The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-03-18
g scek Marriage Cp.,ou.

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age is the subject of conversa,;ar
anon ~ yomg people sixteen wears
i0' FoV marry somewhat IN
conslderateiy, and without any cor.
tam prospects. If they DELAYED tax.
ing safe until they were sure of T.
ing aOle to MAINTAIN her. the popula.
t'on would diminish. Marriaoe ia
purely religious act. The botrotbo,
ahother religious ceremony, has al.
p most as sacred character as marri.
; age In certain cantons--in Misso.
.Iohonehi- FOR instance-a betrotbed
young man enjoys all the RIGHTS of a
husband. If the future hrideoroon,
after The conscientious celebration ~
MS betrothal, were 10 draw bacl, from
completing his engagement. his ra-
iusal would cost him his life.
a story is told ofa bctrothed vouno
man who took refuge on board por
tnguese ship on the eve of his wed,
ding. He died at Lisbon of n sta,
ora knife. 1t is difficult TO brook or
a marriage which is not vet comnlet.
.ed; nothing Is easier than to undo n
when it is done. The .papas. or
priests, are not inco-ruptible: and. If
YOU know by which end TO handle
them, will contrive to discover in the
most regular union five or six infor.
malltles sufficient TO nnnnl the marri.
age Alter having lived with vorr
"lie torty years, they will make it n
point OF conscience to declare that
you have been enormously married.
and that the person is nothing TO Won
Js 11' It 1t f9ffs 10 frsy Ssty 96Bto Il have RGsB been
marie !, whilst it displeases YOU TO
be married still, divorce shines for all
the world. Certain ladies' are to he
seen IN Athens who have been divorc.
,d three times, and who could ask
heir three husbands to dinner without
he public's having right TO find fault
Ylth them. But divorce is n luxury
which humble people scarcely ever in.
lulge In.
The rural distiicts are tenanted bv
households. The honest
'reatures pass their lives without ms
sion and without coquetry. Once mar.
led the most elegant peasant Gill
axes no trouble TO please even her
husband; her whole pleasure and her
glory consists in rearing the greatest
possible number of children. She is
perfectly satisfied with her own e.
~ tNtrtttdfd by her husband, and
ollowed by five or six OF her progeny.
She takes no care to hide or sustain
he formidable source whence the
whole little family have drawn their
ustcnance. She advances with ma.
estic and protruding step, like
,oosc, The song says: "Sink down
e mountains, that | may behold
\thino-Athina, my beloved, who
1al6s like goose"
Mothers Of families have n pro.
ouud pity for women who have the
Misfortune to be without Children .
' hen iourneying, the travellers werc
skod by all The men whether they
zero married--by the women. if their
lothers had many children 4?
The rivalry Of the mothers of fam
les ought, in twenty years, to have
oublcd the population Of the king
ON; but the fever has put things in
rder In Summcr, children die Off Z
kc flies. Those who survive are
,ostly spindle -shanked and pot bel
ed until they attain their thirteenth
+ fourteenth year The parcnts~es-
ne all they can, and don't overtask
in bewailing the rest
hey know that mp TO thirteen years
heir children's existence Is precari-
us. 4 high functionary was once
7ked how many children he had? He
reckoning thcm on his fin
crs---"cleven or twelve, don't know
yactly. have seven left"