The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-16
miscellaneous.
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SRGAOBRlM'S NEW YORK
LETTER.

The papers are all blaze Of cX-
citement at the continuance Of the
elopement epidemic, and while we
are not morally certain that we can
prove it contagious on the sporadic
theory it is nevertheless true that
the man who has money and pretty
daughters had better look out for
them. for while it may be possible
to take care Of one Of these treasu-
res in the Bank Vault or III the
strong box Of the safe Deposit, the
other treasure is an uncertain do
mestic factor that hangs within the
reach of every bu cher boy, gro
Gerry clerk, or coachman and like
the riches spoken Of in the good
book, it takes wings to itself and
flies away. 1t not only flies away
but the butcher. the grocery clerk
or the coachman contrives to fly
about the same time, and there
lieth the milk in the cocoanut.
1t is well enough to look this
thing squarely in the face, and al
though Broadbrim is not vain
enough to suppose that anything he
can say will prevent any foolish
girl from making a ninny of herself,
yet there are many s"rvices in this
world for which we neither expect
nor receive any reward, and this is
one Of them.
When the world was very young
Love was blind, and now that he
has grown old, in addit on to the
original calamity Of his birth he is
deaf. No logic moves him, nc rea.
son swerves him from his wayward
fancies; ruin might be right in
front of him, but being blind he
does not see it. The most logical
reasons might be presented to turn
him aside from his headstrong
course, but being deaf he does not
hear it.
Strong minded females may say
what they please. but there is a
very wide diversity between men
and women, and it is nowhere seen
in such glaring colors as in the
matter Of marriage. An intellcc-
tual cultivated man may possibly
marry and love an ignorant unculti
waited woman, one who notwith.
standing her ignorance Las a gen.
tie and affectionate nature. one who
does her best to sooth him in his
hours of sorrow; who thinks Of his
comforts and provides for them;
men are grateful for these things,
for small as they may appear to the
unthinking they are the weights
that turn the golden balance Of
life. DR.. Johnson, the intellectual
Colossus ofhs age, though coarse
brute in his ordinary associations,
found in Mrs. Thrale ian ignorant
old dowdy) an angel Of light,
which was joy and consolation
to him up to the day of her death
Rosseau adored his house keeper,
and ignorant as she was, h: delig ght-
ed in reading to her the choicest
productions Of his genius, and it is
equally certain that he entertained
a most profound reverence for her
opinions. Henreich Helm when he
was electrifying Germany with his
writings, was the devoted slave Of
a woman who could scarcely read
one Of his manuscripts. and was
not only ignorant but vulgar and
ugly. Men may do this, but l
| doubt if the woman was ever born
who could long love a man who
was Intellectually her inferior. Miss
Morrisini is not the first young wo-
man who ran away with her father s
coachman and she will not be the
last, but | have yet to see single
instance where the match was a
happy one, and where the woman
did not repent her hasty choice in
sackcloth and ashes. Now there is
no very good reas'n why q coach
man or q stable boy may not be 9
very good sort Of person, but the
atmosphere Of a stable Is no;
conducive to the highest intellec
tual culture, and if it were the
young gentlemen who ampse them
selves currying the horses and per
forming the usual chores required