The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1858-04-23
HOW CAME TO BE MARRIED

that most men are nOrtal.' The remark
Is too general to offence even to the most
sensitive, but for my own part am not SEN
sltivc, on this point at all. | belong to the
great majority who at once admit their NOR
tality and plead guilty to its weaknessrs.-
Now, chef among these Weaknesses IS the.
disposition to undervaluc what we possess
ourself, and to ovcr-ratc my own case. this
tendency is very marked-a fact which |
''nc!lne TO attribute in part to my overwccn,
ng modesty. am vain neither of mvscl
nor anything that is mine, and highly APP
prec'ate others and anything that is theirs.
theirs. For example, though by no mea lis
detormcd person, have not limb or a
feature with which am content; while if
by taking though, could add a cubil To-
my stature, should do sn. In this state
OF mind am constantly cnvyinr their mr..
sonnet: want this mans eye, that man 5
nose, a third ones chest, AMI SO on.
1t is notorious that bachelors, like Jews.
are prosecuted race. Their most active
prosecutors q speak of,hc hachclors-. am
prosecutor Of the Jews myself arc those
who arc bound in tho bonds Of wc.lI.,rk
and who will persist that everybody Shall be
"both almost and altogether Il, they are. tn-
cfadtny "thcsc bonds | was the victim
OF this persecution, for dare not say how
many years, and for long time the sr.-
c'al care ola society instituted in Conncc-
tlcut (ny native STATED for the "convcr.iou
and coupling '": single men and won,rn."
1t was plain from the beginning that
should have TO give in. ! WAS a marked
man. Stephen Pearl Andrews could not
have saved me-. Bat fought long and
maniuI'y aga;n>, my late, anI fell IL, last,
under circumstances which i: was irpo>si-
ole to resist. Let the Reader judge
During the long period Of my single life,
my most intimate conparion VII, IA vonnr
man 10y the name Of briggs, who was one
ot my classmates i'll college. Now, II any
one Of al an;i,.hc'ical turn ofn;ud will de-
scribe character the exact ppro>i,c Of
what is called a fast man, lie will describe
my TREND briggs to the life lie was the
s'owest man III the world lin thonyht. slow
in speech, slow in gait, slow in cvrv,l,:n,
but eating, drinking, and paying his SCOT
6ut though slow, he was sure. Whatever
he undertook he accomplished. You cuu!l
~ ''o'o ''''>e '''''' ''l'h yon co""i move
>y.,,., |
'', ''e ""''' move !o"' or any
''"' VI I'LL! ''''"S' "' VIII. low he did II
"ooo'; SHOWS, Out '''erc WAS no resisting
'''"''' no ''' = an" @"' everyt'"G
~ ''.''"e "io" 70" "he" lie had an Object
" "' '''' ''' ss."e''''y anu "n'warcS, AMI
without observation, and moved s.ca!i!y on
'''"S' "'a"H d! million or two s'l''il'.
~ eo"''',' 'e '''r''e'' on any account
o"' o'' me o'h"r hand, he couldn't
S'Ili''''' "''' carried everything along
y, ''' "''''' '''e '''! lie resolved to marry.
~ "e"' ~ u ''''" mousse '"'i the smm"r
'''''e'' us '"''sn'e'' '"'o The same 'h'n"
" -" e''''Sc o. MS conversation to the
'"';5"'e' 'e'se' ana Tic next week he came
~ '...>. Wv 30 '",'''e' 'ooN the woman t"
y. @ ''"i "' ,''e MINISTER after Sermon
~ 's n''" 20 'eF' w'''ch OF course the
"'",','' '' o'' without asking question; he
S>''" '''''e questioned his oil
AS Drugs "ncver told his love-" or any
t"'ng else tor that matter, his friends found
out that he was married by reading tie
announcement IL, IN that bcan'iIic corner ola
'"'"se newspaper decorated VERY appropri-
"e'y) with trans-iixcd heart None Of us
were s"Fpr'sed' tor nothing that he couI,l
nave done would have surprised anybody.
we al Thought we shohl like to have seen
Inc c0uT'sh'p' lie managed the matter in
his own way. He didn't "n,n" ,i,o o,,..,:,