Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-08-16
From Moore's Rural New Yorker.
AN OLD MAIDS SoLlLOQUY,


Well here nj |, Ruth Tho mp SON. and thirty
i've Summers have pass over my head yet not
. s;lyer thread has ever quad its way among
nv auburn tresses. Perhaps my cheeks are
maj unite MS round as thew we're hlteeh years
ago, aud ny brow, ttsush white Is somewhat
iurrowsd by T ime--yet the great ptstroler
! las dealt kindlY by me But the Old aud the
Young are continually pointing towards ne
US they pass, saying, whenever am visible
iTbere's the iOid Maid. Just "a II 1t was
rrims that had not burned my nose when all |
NV friends had tried the smarting process |
mud were now shedding Iountai'so OF tests owe
their rnstortuues. Ard be cause diu rot, ,
, they seek revenge BIZ calling me M 'o'd inslu
But for the lite OF me, caTt see what harm
, there ia in being an old maid-partlcuarly
:. when there is no one that for, or that
, cares for ms. Tm sure | would not change
places with any OF my old companions That
f have taken the marriage vow.
. Now there WINS Jenny Reed. She thought
a | when she married John Mortoa she should be
:, nerfectly happy; because he owned IL large
v farm with fine buildings, she was sure she
should have every wish gratihed. She WAS so
a afraid of living to be old maid that she mar
d, ried him on the shortest possible acquaintance
IN Now she is continually tormented by bis awk-
"a wardness; she will never go into society with
IN him. because she knows he would constantly
i, betray his ignorance. He hates the sight OF II
as book or IL paper, or anything that has the ap-
NJ pearance OF taste and refinement. His CONVEX
We saton ia about hoga, cattle and horses OF
hs about the crops. But then, she wouid not DC
in an old maid for all the world, She Is welcome
les TO her choice.
~, H. Snsis Miaor married Sam Lover. He wal
in moor but she loved her and she loved him, ant
,da tue parents were willing" so they Wouia D
aw h4pps-get married, a1d help each 10 get rieh
ali Bu, sonehow it was easier for Sam TO t@U
,al hau to work for though there Is sn occasion
M al decrease in the family, their income conlii'
Ca ually decreases. The table is often seantll.
,et spread, aud their bodies scautily clothed. Bu
, IL would have been So terrible to have ilve
and died an old maid. had rather live singl
old and enjoy some OF the comforts OF lite than L
sen live 10 such miser able, poverty -stricke
ots | way.
U ss. MIRA. Jones has very kind husband. He HI
aa wealth at his comm and and he lsvishes il up'
nns his wife with an unsparing hand. She eau
ala and come in her splendid carriage JUST VINE
ma. she pleeses, and he 10 always ready TO htte'
tie her. But would | be seen riding with that !
To tie bunch back long-nosed, biear' eyed, s'n
,,b, haired, lanteru-jaws Ot"by 10 means
ana BIZ old maids wore so detestaoie sue euulu
the endure the thought.
the Mrs. Grand said to me awhile ago; -
tha thought when married Harold Grand tna
,re,. had got one of the best men in all Christie
dom; he YVES handsome, talented ard weai'
fro N aad he had very kind disposition WeHi
IN M |
,.ria the COW, aud he would let me harness
,ban horse, when ho wishes to drive out, II o
Hence kneW now "eli, tn"V 10 MY
atty tnan aetHe 30 "ou'4 H'' '''f '4'0
me- shoes.
mar Mrs Elhe uas VIA, 10 called model u
party wa Gees 45te ave "Ao e7ato'' "a
q and bringing 10 TINS Voo4 gu" "".0 80 -.
) ilto oaoy wnea II cries a4a man u" ous - :. T.
n,t,oe the umbrelN when II rains or the SUI snl
,ny nj reads or sings when she desires ~ IL
n,rty whistles ia the house fJr fear OF wtSlng
ascen- baby; always says yes dear never al p
ctiona | a1ythtug she afh.ms; always asks w1ef
ecause shall have nov pals ct lants, ana y
,me of tbial;s he does not need them, why, he
arty 10 10 think s. too NV ne u ~ pesl ~ va
10 sal ein't cveA speak 10 avs WHO "itu0ut ""
" aud NV, WHO could LOOK up ~ SUI" lN"''
tniz.rs much would be clip wifi to progress, u'
ly or intellectually should consider Il
nat the man falling far short Of her WHEY aut
. state | at the cad of Ave yeprs her husband die
Riddle | teel that he was q better mau for her Ii
a John presence. And ne must be poor hHsba
senta at The end of five years his vile cannot
I'd true that she has gained clearer peIceptit
ace tue things uigh aud lofty in the intellectual W
n, tram But woman ia of.yuer the slave ,hsn 10
ha ey panion OF man. ABd Il en- an old IT,
I'd good Ueuese ID quite rs uApPy "et9 ~ ry
r Cav room by the shaded window as th ould
virtues the slave OF hny man' Yong 'so uNu
By in ter from eilde 81 obly lie" 'u'H''o
, man said, live II good mau, but if vas IN
s rct n plaae WollG nevcr marry" And | To
v birth; never will. I've none to c5pect inc 10 obs
co He ders; no cEyiag c4ilir ca to iret aud sco
ma over from morning till night and II IA not h
cry one there's no huoHa4u 10 1iaIlt ~ 'o' 'uS-
, Of The m sou liuue to ba an old ,nali
n To The Oakland Co Q, Mi,h., 1865.