The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-05-11
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A LETTER FROM AUNT MALINDY.

sposc that $ the reason that we been thinkil
about you 50 much to-day. Well, few minutes
ago, says to myself; I've lived long, Ions
time, and had lots of ups and downs, and have
seen heaps OF trouble, and likewise a smart
chance of pleasure in these low lands of sorrow ;
and if can do my Sally any good by telln o.
my experience to her and advisiu her, shan,
regret the ups and downs I've seen, but will bs
mighty iappy if can he of any use to her"
It's mightie solemn thing to git married.
mighty solemn thing, my dear. None but them
that has tried it knows how solemn it is. Blu,
| solemn as it is to git married its O thousau
times solemner not to git married. To go pokin
| through this world tattlin, snarlin envi
Gus. cross grained old maid, is almost one of the
awtulest, sadlcst and most solemn things that
can possibly happen to a poor unfortunate te.
male in these low.lands of sorrow All old
maids, however, are not the wicked. ugly, snarlin
critters above referred 10. Lots Of en- as the
world calls old maids are sweet and pure. and
Kind and lovely, and saciety couldn't do with :.
out EN- no way it could be fixed The world
would DC ruined and have to close up business
and go into mournin if they all would take n
notion AMI git married right away. But I'm
not much oncasy on that pint, for all of 'em is
not goin to git married for sone time to come
hot for month or two at any rate. But lots
and cords of 'cm belong to the snarlin, cross.
grained gang AMI I'm alrail you would be one
OF that kind; your chin, and nose and eyes and
in fact your whole face has the exact expression
of cross old maid. It's solemn thing not to
git married. There's Jane Bnndy FOR instance,
as sour rs vinegar, rs cross as scttin hen, and
regular kill.ioy in the ncighborhool. can
remember when she was thought to be one of the
best AMI sweetest gals in the village but now
she is never satisfied; if people do well she
envcs 'cm aud tries 10 break 'cm down. and if
they arc unfortunate she does all in her power
to Increase their misfortuncs. Nobody would
once have tho"s =" mat size wouii have turned
out sch crooked stick. Jim Warner and her
was mi shty taken with one another they was
engaged to be married. and the we,.diu day was
s and every thing was fxcl, and all seemed to
be goin on as smooth and as calm as May
mornin, when all OF n sud lent Jim packed up
and went off to furn parts, aud nobody ever
knowed why for. Jim has never been seen or
heard of in these parts from that day to this
out Of her mind Tor a long Time, anus eyery0oiy-
thought she'd die but she didn't. she got well,
but she was u changed criler and ne ver ha been
like herself since. think all the love, and good
ness, and sweetness, and milk Of human kind
driv out of ner heart when Jim Var
ner went off and left her and disappintcd her
in sich a cruel manner, and often says to my
SELF says |, "June Bandy would doubtless
have been a very different woman from what she
is, if Jim Warmer and her ha | married. |
never see Jane but says, "lts awful solemn
thing to be an old maid"
Well Saie my dear, am glai. monstrous
glad, that you're goin to git married, but want
you to be sure and begin right, and keep right
Don't have too fine wcdlin. Let your wcldin
be equal to your means. a dwarf may imagine
he is a giant, anl try to make other people
think So too, but lie can't do it. for no matter
how grandly he struts about every body will
know he is only poor little dwarf, and he will
be the only one that is fooled after all. The
other birds know'd the Jack .daw though he was
dressed in the pcacock's feathers You arc
poor, and the fellow you're coin to marry is not
rich, and everybody knows it, so you needn't
try to make people think you're letter off than
you are, by havin fine wcdlin, for you can't do
it. They'll come and eat your fine fixins, and
drink your wine, and laugh and joke, and be
mighty periitc, but they'll DC aughin in their
sleeves at you all the time and as soon as your
back is turned they'll call you fool for tryin to
fool them by goin beyond your means u fxin up
q ine wellin
When Bill Skies and Ann Jones got married
was there. Bill is Il carpenter and Ann is the
darter Of poor farmer, but, from the way they
was rggcd out and from the fine fxins they had
on the table, you would have thought he was
furin prince and she the favorite dartcr of
John Jacob Stewart, or a. Il. Vandcrbuit. Pco-
Pile all laughed at EN- and called 'cm fools and
the poor foolish critters had to scrimp mighty
harl TO pay for it all, and arc no happier and
no more respected than if they had been quietly
married at church, and gone quietly home and
used the money that they spent oil The fine wed.
din in startn to housckecpin.
Eve knowcd lots and cords of people who had
more friends on their wcddin day than they ever
had agin. They wore finer clothes and had
better thingSto ca; than they ever did afterwards,
and they was happier ON that day than they ever
was in all their lives again. But some
people seem to think that they wouldn't really
be married unless they :al Il big weddn.-
They begin life by ovcrdoin the thing and. ten
to one, they'll keep on in the same foolish way
until they lose their friends. their credit, their
character, and everything else, but poverty
and want, and house full of children.
| Begin right, my dear. arl keep right, and
you'll be to end right, no doubt about that
none in tic world
| know r'a: your friend and schoolmatc, Fanny
| Frey, had grand time when she got married
She had fine dress all puckcrci up in the