The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-11 00:00:00

LO**, 0011108111 P, AND MATRIMONY.

11 YON tide inierestiog bedbug. She Bev. Dr. Law
I angered aq amnsing lectors at the Town Ka mi
: Tmeliiis, Wraanialf laets eider the enspiose of the Doe-.
cheater Lecture Society. Theta was • veritsignt
atteadwee, the chair being tAr.mt by the Rev. e
Wright.
In Opening the proceedings, the CHAIRMAN said the
Bev. Dlr. Lase would email be Morn on • .Fielieefi
that was intoned°, to everybody. They all ken,.
something of love ; it was a very universal nbr=
with regard to courtship, it was • rather more
subject-; and as to the thin l they allt say that in
them who were eligible should make uaintanos with
it es soon as possible. (Laughter.) e should like to
say that it might be convenieut to the members of the
@misty that Mr. Brandt= should read on the 28th of
this month. The Dora Riehange would be engared
for the occasion. He would mention the date because
he had been asked by a 'lumber of people in Dor-
chester and several in the neighbourhood and in Ways
mouth aboutlfte date, and it tnight be convenient that
the date should be made known as soon as partible.
He then introduced the lecturer.
Dr. Less then coatmeseed his leaner* by speaking
of that world-wide subject—Love. In English liters.
lure sad poetry. from Choicer to Wordsworth, Mk&
once to the grand. was frequent.. Shakespeare
makes even poor Oi& say—
Good morrow, %iv Bent Valentine's day,
AU in the mornin.: 1. time;
:
,so.d I a wait at yo- endow,
T.. ba your V .letri.....
Juliet of °nurse knew Romeo was out in the cold, and
let earliest dawn she would open her window and claim
: him for her valentine and give each other "sign for
Apt." Girls used all sorts of etrategem not to see
first any other lover on Saint Valentine's morn but
the one they fancy they like best. Valentines are
nevertheless harmless enough, except when sent in
malice or spite, and with the view of hurting some one's
feelings. Then they are mean, contemptible things.
When a man falls in love it is not for what the woman
is, but what be fancies she is. (Laughter.) How
often is it that • man throws ever a good, true, and
sea/Able woman for some silly piece of conceited
humanity, who may flirt with him for a time, and
then despise him afterwards. Some asked--what is
love, but—
What love is, if thou 'vicar be taught
Thy Mart Min teach alone:
Two souls with, bat • single thought,
Two Marta that best as one."
He remembered it was onos said to • lady, "Yon will
lose anything by (sling I. love," and she replied
"Oh 1 yes, you will, I once lost two nights' sleep."
E.,,a6rsteori.LlTT.ng man
sehed s: who was Lb
young lady ; vbeeryiasioni-
see
you home, end colter refusing he ask, 'May
I be sabred to sit on the gate, and see you bane."
(l=1:ro.) Love remodels our elanatem remorse
se
and purifies our Eve. With love
matrimony is a happy thing, bu t without love, single lit e is
better. Having 'disposed of the love pert, and its
influence oa boom life, be went on to speak of court-
ship and matrimony, and its influence. Half the
lose-matches are spoilt by mom in oontlebila Iseleri
are not disposed to show their faults if they can
Earth:al
hardly disposed
A ycagexuran uppose itithis chin in love
weakness ,
the object of his affections, &ad the. nem .Wlithi
the lady. It was once mid, " All women are
angels before marriage, and that is the reason
why their husbands wise them in heaven so soon
afterwards." Courtship is Om med-time, end amenage
Is the harvest. It is true in this as Le leer *ANA—
tb " Whatsoever a man sowe, that shall reap," and
in the same moss as "the child is father to the math"
so courtship is the penal of .nintrisony. It tn...ach
easier to define courtiog Mao is courtshila The
went on to advise young men whas to wart, w=t,;_
court, and how to court An soon as you:have • fair
prospect te support a wife and not before. C
is ao idle pastime; it is a serious basinful • ilttlirtnt
eo
merely a pleasant reareatiou In which two yoZiag pecple
pass away the time, and think and feel no more of it.
Oe the other hand, it should be hating as Ilfs, end es
solemn as death. It is very wrong to take up the time
of • youns woman in a long engagement, if you have
00 prospect of making bee yoer writ ; but if a young
MHO has any prospect to marry, he cannot 001 C
himself much better then in courting. He did nc am
a title, like long eiecu.tahip, although, oftentimes,
intuited is happy marriages. Brown was Whig Jones
of • courtship Of a friend of his, which had lasted no
less than 25 years. After marriage, she turned from •
fairly good woman into a vixen, and after two years of
wedded life she died. Jam remarked, "Tour friend
is_e lucky fellow ; what yaws of eatery be escaped by
151 rare courtship." (larrilter.) Don't make Sun-
s day for courting. Marriage sod courtship are
r*lgsenisthy oecropatisos ; hts are bolster &depend for
.daps. Whom to mart? Boma naked whist *hell I
land, sot whom f In this ease they care nothiat 1
foe the lady but for the pocket., sad ens out saw
vivre when such mono-hunters are taboo in. There ,
srs three things which you should look for in Pat :
is
r....,Dlversity in mem things, ueliltr mow
rrpn,linind excellent's in all things. 115ssieg has now
rd ;Aso one of the fine arts. Kisslag
trent is different astride. • In Berlin, Winn yea
It young lady she remarks " Hein 1 the in goot,"
=l4.er.) In Paris the selette lean both sides. Is
when one of the tower ceder is kissed, she will
a„"John, yoa made my face bun agedu."(Leniebter,)
erpool if a wateeside seise should be kiwi she
I greet you with some choice naetkol
n as "Now, sheer off, or I will spoil nyniti=
s l with • typhoon." I. Glasgow the lassie remark,
1 r dims sere, laddie, its my torn see, ye ken." Is
.4
ishurgh she blade.. sad sayer-useassep. In Bathe
d to be very full of invalid Mies, who do not Am
timing, If ill Arnold happen that a gestlenten should as
f forget himself as to make an impression gips the
' cQ
alck•orf mita lady,
P:ranhadPssasyhe'lllearoxPestonreas hadedieneUathithva
1
two, Jemmy Dyer, bat tor We indignity I will
piny for thee r (Limghta.)
The lecture was interspersed with several poems of
a taaohieg character, one of *art " When thin Old
Ring wan New," being especially tcuching.
TM lector* was thoroughly ionneled, and do can-
mlttess are to be much praised for selecting each
is:Aleut teetering.
We have no doubt on the enwelon ofMtrandram's
Bbakesperian readier; thete will be • ai house.