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THE EVILS OF BACHELORDOM.

‘ M'y gou'l friends," says the editor of j ah American iifiiyspaper; who wmo. to nit- j 'other State,,end,to-ik unto him* a wife. j ‘ in announcing , the, f.tcfc- of our. return j , li'>;ne, ovitli ?i. jib,we .cup pot jy.fi’ain from j ••xoVesshig our prufoutpy. .'iusguss. of: h :eiichad sin". «u.l bachelors—and wo- ex-| pc-ct to j;e .dhi; listed with, both. —several < weeks. Wo ere •well: aware, that in flays ] gone by we ..'oceas!oua!!yjjina>!e..ourselves j ridiculous in llie eyes of sensible men by j ; upholding |he,bachyhu'sfaty as the Jit.p of j 1 ifi-lep uideuee,. and cii.rt.lily ] 'loyy. 1.5 ut we were.- young nmi greet; 1 1 then, and bi cVili'SC:kUeW bill te;e, side. of. ; the subj- ef,. IVj'.v stand up b to, . you. 1 construe 1. 'ugly., piotors of hum oiity, re- ' joicing in the nauie .0f... bachei'U's. a,uu, huokwhr yis; a fe,\v cpiystipus.'. :...,'Vnet , are J yon lit for in this world l Vi eat interest 1 have you in t.he 'generations unborn you read of? Where will you be:,when old. ] in efi, if.yoiir vile habits, eycr. permit you; to arrive at a good old aye ! Won tyoubo ' like lonely and..scathed trees standing. ; in a big - clou-lug- without a, companion, ! and your life unprotected, fr.o.m. the frosts. I by the’ young 'saplings .and. shrubs yoijr. ! feet 1 Y/r woii’Vyou'bo like pumpkins m tv 1 ebrri field, more prominent, ouehi.sc pf your, I ; prodigious ugliness, .tmin the -stalks, rat 1 your side.laden wi t h golden gram j Hold '- your .heads,.up, art it t a fie like mail,, whether | you can act so or not. Now,, Unu i-you t feel, iushaihod of you reel v--si Look at the ! girls about you, all, smilii g and sugar—heiiks overflowing with !pye, ready, fo o.e. , spilled on the first good fyllov that can. I touch their 1 sympathies—-■ feeling_a.v non Nur cream, wliHi by a kindred spirit"cm" sbfjii .bA worked into butter .and spread 1 over your life, till' you are as happy as the 1 ’ birds of springy Look at’em and feel the i disgusting position’ which' ybii occupy in thbctbVkvg'CrgrtkieHwjf humanity ? What I ’are you holding back fur ? Now, just- re-’ f,-,Vhi.—r»nt on vour best- looks and your i Ltlicr coiii, the girls, ice-cream them 'I —then propose, get accepted, marry, and . the country will rely on you as a faithful ; and well disposed citizen.’

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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 134, 2 July 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

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THE EVILS OF BACHELORDOM. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 134, 2 July 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE EVILS OF BACHELORDOM. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 134, 2 July 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

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