The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-11-22

should show the saooir- oiUre OF Chester
field, the cold cynicism Of fRochefoncauld,
and the practical economy of Franklin,
he would think it only probable, and turn
the page to see what the clever Lady Bea-
tr2 said of Bolingbroke and Marlborough
and Harley, of Addison and Swift and
the Duchess.
This IS what he would read some of
the illusions seem, indeed, to be singular
for beauty and wit of the last century:
Marriage ought never to be entered
INTO tor any other purpose than comfort,
and there is none without consequence
and fortune without these il is more
prudent to live single
"For this lite there is nothing but dis
appointment. The happicst are those
who support misfortune best | find
that travellers eXaggerate; there is a scarci-
~ Of money in al families, and in all
countries people have poor relations to
support "
There is no knowing how marriages
may turn out-women may treat hus-
bands i'll, leave them, die before them;
but # a good provision. be made Tor the
husband, there is nothing lost lv 4iskin.
q marriage"
"Walter Scott novels would anlusc YOU
very much. They are read by people OF
all ages, and are almost historical Wal J
ter Scott has made q large fortune by his
novels
She has made The greatest match that
any woman ever made, and I suppose
now that people will see that Mrs Cation
was right in starving herself to keep her
daughters in Europe. The Marquis OF
Wellesley is Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland.
He married an Italian singer, by whom
he had family OF children. She is dead
He has no fortune, he Is over head and
ears IN debt The Cations, | suppose, will
De enchanted with the MATCH and with
reason, too, for it gives them a rank in
Europe; and with MIR. Carroll's money to
keep ltup, they may be considered the
most fortunate III the United States OF
America. | can only say, Il jerome
were girl and had made such match,
am convinced that shoui1 have died
ior joy"
''ln America, Mere are no resources
except marriage, and as there was no one
there for me to marry, l very naturally
sought to quit place where | was not
pleased
Il am sure that baekwardness has been
great disadvantage to myself
Mrs. Cation has set me a good example
OF the subject. She has, however, been
more fortunate in fixing her children
than ! can hope 70 be. l think ther are
the most fortunate people | have ever
heard or read Of Louisa has made i
great match. He IS very handsome, not
more than twenty eight, and will be duke
with thirty thousand pounds a year.
-. After | had married the broth
cr Of an emperor, had not the meaAncss
Of spirit to descend from such an eleva-
ion to the dcplorable condticn OF being
| the wife of an American,
''Can you, tor love or money, contrive
70 send ne string OF nAite topazes. |
want TO wear II as a necklace, and pre-
tend they are diamonds. - | was very
| intimate with Lady Normandy the last
| year Of her reign at Florence. She is the
very qualntness of iashion-thc fine flow
er Of bon ton. All is vexation and vanity"
The amazed Mr.. Warrington would
turn and turn, and sift and sift, but this
is all the Chesterfield and Rochctoucauld
| and Franklin that he would find These
arc all the glimpses Of the dazzling Boil
ingbrolle and the famous Marlborough
and the willy Duchess that could be gath
cred from the letters Of the beautiful
Lady Beatrlx They would proye to be
nothing but a record Of consuming desire
Of a merccnary woman to marry her son
te fortune, and of her rage when he
marries the woman that he loves. and
poor Mr.. Warrington would think that
his wits were gong, if upon looking clos
er at the fading signature upon the fragile
page, he should read, instead of Bea.ris
Esmond, Betscy Patterson.