Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-17

The ststisticians OF Boston report the
"Leap year hes been failure" in the
Modern Athens. There has been twenty
pr cent. lose Of marriage there this year
than the last. The fact is by no means
one to DO joksd over.
Fnnnily, however, ths modern Athen-
IAN staticisns ascribe it to the passions
and expenses Of the recent Presidential
election. They view Wedlock from afar.
II they came quite up to the Boston Hy-
mental altar they would be 10 the way OF
an explanation OF the lamontsble fact
they publish. That shrine to love and
marriage is crushingly draped with
silks at from three TO fifteen dollars q
yNd-it is festooned with laces at pri-
ces TO cause lock jaw TO bear of-expen-
sive gemmed jewelry flashes through the
meshes Of the point d. demons at every
part-silver plate, paved thick upon leas-
es OF ''genteel Residences" supports the
aitar-and m,iiiners' bills, bills for ev-
cry purchasable luxury aud necessary,
more terrible than tho bills OF vultures,
litter the base OF it as votivc leaves to
to Frost Spirit circles the oak in Au
tamn. What effect has this profana-
ton OF the shrine OF marriage, on the
young uen Of Boston who could fam
bring to it their personal offerings?
Those statisticians can see it and hear
1.-THE current of masculine marriage
allie humanity sets right by without
stopping. Great sighs heaved from the
bottom Of prudent aud hopeless hearts,
are ell that is given to Hymen. Young
artists, young srtizsns, young doctors,
merchants, clerks, lawyers of more youth
than clicntage, yet all out of debt and
earning comfortable and honorable sub
sistence for one, according to the scale
Of 1856, pass by quickly alarmed ~
the evidences OF the inexoratle condi-
tons attached to o reputable marriage,
IN these OWL days Of competitions in so
cIal display.
Marriage i. becoming luxury to men
in the United States. The cost of pro.
visions, the wages Of lab r., the rent Of
Dwellings, the cost Of necessaries and of
Injuries, added to the unreicn,ing pres.
sure upon people ia respectable society
to Or IS richly and furnish showily, make
the inevitable price of o family, far out
Of reach Of the salaries and incomes of
most Of the you1g. - Of the effect on the
morals and character OF State, in which
wedlock is prohibited, it il unnecessary
to enlarge. BY reading or by travel We
are oil familiar with it 10 France and 10
Austria. Prudence aud custom forbid
marriage 10 the former country, where
there is not assured income sufficient to
maintain its wants and social preten-
sions. 10 the latter the armed law holds
ssunder from tue relations of husband
and wife, couples who DO not possess
property guarantees that their children
shall not become burthen to the State.
In al ranks OF its society, income is the
marriage cement Of love.
Marriage may as effectually be prohil.
tied by the expenses OF millinery ware
and house furnishing, as bya police
regulation. Ii those modern Athenian
statisticians will stand with their note
Looks beside their Marriage altar for
two years to come, they will have to re-
cord steadily diminishing worship at
the shrine. If old-maid- hood be, as
many say, an evil, tie penalty of geo.
eral reputation Of dress goods and q
scorn of Bingham, will DC paid IN every
house where there are daughters. Does
it not behoove all mothers all good moth
srs-to initiate individually if not in con-
cert, the wise conduct of the Belgic wo-
men Of Brussels supper Ten dom:"
Their 'RetreDchment Society" has been
organised to make economy iashie nable.
Its weekly meetings receive reports of
supertluitles dispensed with, and discuss
the feasibility OF further curtailmenis in
touseho.a and personal expenses. It's
members arc mothers, and their
labors are for thepurposs Of saving mar
rage to their grown up daughters, by
making it practicable for those young
men whose capital is dispro portioned 20
their industry and integrity.
oh for q restoration Of Bingham aud
OF Prints! Is there no deliverance from
the silken web of evil which French
looms weave for ns2
GR&,r Yk,Lp.-Mr. w. Page. living
nrar Raleigh, n. c., raised the following
crops from one acre of land, VIZ la Sep
trmbef, 1888, he sowcd oGe bushei of
wheat mixed with ,urnep seed, lton which
he raised 10 bushels OF wheat and abou,
son bushels of turncp4. In June, 1886. he
Nv H.aH Ell iii'' same ground III corn aud
PEAS, aud has harvested 81 bushels of corn.
at's 81 bushels of peas. The only fritil-
izer used was stable manure
AN ASTI-VEGEr >RiAS VIHGlN.-Oh.
OF cur ror,h country pi'mcn, who had
turned vegetarian, weLt couri.us p'rcliy
lass IL tie collier, village, aad popped tie
question. ooh 90 long with yon," said size,
DO yon think I'm goij & 70 be flesh OF your
flesh, ana you I'VE On cabbages. No, in-
iced. don't belong to The rabbit family"
English PIPER.
\ HABEAs CoRPUs WITHOUT JuEGE.
"A runaway couple from Wa'ervlic Ne,
ole day last week. went to Pennington and