The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-30

! halAe IleWOFtd- nom all tlnta low.
| Place high In the social heaven
Virtues fair and radiant bow. - issFL
= Lend thy influence 70 each effort ~
- That shall raise our nature human;
4 Be not tashIon'J Eildei Lady,
Be- abrave5 whole souledI uue woman
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'1 why Don't They Propose .ai-,,,
A great social ulcer is slowly but
surely sapping the strength OF our ma
tIonal existence. Like the worms in
our wharyes and piers, It is. undermin-
ing the very foundation of modern So
ciety. We aIIude to the fact that young
men who glory in 9 perfected manhood
tthis Constituting their only wealth.
had rather face the cannon's mouth
than the mattimonIAI altar Every
sensible young man beginning the
world says, "I csnnot afford to hang,
nlillst6ne around my neck;" SO he fits
around among his female acquaintances
like bee in a clover field. slipping a
little honey here and there, dusting his
feet with precious pollen, whilst the
years slip away,,and old Time with
his sickle mows the hair of the toplof
his head, and sets the crowsfeet in the
corner OF his eyes, and chips away at
his handsome ivory; and Sprinkles his
beautiful beard with 'hoar frost. A des-
perate battle Is being fought, but the
strongest man Is only mortal, whilst
time Is eternal So some fine mornihg
God help him!) he wakes up and hndS
himselfR a middle aged. man, with no
sweet voice. to lisp s.'Papa, ,"Ino soul
companion 10 help smooth the stony
track down. the vale Of years. .Alonel
Homeless his life-bost afioat oniLhe
great ocean Of time, outside the glim-
meling Of a friendly beacon light, out
Dor II, safety. -, =,
He has. optliyed every. innocent,
| youthful pleasure; he has ascended the
last round In the ladder of dissipation;
hehas tasted the fruit OF every forbid
den tree Everything pals upon
his weary, worn senses. He has
squeezed every particle of juice out of
the orange of life, and there is nothing
left but the bitter peel and Shiny seeds.
The very Foundation, of sorroW Is up-
rooted In our bosom, when we coptem-
plate this fraction of a q ffamily-this
lonely, blase man. II he has accumu-
lated wealth by this time, SO much the
worse for him; for In order to- prevent
any sudden, surprise he Is tortured by
being obliged to sleep upon his arms,
II Is true that he can buy a wife now,
but 1t is the ordering a.dinner for ami
vRlidS the appetite ts gone. Dear old
bachelor, Rich or poor, there is's terri
BILE mistake somewhere, and you are
the victim; and must pay the penalty
value Of Shylock's pound of flesh
namely, aiWastedS dissatisfied life.ta q
What man, with the ordinary average
amount of intellect allotted to humAni-
ty, would dare to marry q modern
young lady, fsnoh as make up bur
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., such as the
great majority comprisei % .s- .-, L. - ,rS
..lDo. not think, pretty little good for=
nothing roSe-buds, that4We blame you'll
Who would be.so silly as to expect You
TO leave your doYpy pillows and sweet
dreams, and 60 into the Kitchen and
put. your rosy finger tips into that
"sticky dough?" We hope you know
what that tmeans-theu unborn breakfast
rolIsf We know the cook LEFT without
any warning, but mamma" can do IL.
Why notS Is she not the selE-elected
chief servant ofothe Householder We
don't expect yon'to arise, and with hair
tucked back behind those dainty she'll
like ears, with real roses In Your
cheeks, and long broad apron before
that neat chintz gown, take tired man.
mas place and see that breakfast Is all
right for "pApav and all the household.
Useless baby in long clothes, you are
not to blame for shrinking from every-
thing disagreeabls. Has not mamma
tried her best to spoil you! and iftshe
has not admirably succeeded, can It be
said to be her FAULT Has she not care
J fully infused 1t into your young, tender
mind; that you were made of sub
stance little more etheriAI and sub
limated than herselif In her lodgings
J after the ideal, has she not taken you as
: sacrifice 70, the altar, even as AbrR-
ham did Isaac. But In place Of d ram
tied by the horns, she expects to find q
rich husband. "''. ''-''s - !-''t. r ~ ~
Pretty doyeI your eyes may be the
bInest, your lips twin cherries, yonr
feet the tiniest that ever skissed the
pavement, dndsye your mother will
say, "N hy don't they propose % = . !, -
Every sensible, maFriageabls yonng
man realises that he cannot marry your
motheriat the same time he: does you;
consequently, as he cannot afford an
ahIishmen =, there will be no one
to see that, the house u m order; the
dinuerlproperty cooked the stockings
dafned@in iact, h6I sees mo- ivFSv N
pIucki1R ont or the domestic househoid
! all that Is hard and disagreeabIe Ieay.
ing onlya bed OF down.it sAI orr - b;
Il Ifby any unforeseen accident a young
: tender plant IS stransplanted to "home
: of her. own = oh.S. fairy god-mother
come With your magieIWRnd, /, for the
time has come, aboYe all Others, VIXEN
your services arel sorely needed Poor
little bird, trying % ,hyi with her un,
/. fedged wings. Sent out into the battle
of lite without the gshghtest 6FmoF; o
expehence, with NO weapon upon earth
: except her hnsbandis love; and though
this, IL the bsgfn inning InAy be as stropl
) as q Damascus blade, Che crushing
; weight that is sometimes brought e
: rest upon twill makesfti snRpJlike 8
ships spar in a hurricane gale.
oh, that the mistaken parents, 1--WE
, | VIII spafe them .hny Sharshaf naiules,
z the true authors Of all this misery
: could look down the long Vista Of YEAR
: aud see, the harvest Of bleeding hearts
shattered shopespEa and sksIeton1I fear
which they were the means of5soEins
broadcast, but which ripens IN to-day's
:, sum only to blight and nlfldeW otheI
: homes nearer and ,ttat deafeF thEn nieeii
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