Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-16
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Matrimony Is . good thing; there 10 no
doubt Of it-not any. II proof Is needed,
look ut the uneasincss Of young men until
they are doubled, and notice the short time
generally allowed to elapse pctween the
death Of the lamentsd first, and the espous.
81 Of the beloved second. All Of which goes
to prove that the desire for matrimony is
implanted in every human he .rt; that the
welded state is normal and the single state
abnovmal-in short. that, as we sia.cd al
the beginning, Y IL . good thing.
Mstrimony being . good thing. should De
encour, d cd. no. Only because VI the happi-
ness Of The individual. but for the good Of
/, .c,ety at large The married man has Civ
en- b ynds to society. lie is tanned. The
unmarried man lacks stcadiness. IKE, ness
Of purpose and stability. With no one to
care for but himself. he becomes IMPROVE
dent. With no crosses to bear, he becomes
proui Wsh no one to ring his faults III
his cars. he becomes vain. lie can pack his
carpet sack, and march at a moments no
lice. and hence il unreliable. Having no
SOLID home comforts, he seeks excitement in
public places, and becomes dissipatcd. In
short, he is n kite without tail. which may
ascend rapidly to = considerable h. light, bat
which wobbles downward in an ungraccful
and disgusting manner. Therefore matri
mony is = good thing.
We write these lines sorrowfully. Mat
rimony il on the decline. There ~ not the
marrying and giving in marriage here once
was. which, beng good thing, VIC Lament
Why is it!
Time was when it was perfectly and en-.
tircly safe for q young man to wed the ob
jcct Of his alteration with a very small stock
Of ready money. The lady's parents fur
nishing the outfit, tho step was not very
hazardous. a salary OF $4oO to $500 would
not only keep the young couple, but with
economy something could be saved out Of il
for the rainy day which sooner or later
over axes all. One Of the most prosperous
men Of the city, who is on the high road TO
wealth, and who has passed twu-thirds OF
the mile stones on said highway, married on
| = salary Of $3.50, and saved the first year
$3.50. Aud they lived well.
At present writing /; cannot be DOME
the female portion OF humanity nave high
,r ideas than 1850 per annum. The rent
of the house to live in must be 500 more
than that sum, AMI the furniturc-$ 90
will hardly furnish the least pretentious
room therein. Then comes the expense oil
servants, Of clothing, OF rides. excursions,
parties, diancrs, every,hins-why, the sal
aries on which the generation just gong
ont married and thrived, raising large iami-
hes, is nowhere.
These are stubborn facts, as every young
man knows. Hence they cannot marry
until they have accumulated enough oil tlis
world wealth TO support tins sly lc !; and
by the time they have accomplished this,
nine out Of ten OF them are not worth
marying,or have lived SO long alone that
they have dcscnclated iuto the belief that
i Is the best mode oil living, and don't
want to.
| There is but one way Of remcdying this
| growing evil. Gu. down the EXPENSES
| When The luxurics are cheap we use the
more of them. Ii Strawberries were -four
cents a quart, the consumption would bc
quadrupled. Make matrimony at,ainabe
10y all. The young men are as much in
| clinod as ever, but they are barred out
Fashion has placed a de gulf between
thousands of them and rnatrimony, which
can only hc biidged with greenbaoks Or
the one side they stand looking acres,
longingly-on the other the thousands o
young ladies' approaching the dreary con
fines of old ma:d-hood are standing dis
pai,ingly. Fill up this gulf with common
sense, take off the tariff on mairlmony a &c
restore to the probate Judge and Minister
the good old times of yore. Gietelane
| herald