New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
LIFE AT THE FIVE POINTS.
THE TwO-PEYNY MARRIAGE
hr. Pease, vs want 20 BE- usrri-d. :"
a W.. 90,

- E' G. '-- SAy snY lonz-r an Te have Derl "A K
| ING over tas usttsr to-day and y,g SO -"
-. yes see y'u have beea taking ths nltf-r
over the bottle ard have sort Of drunken
cuson 70 Sc; msried When you ct SOBER you will both
| rsp.rt Of II, probably
| No SIR a. are not very drunk nor no, 80 druak bu,
Whist We can irk. and dom, thk are dong hit
we are not doing brought up 20 DO BY poas
PsF'n's We have been residing Abol, TIE good tainy
y'u have done To- inst s1ch poor and
| wait yfs 10 try and do soneth n for Us"
| Rad! Can yoaresd d. you -sad the Bible ?"
"Nel not much l'ely but rad III. s.pspers snd
sometimes We read something good in them How
READ The Bloc When W ar-druiki'
d. you'hnk getting mNrsi Gil keep you from get
ting drunk p
ft' fer We sre going to take the pledge too and
| shall keep depend upon that
Suppose you take the pledge and Try ths: drst AMI #
you can keep til you wash Of the dirt away,
az set some clothes on then will marry you"
Mo- that won't do shall get thiukag ghs' poor
dirty, mis- rabe wretch and hsF | 40 living With
this Who is not bad woman by uAtare and th-n
| vii drink and then The will ddnk-oh curssd rum
and What is 20 prevent US But II married, my
wife, yes Mr.. Pesse. my <fe wolld say, Thonts'sh
would not say TOn.-you dirty brute don't be tempted
and who knows bat might be somebody yst-soneoOdy
that our own mothers woulo not be 4shAnsd Of"
Here the woman who had been silent and rather moody
know not whether she !. alive or not AMI dare not in
ouire; but If we we're married aad reformed woaid
NAB her bsppy once more
Il could longer stand the appeal said Mr. P, and
determined give them trial have married good
many poor Ereched looking couples, but none TIA,
! eked quite much 80 as tins. TIE man Vas hatsss
aud shoees., without Coat vest With long hair and
b-srd.srined with dirt. He by trade brcksyer
one If the best the city She the las; OF
elk bonnet something that might pas, for shoes
and Al old very old dress oace roh merno apparent
" without any UNDER ssrmen's
And your name is Thonas-Thomss What
Ehing, sr Thomas Eltng, good true and true
man. hat Is, shall be if you marry US.
well. well ] am going to marry you
Are you There, Mag toi you So
"Dout ,al ne Mag. II 1 am goaz 20 be married will
be By n right name, the one my mother gave ms"
Not Nag. Well never knew that"
"N.w. Thom.s hold your tongue you talk too mech
What is your namel'
@Matiloa nust tel The other Yes Will and
never viii ciser .ce t. don't think should ever have
been IS tai had kept it, That bad woman sho drst
tempted NE to ruin made take false name 1t is bad
thns fr girl give up her unless for tina, OF
good bus band. Mafld. Fr.ey Nobody knows me By
thsi name in tas pad city"
Very we'll datlds and Thomas take each other by the
right hai d. md look 81 m, for ns % unite
sou ID tie holy binds o mArrsge by Gods ordinances DO
,ou think sou are sufficiently sob comprehend il, sol
emniiy ~
yes sir"
aM.rria.e being one of Gods holy ordinances cannot
b. kept in lin misery, fifth and drunkenness. Thomss
will YOU take Matilda to be your lawful trie only welded
wife
Yes, sir
aYou promise that you will live with her. in sickness
we'll As health and nOHrh, protect and comfort her your
true and faithful wife hJou will be to her true AMI fs,l
f husband that you viii not got druak, and Will clohe
yourself and keep clean
so Il will"
aNever n ind answering unit. get through. You prom.
isa 10 abstain totally every kind Of drink that ntox-
oates and treat this kind af7c .tey, and Va
ber "a husband should love his welded WIFE, Now of
h u;u YOU here before me the servant Of the Most
nb-bere in the sight Of God in Heaven, faithfully
promise, give you ni' "oA" W oo JOui "e1aed VIE
"Yes | will
aArd Won Matilda. your part, will you promise the
same ard oe Al true wife 70 tbs man ~
"Igill ~, sr
I'm, do YOU promise Al tbs lithfllyP
aYea cir | will
aTbsn pronounce you msn and WIFE
aNow. Thomas" s.ys the neF WIFE after had made
a., t cs,tdc te and gwen her, wtn an Injunction T.
.e,it s.sly-"uoR pay Mr.. Psas-. ID let US 20 home
80 b,esk the bottle" Thom.s felt frsi in the right hand
rct, lien the eit then back TO III ight then be *
AHMED the wa'ch iob
WHY vher- is III" says she, you had two dollars this
morning"
evening There Mr. Posse, take them, t IS al have got
IN the word whs' N IRE CAT 1--WE l'
SIRE enough ha could he d more took them and
nr,.d over then N 10 parting with the last penny this
ccrns mi hi have Is-ted nth vice. wicked foolish
prstce witch hal reduced them TO such degree Of pv
-, and wretch dn.s tina; the onster power Of rum could
hardly send its vic, rs lower.
~ Tom and M r,nsformed into Mr. and Nrs
Filing and b vim grlgn soms~ha IN r. sob-r while in
a.. h,u.e seemed fall uace nd their position
80 Al The obligations they had taken upon ihsmselyes
For few days thought occasionally VI this two penny
,srsge and then Il became shsorb bed With THOUSAND
r scenes OF wretch du-ss sh n have witnessed since
have lived j. this center Of city misery Time wore on
I'D married many otnsr coupes-oten those who cana
- r., carriage and LETT golden marriage fse-a delc s
nav Of eiyirg to the neeiybut amoug 4. had never per-
formed ris for couple quite 50 los IS that Of this two.
ns,,v fee and r solved nevr would again A; length,
vsytrIhsd cal for tgI match to tue H. xseh re
fused
aWhy do you come to me to be married, my friend
said TO the man You both too poor live separate
.ud besides you both terrible drunkards kno you
are"
~Tha, Is lust vnst We want to get married ior aad take
the pledge"
-Take that first
No We must take al togsthsr nothing slss vii save
u"
"WiIl that o.
cit did one Of ny friends
ayv,n then 20 ard bring that friend here let me see
and b.r how much il saved him. and then wi make up
my ind what 70 do f en- do yoa any good van, to
CO itH
Ny friend +. At Eorkhe has got good JOB and sevs