Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-05-13
Talks for Girls.

To all appear ance, there is nothing that
a young 10Y of our times breads like being
All old maid. 1t seems to be consi dered
the essence of all THAI is evil 10 destiny.--
70 be left undrawn lin the matrimonial raf-
fle, is to be an outcas, on the face Of the
earlh--to wander up and down in its dark
places, with an unsatisfied heart and pur-
poseless life From such fate our young
maidens recoil with horror aud when the
future seems, even remotely, to shadow it
| forth as their own, they are almost ready
10 cry ia the intensity Of their agonizing
solitude, " Anybody, Lord p" 3'i n'
Against all this exceedingly sensitive.
ness TO an unmarried life, l wish to enter
because the willingness to marry is TO be
regarded in any other light than as highly
meritorious. The young woman who, hav.
ing fully and carefully weighed the respon.
sibility Of being wife, having considered
the cares and anxieties incident to her pc.
siliop, is yet willing for the sake of the joy
she can cause to spring up as the perennial
fountain in household, and for the sake
of the mnds-she can train up to serve the
cause OF truth and couutry-she. who is
willing in this light, TO assume the respon'
sibilities aud 10 encounter these anxielies,
10 certainly ia the way of duty when she
marries. 10 be the mother of great and
good men or women, is fate worthy of any
women. She who rears child fit to be a
citizen of the great republic, makes q noble
contribution to the glory Of God ana the
progress of humanity. All praise then 10
The loving. faithful mothers Of the land -
Their mission may be well Yeted by right.
thinking and earnest souls. 90
But when we.see young women looking
forward to this change in their state as 10
something that is 10 release them from all
responsibility, when they regard it as
achieving Tor them entire Independence of
the labors and liabilities of life, aud when
we see them as consequence, eager only
to secure a husband, even neglecting, 10
their eagerness. to require with him a true,
manly character, when on this account we
see so many lovely girls throwing them
selves away upon miserable semblances o.
men unworthy the companiouship Of an,
respectable woman-wheu we see all ;his
we canno. help feeling that there is weak
ness somewhere. ,lr au.ulH 4uF
Ii Is tia terrible thing TO GO through th'
world single /? l know that God in hi
mercy, as well as his wisdom. has made TN
heart OF woman to abound with the mast
unselfsh affection. But surely there are
objects. infinite 10 number, upon whlen .p's m
affection may be- exercised; SO tas'a w
heart need not Fenain perfectly yoia' ~, ~,
deed, We may say far more thar 'nls, Ds' ~
asy haman being really go foeln III theeA, mes :
ereise Of true affection for Coos ra.'oua'
creatures. and there will rise up Ho' vus :
but hundreds of respopdiss nsatss ,haa "0,spy =,
Of the sffsetienahat appeals 10 tne%, Ans
old omsidss are not tho most "'lnefeu ~ ., =,
esrth's flowers. The empIles'' snasi.es'
hearts are those of women who have oar
tered their love for some unworthy ,hins-1 !
for an eslabiishpsut, for . inoustaehs, and
coat that belongs TO- The tailor. or ior
rhs nh.n,om sbat promises relief from the
doom Of beisg au old maid These are The
Isaddest wrecks. .sc daaa ulscu &