Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-11-10
Looking Under the Bcd.
From the Rochester Democrat.

do you think it advisable" asks a
young lady, evidently installing this pa
per for the New York Sun, "for us girls
| to look under the bed every night before
we retire?" We were not aware, gentle
creature, that young ladies ever did 20
to bed. We supposed they hung them
selves upon nail, SO as not to muss their
hair, previously encasing their fingers in
white kids so rs to be prepared to receive
burglars and other nocturnal visitors i'm
full dress. Why, however, in:case they do
retire, should they investigate the mys-
FERROUS recesses alluded to? Is it to sec
whether the chambermaid has exercised
one oil the privileges OF her sex by hiding
the dust there? But no We cannot be-
lleve II. 1t is, it must be, to find man
Now we do not think any good mall
would hide himself under bed. Ii he did
crowd himself into such humila.
ting position it would be to get out of the
way of some OF the boys who insisted
that he took drink. There have been
such cases, you know. If good man in
sisted OIL this eccentricity, however, would
he not be likely to select his own bed
for the purpose? Think seriously, dear.
Would person of respectable proclivi-
ties be apt To go into strange bedroom
and crawl under strange mattress? The
idea is absurd. So that if you founu a
man he would not be the person a shrewd
person would select for a son-in-law
Again, you would not be apt to find a
NAH. You might look for one i'm vain
every night for a thousand years. The
fates and the angels do not send the Sc
ductive cherubs in that way. The man
comes across the sea occasionally, as the
editor OF the Sun frequently says in his
sweet poetry;but even i'm that case it is not
best to stand on the beach looking for
him with longing eyes-it is better to at
tend to the dishes just as if you thought
nothing was going to happen. And think
oil the 800 disappOintments year which
would necessarily follow a persistent in
yestlgation. of the awful void beneath the
bed. Of course, you would get used to
1t after while; but for six months or SO
there would necessarily be the weeping
which follows disappointment that is
perhaps not deserved. The years would
roll Oh and that gentle heart would hard
Ell itself to the situation, perhaps; but is
IL well, dear, to invite disappointment and
GRIEF which may just as easily be avoid
ed? She is wisest who does not search
i0r man under the bed or anywhere else.
Happiness invaribly comes when it is
least expected, and Perfection died of too
mucn haste on the part Of her parents
when she was baby, and is an angel in
heaven at the present moment. We think
this would be the advice of Mr.. Dana i'm
his good Sun, ii your letter had reached
its destination. We may add to it the
wretched experience of James Buchanan.
once President of the United States.
When Mr.. Buchanan was young the
the women OF this country commenced
the agitation of their rights which has
since reached such alarming proportions.
Mr.. Buchanan looked at the matter with
the eyes of a statesman. He saw that
eventually women would vote, run for
Office, steal horses, lie, organize rebel
lions, be treacher0us to each other and
everybody else, become burglars, and as
sumo in general the sweet privileges
which had heretofore belonged only TO