Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-07-21
.THE MHTEN.. I.


Seventeen wears ago there FHs
fair girl so pure and lovely. 50 reened
that she still rises to nv mind IS 4
most akin to ange's She was wooe'
and ultimately won By a handso}a
young man of considerable wealtsl
He sported a fine team. delighted i
hunting, and kept a fine pack %
hounds He neither played ca1ls
drank wine, nor used tobacco n,
had no occupation, no calling. ~
trade He lived on his money, ufl
interest of which alone would harI
supported q family handsomeiv.I
never saw the fair bride again untI Z
few days ago. Seventeen years h&I
passed away, and. with Sthe,u ke,
beautv aud her youth; her husbands
fortune and his life; during the lat.
ter part Of which they lived in a log
cabin on the hanks of the Ohio river,
near Blennerhasset's Island; q whole
family in one single room. subsisting
on water. fat bacon, and corn bread.
The husband bad no business cap
acity. He was gentleman of edn-
cation, of refinement. of noble i'm
pulses: but which his money was
gone he could get no employment.
simply because he did not know how
to do anything. For a while he
floundered about. first trying one
thing, then another, hut failure was
written on them all. He however
finally obtained situation; the labor
was great, the compensation small;
it was that or starvation: in his hero
ic efforts to discharge his duty accept.
ably. he overworked himself and died.
leaving his widow and six girls in
utter destitution. In seventeen years
the sweet and joyous and beautiful
girl and become a broken hearted,
care-worn. povertystriken widow with
a house full of helpless children!
Young woman! if a rich young
man asks you to marry him. and has
no occupation, or calling or trade,
by which he could make living if
be were thrown on his own resources,
Fou may give him your respect, but
give him the mitten.'
Whatever may be young mans
qualities if lie is fond of going to the
theatre, refuse him.
1fa young man shows by his con-
rersation that he is an admirer of
last horses, and is pretty well acquani-
ed with the qualities and time of
The hest racing nags of the country,
when he asks your hand, give, him
.he mitten' only.
IF you ever heard a young man
speak OF his father of his mother dis
respectfully or contemporary, do not
his ate tions; he will 90
he same of Won, and in many wavs
make your heart ache before yon die
Ifyou know Young man likes to
tand around tavern doors, at the
treet corners. and about groceries,
mt your hand off rather than place it
n his, he is worth only the 'mitten.
If Your snitor can tell Won a great /
leal about cards. seems familiar with
multitude OF tricks that can he PEE:
ormed with the same. and is himself
II adapt in such things, let him win |
IL the money he may from Others,
mt let him lot win your heart, for
lie will lose it in year. and leave
on broken one in its place.
If you know nice Young man
Who will certainly heir large estate.
Tho is ofa highly respectable family
rho seem to he at home as to the
sages, customs, and propripties Of
God society, and vet who is indiffer
mt about attending ci urch on the Sab
ath- day. who speaks disparagingly
f clergymen, who talks about relig-
On as "A very good thing in its place.
for old women, weak
oung girls and children, never mar
v him should he ask You. Such
ian can never warm n womens heart;
ill never twine around it the tendrilS
{ true affection, for he is innatelv
old, unsympathizing and selfish, and
ho,Ild sickness and trouble come to
on, will leave you to bear them all
lone .-..t
/ lleness, the having no orcupation,
ill always and inevitably engender
loral and physicsl disease; and these
-aits will be more or less perpet-
ated in the children born to such;
ne hrunt of these calamities has to
e borne by the mother, anil in the
caring up against them, how many
ble-hearted women has sorrowed, {
nd grieved, and toiled herself in
D premature grave, may never be
nown, but the number cannot be
in few figures. There
ore,fmy sunny faced daughter. if /,
on do not want to grow old before {
our time. to live life of toll and
orrow, and then prematurely die,
i've not your hand, but only the init
en- to young man, however well
orn or rich, ho has not legiti- {
,ate calling by which he could ,
make q living If he were by some
Jrtuity left penniless-
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