Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-03-20
NO. g. PARIS. MAINE FRIDAY

I"Nfe" 'o' "eh'en. VIII respond to the sentI.
ment. The sweetest spot on earth is hapnv
home. We do not fully appreciate il. in
fiuence on the individual and the Slate
nation is ss It's homes are. and that i, F.,
happy country which is filed with bappv
homes AZ a people We are much interest
cd IN public questions, and il is well we
soou'd be. for the people are the guardian,
OF the common wealih. but we should ncve,
overlook the peace, virtue and happiness Of
our homes. These come not down from our
Legislatures. but go up from the domestic
hreside. Home is the founiai from which 90
forth the streams which fcr,ilixe and refresh
the land. The sculptor. the painter. the
arch'tcr: is not to be compared with tn.
humble artist who creates n rival TO Eden
IN happy home.
! The FIRST step towards a model home is 10
look out for good. sensible. industrious.
hdy. and sood-lookins woman. And. thank
Heaven. there is no lack Of such. In this
country woman reaches her hes, condition.
In no land is she more respected and loved.
and IN no land IS she more worthy of re,pcct
and love. II there is any man here who
has moi already secured such woman. am
really ashamed OF him, am not like the
complimentary Frenchmin who said TO IN.
married man, Happy man" AMI then 20 n
bachelor. Lucky dog" To the latter 4
say. unlucky dog 1t is not good ion man
TO be alone. He was made TO love and h.
loved. and be who has no love TO give and
who asks Tor none Is monster. lie is like
an iceberg-cold and dc.oiate. Man needs
the affection OF the female hear, to comulet.
hi' being. l have often though. il strange
1t should be thought there was holiness in
celibacy. That doctrine is n OF taught in the
fibIe On its first page. woman is made the
companion OF man. TO be separated only ~
death and st. Paul says thaiiorbiIdiny to
marry ~ doctrine OF demons. The Bible
picture of good man is not a solitary monk
1T IS tue husband of happy home. As YOU
may see by turning to the I2sth Psalm. In
that grand picture of a truly blessed man. i,
Is wonderful TO sec how God piles in the
children 20 brighten the scene The hsppy
man shall see not only hi, own but his cLiI.
dren's children, Children. God bles. them.
they are an old fashioned in3titution. not TO
DC 'shoreh. They renew our image. per.
petuate our name. and make our homes hap.
py. The man who does not love children
Is Int Tor irrasons, stratagems and spoils
let no such man be trusted"
Bu, lam forgetting the good woman-,he
wife should come before the children. The
good wife is the first requisite OF a happy
home. .,ermcy Taylor says woman is .heav.
en- last. best gift TO man, and every han.
py man present says in his heart amen to il.
Bnt. says one. 81 believe in marri ee. but
can't Afford IT." There are a grea, many cley.
er fellows Who are cheating themselves with
tins erroneous idea. IL j. all a mistake. 4
good wife. like Paddy's stove. saves half
the fuel-,nongh I wouldni advise you 70
follow Pats example. and get two to saw,
the whole II a wife has good sense. and
economy. her savings will more than coun.
terhaiance the increased cost OF clo,he. and
food. Pitt, with fl0, 900 a year. thongb,
himself too poor to marry the woman he
owed, when the truth was 1T was the lack ol
a
made BAN poor. His servants cheated him
out OF a thousand ycsr--ihey charged him
with 900 pounds OF meat n week. Nire hun.
dred pounds for a single man That WI,
gong thc whole J 1hn Il IlI With a witness
No. no. never hesitate 10 marry OH account
OF expense. Begin in simple way to cor.
respond with your income. The trouble j.,
young folks wan, TO start i'm the stvle OF
their fathers. Everything IS too fine for their
income and fol comfort. Grt married aud
keep house-don't board. unless ,ou wish
TO be bored. Have the moral courage 20
fac" your fortune and then face your sweet.
heart fairly. II she is the girl I take her
TO be. she will admire YOU all the more for
beginning at the foot of the hill DR. John.
son was 50 frank with his wife tha, bc told
her that be bad no money, was of mean ex.
traction. and had an uncle who was hanged
She replied. that she had as little money as
he and II she bad no uncle who was hanged.
she had fifty relations who deserved 10 be
With this fair understanding they married
and lived a very happy Life together.
Having found the right woman. the mex,
thing Is to make home happy There j. not
care enough given 10 this subject II W.
have a home. we should live in IL. The has.
band should be absent from home no more
than duty demands. There is just com.
plsint on the part OF merchants wives that
their husbands are so little At home. Ono
writes that she believes tbore are no mora
men-all have become citiz,ns The 49,,