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Let it come, and be not fearful What the flight of time may bring Visions bright and spectres tearful, Are behind his shading wing; And to all as past lie flieth, Their allotted part he bears, But his burden lightest lieth On the heart that ne'er despairs. Let it come, not be offended Should your sky be overcast, And its light again be blended With the shadows of the past. Still with hopes of brighter morrow Cheer your fainting spirits some, And ev'n though it bring you sorrow, Stand erect and let it come. A Word to the Ladies. BY LVD I A JANE PE1RSON. You cannot know, my gentle sisters, the intense feelings of interest, solicitude, hope, and fear, look with which my schooled heart swells, as I upon your fair glad faces, and hear you merry j laughter. Very pleasant they are to me ; for I love joy and beauty, and long for the land in which they bloom forever. In this world they are not immortal, and yet they are almost always blighted in iheir early bloom. It need not be so. The gladness of the heart may endure to old age, and the face may retain its beauty, always. Joy and beauty are the sunshine of the soul. So long then j as the heaven is clear above us, we may be beau- tiful and serenely happy. I am not going to tire you with a moral lecture. T assume, dear eirls. that vou are all pure, and Ben- tie, and that you understand your duty, and accoun tability to God. But there is one subject of vital importance, involving your whole human happi ness and respectapility, on which it is the fashion to keep vou in utter ignorance. Men have said nrf writwn FWr the romance of woman's heart. Do not suffer the broad light of reality to , dissipate the shining mists that clothe her morn- ing landscape. Cherish the idolatry of her loving : nature, and let her dream of heaven, and defy the object of her pure young heart's idolatry." This doctrine is well suited to Mohamedan countries, ,where women are kept in little earthly Edens, pam pered, pattered, and caressed. Surrounded by beauty ; dreaming life away in elegant ease, amid the refinements of luxury. Believing that they are created merely to love, and be admired by their lord, to whom they apply the words of the inspired Psalmist, For he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him." But for women who are required to answer the end of their creation, as a help for man ; to walk beside him, in the rough ways of life, to share all his toils, his sorrows, and his reverses ; by their ow,n ferJorts to .sustain herself and him, when sick ness, or other bodily or mental evil, incapacitates iwm . if Uo A'-o m nrnvirta for her fatherless iillil , tlilll ij ijw J v T ' h;Uror- u.. Ua lohnr nflipr nwn hands : for such .,wwiuA.wii, u.y iiju luuu v. - - f I say, -away with dreams of romance, let them see clearly, the country through which they are to travel, and choose the path which to them shall seem most inviting ; knowing that even in it are thprns, serpe.nts, and rough places ; that in it they ,miist encounter .storms, and darkness and desert tracts ; and knowing also that they arc not to find in' an v of its bowers, or pleasant spots, their su- .prcrne happiness but that walking steadily in its unshine. and jts darkness, they .will at length ar jiv9.at.the Paradise ,of God. i'Love -.mutual lover-hallowed by wedlock, is the' dearest, sweetest angel, that is given, to aid in bearing life'6 burden of sorrow and toil, but hu man 'love is not the business of our life, or the end ,o'f our own existence. -We have higher, sterner duties,'rthan to love and please a man. If we had not, very many of us, would live wholly in vain. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, L850. ,i i. u, . 8ie.er things of l,fe that I would speak to you ; for they are too often hid from your PVPJ until nn.. T. la n C 1 1 . a . u vuuie into actual contact with them; ..u , m your surprise, terror and suffering, you shriek out, accuse man of cruel treachery, and al- most blaspheme God ; when if you had entered "f"" ""ueraiauaingiy, you would have been yicpuieu me evil, ana pernaps Have rejoiced, that it was lighter than you had anticipated, Re- member girls when you think of marriage, that m becoming wives, you surrender your identity, give up your very name, and become one flesh, witi. k.,uj rr.., . , Juul mai you mane yourselves subject, for God has said, He shall rule over thee." That you give yourself to suffering, ex- ceeumgauoiner agony tnat human nature can en- dure. That you give yourself the solicitudes and cares, that never slumber night or day. These are the portion of the happiest woman who fills her appointed station of wife and mother. But all these may be alleviated, rendered endurable, even sweet, by the kind attentions and sympathies of al beloved husband. By the consciousness of recti tude, and a proud reliance on the honor, and res- peclability of our lord. We are happy in our children, because he loves them; we are proud of them, because they are like him; we love them because they are blendings of his being with our own. And we are happy, not inouiselves; a mar- ried woman cannot be happy in herself; but in our " thousand pounds would be very pleas husband and children. anl 10 inherit, Philip, replied the lady in a lone These things, dear girls, are solemnly true.- "h,?h 8eemed ! imply that jl would console You have only to open your eyes, to see them as fr a srea,1 dfeaK " W,sh fmebody wou d they are. The fireside of your parents, of all your l" " " wh fr U : h " WuId xClawvCO uu .weuus, is eloquent oi uiese iruui!,, diwjei now many young maidens per- ceive mem not; out marry m the conhdent expec- tation of unalloyed felicity. They find bitterness in the first taste of the cup, humiliation succeeds; cares, and agonies follow ; they are disappointed, indignant, aggrieved, they approach their husband with having deceived them, of having wrested them from all joy, and subjected them to confine ment and suffering ; they rail enviously at the comparative freedom and exemption of his lot; they vex him with unjust accusations, and unreas onable repining ; and finally the pair become es- tranged, miserable, hateful, and hating one anoth- er. And all this because the girl did not know what a wife's real portion is. I do not pity the husbands of these canker worm wives, because the ylay the foundation of the misery, for them- selves, and their wretched wives. I appeal to you girls all who have lovers do J they not pretend to admire you, as beautiful, (which is perhaps equivocal) to worship you as a model of perfect excellence, (which no living woman is) to adore you as the loveliest of your sex, (doubtful) and to declare that your society, your love, is ne- cessary to his happiness, (which is probably true.) going to London is as visionary as your expec Does he not talk to you, of the perfect felicity of tatIon legacy. Your happiness does not wedded love, and declare that if vou f?ive vour Li.;,,., ;,.f u : u uu u ,u . 1 r destiny into his keeping it shall be the study of ... ,.r . , , , , . . his to rnake yu happy, (that is if you can be cuiueiu wu me momowmg oi ine cup, wmcn . . .t. .t. a : r .t . t you must mi lor mm.; . (ii r i With such wooings, men old enough to know what life is, allure simple children of from fifteen to seventeen, to assume a station for which they are all unfitted; a burden which they have not strength to bear; responsibilities, of the nature of which they are in utter ignorance. And yet they expect the poor silly dupe, of their flattery, to be come at once a wise, sober, experienced and sub missive wife; a dignified housekeeper and ration I i : Tl K . l ?.i . I cumpdiuuii. i ueae hue wnuot uecorue wunout tne maturing oi time, anu me lessons oi expen- ence. He becomes impatient, and finds fault; feeling ; and he began to doubt whether ho she is grieved and indignant, and so begins a life was so lucky a man as his acquaintance uni of strife and recrimination, to end in utter miserv. versally denominated him. It was, after all, Now I am not going to say anything against God's ordinance of matrimony, but I intend to show you how to make it honorable and happy. I have said that in a state of servitude, self-de- nial, and heavy endurance and i; is so, inevitably so. Understanding this, you will not rush to the hymenial altar as to the gate of heaven, with any flattering fop, who may solicit your company. It is hard for a sensible woman to be in subjection to a fool. It is hard to be forced, in spite of your earnest remonstrances, to go with a spendthrift , . j . , ... ... dniun Iho rrtrtfi In nun. to nttpr rlnct it Mt inn ivith your helpless children, to share the fearful fate.- It is hard lo remain agonizing at home, while your pleasure seeking husband is spending his time with dissolute companions ; but if such become your lot, you will be required to endure patiently and cheerfully. To put bond upon your outraged spirit, to impose silence upon your tortured heart, Io kiss the hand that smites you aye, the foot that is placed upon your neck. To smile when your soul is in anguish, and speak loving words while the iron of oppression is rusting into your soul. It is noble in man to resist tyranny it is beautiful in woman to endure ; it is dastardly in man to submit to a vile oppression, it is monstr- ous wickedness in woman, to rebel. All your happiness, your comfort, your enjoyment, in Hie, rests therefore upon the character of your husband. Here is the point at which I have been seeking to arrive, xou are nowr rree to cuoose or to reiuse. This is the only freedom which woman can ever call her own. Use it wisely, I implore you or your own good. Cast from you the illusions of fancy, the nonsensical prattle of ' first love,' and woman's destiny.4 Look seriously upp.n life, and consider yourselves workers in the great designs of Providence. If you are solicited to marry a man, whom in your heart you cannot honor, on whose faith you cannot perfectly rely, to whose ,-mnlirit dflference. for rkT.f wtoy "nno, resign a.. others, for the boon of whose love you are not willing to endure all agony-say No ! Heed no a j j entreaties, listen to no advice ; sooner be cast in- to a den of lions than become his wife. If having deemed a man such an ona a vm, ran rfpiml.t. t honor, you discover any thing revolting Tn his character, send him at once from your presence. A Story with a moral. THE LEGACY. " I never in my life knew any people so lucky aa George Andrews and his wife," ob- rc"cu"113' iiciiuofHuii una evening io ner hi.cha,,ri ;n o muinu ua i . i comnfaim 8 "What ha happened to them now, So- phia i" inquired he, suspending his pen, and looking up wi:h a stronger sense of interest in 018 wife's feelings, however, thai) in his neigh bors fortunes. " Hav-e you not nea Philip, that a cousin of his has died in India, and left him six or seven thousand pounds ? Only think of re ceiving such a legacy from a person one has never seen, and scarcely ever heard of!" " 1 am glad to hear it," replied Mr. Hender- snn. " Onfi mav rnnornti.li h.m n'n hi n cession of wealth wiihout fear of giving rise io painful regrets. Six ihousand pounds would noi console one for the loss of a very dear friend." m aba uu r am nnt snre nf lha, . ...h ntl(i;.:nn to our income might possibly make us neiiher happier nor richer than we are at present." Not richer ! Why Philip, you are joking Would not three hundred a year and if pro- perly managed, it would produce that make U3 a Sreal deal "cher l What an advantage a would be I " What do you need, Sophia, that you do not at present possess, that you are bo extremely desirous of a larger income 1" " Oh, a dozen things at least ; we would put Edward to a first-rate school, and have a capuai governess lor tno otners. What a pleasure that would be ! 1 should be no more tied to leaching, as I am now, but should be as independent of the nursery as Mrs. Andrews ; and then, perhaps, you would indulge me with a week in London; and I am dying to near an Pera 1 1 ara 8Ure 'u cou,d aMord lnal or f.Vi! ,a wa' ... , , I "l hnnn wo Khali manarro r nut h.i warn in j school, mv dear said her husband rather gravely ; " though as to the tuition of ,hc girl, think you must still be contented to act the part of a mother towards them. And permit me to say, that I trust your dosire of dRPend on e,lher even, 1 should imagine; cer- ainly not nearly so much as on the cultivation c J, e . J, . . . . of a cheerful and contented spirit, such as you haye hilnerl0 exhibited." No more sad .u:. subiee, and Mr I J Mfinderson trusted that, as the first excitement of this intelligence subsided, his wife's inclina- ion to discontent would die away, and that hc would gradually resume the u&e of her reason and her habits ol active useluiness. The inheritor of this unexpected legacy, meantime, did not view the affair in the bright colors that dazzled Mrs. Hetderson. On the contrary, he had many and serious thoughts on the subject. He was at the first moment, it is true, much pleased with this sudden accession 0f property, but when he came to consider . . , the matter, ne experienced a great revulsion oi so small a sum only six thousand pounds it would hardly add to his income or increase his credit. Why had it not been ten thousand? He would, he thought, have been quite satisfied with that ; that would have been a handsome legacy, a something worth talking about, a gift io be greatful for. Perhaps, had it been ten ihousand, he might have risen a step in the world, and from senior clerk of the extensive lo which ho belonged he might have been admitted as a partner; a cnange wnicn near- de,,l,y delr?d Wh? could nl?L his cofsln have made the legacy larger ? How provoking o J a that, either from want of interest in his welfare, or from any other cause, he had stopped short of a sum which would certainly have procured him, as he imagined, perfect happiness. The gloom which over-spread his brow was not unmarked by his affectionate wife ; and supposing that he was over-wearied with his work, and standing in need of relaxation, she one day proposed mat ne snouia beg a snon noiiuay irom tne oruce, anu speuu n wu ...cm dl;uTe HUd's,ue- , . , ' mewnBl irf.pauently, (J hef 8Ugge8lion 7 "thought this legacy yon have received wouj j,ave enabled you ?" replied she rather tirnidjy 'ben paused. " Leeacy I repeated he, " 1 am sick oi tne legacy. After all the congratulations with which I am pestered, as it i naa innernea nan a ihn nwrmr nf nnlv siy thousand no fu'i j pounds n is mo oau s iNay, uear ucuigc, t tamiui ogico m'" you : six thousand pounds is a large sum for us, and will make a most comlortabie auuition to our income. I am sure I feel grateful for i." Grateful pooh! If Edward Davis wished me to be eraieful, he should have left me some thing worth naming. Upon my word, I was ashamed to own this legacy, which has made so much noise, was only six thousand pounds, when the eldest Walker asked rae about ii to- d.jr. Huw con.cib.e , .PP. .o hun who makes more than that clear profit every year I" " But these things are all by comparison, George ; and a sum which would be nothing to your employers may be very important to you. You would not, I am sure, like to lose this six ihousand again, although you speak of it now so slightly ?" He did not answer, and she, after waiting a moment, ventured to continue : You are tempted to take this gloomy view of matters, George, because you feel more than usually harassed with business. I am certain that is the only reason. Pray, for once, lake my ad vice, and try if the change of scene and little holiday I propose would not give you renewed strength and vigor for your work." She spoke in the gentlest and most persuasive accents, but they were lost on a mind which listened only to the whispers of a newly awakened-avarice. Mr. Andrews, after pacing the room for some minutes, seated himself again by his wife and tried to make her understand the ambitious projects he had formed, and the great promo tion ho believed he had so narrowly missed. But she was too clear-sighted and well-principled to encourage vissionary projects, which tended only to disquiet his mind, and prevent his enjoying the blessings which were lawfully his. To this plan of laying by the whole of this addition to their income she did not of course object, if it was lo enable her husband at some futuro time to retire from business ; but his wish to become proprietor of the con cern to which he belonged made her sigh, as she thought of the increased responsibility he desired for himself; and she dreaded lest the sudden passion for accumulation which had now seized him, might lead him farther to the road of covetousness than he at all antici pated. But his project was fixed, and he re solved at all events to become possessor of ten thousand pounds, a preliminary step, as he im agined, to his great advancement ; and seeing that she must submit, she wisely submitted with a good grace, and resigned her hopes of change of air for herself and childron without a murmur. Mr. Andrews and Mr. Henderson were clerks in the same concern; but the former, both in station and income was considerably the senior, and Mrs. Henderson had long been ac customed to eye with something approaching to envy the superior comforts and even elegan cies which Mrs. Andrews enjoyed. Not that theirs was anything approaching to ostentation in their manner of living; and in truth mot of the indulgences which Mrs. Henderson com mented on or coveted were purchased from the comfortable portion which Mrs. Audrews had inherited of her father. It was this which en abled ihem lo send their eldest son to a supe rior school, and it was from this fund that the excellent governess was paid, who shared with the mother the task of educating a numerous and increasing family. That people poHessed of so much should inherit more, seemed an un necessary addition, aud almost an unfair divi sion of worldly goods, to the jealous appre hension of Mrs. Henderson. But had she known the truth, her envy must have subsided into pity. From the possession of that fatal legacy was the wife forced to dale a melan choly and most distressing alteration in her husband : his whole nature seemed changed, and every honorable, generous, and eten af fectionate feeling, appeared smothered in a passion for gain. Quickly to accumulate the desired capital, was his thought by day, his dream by night; and to accelerate this object, he tried in every possible way to curtail all ex- penses not strictly unavoibable. Gradually, but surely, Mrs. Andrews found herself de prived of numerous trifles which her delicate health eeemed to require: their household was diminished, subscriptions to charities with drawn, their pleasant and commodious house exchanged fur a cheaper abode in a leas healthy situation: and when it appeared that it was of too contracted dimensions to receive them all, she was told that she must therefore give up the governess. By degrees the whole expenses of the house hold were reduced to the sum which was in truth her own and her husband was not to be prevailed on to extend its limits or allow her to touch his salary. Had honor, honesty, or pru denco dictated this proceeding, Mrs. Andrews would have submitted without remonstrance ; her zeal in economy would even have exceed ed his; but to feel herself and her children de prived of those advantages to which they have been accustomed from birth, only to gratify a fatally-increasing disease of her husband's mind, was bitter. But bitterer Jar was the loss oi his affection and confidence the painful cold ness which had insensibly grown up between them. It was after a few years of such a sys tem that a new prospect was suddenly opened, in an offer of partnership from another, and a rival house. The prospect was alluring in every respect, the concern was supposed to be peculiarly flourishing, and ihe terms in which it was made were as flattering as they were I advantageous. Eagerly was the proposal grasped by Mr. Andrews, it being superior to his hopes, and much beyond his expectations, and the important step was taken which raised him from servitude to a master's peace. The vacancy this change occasioned was offered lo Mr. Henderson, and by him thank fully and gratefully accepted ; but his wife, though now raised to the nituation which she had long coveted, found it by no means replete with all ihe advantages she had been accus tomed to ascribe to n, and she sighed as she reflected how little probable it was that any legacy would ever hestow on them the happi ness which she believed Mrs. Andrews to en joy. Satisfied wiih his own advanced posjon, her husband naid lutlo regard to her murmurs, for he was now enabled to procure for his rhil-Msl No. 23. mi b dren such additional advantages in education as he considered useful or desirable; and hu pursued his daily avocations wuh increased at tention and satisfaction, in spue of the restless ness of his wife, whom ho vainly tried to in spire wiih a like contented piru, by remind ing her of the superior advantages they now enjoyed to those with which they commenced life. A single glance into Mrs. Andrews' mind would have rendered his arguments a work of supererogation, and done moro to convert his vife io his way of thinking than half a yoar'a lecturing. Being a woman of quick perception of char acter and great penetration, poor Mrs. Andrews could not, from the first, avoid feeling some degree of mistrust for her husband's partners. Lavish in their own expenditure, indeed in dulging in an unbounded profusion, they yet took every possible method of flattering and strengthening the very oppoite foible of Gfogre Andrews; praising his prudence, envying his stiength of mind, and protesting that, if circum stances allowed it, they would certainly imi tate his forsighl. These congratulations he re ceived with a triumphant smile, which seemed to apeak at Once his own self-approval, and his contempt for his weak minded companions. Unwilling as she was to judge any one harsh ly, the wife could not think favorably of those who thus fostered a weakness, or rather a vce, so complely at variance wiih his best interests and the happiness of all connected wi'h him. She feared the flatterers, though unable to di vtne their motive; and being now mure than ever deprived of her hu-band s nooietv, she oc cupied herself solely in directing her house hold, aud giving her children the bet education in her power. She imagined that her husband must long ago have realized the sum often thousand pounds, which he had asserted would be the extent of his ambition; yet she aw no symptom of relaxation in his avaricious habits, no improvement lo herself in her own Miuation. All was grasping", grinding economy, rendered more bitter by the contrast which her husband's companions exhibited But a startling and complete termination was at length put to their trials and sorrows, for it suddenly became known that the two senior partners in ihe business had fled, taking with them every pound on which they could lay their grasp and leaving the whole concern in a state of complete ruin. Debts to an enormous amount appeared due on every side, and it was evident that the business had long been on the verge of bankruptcy, which had been only kept off for a brief interval by the capital Andrews had brought them. Of course, though clear of their guilt, ho was involved in their ruin, and alone j blow the labors of the last ix years were des troyed, and the money on which he had set his heart, swept away forever. The legacy, the source alike of pleasure and of pain, was now become as if it had never been; and the vain desires and ardent hopes which had been found ed on it had proved vanity of vanities. But it was a happy blow for him : he awoke as from a dream, and with the demolition of his ambi tious projects there came other aud better plans and feeling. After giving up every farthing he possessed to the creditors, he looked around for employment to provide bread for hia family nor did he seek in vain. A situation was once more offered him in Mr. Walker's house, and hero he began the world again as at the rifti " Well," said Mr. Henderson to his wifu, I agree with you in thinking Amlreiv a very fortunate man. t is true that he has lost the legacy, but ho has gained a lesson which he will probably never forget. And when I see him now tio quietly pursuing his business, and his wife with a contented, or rather a happy look, I must class him among the most fortu nate men of my acquaintance." Chambers1 Journal. Young Lady put up at Lottery. A young girl, warranted to be well educated, well-born and virtuous, and with a dowry of 200,000 francs ($40,000) has been offered as the principal prize Hi a recent lottery at Paris. The Prospectus announces that the money, payable on her marriage to the fortu nate drawer, is deposited and registered at & certain public office where its certification is open to those interested. Responsible persons gtvo warranty, for as much as can be reason ably warrantable in a young lady's beauty, ct cetera ; and, when all the tickets are sold, she will be introduced to subscribers, at a ball given previous to the drawing. What seems stranger, still, at a first glance, is that ladies and married men are invited, equal ly with bachelors, to lake tickets in this re markable lottery. The consistency of this id explained by the frequent examples of prizes drawn by those who have no use for them, and who part with them at a sacrifice; and another lottery is instanced, where a service of plate, wonh 75000 francs is the principal prize. The drawer of such a luxury, which none but s. prince could use, would, of course, part with it for its mere value in silver, and, in like man ner, and unmanageable drawer of a yoUhg lady with a dowry, would forego the fair shape with which the dowry came taking only the money, and paying her a stipulated indemnity for non-performance of the connubial portion of the price for the ticket. It is provided also, by the programme, that the young lady can refuse the match by relinquishing the whole of the dowry, if her repugnance to the drawer should be insuperable. What is ihe price of a ticket for this 'prize, of combined money and innocence, the French paper does not state; but probably, any foreign banking-house would secure one for an Arneri can who should do-ire U. Home Journal- . There never was known, a, decent. abolttidnr who would lofp wi'h a njro in hislbedf
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