Norwalk Gazette, Wednesday, November 27, 1839 · page 1

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DENTAL NOTICE.

. 0C’-l‘. A. HILL, thankful forthe patronage
, he has redcivnd in his profession during
‘nine months past. in Norwitllr, begs leave to in-
form tne public, that he still continues it few
doors west of the Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
where he ‘will be happy at any time to see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. ,
lncurruptible teeth inserted from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed. separated. ex-
tracted. dLc., and all those diseases ofthc teeth
irttendod to, which, if 8lJffr‘l't‘(l to continue, arc
productive of so much tiii.<oliief.
Refer-cacea.——Etnt--ry Btasell, M. D.; J. D.
5l‘Lcan, iii. 1).: Hon. Thomas 8. Butler;
lion. B-‘!flj!1ttll’t lsazics. Norwalk. Nehcmizth
Perry. M. D. Rldgbfiilltl. R B. Botsford, M.
D.; Duct. D. P. Knapp. D.-mbnry. Duct,
William
Witter, M. D. Willtamaiitic, Ct.
.ltil‘.'- '20. I839.
CONS UMP TION CURE1),
' Y DR. GRl~IGOllY'S BALSAM OF
’ LlVER\.’v'()l{.'l‘.—Dr. Gregory. 180 Al-
" leti street. New York. has long experiencerl the
most uniform snot-ess in the cure of C()l).~llfl)pll')ll
by the use of his cuziipnuntl Balsatii of Liter-
worl, wtorehonnil and l’lettt'isy Proof, and at
the rt.'peate.tl and e9l'llt‘.8l aolicilatitiiis of his
friends. and atnung whom are many eminent
‘medical practitioners: has at length consented
to prepare it in larger quantities than lieretofore
and advertise it. tLut,tlie public in general
might be lienefittcd by sovaluable and necessary
an article as this really is, in the cure of this
hitherto forniizlztblc disc.-ass. For sale wholesali-

~- rand rr-tail, by A. B. 81 D. Sands, No 79 and

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ofyuur 33;,/841 for some

IQO Fulton sl. N. Y. also at retail by M. ll.
Barrett 1310 Chatham st.-ert. G. 65.]. Coddin,:;~
ton. Spring street, corner of Pi ndson. and by lllt
Doctor at his residence 150 Allen street. when-
applications for aaettcies are solicitetl, if by
-mail. direct box 794. Ne.-xv York. P. 0.. and In
be pus: paid. An agent is wanted in (Iris town.

Read the following cegilicutes and judge for

yourself.
V Ne‘-.v York. August 2. 1839.

I do hereby certify that l commence:-l taking
Dr. Gregory’s Compound Balsam of Llverwnrt
and Pleurisy Root about four months ago, for the
consutnptinn, with which I had been laid up a

‘ long time, but now l am 8 well healthy man.

Joux BU’I‘LF.R, No. 77 James st,
New York, August, 1839.
Dr. Grr-gnry—l)car sir, Your Compound Bal-
sam of Liverwort has been the means of saving
my lifc—l was fast approaching my end by the
double complaint of Cont-‘ttmptioit and Liver
, _int. l have taken live. bottles, antl I am
,0 muck-l;-,-,:'_' r_that l have resumetl my busi-
mss [hm fin;,,;,,_;g] but I shall C'.N’lllDU6 the use
time to come.
__ Jas. V. Rowuzv.
NassԤ'tI at, near the Navy yard, Brooklyn.

Dr; Gregory-—Sir. after suffering for about

‘two years with a severe cough and raisgitig of

phlegm. with a severe pain in the breast and

' aidc.I was induced by the advice of a friend to

try 8 bottle of your Compound Balsam ofLiver-

wort, and to my great joy in less than a fortnight,

found relief and am now entirely a well titan.
ALI.-IX. SI.0AN.6ll Roosevelt st. N. Y

New York. 28th. ]S39. tf128

.4. B. .y D SANDS

' ELEBRATED remedy for Salt Rheum

Ring Worm, Tetter, Eizema, Scalled
Head. Barbers Itch, and all other diseases of
the skin. are effectually cured by the use of
Sands’ remedy for Salt Rheum. It has witniii
I few months cured rising 5000 difft-rer1t= cases
of the above diseases of the skin’, and never been
kuowri"toj fail in eradicating any disease of this
kind where a fair trial has been given.

There is no danger of applying it even to the
tender skin of a young infant. Testimonials 01
its efficacy, both verbal and written, are almost
daily recs.-ivarl. which can be seen on applica.
tion to our agents

Edwin Eprtcr,merchant, of Fall River. Mass.
certifies t,_lii_tf,-utter having been afflicted with the

 ~__::’:att.’ Riieum in its severest forms, for several
years. he was entirely cured by this remedy in
the course of a few weeks, and has been entirely
free from the disasv for two years.

H. M. Ritlerband, of N o. 185 Reade street,
New .‘York, testifies that be was cured of the
Stilt. Rheum’. after using Sands’ remedy only
five days; and advises every person similarly
nflicted to use the same medicine. ,

‘ _Eno: Bunnell, of Staten Island. certifies-that
this inedicitie cured his wife ofthe Salt Rheum
in _turée‘ weeks ; and says he would not hesitate
to’ pay one hundred dollars for this medicine if
that wasthe price, and his wife should again be
inxtlic alme situation.

;I_"or-_,o,o,l'e in..Noi‘wnlk, by Charles Isaacs;
yridgeportgxwm. B. Dyer.

‘ nfiii VER‘.TEENA_S 4-l BANG U1’ com).

A LARGE assurtinont for 18:] to 73 per
+ . yard. "Some of which are of a very so
perior quality. Also, a, large assortment of
inmate: goods for men’: and youth's apparel.
fortute by; . ; srraviuts &. Cnocx.
31.7.1’ 15; rt‘ 110

t ofthe Carri:-r'.~ O
_‘-for their papers.

' ‘ P()ETRY.

Sltull l. W:-lslltltl in llv.-tpr)l!'.

Die liecuuse it wutiiatfs fair?

Or riiztlte pale my cheeks with care,

’Cut_t.~'e -.inutlter’s rusy are?

He sue fairer than the day,

Or the flowry mt-ads in May,
lfshe be not so to me.
\Vhal care l how fair she be!

Should my heart be ,«_vrir-veil or pitted
’Catise lsce tt wotituti kind’?
Or a well tlispo:-etl nature
Joined with at luv:-ly feature?
Be she lnrrt'lit‘r. kirtler. than
'l‘ttrt|e-drive or pelit-art.

lfslie be not so to me,

“foot care I how kind she be!

Shall a wr~.iiiati's virtues move

Me to perish for her love?

Or. her WPll-(~lt‘St‘l'\/ltlfls known.

Make me quite forget my own?

Be she with that goorlness lllPSl

\Vhicli may gain her name, ofBest,
ll she be not such to me.
\Vhat ('8l'C I how good she be!

’Cause her fortune seems too high,
Shall l play the fool and die?
Tliose that bear a noble. mind.
\Nhere the want of riches find,
'l‘hiuk what with t|ie.tn they would do
That without them dare to woo;
And unless that mind I see.
What care I though great she be!

Great. or good, or kind. or fair,
I will ne'er the more despair:
If she love me. this believe.
I will die ere she shall grieve;
lf.-‘ht-: slight me when I woo,
Ican smrtt and let hergo:

For. if she be not For me,

\Vliiit care lfor wbont she be?

G. \‘- l'l‘HEP.~

MISCI-iLLANYo

American I;’cazr(g/.-- She was a new blown
rosr-. scarcely past sixteen, with black t5_\,‘r'.~Z
{and black hair, it sruit Greciztn nose, and to
lsay all. she l:-ad dimples in her cheeks. I’1t’l
tneck in gract-lulnt-ss and \Vl]ilt’ltl‘S_S might
‘have clillt-tigctl that of a strain; :in_«l, al-
though her btist was Sl)fll(“.'\l]:tl (lll|llllUli\‘t‘.
it corresponded well with her slt ll(lt‘l‘ waist
and the extreme delicacy of her hands and
feet. lit short she \\‘t1St)t)t' oftliose A-in--t'ic:;ti
beattties one cannot behold without lovciog
and pitvirtg: at the szittin time; for such is thr-
Pxtpiisitc pt'0pttrtion and SyttlIll0$ty of lllt-‘ll‘
limbs that not an utotn of them can sullii
the lt-nst altemtioti without (ltstt‘oyiii_4‘ the
harmony of the \\.'lt0lr.‘. Ono migl-t. c.otiip.ii't-
their beauty to that of an elegant-tttt'tit-d
period, in tvliich you caiinot alter one word
without tlesti'ti_','iti<_r the whole _St‘l)l.|‘l't(‘.t'; or, to
use a more COI'l'(‘('l. Sllttllt‘, to it _flnl.~l]= d pi.-er
of poetry, wliich, by th=- ?liIr‘l'itllt)ll of ti sitt-
tzle syll.-able. dt‘.g't‘n(-‘I‘atI‘S into prose. l nev-
vr cotild look on any Ol1(*()l’i.lt(‘iSt‘ sylphs t\’itl'i-
out feeling an ltlV0llll‘tl.:tl'y motion to place
them, like olllvt‘ jewels, in some velvet
ecriin, to prtect them, from \'lllgtll‘CHnlt’lt‘l or
the atmosphei'e.—-Arislncmcy in Arrter-ica.

Tr~zr.t}z..—-“A I-’«,-rsiun another. in giriu-_‘
her son fr rty pieces of money as his portion
made him swear never to till a lie, and
said,” Gr) my 501}, lconsign tilt‘? if) God
and we shall not meet again until the day of
judgement.” The youth went away. nd
the party he traveled with was ussutiltr-tl bx
robbers. One fellow asktrd what he had got.
and he said” Forty dinurs are sewed in my
gctrmcnt.”——Ht- laughcd thinking he jt-sted.
Another asked the same question, untl go:
the some answei‘. At list the chief called and
asked him and he said, “I have told ' two of
your people itlieudy, that l have flirty diners
sewed tip in my clothes” He ordered the
clothcs to be ript open, and found the mo-
ney. “And how come you to tell this’.?”
“Because,” the Cltll(l-repllt'(l, “I would not be-
fiilse to my mother, 0 whom I have protu-
ised never to tell a lie.” “Child,” sztid the
l'Ol)l)l‘l', “thou art so tnindfnl of thv duty to
thy mother, at thy years and am I inseusiblr-,
at my age, of the duty Iowe to. my God?
Give me thy hand. that I may swear repent-
ance on it.” He did so: his followers were
struck with the scene. "You have been our
leader in g__ruilt,” said tht-y to the chief, " be
the same in the path of virtue ;” and they
instantly made rt-stituion of spoils, and avow-
ed rept-ntance on the hand.

 

Friends/iip.—'l‘he occupation of my life
has been to acquire the fl‘lt‘flSlllp of great
and good men. With every one I fotind
some new talent of the mind or virtue of the
heart; and my intelligence was enlarged. and
my emotions became more pure. I ll3.Vt'
repeated my existence in that of my friend;
and I have preferred the passion of friendship
to that of love; for fr2'enrls/Lip can be parti-
cipated, but love has but one object. Friend-
ship is it torch which may liglttotber torcht-s
without wasting itself; but love, like it se-
pulcliral lamp is extinguished in the (lamps
of the tomb.

 

Gov. Cbittendt-n—tlie first of the name
who filled the officc of Chief Magistrate of
Vermont—~had two sons, named Martin and
Truman. The first of these was deemed
less brightly endowed by nature than the
other, and a collcgeeducntiotn was given him
to remedythe supposed deficiency. Truman,
who never lacked in mother wit, was placctl
upon the farm. lt chanced one day that
the Governor had in his burn a calf.so little

- endowed with oven animal instinct,-asto be uri-

uble to draw sustenance faom -its mother cow:
nor all the efforts of the Governor or his help
could make the creature suck the teat. “Tru-
man,” said his father, 3' whatsliall we do with
this foolish calf? How shall we learn bun ti.-
suckle '1” “I dou’t know really, father,” re-
turned the son, with the most commendable-
gravity, “ unless you send him to college
with Martin."-——-Btme Gazette.

A Cll.-‘il"l‘ER ON \‘. lD()\l"S.

VViD0ws! A ver_t.' ticklisli sub]. ct to ban-
lllt‘. flu (lt'Hll1l; but tint’ Qn \\'lll(‘ll ll _Q‘rr-:11 deal
iiizty bcsuitl. An ltltt't’t-‘$llt')§_7 I
what ntoro so? \\'lmt ,-llsis ,-,f P ,-sons ;n
the ltt'tl\'el‘St- .s‘r7 ltalt't't‘Sllt')g‘ as \\'e«'(l-\\'e:irin_Q-
women? W}: are not sure that on paper
they have evwr lwcn tt‘t_-:tt- tl HS tlit-y (lesvrve.
lVc don't, tliinlt'~ tin-_v luvr b.'t‘l'l cottsirlerod
.iS llttty otigltt to hr‘; lllt‘ll' post thnir pg-(.5.
em, and the-ir_futurt-, li.-tveiiot b« on speculat-
e(l upon; tl)‘vtl.' imsllttitt lll llIt' \\r_).li_l has Um
ltt't_'[] (lt.’Cl!lt’(l. rFl)t‘\' l't:1\'t- gingilly la,-H] SP0],--
wt) of as ividotvs, in the t_tji'oss; the various
«'trctii'iistuttcts of t\'itlo\\'l‘it.od lizive mm..-
bevn (ill.<llUgI.ll>’ll'(l; ti: if tttosv Cll't'l_tl'ns[;]n_
t‘t‘SI(ll(l. not Slll)tllVl-'.lI' rind classify. giving pt-
t.'l1ll?tl‘ l!rttllUl)ll.lt‘S to Some, and lixittq pt-cul-
1:? Oltltctitions t-n others; as if every good
'-.\t)ll)fltl who has the lo tune, or tnislfortune
-to call in nu Ul’lt'lE‘I'[2l\’t’?. is pl.ic:~l in l‘tl‘6-else-
ly the sonic .<itti.ttiot'i -2S fa r as society is con-
cerned, or otiglit to l)t'jtt(lQ‘t'(l or guided by
ill‘). some l'Ult_‘S. W0 Sh btigln with 3 (la.
fiuittou; not l,)t‘(‘tlllSt-',8Il_V one (‘Jill doubt what
=1 “‘l<l0 '\ lS. but btcmtrv wt‘ ll2t\'H :1 reason.

A witloiv iS—‘ it \\'()llHIll \‘. lift h -S ‘lost [),.;.
l]l1Sl).tt‘l(l" \Vt- must I» r. pt-i-m¥si- that it is
no part of our prt-.-.= tit p an to my .-1 sV]3a[-3],.
about those whose littslmmls 1.-,t-,.'1,.,[,-,n
themselves off—-the (lt‘2l r (it p irtt_-tl—-ind not
been llt‘.‘lt'(l of. Eli-ztvnn knows how long: nor
of tltosv who l) ve last [1 9 all}-ction, uiitl .1‘.-
tt-ntton, ttlltl care of their ht.isb;ttitls; for, how-
over much they may be ivitlon-s astothe
comforts and vndearmerits of t’mtt‘t‘lt;’(l life,
they are not tvidotrs for 013,- pm-;,0s,_.__

‘vV.e shall define it widow in other \\'0l'(lS.
A tvltlow is—~‘a tvortinn \\'ll0St- husband is
rl_t-ad.’ This would not be stiff],-i.~miV imp]-
lrgtblc unless we \\(ar(,; ,0 _., id -_d_,.,,d ‘by due
c.outst- of ttaturt-, ;icci.l.»nt I r physio,‘ bo-
c.: ti.-t-_tht~t‘c is such :1 tltins: as ;. [him t,¢._,n,I
dead tti law; untl as we h we rvt-r crirefttllv
escltetvt-t.l illl things pt-t't.-tiiitiig, di,-,.,.,;y 0",.
1Ht.lll‘t't"t.l'y", to that (lutlQ‘t'l'0LlS ‘ t sst-rice,’ its far
.-is volition could assist us, so we ititrm] m ,5-
ch: w them. \-Vc int-nit, l.ll("ll.(lCL1t"l in fact,
:it:(l coriilort;il)ly buried, or otlierti isc soft-lv
tllspost (l Of’. I .1 I
An l non‘, l‘i.'t=.‘lt'l€_f -t-ttletl El 'l(‘fllllllUfl, lcl
proct-ml to the tll\'l.~:l()l) of out Sllltl:-('[_
WV" l"‘0P"‘5-' to trt--.tt of _\‘otttfg witlotvs,
ilillll-lll.‘-'=J_i,I~‘£l \\t(lm\'s and old t-.'it.lou's; to
spt-alt ol"tltt-in thv- trtitli. and lt()lllll'l‘_2’ butthc
truth, and if not the rt-liole ofit, suflicietit we
trust to Sllmv that they hire trtcritt-cl our 21'-
t ntiou.

A _vot.tti_t__'; \\'l(lti\\' must be on the {outlet
.~‘lt‘lt' of 13*‘, t t- totigrli .~i='l-- l)«'L'lltS. and ten
:t.ix_lition:tl ‘-'t?ill'S limit. tiii-ltllt--litrtetl \\'idm\'-
oo:_l; \vliilt- all fruit: 3;‘? ti) IOU mnsy_1;.l;e
ttiiik. in this ui':irv tit ll-‘(:Sl, its _g‘i'tt[l\' tlt-.-trs.
;-\ y!tllll‘_{' '.—~'.r) .\'l'1.it. (‘tillrl.:'Il'lS til
I~rt<lt*t‘tie SS (‘tll'l pill,‘ til‘: ll!‘ St \\. tirtls Q‘l\’(‘ rist-l
With what vi-rt=l -"(."‘llt‘ of t'.'t‘t\tc.it-tlti-ass is
the tiainrl 0;‘:;1!‘t'S:Hl l Do lll(‘\' not tell us :1
L.-ilt.--—nnd Eton‘, lill(‘ily too l—of joy iuitl sor~
row, rr'jott'ing‘ and u:iiliitQ'?—l.:ipp_v nutici.
pttious and l*ll‘_Illlt"l bores (‘.l'O\\'(lt‘Ll itito om
little sp:ac.:—-'.? in our mind’s t-‘VP, we see it
friit‘ and l)ltt;"-l:ing__r hrirle. ;-ii ani:-natnd ardent
bi‘it;lt-groom, it }_"!‘t')ttp of liztppy l't‘it-mils, fu-
-trs, niizl lit stivuls; in the l‘i2t('l\’_Ll‘0l.lt)(l of l.llt-'
pirrttirt-, t-t gt‘-.‘.vc. One is ttitssiiig from the
ti?-ll'l.y. never to t'e=.ttri'i; Q‘: tie from the liglit
:iiid \\'ai'iiitli of love, to tlit- cold but t'(')llSlt'llll.
.‘tlllll';lCt‘ of tlic to:nb—_—frot;t the [cw /itring
-‘it the mrr.«r.y/ rlmrfl 'l‘ln- ?ll.|ll0Sl)i‘.t=r(’, \\':ts
$\V et, and life iiistillitig; on are of p:-oinise
-\':ts abovv us; that :;lt.' ltus V tnislncl, tlt:tt:it-
rtiosplierv ls.-as cltuitgt-tl——it is thick, opprt-s-
<l‘.'r‘. dank! l“lt‘v;1(;"Sl-ttlip flitrltt--rs, us if it
zmttld go out fotwv: r.

This is uii-loubtt-tlly the c:tiiibt‘ic~poc.kt-t-
l'l:tlllllt't‘l'('lllt-‘ll vicw ofthv lfl:Ill("l', l'llHl\'lflg', as
sortie would say, the -devils’ vt-r_v l'll)t* in-
slt-ed; but it is (me that strikes l't):Il"lV,}')t‘]‘ll.!pS
all, who are not of a fishy or frog_{_r_v temper-
'~ItnCl'll.Z at the sumo tun:-, wc will a..lmit
the brush is dipped in the darkest. colors. and
that we might have l'=t‘t‘n it little less sombre
by ititagiuing the defttut-t it fit and apopletic
old fool, who bud only (.ll‘Cl(.lt"ll upon going
tOl:Cl]Ul‘Clt \\'ll it he ought to have bet-rt look-
ing to the churcb—yui'(l; in whicli case. ‘:1
young n‘ido\\',' instead of droning on the
deep wells of her l'l8.ll‘l, draws upon our
cheerful C0l'l(D"l‘:‘ll.ll:tll()I].\‘, and >[ttn(lS forth
‘redeenied, I't"g("nt rated, and (llSt’l)llll‘l.1llt’(l by
the irresistible genius of l.lIllVt‘fS'ttlt‘l11tll'lCl-
pzition.’

VVliether under the lTl"li1DCllOly or the
lrappy circttii~.st.anI'cs to which we li .vc zil-
llldtd, a young: widow is a very different be.
ing to what she has t-vet‘ l)l’E'fl before; iti
identity of person she is the same, but l.l1<'.l'e
is no identity of position; as rt-gr.-ti't’ls society.
there is no identity of riglits, privileges, li-
censes. or liabilities. The great dtffert-ncezts
regards herself is, that for the first time in
hr--1' life, she is her own protector; many
things that she coitld not do as :1 girl, and
«lure tint do as a wife, are now open to her.
She has been ‘made ti woman of,’ and is a
very independent person. Alter languishing
-.1 fitting time in t-ulm Tl tirement and seclu-
sion, having ‘that within which pzisseth ont-
ward show,’ she reappears to the world deck-
ed in ‘the trappiiigs and the suits of tvo.’-—
we pul'p0s(Aly use the word ‘(lt'('.l((’d,, be-
cause in its most farniliar sense it implies
‘adorned,’ at lcastus apulit 61 to the ‘ct’-ft’ we
are now cotavoyittc. VVeshou (1 very n uch
like to be told, and very much like to St 9.
a more interesting sightthnn at young \\'t(lO\\',
when after having been laid up in 0l'l.llt’)fll'_\’
the ordinary time, she lcavvs her niooring‘.
in proper ‘ rig and trim.’ to prosecute the re-
mainder of the voyage Of llf9- The lllflcll
flag is up, and no doubt she means mischief;
but all is fair and above board. _No myste-
ry is made of the metal she carries, the port
she is bound for. She may take :2 pt'lZt!, 01‘
make one ; btit it must be by great gallantry
if she is captured.

US

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To drop metaphor: a young widow is, we
repeat, an extremely delightful and highly

subject, too——l

'dle-act-Ll man who docso’t (lance, it s ieedilv
. l. .

privileged crt-=:it.tit'e. Mzirk hot‘ in socic.tv~
we do not care how limited or how e_\;lt‘-ti-
si\'<.‘——::n(l she bears the palm in the il3l.l)l'('Sl
that is excitotl. ‘We will give :2 showy uni-
tnztted girl of 18 the benefit of a fil‘Sl 21;‘.
‘,)l‘t1I"<'tnt_'L‘; we will allow her to have t‘.\'t‘llc-Y
the alt:-ntion of the moth, to be the ObSt‘l'\'L‘?(..
of all 0!‘.-setters; every one Shall be asking.
‘ W ho is the yt-ting lady in piiik,ct‘ape '3’ Sllv
shall have flttl’lC(‘l.l and Sttl]_L' llCll”SBl_l‘.l_Dl-'1 full-
blown ititpt_ii-trance; Sl]t;' shall have _ttiriicd as
in-any heads as she has times in her ivultzin_;r;
ttlltl then, -.1 little late in the evening, we will
introduce, very quit-tly; no loud double-
lttiockirig at the door, no voices of servants
eclioitig her riamt‘-, no rustling of silks or
satius-—-:: yot.ir..g widow! just ‘one year ofi';’
she shall slide gently into the room,st cmiug
to sl‘-.ut_t obsetwzttioti, as they all do, (lest per-
chnuce sonic ill natured person sltould non-
dcr what business they have. then-._) and con-
tented with a simple recognition from her
host or llOSlL‘SS, she shall occupy some ‘si-
lent nook,’ and rest szitisfn-d in its shcttle.
Pt‘(?Seltll_\~', some one shall chance to spa./2.1." ol
her as ‘a yot.ttig widow’-—tlie lady of the
house, for iiistzitice, who tisuztlly occupies
evt-rv It-isiirc moment in infortriing grotips of
hot‘ v0ltl visitors the names itfltl et cetc7'a.9 of
her young ones-—-she shall happen to say,
‘Exctisc me one moment, I must go and
spcu k to poor Mrs. Willow.’

‘Puoritlrs. Willow! what can that mean 2’
wonder all who hear it.

And then the lady comes back, and ex-
plains that Mrs. “7. is a widow '2

‘ Poor thing l’ says one.

‘ Only think!’ says another.

‘I-1o'w very young I’ says a third.

‘ Any c.hildi'cn '2’ asks a fourth

‘l ll10ll_1ltf she looked melancholy !’ ob-
sr-rves (1 fifth, and then, after staring at the
tibjt-‘(‘l. of,tl1cit' coiurrtist.-ration and ctiriosity
stilficieritly long to be sure they will l-:uotv
her again, they svpttrute with :1 view of ad-
vt-rti_sing the i_utert.-stin«_; intt-ll gertce. It be-
ii g ktiown to four old women and one mid-

l

s~)i‘e;it'ls over the wl_iole room; and, provided
no one itititnutes off-l‘tan_d,_a_.superioi' case of
nfflirtioti in the pe’r_so’n"{o_£ ‘any one present,
the young widow l]ttS:' “ 1'-,the brunt of a
very wliolesale i'nsp'ec_t19_ l1"‘t'§e_is also a
_qt‘tr-ht’ deal of wonder-" p_. "fl ._ '
classes: the (‘ltlt‘l'l-y, ‘W hlit'her'liu=ibat1d d'ed
of—tlit~ young‘ l:tdies,_ Wh-t ther she has any
fl1tttll‘,'—-llle gcutletnt-n, l'Vhcther she has any
money. During all this \V()I'l(lt’l'lt!t'[ll, ‘the
yoitiirqlatly in pit] k crape’ is t-ntirely forgo‘-t-.=n.
t\-.,-.v, if the young widow should litippcn
to feel at all ‘tzt home,’ and chooses to ‘ come.
out’ a little, murk \\'l]tjtt lollow.-,2: ‘the young
lady in pink crupe’ has to (l:'tt‘i(‘P the t‘ern:iiti_-
dt-t_‘ t,,_ftlic eve-tiiug “villi red-haired, freckled,
pocl.‘-uizirlced, stittb-i'i«..~s tl, ilut-looted ft-llovrs,‘
with whom she tyould not haw: touched
gloves til] hour zigo, while all the .!~t_'\'llSll stuff
that then surrt uu led licr, are doing liomagc
at aiiotlier shrine.

And no \\Ol](lt‘l'l A girl may be cery
a:_i'ee:tble and ‘all that,’ as people: say when
they want to cut description short; but it’s
impossibleslic can llOltl Lt candle to [1 young
widow. She is obligt-.d to be circuriispcct in
all she s:tys——t0 weigh every \\'ord——to crip-
ple her COl’)\’0l‘S£ttl()l], lust she should be
thotiglit fortviirtl; btit, worse than this, she is
so deuced simple itfltl Ct‘t’(lUlOlt:‘, that a man
with :1 flow flowing tongue is apt to ttiisleztd
lit-r, and place liimsclfiu it false. position he-
forc. he gets through a set ofqtiadt'i3lc-S;
whereas with the other p-.tt'tuei' it is (out (cu.
ro-/rtrrzitrc. ‘Old birds are not to be caught
with ch: ff;’ and old the yotinccst widow is,
in ‘the ways of men,’ c.otitp-ared with the
brt ad-and butter portion of thc untntirried
world. You may rattle on as much as you
plc--se, so may she; you neither of you mean
unv thing, and both of you know it: besides,
no one has ‘Ct rigltt to foibid it; you are your
own riistster, she. her own mistress. Dztnco
ten times in an everiing with her, and call in
the morning. ‘tVliut then l—she is--—ablc to
take cu re of herself.

So much for a young widow in society, or
those scenes of lift: in which the actors and
.—ictresses play more initiit-tliutely agattist one
anotlier; scenes in which ttagcdy. coinedy,
tnelo-drziiiia, iincl lill‘Ct;'.——l.l)('l>laSl predominat-
iug—arc brongltt before us. Now, if we
step l)t‘llil']t'.l the scenes, and look a little into
this Pl'ivat?y of the tlomestic circle, and ob?
serve her as one of the ‘select few,’ we fitn-
cy we shall still find her maintaining her
pre-eminence as an intelligent couipr.=nion and
delightful frieiid. \Vbeu we use the term
‘ intelligent,’ we do not presume. to say that
she is rieccssarily more acute than she was
as 3 cm, maiden”, or than the virgin of our
ticqunititarice, as touching any branch 0l.l'llS-
torical, artistical, or scientific information;
but we mean intelligent in an unobtrusive
but every-da_\-'-available knowledge, of ‘men

 
 
 

lfshe has loved bl"fOl'(r?, we may not. Ife is
In lrtc,gt‘nve, and her “heart is to the coffin
-. ? .1. .. ,: ,
thett. Lot she tiiartics, aiid,.though she
nay exclaini,
"l“ln tiiore-—nu more——ohl never more on me
l he fresliiiessoftlie heart can fall ilk de\v."
in the spirit of the words-—shc takes nothing
trom their truth by substituting one reacting
for anotlicr:
"Nu tttor(‘—-no more-.--oh! never more on me
‘7l“’ é"‘ec~nncs.s of the heart.” ééc.

And this, there is no doubt, she does, as she

et1tbtJl‘lt's in mutt ittiony with comfortable con-
lidt-nce it second time.

men liave niut'r§cd _voting_ widows. \Vithout
s=ying \\’llt'll1(‘l' wt-. bt"ll(.'Vl’,‘ it, we may ob.
serve that we have never (lone. anvtliihg of
the kiurl, and never ll)lv‘ll(l 'l'hi§ declara-
ll.’)t') is not lt'!t'Oll_Sl:~lt’l’ll. with perlect siricerity
in all we have Suttl. “To have been treating
of _\'out'ig \vi.lows as n-idows, not us tvivt-s

- Our t l-_]r‘\'l.l0fl:- to any t.t';tttsfot'iii:ttfon on our

own t‘t(‘L'0llllt are ii'iuu_v; we sliull give only
one2——-Our extrvnie diflidence and iiiodnsty,
which would nevi-r allow us to b-‘judged bv
comparison as to [ho t-ssotitinls of a good
husband. So strong. ind:-ccl, is our feeling
on this point,.t.l'iut, iiotwitlistandiiig our cx~
trr-me pl‘t‘.p0Sst0ItS in their ftvot‘, we verilv
believe that the most fascinating relict that
ever lived, with the best fortune that was
(:V€l‘ fuitded, migltt say to us by her manner,
as plainly as a brass-pl..te on 3 street door,
"Please to ring the bell-e,” otilv to suflerde.
ft:-at and (llS=tpp()ll]l.l'ft€lllC. '

And now we approach the second division,
and proceed to pay our respects to middle-
agt:-d witlotvs; gt-ric:t'ally, stout, heziltliy-look.
ing with SL‘VL‘l'l cl'iildt'eu. We have omitted,
by-the-bye, to observe, that young widows
c.tiunot liuvc more than two, or atutlie most,
three, without losing cztstt-. Seven cliildrci.
form a very intt-resting f’tIl’Illl\7, and (-(,nf,.,~
considerable ititpotturice on their proprietor,
of whose. melancholy bcrc.ivcment they are
perpettial at'lve-rtisemctits. ln proportion to
the number of plt‘tlg‘t'S-pl't'S(:tllt'tl to a bus-
band, is a wift.-’s love for him; or,if this be
not- lIlV:-1’l’lLll)lt', at any rate in propom'on to
her little ones is her sorrow firr his loss; put‘-
ticulurly when he dies leaving iiothing be-
hind liitii but the " regret of-ti lt1t'9'e !'ll'L'.lt-‘ of
friends.” For some time, the afflicted wo-
man p'at-t-s great reliance on an extensive
syiiipatliy, and has very little doubt that Sumt-
one will some rl:ty do scint.-thing: g(_tdf;ithers
and ;;o:l:tiotltei’s rise into impot‘tutic«-, and di-
rectors of the Blue-coat School are at a pre-
mium. If she be lorttiinitc, her ll’lU!,llt‘l'l\
pride is grzitilit-d l)t'll)l't‘ long _ 'r.3- g;;zint__r ({1}
ll(~‘T lir'st—bot'ii \\lllt a triutmt-tl llt"t|(l‘ and vel-
low cotton stticlciiigs; and by this llttie.Sl’tL<
go-nt.-ruil_v finds out she has nothing more to
expect frotn any one but—hersclf."

\Ve have lDt.‘§‘llll with the poor and heavi.
ly~but'thened niitldle-rig:-d widows, bt‘CullSfj
they are by flit’ ll1eVtllOSlCIlllm€l‘()t1s of the
class. It is a singular thing, that we sel.
(lOlTl mcet Will} it mltltllte-:ig(fil..\vi(l0v,I with a
small family, or at large provision. The
young and the old are l't't’qt'ic-ntly wezilthv:
not so the other Ut‘rft)rtUt).!lt’S. V\7e suppoise
the 1':-asoti of this is, that the lmrrassingr
c'.ii‘es'of an lllCl'(’3:'»ltl‘D’ fl.tlll.ll_V kill off at pi-OI.
digious nutnbt-r of men; rind, inasmuch as
tht-se cares would not have existed bud For-
tune been propitious, they iii.-tketheir txit in
poverty.

Occasionally, hotvevc-r,, we meet will} a
middle-aged widow without children, and
with fortune, or a -".omfoi‘tuble indt-pendence.
Of such a one we shall say :1 word or two.
Gt-iiemlly speaking. she looks with e.\trt-rue
resigrnation on the ..filic.tion that has overtak-
en her; and, wlitn she spvuks of it, does so
in the most Cliristizin spirit. Of all \\ idows,

she is the most sure that ‘E‘\'(’l'\‘ll'llll£,T is for
the best;’ and, as she has no living dupli-

cates of the last origitial, ht-r bosom is less
fl't’([tlt"’l‘llly rent. by recollections of the past
Anxious, lio\\'ct'ct', to prove her nppt'c(:i:iti0n
ol the holy stnte,and ()lli't the ln-st te:-tiincriy
of her some of one good husband, she rarely
omits lttlflflg’ a srcoiitl; and. put‘:-ly to di-
minish the chance of ltriving twice in her
lif- to mourn the loss of her ht-:trt’s idol, sht-
generally selects one some l0 or 15 years
ytiiit'ig't't‘ than llt‘l'St‘lfl W’:-~ say ‘selects,’

’bt»cause it is vi‘-.t'_v well l-.'tio\vn, that l.l'l0t)_(_{‘ll

maids are wooetl, widows are not. The first
time it wiclotv mttl'l'lt‘S is very fl't’(]l1t[)‘tly to
please 'tlnOl.l'lt‘l‘; ll'l(‘ st-cood time, iiittarialily
herself: she tht-rt-fore takes the whole man-
agement of the matter into llt'l' own hands
VVc think that this is quite as it should be:
it stands to reason that it \v6t'iiun of seven or
eight and ‘thirty, who has been married,
should know a great deal more about tr-.arti-
ed life than a young gentleman of twenty-
fivc, who has not And then he gets it nice
motherly wointtn to take care of him, arid

and tliirigs’-—-in other words, a knowledge of
the world. She has pushed off from shot’e,';
and has learnt a little of the current of lif ,l
its eddies, shoals, and quicksands. She has:
lost the dangerous confidence of inexperi-I
etice, without having acquired an uncliarit-.i-
ble dzstrust; and smiles at the greeuncss of
girlhood, without assuming the intallibility
of age. She is not too old to have sympa-
thy for youth, nor so young as to slighttlte
experience of years. In her past, joy and
3-arrow have commingled; in her future,
hope is chastened by. reason.
:5; :3 :1: ii #1

And now :1 few words upon the marriage
ofa young widow. VVe might be expfcted
to discuss the question of second marriages
generally, and weigh the argumt-nts. pro‘
and con——tbe romance against the rt‘-altty of
life; but we decline doing so at present, on
the ground that, right or wrong, young _wid
ows at any rate. have ever bad. If Pfisslblf’.
and ever will have, it second string to their
how, should grim death rudely snap the first
-—a «second arrow to their quiver, should the

first be low beyond recovery.

keep him out of mist-hit-l, and hits thc inte-
rest of ll(‘l' money to forward him in his
profession or l)l1Sll'lt‘SS-—-ll)C principal has
been too can-.fttlly settlctl fl’) the lady to be in
any risk.

'W'e do occasionally - ncounter some ‘ ram
rt/rais in tar‘-r°is’—a ntiddlt--aged nidow who
thinks nothing of further matritnony; and
so (‘0t'ivint‘.ctl are we of the ‘dangerous ten-
dency’ of such characters, that we would at
once consign them to perpetual imprison-
merit. lf they clecluretl ’ltei‘r resolution in
time, we would undotibtr-dly try it, by bury-
ing them with their first lover, or burning
them llinrloo fashion; for, supposing t--em
to have no (‘l'lll(ll‘t'll, to what possible good
end can thty propose to live? It is our firm
belief that they know too much to be at per-,
fcct liberty, with safety to s’ ciety; and they‘!

must of necessity be so thoroiiglily idle, be-I _ t
knit'in<_r purses and reading novels, as,brtnd alter tuo oi

vond

to make tnischief the and mid aim of their hapnine.- 9 ~

t_-xisterice. VVe ask fearlessly of our read-

ers this question-—-‘ Did you" ever in your‘

lives know an unmarrying, middle-aged,

She nmrries l‘.g'din—[Yli'ly we s ty, love-s? lchildless widow, who was not a disagreeable,

slanderous, and strife-inducing creature '1’ If
you ever did, you ought to have tickled her
to dc.-tth—-so as to have avoided disfigure-
ment--aiid sent her in a glass-case to the
British Museuin. ‘
Perhaps it will be said by some, that they
have known stich a woman as we have just
iuqu’ired about, and that they don't think she
merited any such fate; perhaps they will say

that she was a very harmless, pleasant per- '

son, and only l‘PYllIlll'll‘Cl single because she
held her heart sacred to her departed lord.
Cross~gi‘atned and ugly midtlle-aged widows

lmay occasionally foster this romance: as al-
lt is believed I-llhl m: r - ~ -' M! . .
'1 my ‘my smflb“ -lfit-d by l.l]Plt‘ wills that jealousy may outlivg

so may those whose husl-mods have exempli-

lile, ‘by decrecing that their flower should
lose its sweetriess upon another presnining
to wear lI~—ltl other words, that tipon a so-
cond inarritige, the worldly advantages ul the
first should t.lt'l(’.l't'tlln€. ,

There is a class of men iii the world, who
go tl'iroiigii ttvo-thit't'ls of their life siiiggle,
and who, if you were to believe them, never
(‘Y]l.t'l'l..'tlll the remotest notion of being ' both-
ered with a wife.’ In sortie instances this
arises from an early indulgence in dissipa-
tion; antl,ft'ot1t keeping very equivocal cum-
puny. In their own opinion they are ex-
tremely knowing, and are continually won-
dering ‘how mcn can niakc such asses of
themselvt-s’ as to put their necks into the
mutrimoiiial noose; if you attempt to argue
with them on the stupidity, if not baseness of
their creed, they assure you confidently that
‘women are all alike.’

Another portion of the ring-renounce” 3,;
their who are so abominably selfish that they
would not share an atom of their worldly
substance with the most perfect specimen of
‘the precious porcelain of hutnziu clay‘ that
the world could pt'0tlut:c tliein-—iii-_-ii who
look with horror on the expenses of an cstal.-'
lishment, and live in miserable hugger-mug-
gery on some first-floor, spoiigitig on their
friends to the t‘Xll‘&'lT)lly of meanness-—-men
who look upon children with as much hor-
ror as lllilt with which they would view 3
fall in the funds or the stdppvge of their
bank:-r, and see nothing in them but a draft
upon their pockets.

There is yet another body of solitaties,
mtich smaller in number tbough,th:tn either
of the other tn o-——inen who lJHtlt‘.l’falt'I.li€flt-
selves, and who are so extremely diffidcnt
and bashful as never to have ‘popped the
question,’ though their tongues have often
had the itch to do it-—mcn who people their
room, as they sit over the fire, with an amia-
ble tvonianantl hall-a-dozen little ones, and
when they rub their e_vt-s into the reality of
their notliingncss, sigh for the happiness of
sortie envied frit-nd. lt was nece;~sury that
we Sllfilllil make. this digression.

ll/e left the middle-aged widow with I
lai‘,r,rt- family and sin -ll means. convinced that,
liavirig got one child provided for--enabling
every one to speak of a kind not as though
they hrtd something to do with it—--she bad
then only to rely upon herself. She does re-
ly upon herself; and, in nine hundred and
iiincty-riine CHSPS out of athotisand, her own
rt-sourcr-s are sufficient to change her state.
Men may make fools of girls, but women
make fools of men. In this work of retri-
bution, middle.--aged widows with -families
pre-ettiinr-ritly take the lead. They work
[‘t‘tTllCulaI'ly on those g'9!llll‘ItlF!l whom we
have here introduce-d; and more particular-
ly and successfully on the first and third
class, though the second are not unftequent~
ly made examples of. It will be said that
the first class are fools to hand; so they are;
and, when caught, they find it out themselves.
They are flies, buzzing about and blowing
every fltir fiime they are not scared from.-—
'l‘lic widow spreads her web of flattery and
flirtation; and when the poor insect ventures
boldly in, confident that he can at any mo-
ment, ‘take wing and away,’ she rolls him»
round and round in her meshes, as a spider
does a blue-bottle—or, to use a very express-
ivc idiom, she ‘twists him round her finger,’
t'irig-shape. The consequential, slanderous,
mid Inca:-‘ting booby sinks into the insignifi-
czince of a cagetl monkey, and lives and diet-
a iitiserable Jerry Sneak l Look into society,
and you “ill find many of them.

lVe admit it is a hard futefor a man,wbose
only failing, perhaps, has been his modesty,
to be St-Cttl‘P(l for the purpose of feeding the
hungry and clothing the nakrd; but then it
must be remembered that, had not a widow
proposed to him, he would never have had
courage to propose to anybody, and that he
gt-‘IS 21 con portion for life and a ready made
family, instead of lingering on in envy and
despair. , ,

Seeing that we have called all widows old.
who are on the grave side of 40, we feel that-
we have the most difficult portion of our sub-
ivct to discuss—difiicult, and we may add,
ldtlicate, ltt'f.‘t'tltSe so very few of those who
are OlJl’l"‘Xl0l)$ to uliat we may sa}, will be
inclined to tidrnit it; indeed, if we had any
hope of at tting over this difficulty by throw--
ing in I0 or 15 years more, we would do so,
mid date only front 50 or 55. V’Ve know,
l’10\veV(‘eI’,tl‘l:‘ll this would not extricate us, and
so prefer adhering to our original scale.—-
VVitlon's of 40 a‘ d upwards command very
little of the sympathy that waits on those he-
reaved in earlier life. The reason of‘ this.-
perhaps is, that they are not themselves so
it.tere.-«tin:,r. It is astottishing, how ntuch we‘
feel through our eyes. \‘Ve are told that-
‘Pitv is akin to low,’ and we might enter‘
into some curious speculations as to the vari-
ous deductions to be drutvn from these words.-

_c_-,,,;.p,,s;n._. “~.. 599 a young creature of one»
and-tiven y, in all t1 e freshness of life and-
first griel, who has l:-uritd a lover in a bus-
‘ hr.-e y.a:s of uiialloyed‘

ea’ «he has at) infant,
each arm, Do we pity her? Dcepl —-
acutcly; we could almost weep for El’.-
“r¢].¥; we mes-Vawoman in the autumn of

perhaps, in ‘