Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-04-03
On MARRYING.


Some fellow who seems to think well of the
institution, diseourses of marrying Hear
him :c1Gt5l eG4 s3.ra.4 s -aT1 -e.iLs Lsf
Get married young. man, and be quick about
1t, tool Don't wait for the Millennium, hoping
that the girls may turn to Angels, before you
trust yourself with one of them
A pretty thing you'd be alongside an angel,
would MT you-you brute Don't wait another
day, but right now-this very night ask some
nice, industrious girl to go into partnership with
you to help clear your pathway of thorns, and
plant it with flowers. Suppose she asskicks''
youa-don't you know. you bockhead, that there
IS such thing as trying again, and that the
'minnows" having bitten at the hook and run
away, there is now a chance to catch a better
fish? Marrying won't hurt you-it WON'T
It'll sew the buttons On your shirt, and mend
your breeches- and your manners too-it will. -
Going to get out Of this subjugated country,
and try your fortune in Mexico or Brazil, are
you? Well, if you will go, take somebody with
you who will love and care for you, where all
others may be indifferent to your welfare But
dont goat least-for time. Get married
There never was better time, for we are all
subjugated rebels together, and no one will
make remarks about the scantiness of your
wardrobe, or the coarseness of your furniture.
You can cut the wood and she can do the cook
ing, with a nice little stove that won't cost
much. hc e-,r i. +. ..-.,
!. Plenty Of feedwomen to wash and iron, and
clean up generally. Stop your whining about
being poor, and get married! j
Stop drinking whiskey, chewing and smoking
tobacco, and playing cards, and save the money
thus foolishy-worse than foolishly SPENT
Your Wife-that is to be-Will take care of your
savings, and furnish youin return with wonian's
affection, and pure coffee to warm your frozen
nature. q trr3> ieg.haH r ts5fs '..a7 -r~ 81
Get married-you especially who are in the
''sear and yellow leaf of bachelorism, and, if
you don t, may you freeze to death some of
these cool nights. You ought to freeze, you
good-tor nothing buttonless creature II - -
EARLY TRAINING.-Francis Quarles an old
writer who lived in the days of Charles the First,
says to parents: ''Be very vigilant over thy
child in the April of his understanding lest the
frost of May nip his blossoms While he is q
tender twig, straighten him while he is new
vessel, season him. Such as thou nakest him,
such commonly shalt thou find him. Let his
first lesson be obedience, and his second shall be
what thou wilt Give him education in GOOD
letters to the utmost of thy ability and ca pacity.
Season his youth with the love of his Creator.
and make the fear Of his God, the beginning. of
his knowledge. IF he have an active spirit.
rather rectify than curb it; but reckon idleness
among his .ehiefeste faults. As his Judgment
rlpens, observe his inclination, and tender him
calling that shall not cross it. Forced MARI
ages and callings seldom prosper Show him
both the NOW and the plough and prepare him
as well for the danger Of the skirmish aspossess
him with the honor of the prize. ;, ,,sva-,77 -,
The sun. in parting, thrills the heavens as