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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 266, 10 November 1868, Page 3

A BACHELOR'S SOLILOQUY. ™ o wed, or not to wed— that is the question— Whether 'tis wiser in a man to banish The tempting visions of domestic comfort, Or to lead some damsel of our times to the altar, And, by marriage, end them? To wed — to doubt JNo more; and by that act to say we end The heartache, and the thousand well-planned tricks Of enterprising mothers'! — 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To wed — to enrich The tradesmen, and to feed bad servants! To wed, perchance, a spendthrift! ay, there's the nib; " For to what sort of wife we may be mated When we have shuffled off our bachelorhood, Must give us pause. There's the respect That makes celibacy of so much practice: For who would bear the impatient thirst for"hliss, The yearnings for some gentle confi iant, The amatory frenzies of one's loneliness, The loss of buttons, and of large joints of medt, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare wedding-ring? Who would lodgings hear, To groan and sweat under extortionate landladies, JJBut that the dread of helpless and expensive wives — Those prodigies of modern training — pufczles the will, And makes us rather hear those ills we have, Than hazard being thus ta'en in and doue for — Thus women do make cowards of us all; And thus the hopeful heart of many a bachelor Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprisers of good will and spirit, With this regard from marriage turn away, And lose the name of Husband. Coblebs.

v. Jg||§§L R - "TTTANTED, MEN for the Armed ConstabuTerms— 3s.' 6d. a day, rations, and clothing. Apply'to Captain SPILLER, Militia and Volunteer Orderly-room, ■2399 Hardy- street. NEW ZEALAND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. jAjk HPHE STuRMBIRD will leave «#^^k JL Nelson TO-MORROW After-JyiPP^-nomi. at 5 o'clock, for TARANAKI '^nS&B'and MANUKAU. CURTIS BROTHERS, 2401 Agents. PLEASANT RECREATION* -*k «*, nnHE MOUTOA will run up ssW^^v X the WAIMEA RIVER on SATURDAY Afternoon, Nov. 14 (weather permitting), starting at 3 p.m.. returning at dusk. Refreshments provided. Return Fares, 25. ; Children, half-price. 2410 NELSON HARMONIC SOCIETY. A PRIVATE CONCERT of the above Society will be given at the Provincial Hall, on' THURSDAY next, the 12th instant. REHEARSAL THIS EVENING, at the Provincial Hall. Tickets to be obtained at the Tuesday's Rehearsal, or at Mr Stanton's on Thursday, between ■the hours of 4 and half-past 5 o'clock. J. T. CATLEY, 2395 Hon. Sec. PROVINCIAL LAND & BUILDING SOCIETY.— PERMANENT. THE Monthly Meeting for payment of Subscriptions, &c. will be held at the Fleece 'Hotel, THIS EVENING, November 10. at halfpast 7 o'clock. Stewards — Messrs W. Y. Salter and R. Smart. JNO. PERCY, 2394 Secretary. ALL SAINTS CHURCH. THE above Church will be CONSECRATED by the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of NELSON, TO-MORROW, Wednesday, Afternoon, the llth instant, at 3 o'clock. The COLLECTION on that day and on the following SUNDAY, will be in aid of the Building Fund. JAMES T. LOWE, JOHN THORNTON, 2413 Churchwardens. NO. 1 CITY RIFLES. PARADE THIS /"Tuesday) EVENING, at S o'clock, in rear of the Institute. JOHN SHARP, Captain. November 10. 2405 NOTICE. THE PARTY who was seen going over the fence at the back of Mr J. H. Levien's Store on Sunday night had better, on or before Thursday, RETURN the 8 young DUCKS he took away, or he will find it a dear night's work, as Jhe was seen when he broke the fence from one of 'the neighbor's closets. W. HARPER, Storeman. Nelson, Nov. 10, 1868. 240b ~ FOR SALE, " A RUN of 6000 Acres, fenced and subdivided, admirably adapted for fattening stock, and -well situated for the Grey and Hokitika markets. 'With Slab House, Yards, &c. Price, £450. For further particulars, apply to THOMAS R. FISHER, Nelson. Or Mathieson's Agency, 2404 Christchurch. "v '