Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-08-23
OLD RATCAEi.ORs.

! Rail as .yeu will against the cares and
perDleXities that are involved inlmatri-
mony,. there is nothing. very lively Or
inviting about the prospects OF an old
batchelor.. al ~, u srs..-I .ssII ..ai-.=F4 ~,
/ 1t is less paiafnll TO contemplate the
life Of t'single-blesseduess'' fora woman
than for man.i,. as4.s e4.is s.s,l =. u.I
/ Wonaen can bluSteE around aud busy
themselves about nothing, and work
hard al that. Bn1. few Elen have that
happy faeHltx. They must have an OBJ
jectiyel point. something to be gained ,iOr
work becomes stale and distasteful. The
muscle in their arms was not intended
to. be developed merely for. their ,oyn
qualification. nor their thoughts design
ed to subsoil the mysteries of heaven
and earth merely that they might be
clothed and sit down to luxurious, but
solitary and unsympathetie diet. Men.
need homes. They cannot make them
without weman's assistance. s...:s -
Women have thrifty way OF nesting
down in almost amy condition OF lie,
and giving the poorest nest a home-like
appearance, which makes life tolerable,
even without marriage. ..s-e -a.. -. b.
Men are such .pititully helpless crea-
lures, even in their great strength. Ma.
ture intended them for woman's special
care. -ti.. ss... l,i..-.. ...,.,...
Ask the veriest old batchelor that ever
sewed OH shirt-button or tied up. a hole
in his stocking if it is not true, that he
is sorry every day of his life that he
did not marry and settle down when
young. But say one and another who
desire to argue the subject, is sewing on
buttons and darning stockings The chief
end and object OF wives, the ultimatUm
sought by men who marry?
4 4, lsf
tie duties answer and you will learn if
not already informed, that they are very
important and in the list of comforts,
and contribute much toward quiet life.
But any one. OF sense. knows that because
capable Of attending 10 these small things,
a woman is not :ncapacitated for accom-
panying her husband into all high SYM
pati,ies, aspirations and striviags fOr
prosperous, perhaps famous, conditions.
1t is mistake that old maids are more
to he pitied than old bachelors. True,
men can circulate aronnd in the world
more in certain. ways. That is to say
they can sit in bar-roOms and smoke and
drink, and forget their better natures,
and lodgings for purer companionship.
They c:an work all day and half the
night year in and year out. and make
money for some other mans wife and
children toquarrel over and spend when
they drop into a final resting-place,
which is neither softened by tears. or
beantified by loving hands. They may
wander at will through the world, each
day feeling ambition. and, energy weak
enett by a sense of loneliness, and utter
liz selfish aims. With no one to share
his good fertnne, generous man loses
the enjoymen of flfe profits Of his labor.
They may drink to the bitter dregS of
the seltishness of unprineipled women,
but never know the heavenly influence
aud companionship of a devoted woman.
Old maids have generally more tact iii
weaving themselves into the affairs of
other people, so that they are not utter
ly unknown to affections, because they
become necessary to those around them.
They can addptthemselves to necessities,
| and home feelings steal into their hearts
even through the influence of habit.
Men have less tact .iIan women. There
| is one prevailing mistake, which is that
men .reinain unmarried from choice,
| while women are unwilling victims
from lack of opportunities TO marry.
There are just 'as many men rs women
| who do not IA TRY because they cannot.
| Ia one of Our old states like Massach,I-
setts, there area large number of single
women, because 0fA the population OF
/
but look at the far Western States, where
many men, are dragging ont n lionel, old
age because they went ont as pioneers,
and unaided by women, cut the way fol
civilization through forest and over
mountain, even to the coast of the Pa
| cific Ocean,.
Why did they go alone? They loveG
i their wives, mothers, sisters and sweet
hearts too we'll to make them their eonl
pauions through danger, lia:dship ant
privation. So bidding fearful adiels
they set ont With brave il heavy hears
and though many, dropped by the way
victims to the scalping-knife OF the say
age or the raVages of disease from expos
ure and hald work many live To-day Il
realize that other men wooed and woT
their sweethearts, and that wives. moth
ers and sisters are scattered by death
marriage and other interests, so tina
there is no vacant chair awaiting the re
turn of the wanderer. g.
When States were organized ant
4 towns and cities commenced to beautif,
their rich eXpanse of fertile lands, mel
sent for their families. and womau's in
fluence commenced to refine the hithert
almost wild and savage life of the piOn
eer. But their daughters looked no
favorably upon the advances of old batch
, elors, but accepted and married younge
men. So the early settler may live alon
J on his two or three thousand acre ranch
) and without the incentives of woman
: love and clever hand-wOrk, and tn
music of laughing children, his littl
| old cabin which is partitioned with clot
and capable OF being carried by land O
sea to another locality, looks drear
e enough
, God comfort the old bachelors VIII
t are such because they cannot help then
] selves and give them hope for reeompen<
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