The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-07-02
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by AN OLD Mali. or THE WORLD


't Ny dears, love is like law; its d
easier to get into it than to get out aga
le There are thousands of.ways for the t,
of lnler:sbut as for the latter, it can't be do
noWays.
y Take my advice, my dears-neyer |
lieve man before marriage, and new
e trust him afterward.
Ii men, my dears, were like sc
+ wants, TO pay for everything they brok
t, they wouldn't be SO fond of breaking the
:. hearts for every pretty girl they saw. I'll
f fortune of. a Rothchild eouldn't stand, n
dears, such ruinous amount of break
!, ges. Why, I have known a mans hea
to break dis often as an American ban
: and yet he would open the next day wit
the same brass plate on his face, ION whic
( you could plainlysread ASSURANCE, 4 an
his heart would go on Issuing the sam
amount of false notes as before Besides
what becomes of all their broken heats,
should like to know? Where do they a
go to: Along with the old moons, [ sur
pose; or they may be keeping company
there's no knowing where, with all til
pins that are lost, each heart being .stuc
through with pin, like the curious insect
in museum.
There is no need to tell you, am sur
my dears, about choosing husband. ]
woman's instinct generally guides her ii
those little matters. But this I will tel
tyou, that husbands differ as much al
geese; but the softest, mind, is not always
the worst. The softer your husband tho
more pliable you will find him; and all
the easier for you to twist him round youl
little finger. II husbands trusted more tc
their wives and less to themselves, there
would be more happy marriages.; but un-
til they learn what is due our sex and are
fully prepared to pay it, that happy bal
ance viii not exist in ashousehold Whieh.to
the husband should be the source of as
much joy AS large balance is at his bank
ers; butat present the wife is not allowed
to have any interest in the one, or to par
ticipate in the other. sr
| viii conclude ,smy dears, with giving
you a few rules with regard to the selcc-
ting Of husbands in general; and though,
my dears, I have never ventured upon the
stormy seas of matrimony myself (here
the fair lecturers voice trcmbIed slightly
with emotion), still [ have watched from
the haven of single blessedness many of
the squalls and breezes that have taken
place on it, and have derived no small
knowledge from the numerous shipwrecks
| have witnessed in consequence Of them,
and this knowledge an only too willing
to impart to those who are anxious to en-
bark for the United States. .s7zsI
[ shall contine my observations. my
iears, to the small circle of my experience
IF men, such as | have studied them
around the tea-table.
If a man wipes his feet ON the tioormat
before coming into the room, you may be
sure he will make a good domestic hus-
)and.
If man puts his handkerchief on his
lnees while taking his tea, you may be
ure that he will be a prudent husband.
In the same way, always mistrust man
Who will not take the last piece of toast,
tut who prefers waiting for the next warm
'atch. 1t is not unlikely that he will
make a greedy, selfish husband, with
whom you can enjoy no "brown' at dim
Ter, no crust at tea, no peace whatever at
ome.
The man, my dears, who wears over
hoes, and is careful about venturing in
D the nipht air most frnc.nnntl1r 1s,a1,1,e
ood invalid husband that mostly stops at
ome, and is easily comforted with Stops
The man who watches the kettle and
ecps it from boiling over, will not fail,
ny dears, in his married state in exercis-
lg the same care in always keeping the
OF boiling. I;
The man who doesn' take tea, ill-treats
lc cat, takes snuff, and stands with his
ack to the fire, is a brute whom would
OF advise you to marry on any considera.
on, either for love or money, but most {
ecidedly not for love.
But the man who, when tea is over, is {
scoyered 10 have none, is sure to make ,
le best husband. Such patience deserves /
eing rewarded with the best Of wives and {
le best of mothers-in-law. My 1ears, ,
hen you meet with such man, do your s
tmost to marry him. In the severest {
inter he would not mind going to bed !
rst. {
Here the lecturer concluded, and the :
veral young ladies returned to their res :
,ctive avocations.l !