Smyrna times., 1876-10-18
A Few Hints About Marrying Widows

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1t men who marry maidens require a good
deal of advice, men who think of marrying
widows seem to stand in need of more.
man who tried the experiment of marry
ing widow six years ago. has written out,
pretty fully, his experience, and sent it to
US, and we are enclined to think that it af
fords some useful lessons for all such as
contemplate second husbands.
Our correspondent married widow with
money. He spent her money and now she
chides him for it. He found spending the
money pleasant enough, but the chideing
he receives in consequence is decidedly
disagreeable. Moral: Do not marry
widow with money but if you do marry
widow with money, don't spend it.
He married woman who had had a
former husband, and the former husband
was very nice man; and he says: "she
is constantly holding up to my admiring
gaze the virtue of her first husband!"
Now we cannot advise man who is going
to marry widow to marry one who has
never had first husband, for all lwidows must
necessarily have had husbands; but would
it not be matter of prudence to select one
whose first mate had not been altogether
model husband, so that if she was forced to
make a comparison it should not be in his
favor.
Our unhappy correspondent goes on to
complain further: "She flies into q pas
sion; accuses me of everything mean, and
to taunt me, declares that she did not mar
ry me for love-" This is pretty serious. 1t
is not safe to marry widow who can fly,
because she may, like this one, fly into
passion. And then to accuse her husband
of everything meant How unnecessary,
when the one mean thing of spending her
money is enough to accuse MIN of!
This unfortunate man in his effort to
to state the case truly, cautions us as fol-
lows: "Do not think am a angel in dis
position; ] am quick tempered but not un-
reasonable" From this it does not seem
to be enough to make it safe to marry a
widow that man is not unreasonable. lie
must also be an angel in disposition-per.
haps he might better be angel altogether!-
and must not be quick-tempered.
The next ground for complaint is: "She
is constantly thrusting her dear departeds
portrait where all can see it. have made
her put it away several times, but she will
presist in sticking it up again." A point.
then, in marrying widow is to marry one
who has no likeness of her first husband.
Altogether from the information thus
afforded us, we are enabled to prescribe
little formula to be adopted at the very be.
ginning, in courting a widow. As such
courtships are proverbially brief and bust
ness like, there is no occasion for any hesi-
tation in coming right to a statement of
the essential points, and the reasons for
them. 1t may be somewhat after the fol.
lowing fashion:
"Madam, few things should be prompt
ly settled between us, TO determine wheth.
er there is any prospect that our married
life will be happy.
First: Have you any money? If you
have, might spend it, and then you would
chide me.
Second: Was your former husband cross
and grabbed man? Otherwise you may
make comparisons between him and myself,
, which will be very odious to me.
Third: Are you sure you cannot fly?
You seem to me at present SO like an angel
that am not quite sure you have not wings
, under your dress and if you can fly, fear,
after we are married, YOU may hy into a
passion.
Fourth. Will you destroy every likeness
{ of your former husband? /? Ishould not want
| to see them about.
r In this ramantic manner a courtship
l might be begun. If it should end in a
fare up instead of marriage, two persons
: might possibly be benefited thereby.-N
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