Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-01-06
AN OLD MAIDS VIEWS.

Some one who avows herself an oil,
maid takes a very cheerful and satisfactory
view of her social situation in the Troy
Times. Her views will be Of interest to
many:
! It always astonishes me when I'take =
reaiiz'ng sense Of the fact that [ am an
old maid Why, ynn'tl scarcely believe
Lit when confess that | once had lovers
BY ,he legion, and offers were as numer-
ous as frtations are nowadays. | was
always in love don't remember the
time when had not some William or
Frank 10 dream about and write love let
ters to and as donned my long dres-
I ses some handsome Charles Augustn. was
sure to keep my thoughts employed un-
til another with greater fascinations su-
! perseded him. You need not mag ne
1 that I regret them now. No, indeed -
! Ny life is pleasant one. No one an
noys me- No husband frts With other
mems wives or young girls, breaking my
heart. No husband calls me my love
! in company, and 'eld brute at home =
/ He does not growl at milliners' bills or
extravagant wardrehes. He never sits
looking at me. wishing I were as hand
some a. Mrs B or Miss J.. He
does not wish my eyes were as divinely
blue and my hair as charmingly golden
as Katie's over the way. He never casts
sly glances at pretty girls, throwing ks
ses when my back is turned. He doesn't
marvel how he ever came to marry me
when there were go many handsome wo-
men in the world Ii am i'll, he is not
wondering how weeds would become him !,
and if be should be obliged to have an ex-
pensive funeral He isn't thinking what
iolly widower he would make, anu how
eager pretty Jennie r would be to
marry him, or how gladly Flora j
would lift up her bewitching brown eyes
and promise to be his. He does not COM
placently fondle his elegant moustacbe be-
fore the mirror, and think every one must
pity him, and regret (grls especially
that so handsome man should be bound
to so plain looking a woman. He isn't
watching me continually to see if fulfill
all my duties as wife to criticise my
every movement, to be annoyed st the
weakness of the tea, the toughncss of steak
or the lateness OF the breakfast. Thank
the gods-no am free woman. do
as l please, 60 where please, think
breathe, sneeze, wink, eat, and sleep, as
please Old Mother Hubbard had her
dog. Dame Crump had her pig, but |
have my cat An intellectual animal
too, one that has more natural intelh-
gence than many children. Tabby and [
enjoy ourselves in rational manner
She never speaks cross word neither
do l. Together we sit and think hours
at time, by the open CRATE, and draw
morals from the fire within. Tabby has
quiet temperament, and we never quar-
rel | often hear people exelaim that old
maids are always gossips. Not so. |
don't care if Mary Jane has stolen anoth-
er girls beau never feel interested in
the cost of Susan's new bonnet or Jen-
MES silk dresses. | DO not wonder that
, Mrs. c. should be extravagant. or
that Miss c. should firt so mueh.-
What do care ? Tabby and OCCASION
ally remark upon the folly aud stupidity
of certain persons, but we do not mention
it out of our own family. Ny cat is not
communicative neither am I.
Yesterday l met one Of my old lovers.
Once he praised my eyes, my lips, the
beauty of my hair, the freshness of my
manners He profesSed to love me, but
he met a prettier girl and | a gayer young
man, and so we parted. He is married
now, has cross, faded wife and seven
children. he looks old and weary. |
felt sorry for him, but l smiled at my
folly in even wasting one thought upon
him. Would | give up my jolly life of
an old maid Never. My hair is grow
ing gray. My face has wrinkles in it.
/ My fingers are not white and soft aud
/ dimpled, but do not bathe them with
cold cream and wear old kids. don t
wear long trails that sweep the ground
for half a mile | do not wear Jumps on
my back, and double up with the fash
4 ionable 'Grecan bend don't have to
wear eye glasses and pretend that | am
near sighted am not obliged to wear
butterfy's wing on my head in Februa-
ry, freezing my ears until they are pur-
! pile don't have to 90 shivering in low
neck dresses, nor howl opera music until
my throat is sore, nor study attitudes be-
/ fore NV mirrer. nor twist my tongue out
enieavoring . learn German, nor fall in
( love with my dancing master. | am nor
uuder the painful necessity Of squeezing
nv hands in No. gloves when is my
number. nor do pinch my feet in little
shoes until existence seems . burden.
do not have to sing Itaiisn ditties in .
manner to some sentimental youth in
tight pants and waxei moustache. | an
far more independent in M plain merino,
with my hair in littlo knot, than Miss
Flora NcFiimsey is in her silk aud spark
ling diamonds | can look at gay young
man. and lie does not fltter himself that
am dying fn7 love for him. l can g
to church and listen to the sermon, Dot
caring fer the sty.i>a hats and hands"mt
dresses 0; ny reighbcrs. | can enjoy
my friends successes and riches, feeling
no envy. | eau see lovers kiss then
swcet-hearts good night without pan5