, 1870-12-25
PROVERBS ABOUT WOMEN,


"Iou may havc her, my brother"
PROVERBS ABOUT WOMEN.
What the Old Bachelors OF Ancient
Days Snid.
F,sn. the Rsro'utfon.
II il eild that the proverbs OF the world fur
pish m epitome Of iha wit and Nlsdom OF all
national sEes. The most salient and uui7er-
fal EAlts OF human nature h1e c1ught and
preserved in tht n, ~ flies AEo preserved in
amber The same in true of the deeply in
Grained pEejue,ces which Lave come doHq to
Us from etmi.barbAous time. II proverbs
ate IN many csses neat and portable packages
IL WHICH self-evident trutha hre banded about
they slso furnish conveyance for many .ideas.
which do not TT tho period in which we live.
Old, hateful, unjust notions, about women
especially, aIa thus kept in circulation, and
ehoT how deep Was the brand Of her sorritude
IN the ages when they we're coined by male
ingenuity. Much Of this small change OF
thought 1s spurious, bat It is curious md in
es1uctlve Is Measuring Tie thorough contempt
men often expressed for women at the time of
the1 most eeryile submission to mails rule.
In these brief editioIs Of Eou1d-be wisdom
the intellect Of woman ia almost universally
derided:
a Hebrew proverb says:
when AZ AS climbs a ladder we may nnd
wf9dtu IN TQuen-"
As another has it.:
"1nree women and googe make market"
And arother still.
aWhere rha,e are vrman mn. caaa. ,,s,a
wants no ncfse,v e@"S~ @A-eN
Here ia batch Of proverbs illustrative OF
the utter woithlessness OF women:
:" 4 man Of tsraw is better than woman OF
IN asaa wife. 4 il also said, is the best goods
uTne badness Of man is better thsa tho good
.Tne Ilesih II Wirep ond tha iinss ~
MAKE men Han Waves Auu ME- ioss u soeep
aIf = sen1r1n Wv rsr. =, !. ,,+.,. ,>...
hena ~ "oo'0 1aAe nes gown anu
deeds ase males; words are tema.es.-
The deceit, irconstarcy and uptrustxorthr
;s.enss snaea ~ neoxerha use F esIsa ~ tnto e.
| iect few: ''oN' "'@''- "' 'e>
.So rel5,ag on women. wine and fortnna-
"Mo,Dal aud Wtnc, game and deceit,
|, Make Ae wealth small and the wants crest y
~. wins ~ ana 10 fe',une ase ever changing
wiyesis insisted on by toma Of those IA s.ws "
Here is one that Gays; ~-'s'
:. A knanfej. a nprnnn. AM, vairnt rre,
1ns . more taey are beaten the better they be- :
%, IT. ses daf SfR ne ~ 'e1
,n. ms e.; G,'.o'1n y. ao nonon ,nat Women ought
habltuAl!5 70 Keep slience ii expressed BY 3
| hnmnss r,3t o. satinGa
"Snsnee ..S,enc ~ the M best ornament >. woman.-
.e.ds N wotn.T 49, 'S"~' A'' . "o1t"''' '.' IL
Las women Spin and not rreach.~
sWttt to hear and sltw 10 speak, '.
Maideas snsu!d le NUN tlli they are married
ao1 sasa Iaes nes onfn Asta
~ r q greater degres e. Of contempt could posi-.
..1,,s ~ .xo., st.- - .
see soose 10 hs9sfaet pit gre "oaan weep ss ss
"a woman;s tougne wags like q lambs taI..~
"WoMen and he1s. tatouPn ioo mnca u ..ad,Inv
are lost
Hero ia one Of the articles O., the o,5 mar
wife: no un when snou cbooers, aGu a fqirnn sess
| ~ eAss>a' eA"'
kecI1ng aud drudgety:
'.The woman that expects to have good name
e s'wnyt r.. at home as 4 she we're ,ans and u.
70 oe doI 8 ifon morning I'LL night
His Satanic Majesty, 1t would appcsr b,
tlese eawB, is On intimate tarms with tl,i
Eek
IeI woman she's beauty, and the Dew
.Nan ~ ~ 1,1e. ~ w,man l., +,r, ,., p.,u
/ ID Eets 1hem in a hja1e. Wv "'A eotae
uerr,.. ,.,.a avrre.s;,r, ~
cious heIief. '''1 u 'efS pos d
..Women conmena a n,o,cs, m,r. r., ,,p. ,,u
not A~1 "''41As1" '1'aeH' 'nso' so' hAe "1n
w,r,,r,. r,..;+r IT., ;a,u;,,
thns o1nrnasn3s Ao' 'n't'soe Aao oeee't "
wn,ts,, ~ ,,,.,,,,.
women concFsl =, thex rlsea rner 1aap ~ "ea'
The ehrewisf nr,jitie, nY wnmsn ava ,-..-
in M alJnrine cnfn,a. '''Neu ~ q " ""'
MII Tnn rsn shiar y cnre. u,,s -,,, wan. ~
fear aIy company" ''1 Ases ~
"fyery man can tame shzew bu, he that hat
her.