The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-06-13
Who Marry and Have Children in
America.
From the Newburyport (Mass.) Herald.

From the Newburyport (Mass.y Herald.
More than four-scventls of the marriages
IN Massachusetts are among the foreign born.
Why is it? For the most simple of reasons
the foreign born can afford to get married.
and the native born cannot and this must
be, so long as our extrayagant modes of life
continue. In social life there never was a
people tending to deeper and more dcstruct-
i've social corruption-and that is most cvi-
dent from the records of all the courts. and
the columns of all the ncwspapcrs--than
Americans. Our fathers used to tell Of the
profigacy Of Paris; their children tell of the
mysteries of New Iork--a CITY not far behind
any in Europe. And making proper allow
ances for size, how far is New York ahead of
other cities and townso Once was the time
when wife was a "hclp meets" now in
thousand of cases YOU can change the "mect"
to "cat. and make it read more truthfulv.
I We boast of our system of education: We
have female high schools. female colleges. fc-
male medical schools. and female heavens. -
""F S'f'S are fciincd' learned and wise; they
ca" Sl'S' oa'c'' PA! p'ah"S' paint talk
French and Italian. and all the soft languages.
VIM "'' 'o'' ''"' ''i'''i'' !'''.
are ready &c ',c courtrd at ten years. ant. can
be taken from school and married at fifteen.
Il Il ,
anu "'>'''''' ''' twenty. lh'E make >i''hdld
,'''"S VII "'l'''i tours can coqnc'tc az" INT
''.' "'>' -'' ''''''>' ''''' >ii'i'' i'H' Angels
"' '''''l l,"fl''S' h'' ''''''H nc A'i:'' t" the
l'''' N''''i 'i'''' ni'[i''S III 'hc ''>Ai"'l""!t
circles. VI hat are they at washing floors >
oh' We forgot: nobody has bare hoor' nGN
how vulgar that would be: Wiz: are the,
at iAaN M bread @!i,! boiling bctf2 Wh>'
how thoNShlic>> We ;rr-to be sure they Will
beard or have servants. What ar they %l
mend'nS old clothes ; But there We ar,
AGAIN: the fashions change so Often that 10
parcr-makcr> now. What are thew at wash.
ing babies faces and uinninr ,,n their trou.
>crS? And here is nuY ;nlclcrahlc stupidity
, once more; having children is left to tn,
, Irish What lady thinks of hay;r,- ch;l,Irc,
about her now. or i. She i, So unfortunate
E don, she put them to wet nurses to bcr;,
with. and boarding schools afterwards W,
6 rcpcat-wc have come to a point where youo,
men hesitate and grow old before they ca,
decide whether they can marry. and atfcr
wards keen clear of bank r,lntcv arI crime
What is the consequence? There are NOR,
l Dcr>nn~ H,nv = singh. l:i.-ara there o.r.
: LEADING \!r'u"uN iltr.? Il i TIM inr mo,h
: 'r> to Know that the Extravaganza they q.
) courage Is destructive of the virtue ot thei
4 chll'lrcn: that al the foolish cx(crditur,
/. making to rush their daughters into na.rimo
o ny. are. instead Of answering tla, end. tend
nc 70 G">fr". II" institution ot marriage 4
together.
; '''''' '''' ~ ''''''''''- '''' a
+ Times Sh'i' We learn is m"ch from our CHI
y oi.'' ~ ''''! ""'h from u.s. Ih'f' Is some
Y '"'''7 iif 'h' af'lcSS SmPhN'y of chl1hoo
: '"'' proves stronger 'h'n inc c"f'"orn sc
II '.'''! VI MIXTURE years. was Si''inE at IN
piazza '' evening" mVsi"S too ""uhttul!
:. upon '''c 'u'V't' III" lc''ih" the coudS {" car
IL ''''' N''' '''' '''''': "' Il of1''ial' sunset
T. VIII ""' NJ. "'''' D"f'''h "'iSh'" upon III
g >P''''' ""f "'i"' oo''p' h''o risen a> to TN
course "' 'Nif'e iF"\io'hcc. just then N
|. 'i' '''' were h'"f"' al" III! chiu raj %aliv
IL III! 'A''''o''' arms a'c''ih% the Pla!r
y spirit oi III! i''''c GIRL l S'lz'd her IN m
IS A'''o> '''" hcio hcr over thc r'ilihS. as II
III Az '-' ''''' N>'o''i>'''" DIT hcF WANT "i l'a
'' ''f'''' '''' n'' '''"i" "h! ""n
W" u! """ lc' you iail: -N". p"p
''f' me- so "'"'7y' was thc instant reply.
~ cannot tel what instruction distilled hk
T. cof"iai through III! soul. Inc words OF pei
II tered my heart 1t is impossible that a f;
1t theirs love should let fall the child who Ii,
Il smiling in his arms. How then can tn
y Heavenly Father let fall the children VIII
7, trust in Him. Every doubt is rclukcJ IN
1t o,cr,. ,,,rl, foroh,,;r,, nm. . l1,,.h !,
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