The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-04-24
Writiea for tls oxford Aateliigene~.
Matrimony. f"t''r


what his restless imagination Considers the dull
nionotony Of single blessedness and ~ way of
stimulant to bis dormant energy, being CON-
pletely misled by shrewd mammas of marriagea-
BILE progeny, and by the dcluste hopes of con-
nubial felicity, often displays apractcal illustra
ton of his narrowness of mind and puerility of
disposition, by voluntarily thrusting his neck
into yoke In comparison with which the chains
of dungeon, or the slavery of . penitentiary,
wers repetition of life in Paradise. Let no
one pfecipitate himself into the abyss, without
first informing himself to the means of egress,
er like the fox in the well, he may not obtain
the salutary horns of a billy goat from which
to leap back to solitude and happiness. Too
soon. alas! does he realize the sweet poetry of
life SO fancifully expressed and glowingly pic
tured by the fervid Imagination of the brain-sck
novelist, and the fallacy Of hopes reared upon
such unstable foundations Too soon does he
experience the general penchant of the sex for
hicroglyphics, by the romantic demonstration Of
the propensity, palpably and incfaceably cx-
pressed upon his physiognomy by the ten active
digits of his loving rib. He is edited, but at
the imminent danger, If not total deprivation Of
his visual organs. Sweet, delicious reality
Oh! who can form an ade1aate conception of
the superlative joys, the inostimabe delights, of
such harmonious union and perfect concord
which displays itself like the amorous toyings
of the feline speciese And then those fascina-
ting, melliauous sounds, entiancing, ecstatc
melody, sweeter, far than the udtes Of the night
ingalc, forever pouring into your ears, entroncing
the senses, affecting the soul, and swallowing
} up the whole being in one flood of bliss, as so
faithfully and imprcssively delineated by the
pen Of the IMMORTAL Cruikshank And then
the charming conviction that this is as lasting
as life. and as irrevocable. Sweet thought
| Every pleasure vouchsafed to you must inevita
bly, result in future punishment One blessing
at least flows from it: the faint foretaste which
yau have in this World of its miseries, in thu
next inures you to them, somewhat shoult
: YOU revolt, and for one instant lose command
+ your well subdued temper. Ye Gods and littl'
: fishes! just picture to yourself hurricane o.
} ayalanche-no, the fires Of Jehanum are no fl
: comparison to the roaring ebultions of a wo
!, mans temper; and if this scene do not have it
finale in the immediate and sinister acquaintanc
+ of your Uranium and the broomstick, you are
= happy man. That marriage is necessary an
}, compatible with laws both human and divine
s. must be admitted, but that that necessity cS
1t tends to all we must deny. When generou
It heart a noble mind, economy, piety and amii
is bity arc found associated in a woman, the
v contribute to render her far more lovely tina
le Venus, assisted by the perfection of art an
re man is happy in her attainment Spend you
rs life in pursuit of one who has these virtues ap
,e carry a white stone to mark the event II
v number of marks will about equal the numb'
le of hens teeth you ever saw. But if you a.
k still infatuated with the thoughts of matrimon
IN determined on servility and unhapplness,
n. sweet sixteen be your choice; there is poetl
rs in the age, and no mercenary calculations inf
h. ence it. She takes you and not what you a
ed worth Be you ugly or handsome, good or ba
ne the beamine refulgence Of her 0wn face or d
h. position Is reflected on all within her sphei
i'd magnifying and exaggerating. You will shi
en- ike the moon with rays borrowed from brigt
he or sphere, in the eyes of the sphere ITSELF
he Won are rather diminutive atom of mortalii
ks refrain from pads--her own lively imaginati
as increases your physical proportions. Now, VIII
id. YOU have repented your decisior-=when the v
"a is removed which conceals, in glaring colors, I
,ed hideous deformity beneath, come to your sens
md rail out upon the sex, proclaim your misery
= the world, plunge deep into the fatal billOws
inebriation, and in the end fill drunkard's S
suicides grave. BENEDlCr
ar University of Aississippi, Apra II, 1861
wis FATTESryo Hoes on DRY CoRN-A wfitef
ate the eCountry Gentleman remarks: "0ne
ar. nv neighbors-a farmer all his life, and o
- seventy years of age-fattens his hogs in
'ur- pen without water or slop, giving them moth
cry but dry corn, and have noted the fact for
and wears that have lived here that he has ma
fFar think. the best-I know the fattest-pork
- this country. The hogs, while tattening, I
ticularly in dry, warm weather, eat and lie do
'ere walking about but little. Had | known
ght above twenty years ago, it would have sa
as me great deal
a.. IT canliot fail to give town bad charac
: if boys, that ought to be at home or at sch
ofty can be.seen running around the streets ours
pun disturbing the peace. insulting grown peo
mon cigars in their mouths, knives and pistols
thpir Doekats We are not yery ardent