Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-08
TIIE JOSH lssLLINGS'PAPEKS.
Marriage.

Marriage is tar transaction on the face
ov il.
But there IL quite toe often put-up jobs ii
it.
1t is an old institushun, cider than the
pyramids, and az phull OF hyrogliphics, tina,
nobody can parse.
History holds is tongue who the pair wa7
who tust put on the silken harness. and
promised to work kind in it. thru thick and
thin, up bill and down, and on the level
lain or shire, survive or perish, sink OF
Kim, drown or tlo,e.
But whoever they waz, they must have
made good thing out of it, or so menny
ov their posterlty would not hav haruesset
up siuce aud drove out.
1hare IL CRATE moral grip 10 marriage
it IL the mortar that holds the soshul brick.
together.
But there amt but darn few pholks who
put their money in matrimony who coult
set down and give good written opinyu
viii OF arh they cum to did it.
This is CRATE proof that it IL one 0,
them na,ral kind ov acl1sidents that mus
happen, iist az birds fly ont ov the nest
when they hay feathers enutt, without being
able tew tell why.
Some marry for buty, and never dskoy
er their mistake; this IL lucky.
Sum marry for money. and don't see it.
Some marry for pedigree, and feel big foI
six uonths. and then very sensibly cum tev
the conclusion that pedigree amt no bettel
than skim milk.
Sum marry bekawze they hav bin highsteG
sum where else; this is cross match, q
bay and a solrel; pride may make it eudu
rable.
Sum marry for love without cent il
their pocket, nor a friend in the world, noI
Il drop ov pedigree. This looks desperate
Gvt it is the strength Of the game.
II marrying for love amt a success ther
matrimony is ded beet.
Sum marry because they think wimmiu
will be scarce next year, and live tew Won.
der how the crop holds out.
sum marry tew get ri! ov themselves
and diskover that the game waz one that
Two could play at, and neither win.
Sum m rry the second time to get even
and find it a gambling game-the more
they put down the less they take up.
Sum marry tew be happy, and net finding
it, wonder where all the happiness goes It
when IL dies.
Sum marry, they can't tell why, ard live
they can't tell how.
Almost everybody gets married, and it is
a good joke.
Sum marry in haste, and then sit down
ard thing it carefully over.
Some think it over carefully fust, and
then sill down and marry.
Both WAYS are right, if they hit the ma,k
Sum marry rakes to convert item. Thi,
il little risky, and takes smart mission
ary to do il.
Sum marry coquetts. This IL like buy.
ing a poor farm heavily morigased, and
working the balance OF your days to clear
oph tie mortgages.
Married lite haz its chances, and this IL
just what gives it its flavor. Everybody
iuvs lew phool with The chances, bekauze
every body expekts tew win. But am au
ihorized to state that everybody don't win
:, But after all, married life IL full az Ger
tain az the dry goods bizness.
No man can swear eXackly where he vii
fetch up when he touches calico.
kno man can tell ,lst what calico has
made up lis mind 10 do next.
Calico don't kno even herself
Dry goods Of all kinds IL tie child ov cir
cumstanss.
Sum never marry, but this IL Just ez ris
Ky: the aiseaze IL the same, with another
uarne to 1t.
The man who stands on the banks shir
erIug. and daSseut, il more apt tew ketel
cod than him who pitches his head fuSt III
to the river.
1hare IL but few who never marry lie
kauze they woA't-hev all hauker, an,
most ov them st,rve With bread before then
lspread on both sides, lst for the lack o
grit.
.N,u7y youag! IL mi motto.
/ hey tried ii, and kaow what am talk
ing about
Ii emmy body asks W viii yu got married
(il needs be-, tell him ga don't recollect.
Marriage IL a safe way to gambe-if VI
win. VA win pile, and ii va loze, yu don
lozc emmy thing, only the pnisilege OF livin;
dismally alone, and soaking your own fee.
! repeat it III italics, marry WAag'
Tharc IL but one good excuse ior u mar
riage late in life. and that IL. a ,econ,
mnriag .-New York Uceh}g.
A TEMPERANCE FAMILY IN NrvApA.-l
consisted OF the husband, his wife and tw
grown sons. The old lady was the only on
of the family who did not take little .
the 20, be j ylul' Sitting by the fire
| few minutes, the old man tipped vii /