Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-09
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LAZY MEN.
THEKIND OF HUSBANDS GIRLS
CAN DO WITHOUT.
BY LETITIA STANLEY.

Above all things shun the society OF
the lazr man for he is fit for nothing.
except to sleep, eat, build air castles,
and dream of untald wealth, which by
some miraculous wonder, he is mo-
mentarily expecting showered upon
him. He i. > pest IN soclety-a dis
grace to the human race, and bore
in general. You may salt his coffee,
sugar his beans. make up faces at him.
stick pins in his coat tail. put wasp
nests in his bed. throw cold water in
his face. before he is up in tie morn
ing: subject him 10 every earthly abuse
in your power; but for Heavens sake,
and your own, never marry him. No
matter how handsome he is--no mat
ter how rich he may be-no matter
hsw polite, agreeable or condsscend
ing-no matter how much he loves
you, don't Won marry him-upless you
wish to become meuial drudge. black
his boots, cook hi. dinners, wash his
shirts. mend his clothes, nurse the
children. clean the house, alternately
and simultaneously, whilst your hus
band is shut Up in the parlor, ENJOY
ing his forenoon nap, or studying a
work on agriculture which he IS very
careful never to experiment from).
without, thought or care for what Won
NAV be doing.
And now, girl,, Us these things in
the form of men are very common
Am going To draw a sketch from real
life. as warning TO V II, To take nv
adv &c. and never throw yourselss away
by marrying ono Of these scamps,
which iniest every place, and all socie-
ty, more or less, at the pre'ent day.
Nellie Craw,on was my most Inti-
mate friend. aud loved her as sis
ter. At school W. were inssperable,
both within doors and without Bereft
in e rly life Of her parents. aud alone
in the world. ithout father. mother,
brother. or sister la love her affections
seemed to center upon me her chum
and classmatel and most warmly did
| reciprocate her sentiments. She was
be autilul. Her spark
ling black eyes and glossy curls, dark
as night her delicate form and intel
lectnzl forehead rendered her peEs. nal
appearance very attractive; aud by
those who knew her bcst she was evan
acknowledged handsome. She had
some property little cottage, which
she told me was the home OF her child
hood. aud the house in which size was
born. and in W which both of her parents
had breathed their last. \ few hun
dred dollars rem. incl Of " hat bad been
deposited by her psrents) IN r bank,
for her benefit, after paving for her
education. She was eighteen wien We
parted ut school size TO return to her
home, with All aunt wio had reared
her and | to return TO the hearts and
home of my idolized parents. 1t was
to both o. us sad parting. We wept
bitter tears as We embraced each other;
and | leaped into the carriage sent 10
convey me home.
Our letters were frequent at frs,
and quite as afitctonate, presume.
as though we had been lovers for We
had learned TO prize each others so-
ciety, and it was hard to be separated.
At length Nelle's l,tier's ccas, d to tp
quite so freqn nt-were less affection
ate, and less expressive of Loneliness !;
and at last they ceased to visit me for
a number of weeks. OF course ! was
nearly distracted at this delay, fearing
sickness or death might be the cause !;
but my fears were soon qui, ted by the
receipt of letter, supsrscribed in that
well known hand, and bearing the
post mark of her native town and
State.
Anxious and exrectant, | broke the
seal. 1t was, contrary to her previous
correspondence, very brief epistle,
begging me to excuse her neglect, and
when she lad the pleasure of seeing
me she would make all necessary arol-
ogies; and ended by inviting me to
visit her Immediately and perform for
her the office of bridesmaid-as she had
at last won a heart and would soon
have husband.
| must confess, felt pang Of ieal-
ousy shoot through my heart; for to
be superseded in NQllie's affection by
one of the opposite sex was not at all
consolant with my feelings.
$50 here is the cause of her neg glect
her delay" said, as | tossed her
l. tier upon the table with apparent
dissatisfaction.
She did not exen tell me her future
husbands name-only that he was all
she could ask and more than she had
ever aspired to possess.