Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-07-19
A BROTHERS. LOVE.
by MISS L. A. PLATTE.

by MISS L. A. PLATTE.
Woman can always trust brothers
love. Let poets and novelists expatiate
on that other kind of love; let them tell
of hearts that are joined as one forever,
or of those which are united for season,
and then voluntarily tear themselves
asunder, breaking the heart-tendrils so
abruptly that they will never adhere
again. Yet
II speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke
We know that love exists we live and
act through its genial influence. Still,
much which bears the name and rcsem-
blance is not wholly Platonic
But there is love which no woman
can or ever need doubt-a love which
never dissembles, never decays, and never
is transformed to another-such is a
brothers love- And if ever there was,
between young man and woman, candor
without offense, admiration without fiat
terry, love without jealousy, that young
man and woman must be brother and sis
ter
TO some these may seem rather broad
assertions, and unsupported by proof, yet
we deem them self-evident; for who ever
heard of sister being offended because
her brother told her the truth--becausc
he told her what he thought of her dress,
manners, or personal appearance; truly,
the facts communicated may be unpleas-
ant, yet being uttered by brother, it
takes away half their painfulness. And
if a brother admires his sister hair, eyes,
dress, or walk, his love makes him tell
truthfully, what he thinks, and sisters
know how to appreciate such compliments.
There is still another feature not to be
overlooked in brothers lvve-it is his
unbounded confidence in his sisters affec-
ton: she can tell him just what she thinks
"a luxury which she can not partake with
many other mem, and if she happens to
feel little irritable, she can say to him
disagreeable and even unkind things. and
know herself forgiven before her words
were ended.
But, disappointment to the young man
of questionable morals, who attempts to
pass himself off as gentleman to young
lady who has brother; for, through her
brother. she has access to his real char
acter; hence, brothers are not only Iowa
bic, but convenient, since it is through
them we view other men as they are when
Invested of their assumed virtues, or Of
the still more deceptive clothings which
our imaginations paint for them.
Moreover, brothers serve as "equalizcrs'
to our opinions of other men, since they
keep us from going too high or too low in
our estimations of them. For when a
woman detects fattery, falsehood, OF
treachery in her embodied ideal, the reac.
ton generally produces distrust and ha,
tired to Mankind, and she mentally calls
all men villains and liars; but knowl
edge of her own noble, generous brothers
softens this judgment, and assure her thai
other sisters may have brothers equally
as true and manly as her own.
But among young ladies this distrus
is unfrequent, and not half so deplorabl'
in its effects as that ideal perfection which
most Of them paint for their lovers; anc
were it not that we knew the faults of ou
own good-looking brothers. we might be
lieve certain smooth-faced individuals Il
be what we would like to think them, ant
what they would like to have us thinl
Transportation Life Illustrated.
Gentlemen of the jury said ives