The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-07-26
NEWBERRY, S. c., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1888


that girls marry too soon anyhow
and she don't want any of hers to
marry under twenty unless the offer
is a very splendid one in all re-
spects. reckon that is the reason
why she went off at sweet sixteen;
but l think Mr.. Gibbons is mistaken.
The census shows about as many
boy. children in Georgia as girl
children. We've got six boys and
four girls, and that is about right.
There is more anxiety about the
girls. They are sorter helpless and
dependent and we have to watch
these young fellers mighty close
for fear Of trouble, for the old say
ing still holds good,
ga son is SON till he marries wife.
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| life"
1t is mighty sad to see a girl
come back to her fathers house to
live after she has been married
year or two. Poor thing! She ney-
er knew what a good home she had
until she left it and bye and bye
she comes creeping back pale and
sad and the man she trusted goes
another way. That is the wreck of
a life. No more happiness for her.
No wonder that parents feel anxious
about their daughters and the
daughters ought to think and pom
der a long time before they marry
A fathers house and a mother love
are mighty hard to beat. But then
a happy marriage is the highest
state of happiness and every girl
ought to look forward to it. There
are lots of clever young men of
good principles and who have been
raised by good parents. The girls
ought to mate with EN-, money or
no money. Money is good thing
but principle is better and if a
young feller has got both and don't
drink nor gamble and is industrious
and healthy, why he is all right and
if I was girl would put him on
probation and say, / think you are
a very good man but you know I
am an angel and if. Well if
he seemed to doubt my being an an
| gel Iwould just tell him to go hence.
If a young man don't look upon his
girl as an angel before he marries
he never will afterwards and if /
was girl l would be an angel as
long as / could.
AS general thing the girls show
too much anxiety to marry. They
are too sweet on the boys. They
ought to stand off and look
reserved and precious and put on
Jerusalem airs and say young man
you don't know who you are fooling
with. Pm a treasure, l am. |
weigh 115 pounds and am worth a
thousand dollars a pound. Well
they are. A good nice healthy girl
who can make her own dress and
get up good supper for company
and is not ashamed to wait on the
table while they are eating, is just
worth about a thousand dollars q
pound. But that is nothing CON-
pared with what they will be worth.
Why Mrs. Arp has cut out and
made up at least 1000 garments of
one sort and another. She has
sewed 100000 stitches and patched,
darned, and washed faces and feet
and combed hair innumerable.
She has tied up 500 sore toes and
cut fingers and burns and bruises
and kissed away a thousand tears.
She has watched EN- BY night and
by day and keeps on watch
ing and right now while / am
writing on my piazza, she is
looking away up the big road
and says: 'Pm afraid some
thing will happen to them boys,
they are too little to 60 off by them.
selves. There are TWO little
nephews here just out of school and
they and Carl have all got a horse
or colt apiece and have gone off
on "scursion'' and l call EN- the
infantry cavalry and tell Mrs. Arp
it is all right but she sits here sew
ing with her specks on an ever and
anon looks up the road and says,
'sthose children have overstayed
their time. I'm afraid something
has happened" If they don't come
back soon know that / will have
to start after EN- for that is always
the way. Mrs. Arp is worth at least
five thousand dollars a pound and
she weighs right smart and keeps a
getting heavier. I am rich, I am. I