Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-05-28
Marriage.

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is in his best vein.
| A practice prevails In tho puhlics,ioo o
marriages, 10 announce that Miss a. msrrie
MIR. b. IL may be species OF gailantry Il
name the lady first. but IL In entirely out o
place. She does not marry the man---:h
man msuies her. The woman only con
senrs that he shall take her; and ia c3nse
quence Of this willingness, on her pant {,
take upon herself s'i the cares Of welded liG
'he husband Is required to cherish and pro
fect her The wife agrees 10 love. honor an,
obey, which are only promises contingent OF
the good conduct Of the husband. Th,
Scripture mentions that he took upon him
sell wife;' but we hear nothing said sbou
her taking To- herself n husband. When ia
! cob set out on his travels In search Of A wife
he found Rachel AZ the we'll drawing watei
for the family. He stood on no ceremony
He did not wait for the usual ssiutations OF
the day; or a formal introduction, but forth
with kissed her 'and lifted up his ewes and
wept.' The JOY that overwhelmned him 10
finding .such pretty domestic girl 10 the vii.
derness, gushed forth 10 torrent OF tears
All the while Rachel was passive. She made
no advances. She did nor kiss Jacob, nor
did she coolly resent the liberty he had taken.
Here we have the negative consent--,he sub
mission OF the female, and the successful, and
decided advaoses OF the gentleman: for Jacob
was a gentleman Of fortune and distinction.
We should not. therefore, say In our Jour.
nal s that the lady married the gentleman
She puts no ring 90 his finger to biud The oh.
legation. She does not present her hus-
band with gold watch and chain, diamond
breast-pin, pair of kids, Spanish cloak, or
al upper benjamin. Opelia says, in refer
cnce to bridal presents:
Rich gifts wsr poor, when givers prove uokind."
In oriental countries, the parents make up
the matches for the parties. Making love,
making engagements. quarrelling and ma.
king up, dining together, going to church,
getting married, and starting up the North
River in steamboat to pass the honey moon
on the Catskills, were unknown in ancient
times. When wo lived among the Turks,
dapper little fellow, son Of our broken, called
one morning upon US, with a message which
he delivered in good substantial Hebrew.
My lord and father makes his submissive
obedience to your lordship, (whom God pro-
tect,) and desires to know if ne shall have
the honor to kiss your hand at the wedding
to-dayr
What wedding, IMuehaeaf
Mine, SIR
'Yours' Why you little villain. how old
are your
He raised his hand thrice, being supersti- |
ious about repeating numbers
Fifteen! And how cd is your wife to
,er
he counted eleven with his fingers.
why, Chioa, what can you possibly do
With wife! Is she pretty!'
sDon'f knotU <rrelI~r~u I pavar suu har
Here's vile country for you Boys and
,irls who should be in school learning
heir lessons, getting married without having
cen each other-without love, sentiments,
ows, protestations, ct ccterG.
Did you make her any presents''
'Oh yes, sir The presents went last night.
We had camel load, your lordship--a band
{ music, a trunk full of fine silk dresses, en-
slippers, gold car rings, two silver
'aiters, plenty of oil and sweet cakes, and a
ish of huskisue.'
Shall we go to this oriental wedding. tho't |
e. Yes, we will go, if it is only to see the
ride and groom. 1t was noon. We order
the mules to be attached to the chaise. ,
nd rode to the comfortable mansion of Sig
DR. Solomon Bencanon. The long sale was (
lronged with men wearing blue turbans and
eavy black boards The little bridegroom I
ith wide pair of cotton trowsers, an en-
-oidered jacket, crimson colored skull cap /
as seated on an ottoman, gazing attentive
around, as if he was not a party to the .
lportant ceremony about to. take place. Af- '
r prayers, canopy was produced, under O
hich tho little fellow was placed; u curtain
front of an alcove was withdrawn, and il
IVY Of fat women entered, followed by s
o little bride, who had white lace veil s
rown over her head, no stockings on, with a
'avy anklots or cintures of gold aud her b
ny feet encased in red morocco slippers, en- s
oidored with gold he eyed her closely,
ID she peeped at him through her veil. lie
ed to look grave, but ever and anon would
litter and laugh. When they gave him the /,
lg to put on her finger, he put ii on his own, /,
bbed il, looked pleased with il as if unwi- ;,
~ TO give il to her. Aftor the ceremony, :.
ey were both seated on an ottoman, and =
ceived the congratulations of all present.
duUre cito t--they looked like children rea- !,
for any sport--bliud mans bluff, or hunt y
o slipper--anything, in short, but being =
arried. Such are the oriental customs. 7
Now the puzzle for editors would be in this II
so, did the boy marry the girl or the girl :,
irry hint Neither, we should say. The n
irried parties had no agency in this matter r.
,ey were strangers to each other; and af- a a
: the wedding the girl went back to her fa-
er's house. and the boy played marbles ;,
we saw him next day selling otto of :
'es and preserved figs, and sporting with n
,ang of little losfers not larger than him G,
f When he was old enough to maintain h
wife, we presume he claimed her. NJ
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