Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-11-07

y There Are those Of the sensitiy
girls whose motives are far aboy
the lekelof common impulse. VIII
bear the closest inspection, who ar
dangerous, 10 a sincere man, AM
when like "Tbe Gardper's Daugh
ter" Of the. Poet Laureate, they ar
sought an sd lUfn9 HoiisrimiI5
Requiring AZ her hands the greatest gifl
"A woman's heart"-- .i'i ngId4
You throw yourself upon thei
mercy, and when a flag Of truct
gives you time to reconnoiter, yot
find that the citidel of the heart has
not wholly surrendered, that theil
pure heart though emotional, from
a mere excess of sensibility has rem.
dered the chances Of success SO
small that further seige is beyond
measure disleartenIng.
These do not possess the art OF
measuring the true worth and value
Of the heart laid at their feet, but
are necessarily attributing to them
the virtues of their ideal. She Is a
genuine creature--and while she
mistakes her own heart, or refuses
to respond to its appeals, and
ruins her own happiness, drives 10y
al hearts from her, she is entitled to
great sympathy and deserves great
respect for the sutFerings her acute
sensibilities have caused her to in
flict upon herself which causes her
in after life to thirst for that devo-
ton she scorned or put to fight
from mistaken sense of duty. She
employs the privilege of wounding
the heart of a devotee, and quarrels
with a relish that indicates that
mental torture is a stimulant to
her. H
Love now days is critical-wander-
ing through the barren wastes of
life I frequently doubtits existence,
yet women are here and there found |
who are truly loved, who feel that
warm response which mercenary or
passionate motives do not origin |
ate, and who are blessed by the sun
light of true affection, yet not SO
with the great mass. This is but
an exception to general rule. Is
L not in a measure dut to their own
actionp Have they not made the
attempt to pass through life leaving
.he straight sticks until none are
round, and at last accept crooked
one as compensation 1saJa i
Love springs like the lightening's
lash at sight, De Quincy saw, loved
md won his bride in the same
week; and it has been truly said
hat he who loves not.at first sight
an indeed be doubted. u III payiIf
The man whose heart does not go
orth at the arst dawn Of worth and
beauty, who requires time that he
an develop an attachment, loves
nut from memory and association.
Ie would love equally as well bis
aithful dog Of many years compan-
onship, or bis venerable horse.
This is not the true devotion Of !
he heart. Affection squandered !
or q great length of time upon an
bject that constantly thwarts it, be-
'ilders and vexes, exhausts it, 1t l
egets condition Of apathy. When Z
has acquired that which it sought,
reaction follows, and woman fail !
lg to obtain the full blessing she
oped to gain from protracted effort, a
nks in despair. Tho heart she u
on has been rendered powerles by II
le severe labor she required Of it, Il
nd they settle down to plod life's
athway without a CLEAN Of sun IL
ght. The heart then fails to re- l
,ond to the stimulus Of love- ii
owe to grow must have a gencr- n
is diet, yet l would leave woman al
make herself her own ia
70 give or keep, to live and learn, and
i that not harms distinctive woman. lie
hood, 1r as
r woman is not undeyel0ped man,
It diverse: Could we make her as the N
voot lo,-o war;, sla;pI HE daareat bond il