Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-12-21

tNet-So Auc tut9of = Henry u. Nrich
A large portion Of the work Is devoted "a
serious Of letters on the Subject Of marriasl
The epssiolary parties are. husband N
wife. Their style ef writing las Is sac
cases made and provided1 sllpshod and -
timentaL Il Is plain Al glance. that III
writer knows nothing aboat love. though =
believe be is more OF less married. 81
wants the natural touch But it il moi on
purpose to play the critic. We aliude I,
the book, only for the purpose ofintroducin,
to our readers the following letters whicI
recently passed between two Of our friends
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Ny Dear Husband - Women have ) right
to pop questions as well as men. Answer
me this question then, IRhat Is marriage
Your inquiring wife, SALLY
No2.
NY Dear Wifs.-In reply to your singu
lar note, beg to say, firstly, that neither
man nor woman has the right to pop silly
questions; and, secondly, that if you have
not found out what marriage is, after living
fourteen years as my wife, and bearing me
ten children INCLUDING the twins | am IN
able to tell you
Your afscti0nate husband, SAMMY.
No 5.
ny Dear Sammy To intimate that my
question was silly. is unworthy of man and
husband, which shows that you do not love
me as you ought, and-therefore We are not
truly married.
Yours, logically SALLY.
No 4
Dearest Sally:-If calling your question
sensible one, instead of giving it tho right
name. will recoustitute our bond Of narri-
age, trust you will allow ne the liberty Of
signing myself as before,
Your aEectionate husband, SAMMY.
No 5.
Dear Husband II am glad to find you
reasonable Marriage, in opinion. is the
union of a man and woman in the hond Of
wedloek, as long as they are Of one mind -
How can two walk together as-the Scrip
ture saith, unless they be agreed
Your conditional wife, SALLY.
No. 6.
Dear Wife AS no two persons in the
world are 'of the same mind, and, as woman
rarely has the same mind mere than half an
hour, it is evident, according to your views
that there is no such thing as marriage /
make bold, nevertheless, to differ from you
in opinion, and to subscribe myself J ct
again.
Your afectionate husband, SAMMY.
No -
Dear Sam II amlpersuaded that 70 man
can be husband unless he considers his
wife to be theincarnation Of God and that
no woman DO true wife who does not con-
slider her nusDa1i % be di5so. II rnUy FL
look upon each other, they are not married,
and always differ.
Yours incarnately, SALLY.
No g.
Dear Sal IT am not sach a conceited
blockhead as to look upon either you or my
self as tie incarnation of God, being salts
fed 10 knew that ysu are the sweetest Of lit.
tie wives, and myself the happiest Of hus
bands.
Yours, lovingly, ,
N69.
Dearost Hubby - Come home and let me
kiss YOU What fool | was to write you
suchsilly letters I But our old maid neigh
DOR. Miss Phebe Strongmind, has heen read
ing to ME Henry @. Wright's book on mar
rage. which describes man as the incarna
ton Of God to bis wife This sounded very
pretty. and thought you ought to have thu
same feeling yourself But see now it i.
| all fudge, and | am sorry that | had mol
your common sense to know this at glance
SALLY.
No 10. 80
Beloved Wife Henry G. Wright is
humbug. All his new tangled notions abou
marriage are Josh Fancy defnitlons onthi
subject are absurd A husband is mar
ried man; wife is married woman an
wedloek is the bond which unites them
This is the whole story There are goo
and bad husbands, and good and bad broth
ers and sisters but neither in marriage no
in ANYTHING else below the stars are we I
leok for perfection. To err is human
fatter myself that you and |, my dear Sail.
have our little weaknesses, like other peopl
but somehow We Jog aleng very nicely t
gethsr, and unless We get our heads turne
by some impracticable and ridiculous theor.
have no fear but we shall always love eac
other and b happy
Yours affectionate husband
SAMMY.
Thus endeth the correspondence.
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THE WiFE.
It needs no guilt to breake husband
heart the absence Of content, the mutterinj
Of spleen, the untidy dress, the cheerle
home; the forbidding scowl and desert'
hearth: these and other. nameless neglec'
without crime among them, have ha-row'
to the quirk the hearts core Of many ma
aud planted there, beyond the reach ofcar
the germ Of dark despair. O man5, mai
before that sad sight arrives, dwell on Il
recoIlections Of her youth, and cherish Il
. dear idea Of that tunefui time, awake ar