The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-25
For the Herald. 'ff''
.of THE Joxs or MATRHMOxY.
KENT ca. MARCH 16lh. .1s

| -. .bosIkENT Co., March 10Th, 1871,
Mr.. EDlToR:7rIn travelling over the
country. for the purpose of doing good
for my fellow men, by securing thom' In
the time ofaneed and distress, against
I perjury, and want, through the means oil
INSURANCE, for a.wiseiand judicious pro-
Vision for their wives and children, and
| for the security of their property and
homes, from tho destroying clement al
\ firei I1haye an opportunity of Judging
fiepn xpcIienee, the difference between
men who live in the enjoyment of wives
and children around them, to love and
Cherish, and care for their interests, and
those who drag ont miserable exist
ence, with no companion, secluded from
genteel society, and a burden to them
selves, with no companions to soOtbe
their lives or care for the Interests of
their households, and no dear Bestlngs
to warble3lar prattle. aarsund their
couches while they rest their weary
limbs from the toilsoTne labors of the
day, by the as ociations of their own
hresideS. And,a sir, tits not TO be won-
dered at that the life of bachelor is nl-
| ternately the theme of ri,licule or eulo-
| gism, although the pOssesSor of a s. old
ing or e xtraSaEfint Wife may .tidnk Ills
the only lnfrpy state" When he is-stif-
| ferihg either irom her tongue, OF from
tf-Tt HillilIleT DlllSs WINE the nHPDY
man, whose wife grcets him in the ball
with q kiss, and ten him shs lasswarni-
ed his slippers, and prepared some nice
cakes and warm tea for his supper,
which is only whiting for him, cries, in
the joyfulriess of his heart: Who would
not he married? aiNe nHi ~
Even men who have ternlagant spous-
es not unfrequently praise marriage in
the abstract, the spirit of truth FREEDOM
1aau inv Ia. a.
read that Socrates, who rt.joiced i'm a
Zantippe, gave so glowing a description
of the double state" that tho married
men rushed to their wivea, and single
men TAN III pop the Question to the first
Esin9le yeung woman they met, We will
leave your readers TO judge whether the
bachelor. whose dinner We, depi:t, is
| very happy over his solitary meal,
which seems to oansist of leg of NUT
ton, without either cabbage, turnipS, or
| p0talf es, and Ions "Johnny cak @, all
blistfred and burned, and cup Of hard
cider. He seeiis to- pause bcforpp lie puts
his knife into The accomplishing juintI
awhile he mentally calculates if Ills
housykeeper has cut a sumptuous Slice
! he had the joint before Him on the pre-
vious day. Now, asir, If the unfortunate
bachelor hgdr been blessed withra wifi,
might have saved slice of muttsn,
which would amply repay tor any
amount of jewelry and satin dresses his
wife would require, besi6 g he sstisiae.
ton of feeling that his. table would be
supplied with all neccssaries of q hun
CRY life. and his house furnished with
all the comforts ofan ordinary domestic
horne, at a less cost tha is required to
indulge in the experience and privatioDs
of bachelors hall. We hope, therefore,
our bachelor friends will not only take
the hint. butthe' advice, of Mss Flora
'McFlimsy,1 also, and get married. II
youa more minute description of Sin
gle life as practiced in the bachelors
Ihalls. 4 @ n hespectfully. thine, .rii
Hu 7aeilagau,s adi TRAVELLER