Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-12-09
SENSIBLE TALK EOye TIlK. Gsss AS.
We take the following from very ssnsi.
Die article in the Illinois 7tac.er.
" ANYBODY. LORD /, :

We take the following from very ssnsi.
Die article in the Illinois 7sacler:
a.4 ANYBODY, LORD |"
To all appearance, there is nothing that n
young lady of our times breads like being AN
old maid. Ii seems to bc considered the es.
sence of oil that is evil in destiny. To be
lolt undrawn in the matrimonial rattle is u
be an outcast on the face Of the ear,h---to
wander up and down its dark places, with
an unsatisfied heart and q purposeless life.
From such Tate our Young madcns recuil
with horror and when the future seems,
even remotely, to shadow it forth as their
own, they aro almost ready 10 cry, in the in
ten,ity OF their agonizlng selicitude, Any.
body, Lord"
THROWING THEMSELVES AWAY.
Against all this exceeding sensitiveness to
an unmarried life wish to enter my most
earnest protest And that, not because tho
willingness 10 marry is to be regarded in any
other light than as highly meritorious. Tho
young woman who, having fully weighed tho
responsibility Of being wife, having consid
cred the cares and anxctics incident to her
position, is yet willing, for the sake of tho
joy She can cause to spring up as a perennial
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the minds she can train up to serve the cause
OF truth aud OF country she, who is willing,
in tins light. 10 assume these responsibilities
and to encounter these anxietics is certainly
in the way Of duty when she marri,s. L,
be the mother OF great and good men or wo--
men is "A fate worthy Of any woman. Sho
who rears child fit to be a citizen Of this
great republic makes noble contribution to
the glory Of God and the progress of human
! ity. All praise then to the loving, faithful
mothers of the land Their mission may
well be coveted ty right thinking, earnest
! souls ..a ..'
Bot when we sec young women looking
forward to this change in their state al To
something that is TO release them from all
responsibility, when they regard il AS sshicv.
ing for them entire independence of the Ia.
bors and liabilities of life, and when we see
them, IA consequence, eager only TO secure
a husband, even neglectiug ir their eagcr-
ness, to require with him a true manly char
actcr, when on this account We see so many
lovely girls throwing themselves away upon
miserable semblances of men, unworthy the
companonship of any respectable woman--
when We see all this, We. cannot help feeling
that lhvrc IS q weakness somewhere.
SOMETHING WORSE THAN SlSGLEEEss.
Is it really such terrible thing to go
! through the world singleg | know that God
in his mercy, as well rs his wisdom, has
made the heart Of woman to abound with
the most unseltish affection. But surely
there are objects, Infinite in number, upon
which this affection may be exercised ; so
! that the heart need not remain utterly void.
Indeed, we may say far more than this. Let
any human being really go forth in the exer.
else OF tIlc affection for Gods rational crea.
lures, and there .il rise up not one but
hundreds Of responding hearts, worthy Of
the affection that appeals to them. Ah old
maids are not the most withcrcd of carth's
IlowcrS. The empticst, ghastlest hearts are
those OF women who have bartcred their ovu
for some unworthy thing-Cpr nm establish.
ment, for moustachc, and a coat that be.
longs to the tailor, or for the phantom that
promises relief from the doom OF being an
old maid. These are the saddest wrecks.
How G, PrERnEp WAS Conn Ep rive
have heard of good story respecting a dpart-
ed man from Milwaukee who was mustered
in here last week. liowas u blatant copp r.
head, and had $500 deposited in bank to
buy substitute with in case he was drafted
We presume he was dIigcnt reader of tho
Milwaukee .Ne1ns and the New York World.
From those papers he not only learned that
Mcclellan was certainly to bci elected, but
that there was no doubt el lioratio Spy.
Imour's rc.elect.on. He accordingly eonClu.
ded not to let his money lie idle, but to
double il, which he thought could be easily
done, 1t did not take him long to end a
Union man willing to pvt mp an equal amount
that Seymour wosld not be elected. Tn,
wager was accordingly laid. The bioyli
aud the fers proved lying prophets. Ii,-
ratio WAS not chosen. Our coppcrhead found
the truth Of the old adage concerning fool
and hiS money. His $500 was gobblcd by
the enemy. A few days afterwards sup-
Elemental draft eobbled him likewise. iu
had no means with which to purchase sub.
Stiutc. He was able bodied. lie passed
examination hiHmphandy was mustered in
successfully was dnly clad in the livery
oi I.incolns despotism," and is how IN ths
service OF his country, ready y--accoIding TO
the Ne~S-t to /" fight for the niger" We
trust that his life will be spared, that when
he gets down in Dixie his eyes will be open
ed, and that he will return, as we doubt not
be will, loyal and patriotic Union man. -
| Wisconsin, State J0UIHai
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