The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-31
TO Marry Or not to Marry.
Tnr QUESTION IIuxOAOusLy cOs.lOu.uO.

''COrnelius oDowd," 10 tue new number o
BidekrOod, discusses the question Of marriage IL
pleasant way. We call q few passages:
"ls life really life II one must pass Il on lh'
tight-ropc Is existence worth having, where 4
10 eiernally question Of balancing ng-sWaying q
this side, and bending TO that
| at 10 proven that all people have y vocation
for marriage, and Il cUnjugalsm per o. certain "a
require those, who attain H. must divide bctwccu
two what they had already found barely sufficient
for one? These are the simple questions which
We have no need ola philosopher TO ask or answer
| Tor us. " one were simply 10 pronounce froui
/ what nplraTs On the surface OF lifr-Anh II Is
very hard io W deeper we should say that the
single PcuplC, Especially the men, have the hest
oi u. They are n"re To rrqucst among their
friends, available Tor more attentions and keen
longer !Oung Than their inartird brethren
THE double batrcilrd rgoisin ~ marriage
spoils many good icilow, and destroys the chasm
OF many "a delightful woman. The firm, that ter.
ribir partnership. crops W ai every mon,ent, and
routs that glorious spontancty, that delicious ir-
responsibility, We once remembered.
~ have nO palirnCc with those people who
want Ia marry an What II IA puzzle 10 ihcu Ia
live singly upou. They must b. moral. Hor.ooth I
at the cost oi reducing sour unhappy girl 10
drugety, On the filsc PTricncr-hr Il is false
OF loving her.
why can't they lr, !; sloncy' ~ the great
master Uf common scnsr said Of - less rventiul
contingency.
"I have met morc pleasant aud COMPANIONS.
blc prJplr amoHg ~. single than the slarticl ::
but there Is - rlniins notion ahrJad that tnar.
mage Is u sort al barkhonc tor gopd rlIaviout
aud 81 tue cYFhic unust hr married. aUi the duc.
Tor 0ugh, To Zee iiatti'-l ! dnn'i KnoN how fnf
the ,lror! Roes, Or whether q lad, : s,upuakrr
should have - ~iir, hut IA sIr- hrs cuff ur
ought.
! hep" -" shall s'un hear the last ~ ihi. tire
'o'nc controversy Tot u anv nisn wisil~s ,.usi.
lively :" ascertain, from his rIjrreacr, whether
), h. sh'r &" iaif! Zoo per nnhun, L., him cuui-
nat 5n,.l nsisl'nl-anor 10 Ireland Ani L- sent
iu jail i'' ilirt months. u his institution stands
the diriifN --lr seven uunr,s ui yrurI ard iiu,h
Oi barley is'i di"im -hr niat have hIs han. i,ul.
h,hsi III" d"i hr COMES Dui, ibl certainly there
VIII lee nuitng ia his ahsuriHnt 3, stem a, infer.
irrr will hi, hipIiurss
'liIi u - - mistake Z" snplH,.c that marriage
Is ncc'ssi!, rIcypt to q THREE volume novel.
au' 'rt'ain that very large uGnILf ~ people aie
not nLsir i"r that SPEECHES Ot cttnIaninu.'iin
Mind, am not enamoTed oi Morn,unism nr S,iri
iunl-~i'rf. n"T have the slishlrs, svm,,s,hy
Win As"i"nuntA Wha, ! desire To- iusisioa is
that our l'f's' ni-'iay OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES conju.
gAl,sn '"U lndiscfinInaiely. aud takes mos nn.
jnsiihhtir n'"ins To support iis position. On. oi
ihc', Hni ihc ,r.st cuininvudnbic Of ALL IL 10 dis.
irrasc 'hns- wliO are called Old maids. have
s,rn mans a iiniid rider IN hunting. field irrred
into fidIng ~ II icnrr that cost him 'cropper
and an rnnVIicr'l that man, women arc driven
into n'iis'ir 10 escape the otrlu! aud sarcasm
Ui beons ing 10 that niilign,d category
''li Is a1 rXasrta'i0n 10 say 'maligned
would ask my one who has seen much of lie
who has, 81 10 Fay, been u man 0f the world,
watching It's ways aud Studying its dOings-l
would ask OF him, has he ever the; in any section
OF humanity greater kindness, gcntenrss and ia.
ilcnce than aniungs, these same old maids
" here has hc found more hearty, genial gener.
Gus natures where sound views OF lite disfcuf.
ed by fewer prrjudCes? WHERE more thorough
charity in discussing the motives where in one
word, less u those very attributes by which il las
pleased the world 20 chaTActrfiEe this class il
no iait OF my task 90 call Si,n.ss 10 what say
but Que will cite, because she eminenily rrprc.
scnis ali that have go fecbiy attempted 10
picture aud II her genius nigh; seem TO out
shine the usiic OF her personal qunliies IL IL only
20 ihos" WIN had not the happiucss-aud IL was |
a happiness ~ her intimacy am talking OF Miss
Edge"ofti, "nd u ~ well worth all the weight !
Of the years ., obiiges tn have met and known
her
81 will un' affirm ,ha, marriagc could have
spelled s"ch us'nf", but will say /, could not
have bciicf"! II. Nor Is ia saall part os the !
matter that ~ rishiy she Was the guiding spirit
the delight aud The ChafiI ~ iha, atnily which |
derived glory from her name and happiness from
her presence
"ls IL TO class which numbers Ms. Edge. !
worth and Miss Nightingale among its members
woman nccd shame 20 belong?
81 have done. will only add that, Instead Of |
heaping tidicue on the condition Of unmarried |
woman, aud out Of sheer dcFisiOn. driving them |
TO accept anybody ything--As husbands, let !
rs accord them all the Difference and regard we
brs'ow on others aud let US no, forget, in the
pIescnrc OF some old maid whose qualities Of
mind 'ni nature have charmed Us, aud whose
traces ~ beauty are not few nor sai, that IL Ne
DO deem maiiiUony the prize In life, IL Is lv. |
ing shame 'n oar sex that such a woman should |
be single
'ii hav" wandered irnm INV tcxi Os Marriages |
ON Siarvaiiun AllowOnuc. q ., .mTly because |
have not that ovefweening impression OF conju.
galism that would recommend any one TO face |
bcggafy 10 attain H. any more than would ad. |
wise man TO lay out his las, shilling to buy |
iicke, in The lottery.