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Marriage

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Day
11
Month
November
Year
1844
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Public Domain
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'Oh, my dear aunt, could I but ahvays retain the freshness of my youth, I then wonld be ceriain of eivjoying the affection of my hus-. baud forever. 'You are greally in error, my dear child! - And were you to remain 'nhvuys blooming and handsome os you now arej the eye of your husbond would, nevertheless, by being for many years habituated to it, become indifferent towards it, Habit is the greatest charmer in the world, and one of ths niost benevolent fairies in a house. S.hc niakes the greateot liomeliness an every day matter. If ve are youngand he become oíd, it might at last be foilovved by bad consequenccs, and the husband might beeome jea'lous. [t is botter as God once organized the matter. Siippose yon liad slmvelled up into an oíd matron, and your husband was still a blooming young man, how could you feel then?' Louise rubbcd her nose, and said, 'I don't kuovv.' But,' continued her aunt, 'I will let you into a secret, wlnch - 'That'sii,' exclaitned Louise, heartily, 'what I should so much hke to know.' The aunt said, 'Only be attentive. What 1 will tell yon, I have proved to be an excellent remedy. It consista of two parts. - The first part of the remedy for a happy niarriage prohibils all possibilUy of a quarrel, and would mnke at last even a fly and a spider the best of friends. The second is the best con - servative fr female loveüness.' Indeed!' exclaímed Louise. "For the first half of the rerncdy, take yon: bridegroo.ti in the first lone hour after you are married, ond demand oí" hiiii an oach, and give him an oath. Promise dns another solemnly never slighily to quarrel, even in a mere jes, to bandy words,orio t'e'igu to be angry with euchother. A'ever! I tell yon, JVever! Even tilia quarrel'ing in mere jest, the feigning to be ungry vvith one another out of mere mischief becotnes a habit- bacomes at Inst a leality. Remember that! Farther - promise one another, hearlily and stemly, never to harbor a secret froin the other, no matter under what pretence, no matter what excuse you fino for it. You must at ail tunes, and at every moment, be able to fiee into each other's heart. - Should even one of you have been guilty of ai error - hesilate noí a moment, and confess it freely, and should it be done wiih tears in yonr eye? - freely confess. Promise yourselves Ihat - renew tho otiíh at every templation, you will feeJ bcttcr for it. Thus your souls, as it were, grow together, and you both wí!l become one. Oh! ff every p:tír had, on wedjJing day, known and made use of thissimple trick of life's wisdom, hów many marriages would have been happier than, alas! thcy üuw are.Ai;d as ncither of you haea secret from the Dthür, keep on the contrary your household ind connubial affair?, and the affairs of the ie.irt secret from failier, mother, brother, sis'er, aviil, mid all Ihe icorld. Y on two togethjr wiih God w'ul then créate your own slent .vorld. Every (hird and fourth person you ir.iw into your cause will matte a party, and tand betwoen you both." Thai must nev■r."

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