The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-05

My dears, love is like law; it's a
deal easier to get into it than to get
out again. There are thousands Of
ways for the former; but, us for the
latter, it can't be done, noways.
Take my. advice, my dears-never
believe a man before marriage and
never trust him after it.
If men, for everything they broke,
they wouldn't be 50 fond Of breaking
their hearts for every pretty girl they
saw. The fortune of Il ROthschild
couldn't stand, my dRars, against such
a ruinOus amount of breakages. Why,I
have known a mans heart break often
as an American bank, and yet he
would open the next day with the
same brass plate on his face, on which
you could plaily read assurance"
and his herat would go on issuing the
same amount Of false notes as before
Besides, what becomes Of their broken
hearts, / should like to know! Where
do they all go to? Along with the
old moons, l suppose or they may be
keeping company, there's no knowing
where, with all the pins are lost, each
heart being stuck throagh with a pin,
like the curious insects in Il museum.
There's no need to tell you, am
sure, my dears, about choosing hus-
band. a woman's instinct generally
guides her in those little matter. But
this / will tell you, that husbands diff
fer az much as geese; but the softest,
mind, is not always the worst The
softer your husband the more pliable
YOU will find him, and all the easier
for your little finger. If husbands
trusted more to their wives and less
to themselves to the would be more
happy marriages; but, until they
learn what is due her sex and are fully
prepared to pay it, that happy balance
will never exist in household which
to the husband should be the source
of much Joy as large balance is
at his Bankers; but at present the
the wife is not allowed to have any
share or interest i'll the one, or to par
ticipate i'll the other.
| will conclude, my dears, with
giving you IL few rules about to the
choice of husbands in general and
though, my dears, l have never ven
tured on the stormy seas of matrimOny
myself (here the fair lecturers voice
slightly trembled with emOtion) still ]
watched from haven Of single blessed
ness many of squalls and breezes that
have taken place on them, and have
derived no small knowledge from the
numerous shipwrecks have witnessed
in consequence of them, with thi:
knowledge l am only too willing to i'm
part to all those who are anxious Il
embark for the United States.
l shall confne my observations, my
dears, to the small circle of my ex
pererience of men, such as | hav,
studied round the tea-table.
If man wipes his feet on the door
mat before coming into the room, yOI
= may be sure he will make good do
mestic husband.
! If man puts his handkerchief Ol
$ his knees while taking his tea, yo
It may be sure he will be prudent hui
Il band.
It In the same way, always mistrus
n the man who will not take the las
it piece of toast, but prefers waiting tc
a the next warm batch. 1t is not Ill
1t likely he will make greedy, selfS
husband, with whom you enjoy Il
If "brown" at dinner, 10 crust at tea, Il
4 peace whatever at home.
If The man, my dears, who wea
Overshocs, and Is careful about wra
ping himself up well before venturiu
into the night air, not infrequent
- makes a good invalid husband tn;
II mostly stops at home, and is easi
comfortcd with slops.
i The man who watches the kettle al
F. prevents its boiling over will not fa
ed my dears, in his married state, in e
,rs ercising the same care iii always kee
ed ID ing the pot boiling.
Or The man who doesn't take tea,
',s as treats the cat, takes snuff and stan
his with his back to the to the fire, Is
brute whom | would not advise yc
-GS pe my dears, to marry upon any consid
t. atioI either for love or money, [
:, most decidedly not for love.
'0' But the man who, when the tea