The Constitutional., 1860-08-13
LADIES' DEPARTMEN
On Marringe.

| suppose there rs mcdieitfn OF roma
most natures, and If Il gather about any ey
that Of marriage. Most people marry their
There is more or less fictitious and IA
glory resting upon the head Of every bride
the inchoate husband believes in. Most m
women manufacture perfection in their ma
happy process of their imaginations, au
marry them. This Of course wears away
time the husband has seen his wife eat
Of pork and beans, and with her hair frizzl
her oldest dress on, fun OF the enterprise o.
hauliug things, she SEES that she belongs
same race as himself.
Aud she, when her husband gets up G.
the morning, and undc takes to shave HIM
cold water and dull razor, while his sugl
dangle at his heels, begins TO see that ms
very prosaic animal. In other words, Il
such thing as q ahoncyInoon, of longer OF
or durationi and'wlile the moonshinc Ia
radiance Of the seventh heaven cannot G.
with H. II very delicious little delir
frbile mental diSeiise--which, like nieasels
comes again.
When the honeymoon passes away, setti
hind duh mountains or dipping silently il
stormy sea of life, the trying hour Of ms
life has come Between the parties, there
more Illusions. The fcverish desire of pos
has gone--yanished into gratifcation-and
element has receied. Then begins, or
begin, the business Of adaptation. :. II thc
that they do not love one another as they {
they did, they should double their assiduc
tention TO one another, and be jealous OF
thing which tends in the slightest degree I
rate them. Life is too precious to De
away in secret regrets, or open differences
let me say TO every one to whom the roma
life has fed, and who are discontentcd
slightest degree with their condition aud re-
begin THE work Of reconciliation before y
a day older.
Renrw the attention Of earlier DAYS.
your hearts close together. Talk the ilr
over. Acknowledge your faults to one a
and dctcrmin that henc'forth you viii be a
TO each Others and, my word for Il, you sh
IN your relation the sweetest joy earth has (
There is no other way for you 10 do. II W
happy at home you must be happy abroa,
mau or woman who has settled down up
conviction that he or she are attached for
IN uncongcnial yoke-fclloy, and that there
way ofescape, has lost life; there is no
too costly TO make Which ran restore 20 rs
upon the bosoms, the missing pearl
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1HE WIVES or PREsIDENTIAL CANDn
1t is an interesting fact in connection wi
several candidates for the Presidency, tll,
all have Southern wives Lincoln married
oi Lexington, Ky, where his opponent, B
ridge, was horn and mairisd;Alr. Bells w
believe, is also native u K,mtucky; al
Donglas married native Of Marylnnd--l
wife was native of North Carolina.
crcdltablo fact in the histories Of these
candidatef, which win go far to redeem IA,
and shortcomings Of some of them, tha
should come TO the South for wives. Do
their success and prominence have been \,
due 10 their wives rs 10 themselves. So
ladies far surpass others in thr quality Of "
friends Tor their husbands, and in promotin
advancement in public favor They ar,
Thoroughly identified with their husbands
their interests with more devoted zeal. n
tvate in larger degree those gentlc and
vating traits which often extend shield
public man, protecting him from violent a,
and at the same time aiIording him a sol
the annoyances and disgusts of his position
We had almost forgotten TO add that {
Houston, who was also candidate for lbe
dency, is married to Southern lady, ar
n.shcs in bis own case a splendid illustra
the influence Of n devoted wife. The g.
and dissipation which threatened AZ one I
make miserable wreck Of this rcnaarkabl,
man, no longer stain his character and d
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