The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-18

Two tender, angel eyes
Watch ME ever earnestly,
Through the loop-holes Of the stars,
Baby's looking out forme.
On Marrying.
Some fellow who seems to think
well of the institution" discourses
of marrying. Here him:
Get married young man, and be
quick about it, tool Don't wait for
the milleneum, hoping that the girls
may turn to angels, before you trust
yourself with one of them.
A pretty thing you'd be longside
an angel, wouldn't you-you brute!
Don't wait another day, but right
now-this very night ask some nice,
industrious girl to go into partner
ship with you, to help clear your
pathway of thorns and plant it with
flowers. Suppose she Chicks" you,
don't you know, you blockhead, that
there is such thing as trying again,
and that the ''minnows" having bit
ten at the hook and run away, there
Is now q chance to catch q 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 subjuga-
ted 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 don't go-at least, for
q time. Get married! There never
was a better time, for we are all sub
jugated rebels together, and no one
will ''make remarks about the scan
tiness of your wardrobe, OF the
coarseness of furniture. You can
cut the wood, and she can do the
cooking, with nice little stove that
won cost much.
Plenty of freedwomen to wash and
iron, and clean up generally. Stop
your whining about being poor, and
get married!
Stop drinking whiskey, chewing
and smoking tobacco, and playing
cards, and save the money thus fool
ishly-worse than foolishly spent.
Your wife-that is to be-will take
care OF your savings, and furnish
you in return with woman's affection,
and pure coffee to warm your frozen
nature.
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-for-nothing buttonless crea-
tnre!
ON MARRYING
Some fellows, who don't seem to
think well of the institution" dis
course of marrying. Hear them:
Don't get married, young men, and
thus show your good sense. Wait
even until the millennium, hoping that
the girls may turn to something
nearer angels or female perfection.
A pretty thing you'd be, tied fast
to one of those ''bread and butter
misses" wouldn't you? You'd be
pretty hen-pecked fool. Don't wait
another day, but Danish the thought
this moment.
This very night stay at home, and
don't you go and ask any frisky,
fashionable young lady to go into
partnership with You, to strew your
path with thorns and crush it's fra
grant flowers. Suppose she does try
to ensnare you, don't you know, you
blockhead, that there is such a thing
as o rebuff? and that the eels, having
bitten ut your hook and run away,
there is no chance to catch fish so
slick that the grip of the strongest OF
you is insufficient to hold it?
Marrying will hurt you, it will.
True, it will sew the buttons on your
shirt and mend your breeches; but il
will rend your happiness, it will.
Get out Of this subjugated country
and 60 to Mexico or Brazil, or some
country where you can be free from
the wiles and guiles of women, anc
not carry with you woman that viii
harass and tease you to death; bu