Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-08-05
AN OLD MAIDS VIEWS.

AANt 'iVhS VIII W VI lnlef
est to mavyi
IT always dstonishes he when ]
take b realizing sense of ehe feei
that ! am dh Old maid! Why you
will scarcely believe It wien 4 6eAi
fess that ! once hid lovers by thd
legion, and oitdrs wete III iifmgf.
oGs as hIrtstidns iiBW days. /
was always Id love. don't I'd,
i member The time when | had not
some Willie or Franks I'd drdam
about and write letters to. AS /
, donned my long dresses sond
handsome Charles Augustus was
sure to keep my thoughts employ.
Ell until another with greater fasei4
nations superseded him founeed
not imagine / regret them now,
No, indeedl My life is d pleasaht
one. No one annoBs me. No
husband firts With othGr men's
wives or young girls, bFeakihg ny
/ heart. No husband calls iiie ! nv
love" in company aid "old bfutBD
at home, He does not grbNi at
millinefs bills or extrayigant ward,
robes. He never sits ldohihs 1t
me, wishing / we're as handsome
as Mrs. B-=or Miss j., He
does not wish iiiy eyes #efe as dts
vinely blue and lily hair as charfa.
lingly golden as Katie's over the
way. He never casts sly glances
at pretty girls, throwing them kiss
es when my back is turned. He
does not marvel how he ever cathd
to marry me when there were sd
many handsome women Iii the
world. III am i'll be Is not won.
dering how weeds would become
him, and If he shduld be Obliged ID
have an expensive funeral. He
isn't thinking what jolly widoWef
| he'd make, and how eager Jennie
F-would llft DIP her bewitching
brown eyes and promise to be Ills.
He does not coihplstehtly fondle
his moustache before the mirror
and think how every one iniist pity
him and fegret, girls especially
that so handsome a man should BID
bound to so plain looking d #o.
man. He isn't Watching Fac Con-
tinually to see if | fiilfll all my du'
ties as a wife to criticise my every
movement; to be hhAdytd at the
weakness Of the tea, the totghhsss
Of the steak, or the lateness Of the
breakfast. Thank the gods-An5
+ am free woman. / do as /
please, go where please, Think
breathe, siieeEe, wink, cough, sleep,
and eat as l please. Mother HUB
bard had her dog, Dame Crump had
her pig, hut l have my cat All
Intellectual animal, TOO; one that
has tf1ofe natural inteliiqefice than
many children. TabBy and ] enIdv
ourselves In a rational manhef.-s4
She never speaks a cross word
neither dc |. Together re sit and
think hours at i tirtie by the open
CRATE, and draw gFate morals from
the flfe With. Tabby has a uhlgt
temperament, and we never quarrel,
l often hear people ekclaim thab
Qld maids arc always gossibs.z=
Not SO, I f5h't care if Mary Jahg
has stolen another girls bbhii [
never feel interested III the cost Of
Susan's new bonnet or Jennie's sllk
dresses. l do not wonder that mrs,
C--saould be so extfaragatit Hf
Miss G-should flirt so much. *
What do l care? Tabby and I Of.
,asionally fetiiark Upon the folly
ind stupidity Of other bersUns, bit
We do not mention it out of 6ar
OWN family. My cat is not cons
neither am Il
Yesterday / met one of my old
over. Gree he praised ihy eyes,
ny lips, the beauty Of my half, the
'reshpBss Of My manners. He pro-
'essed to love me; but he met 4
,retti r girl and 1 a gayer y0hHg
nan, and SO we parted. Heis mar
jed now: has a cross, faded wife
nd seven children. He looks old
nd weary / felt sorry for him,
nut smiled at my folly iii ever
7asting one thoHgtt upon him.
Would | ever give up my jolly lifs
{ an old maid? Never? My haif
growing gray, but ! don't use
Halls Hair Restorative" Ny
ice has sothe Wrinkles In it; but /
on'tuse aLaird's s Bloom Of Youths
Iy fingers are not white and soft
nd dimpled, but | do not bathe
lem with ''Gold cream" and Weaf
Ia kids. / don't tear out my hair
18th crimpers. ! never wear long
'ails that sweep the ground for
alf a mile. don't wear humps
II my back and double tib With
lie fashionable "Greciafi bend."=
don't have to wear eye GLASSES
I'D prctend I ami hear sighted. /
n not obliged to weaf d bhttefhy's
ing on my head in February, freez-
g my ears until they aFe bArple.
don't have to go in ioWiieek
'esses, nor howl opera music nh-
my THROAT is sore, nor study at
udes before my mirror, fi6f twist
T tohgde out 9pdgayoring to learn
.rman, nor fall ID love with my
ncing master.
am not under the painful nscess
y Of Squeezing Mt hands into
}. sis gloves when seven is fily
mber, nor do pinch my feet ins
little shoes ttntii existence seems
burden. / do not have to sing
dian ,litties in a langaishing ifisis
+ to s6iie sentimental youth ID
int pants and waxed moustache;
I'm far more independent In fdy