: settled the
noint-men crew old sooner i'm former
iays: laid blame ON flappcd wal. coats and
tie w;rg: skating on the Serpentinc-gout
I ,.nr,s foo1i.l, cxcrciSc--oply. ct for boys:
rave SKATES to Charles eldest son.
37-Fcll in love again: rather pleased to
frd myself not too old for the passion
F1nma only nineteen: what then? women
rconire nrotecturs-day settled; deyilishly
Frightened; too late TO go off; luckily Tilted
Emma married George Parker one day
before me: again determined never tOmar-
rv: turned Off old tailor, and took to new
one in Bond street. some OF these. lellows