Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-05-10
THE REPUBLICAN,
A WARNING.

~ AIMING.
"BF AN OLD osE"
Behold the woes cf matrimonial life.
Ind hear with eY'rcnce an experienced wife,"
Come all ye mAdens fair and young,
Whose fate is sill uncertain
Come, while il IS time, aud take
A peep behind the curtain.
Come, you who think the marriage state
A paradise on earth.
And yOu who trust in lovers VOWS
I'll SLOW you what they're worth,
And what sweet figures you will cut,
Untanglei and ungOdlessed,
And somewhat Of your chosen one,
The tender, fond and modest.
Know. each object still must have
A sunny side and shrouded,
OF man the lover is the bright,
The husband IS the clouded.
This is. alas. too sad:y true,
And ah, il makes il saddcr
To think, the fairer fell the ,hi
The deeper seems the shadow:
That those, whose vows such feryor showet
You could not but receive them,
Viii be the first 10 break their oaths
And laugh that you believe them
When once they have you safe at home
And get you 10 housekeeping,
No more they'll tremble at your frown
Or melt be fore your weeping.
You'll find yourself household drudge
A sort of upper servant
Cook, nurse and seamstress, all in one,
Obliged to be obseryant
Ofall his Wilma real slave
In every word and actisn,
Without the power to leave the place
Or to give satisfaction.
If him who once so meesiy bore
Your humors and caprices
You'll find to wake resentment now
How slight a cause sufficts--
He'll make fuss if dinners late,
Or he should chance 70 put on
A Goa. you have forgot to mend,
Or shirt without a butt on:
Forgetting a. he bla1nes the hands
That should have made or mendsd
How Oft and fondly ne has sworn
They only were intended
For loves soft pressure, flowers 70 Irvine.
Or music strain to waken-
Alas! that woman should believe
And be SO much mistaken.
Oh why should fingers that nigh! WED
The chisel, pen, or pencil,
Be thus condemned to needle, broom,
Or other vile uteHsil7
In picking and preserving pass
The days, and the creation
Ofpuddinzs, pies or now and then
By way of variation,
In boxing squalling brats7 "a part
can't forbearSo mension--
4 ergiag eCil which hope
"The Woman's Rights Convention"
VIII utterly eradicate
When il reforms the nationl
Bat husbands are my theme. the "great
FiIst cause" of all ycxation.
There is dream Of happiness
Each mliden's heart doth bear it
4 vision Of pleasant home
And kindred soul TO share il.
But All, it is dream indeed.
And one that passes heetly,
For with the waning honeymoon
IL vanishes completely;
Then vainly will you strive to please
With many q fond endeavor,
And hide your cares to lessen his
The charm is gone forever.
He fingers long or comes depressed
By business. wrath or gloom
Clouds from the world % dina the light
Around yOuS heart and home
And your inquiring, timid looks
And gentle. shy advances
Are met with silent sullenaess
Or coldly careless glances,
When at a strangers step perchance,
The frowning brow will brighten,
And heartless voices chase the gloom
Not all your cares could tighten
While sadly thinking of the past.
You strive in vain to smother
The sigh for times when YOU were all
The world unto each other.
Now, tho this list Of grievances
| have enumerated
Should be sufficient 10 deter
The uninitated,"
Yet they only gentle hints
Or warnings to the young
AID nothing when compared to those
Which yet remlin unsung.''