The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-03
CONCERNING WIDOWS AND THEIR
VARIETIES.


Thore ara widows and widows. There
are those wEo arc borrowed, and those
who ore released; those who lose theiI
support, On'f those whose chains are bro
ken; those who arc sunk in desolalion
and those WHO wake up into freedom.
OF the first wa will not speak. Theirs
is a sorrow too sacrld to 30 publicly
handled even with sympathy but the
second demands no such respectful re-
ticence. The widow who leaps into
liberty over the grave ola goaer, not a
lover, aro fair game enough. They
have always been fovorite subjects Tor
authors TO exerliae their wits gu; and
while men are what they aEe--laughins
animals, apt to see hunor lying 10 in.
coueruily aud with a spice OF the devil
to sharpen that Same laughter into satire
they will remain favorire subjects,
tragic as the state is when widowhood is
deeper Than tner9 outward condition.
There are many varieties Of the wild
ow, and oil are no! beautiful. For one
there is the widow who is bent on re-,
marrying, whether men like it OF not
that thing Of prsy WHO goes about the
world seeking whom she may dtvour
that awful creature who bcOrs down on
,hor victims with yigor 10 her assaults
that puts to fight the popular fancy
about tho weaker sex and tho dislrlbu-
ion Of power, No hawk poised over a
brood Of hedgo birds, no shark cruising
steadily toward shoal Of small fry, no
piratical craft sailing under free flag.
and accountable to no law bn, success.
was ever more formidable 10 the weak,
or things pursued than IS the hawk Wild
ow bent on remarrying. She knows 50
much; there is not EonU1yro by which
victory can be stolen that she has not
mastered; and sho is not afraid Of even
the most Desperate measures. When she
has once struck he would be clever
man aud bold one to escape her.
Generally LEFT but meagrely provided
for in worldly gools--eIse her game
would no! be so dilTifult--she makes up
Tor her poverty here by her wealth OF
bold resosrces. and BY the courage with
which she takes her fortunes in hand,
pligiblo m,.c,lina ossooia,as. sLo :,
woman Of purpose, AID lives ioran emil;
and that end is mtrriage, With the most
sion Irr,,o ha. ,o,l, h,rJI. tr ,bos
tbon,b NAV he con,nao,;,na,sIr hn h..
sncce.s;yo snors.. o,,, h'a ,audoJ %an
in I'm w;doyeJ a,,., ,";ao ~ ~ WV, w.
;,in M ,,i.o I,nrtsi "nl ,;,, , oH,s, oJ0
Sho mor"Iy rss,s af,a, o,s, , H. u
nnebaroro arJ aoo. 90, i,,o 49," ,ho ~ -
,vo.J 81 e.. .a.,Ia,;,a ."
cbano, sGe b,. no na tT,,'' ~ aus "s
u"tn;,, II nhoe,, al ,ram.S a., ps' ,
to.o oIo,,oJ ber haiG ar 80. $50 %" .;.L D'y },
vain ba.;J,. ,r;nS. ,',o $50" .",y,o,, w."
nnat hiosoo,s "r w." ~ w.. '"L l. %Iss ;senT,
40, Jes;,0bIs han ~. f,n;,Io,, "T h'i;I
Ton. as,h: ILL.,, IT, - t..h w. "
t,Len sba rer, ao%' II -, ouo = 0'Osuu -
and rrsscts nm ,ho m,n au' o;u p'0'e.1'
Snbo ara notsn,i,nv Iet, .n Ii,c as - soIu,
,choios. and somo how sbc MANAGES !,
has beeo saiJ that woman c5O an mar.
~ aoS man il ,bo ao,srm;nas 10 d. 60
and f,I,ows On n. lino,of bsr Jo,a,n,in ,o'
dion with ,ons,iIv anI con,non soma
Tho bawk wiIow s,opnIjfas ths ,rn,b
Of tbis saving She J,,srm;nss mnon
m,rri,,s onJ sb n.u,IIv snccosd,. Ibe
nnostier hr;n,oo or riC,im oni, onJ
Iot ofs,c,iGcs o., ha.," fail - h",
share. tbsro is no 6elo for il, md tho