The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26
Awoaas's COMMUNICATION

ues. of men III asking women 10 marry
She save
am pcstered with offers NM / Ike
mon; Ike gcauemene society better
than anl other sex. like them because
their association is 90 me pleasing and
profitable ! want information and
suowlclge and infHmauou Of tho world
and all the wisdom can acquire, aud
this can better derive from personal as.
>oeiation, and masculine association at
that, Than from al the books OF the won.
en- Ia thc world. Not that am going 10
pat myself up a. a thorough blue stock
ing. angular, shruukeu, sharp featured,
withered spectacled, and strong minded.
My blood circulates pretty lively, and /
am not ayerse to the feel Of a coat sleeve
OF the sweep Of a moustache to ell up the
panses in the conversation. Bat modcr-
tion, Judgment aud prudence ia al things
say |. Because champagne is exhilerating
that is no reason why any should drink
themselves into any sort Of gutter,
Now never offered 10 marry man. !
never had the presumption to say to a
gentleman If you will be my exclusive
companion for life will support YOU;
and ! viii be a mother to your children.
As to congenaIity, why, I've only seen
You in company dress, but you please me
IN that, aud III take il for granted that IN
all their intricacies and complications our
natures will come into perfect sympathy
aud consanguinity with each other Bat
men will make such propositions after a
tx weeks acquaintance, when in reality
hey know no more Of the woman when
hey ask TO marry them than they do Of
ne man IN the moon. There are men
who will propose marriage 10 us, whose
business would keep them two-thirds OF
me time iu the wids of the continent.
they seem to imagine that the honor Of
heir name and alliance would be a sufIi
cient compensation for lie spent two
birds in the condition Of a grass-widow-
hood, or ofone entirely subject to the pri-
yalions Of the backwoods. There are
,thers, confirmed inyalids, who because
We are pleasing to them, elect us TO the
tation Of their nurses for life. Others
ire poor as poverty, yet not for moment
to they hesitate to offer US shares IN their
poverty. SO they 60 None OF these
gentlemen in the matter of association are
lnpleaSing. All are possessed Of quail
les which render association with them
greeable. But the law Of TO day seems
10 be that the moment single lady secs
IL man something to admire, and al
lows him to become aware of such admi.
ration, that moment his lordship must inn
agine that she is head over heels in love
With him. 1t is then that he demands or
mportunes a return Of his passion. it is
hen that he either becomes furiously
jealous of all her her associates whom
She has known and esteemed for years;
tud, to be sure, ii she doesu't comply
with his demand or importuuity--if she
doesn't feign an affection which she does
not ieel-his lordslip goes into spasms
either of despair or rage. He threat
Ems either suicide or revenge. (Mr
Editor, have got trunk full
of jnst such desperate letters,
and I'm half inclined to publish one oc-
casiOnally, without signature, of course,
Just in order that some Of their lordships,
who daily carry their heads very high on
Montgomery street, may see how their
insanity looks in priut) | ask again:
why may not a lady enjoy congenial mas
culine association, based on propriety,
which might prove mutually profitable,
without being continually pestered to
marry? Marry marry marry.n That's
mans eternal cry Marry and settle
down. Settle down into a housc--two
story back, perhaps settle down into
kitchen, cook stove, wash tub, q
cradle! aud so keep settling into weary,
worn, faded woman --on whom the male
importuucr, after five or ten years Of ex-
elusive companionship, may look and
congratulate himself on having accom-
plahed successful rain! You men are
leluaed on this subject Of matrimony.
You mecta woman attractive to you, and
forthwith you conclude that the be-all and
end Of her existence Is place in your
own private cage, where she is to sing for
your own exclusive benefit. You con
clude because she is outwardly pleasant
ia your company that all is serene and
quiet within. You have vet to learn thai
the best specimens Of womanhood you zee
are fast cutting loose from this old
fashioned idea that marriage is the end
and aim Of her life.