Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-28
written for the Rocky Mountain Husbandman
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uIet love be without assimilation. Alb
hor that which is evil cleave to that which
is good"
No doubt many will wonder what Pan
dora has to warn us against, and also whom
she intends to warn; not the married folks
this time, for / I'M happy to say that there
are not many of them that this shoe will fit,
but I am sure it will fit many young ladies
and gentlemen. Now, | don't mean to
scold, but just to talk to, to warn them
AGAINST a very prevalent vice, one that is
not confined to any particular class or sex,
but is almost universal. [ allude to Flirting
-carelessly trifling with the hottest affec-
ton of those by whom we are surrounded.
am inclined to think that in the good old
DAYS of our grandmothers this evil was con-
fined almost entirely to the fair sex. The
old school gentleman had too exalted an
idea of a lady to seek to tritle with her affec-
tons by winning them for paetime or to try
their power, and entirely too much %self-res-
pect to r~etaliate when lured on to love by
the witchery of black eyes, or entangled in
the meshes of golden hair; but alas! nova
days that is all changed. The ladies have
taken a step or two forward, have tried to
place themselves on an equal footing with
men, and one of the very many disastrous
results is the loss of that subtle feeling of
respect and admiration which was one OF the
greatest compliments which existed in a
mans heart, and now men do not hesitate
to take their turn at flirting. View it as we
may, from either standpoint, it is, to say the
least of it, exceedingly unkind and almost
inhuman.
The art Of winning love has been gra-
ciously granted to some in much more abun-
dant measure than to others, yet how often
they abuse it. l would not be understood
as saying that we are not to make ourselves
agreeable, on the contrary, | think every
man and woman should strive to be as ami
able and good looking as lies III their power
God filled the world with beauty, he inn
planted in our hearts a desire for and admir-
alton of the beautiful; then let us strive tc
be lovely and loveable in the eyes of all WIZ
know us, to win the true friendship ano
honest admiration of all, but never let III
strive to win a love for pastime, never triflt
with the holy affections of any ones nature
Ihear some careless voice eXclaim, "Oh
ne only seek amusement" Pray tell MI
under what head in the long catalogue o
amusing things are we to find this browning
amusement OF the 10th century? Methink
apistol shot, or a dagger thrust, would b
less pain than a heart broken AID a life Q
desolation and loneliness. [ know very wei
that it is the fashion nowadays to laugh an
sheer at what is called love; | know, toe
that we must keep u best feelings bottle
up, and the prettiest things we might sa
must be poked away where we may some
times sit apart and muse Oh them, but cate
us saying them in public-oh, no; we kno'
better than that. ''If you hang out you
heart DAVIS will be sure to peck at it." so W
all take particular care to hide our true fee
1ngs, and often live lives of hypocrisy.
The term love is applied so UNIVERSAL
1hat it may be twisted and distorted SO as
DC attached to almost any emotion. How
ever, it is not of the general term that
would speak IN my warning, but of the To-