Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-21
CONNUBlALITIEs.
THE MODERN cEnEMoHY.

| These carriages, this diamond,
| To be the husband OF thy choice,
| Fast locked in bonds of Hymen
| And wilt thou leave thy home and friends ;
| To be his loving wife, 2
| And help to spend his large income, %
1 30 long as thou hast life ?" ..t
| 81 WILL" the modest maid replies
| The lovelight beaming from her eyes.
| "And wilt thou take this waterfall
| This ostentatious PRIDE
With ali these unpaid milliners' bills, =
| To be thy chosen bride ... 3
| And wilt thou love and cherish hey
Whilst thou hast life and health,
But die as soon az possible,
| And leave her all thy wealth. -
81 WILL" the fearless male replies,
| And eager waits the nuptial ties.
| "Then pronounce you man and wife,
| And what I've Joined forever
The next best man may disunite,
| And the first divorce court sever"
There are now living in Athens county,
| Ohio, sixteen couples who have been mar,
ried over fifty years.
The ladies of Pittsburg are going to
have a rowing match. This shows the
innate fondness of women for match
making.
A New York lady received, among her
wedding presents, three sewing machines,
six large family hi les. and ten ice pitch
ers. A B - n4d twenty one pair
of silver SAT- c. Lars among her bridal
presents. --
"Man proposes, but God disposes, 4"
said pious aunt to her over confident
neice. "Let man propose to me, if he
dare" was the response, Sand will
dispose of him according to my own
| views, as he suits me-" ---
The children of an old gentleman of
seventy, in New York, declare him crazy,
because he wants to marry handsome
young widow. The real trouble is said to
be their fear that they will not, if he mar
ries, get the whole Of his estate of $780,
600 when he dies.
A widow, just forty, has just married,
at Paris, widower whose first wife was
a widow, whose first husband was wild
over, whose first wife was widow. In
his family, for the last IT'S years, this &C
cidental marriage of widow and widower
has constantly taken place.
81 sympathize sincerely with your
grief" said French lady to recently
widowed friend. 'To lose such hus-
band as yours"-"Ah, yes, he was very
good; and then, you see, such a misfor-
tune is always great, for one knows W hat
kind of husband she has lost, but can
not tell what kind of man one will find
to succeed him" ..-
AS natural sequence to marriage, of
course everybody is expected to act little
cillrr OF fret ht1t have fho4 <,ff IS
getting to be fashionable. The BRIDE
groom bushes, stammers and blunders at
every turn, simply for effect; and the
bride shippers more necessarily, looks
more tenderly, and says, 'Gussy, dear!"
louder when the room is full of guests
than at any other time.
Mrs. Stanton thinks that counting ought
to be left entirely to women. She says
81 candidly believe that Nature intended
man for the rough work of life, to dig
into philosophy, politics, parallelograms,
and potatoes, and humbly to walk in his
material sphere until selected by the
queens of the hearthstone. Mrs S.
thinks men are too "vacillating and aWk-
ward" in their love making.
The celebrated DR.. DOddridge once
wrote thus to lady whom he afterwards
married: ''You have made greater adj
vance upon my heart in few hours than
| intended to allow you in as many weeks;
indeed, you have possessed yourself of so
much room in it that, unless you consent
to be tenant for life, our parting will be
exceedingly troublesome, and it will be a
long while before shall get into repair
again"
In breach of promise case in Liver
pool the presiding judge delivered him
self of two aphOrisms worthy of preserva-
ton. The defendants counsel having
argued that the lady had lucky escape
from one who had proved SO inCOnstant,
the judge remarked that ''what the wo-
man loses is the man as he ought to be.
Afterward, when there was debate as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of a marriage between a
man of 40 and girl of 90, his lordship
remarked that ga man is as old as he feels;
woman as old as she looks"
The following anecdote is told of DR..
Cabarrus, the great homeopathic ply
stefan, who has Just died in Paris Mile.
Tulia Barron was out of sorts and sent
for him. ''What is the matter ~ asked
the doctor. ooh, hardly know my
self, she replied; my spirits are terribly
unequal. Sometimes am greatly elated
and then l suddenly sink into the deepest
melancholy" After a moments retlec-
ton Cabarrus said gravely: 81 am
afraid there is but one way to cure you,
"What is it2" she inquired eagerly.
''Iou must get married, he replied with
a mirthful twinkle of the eye, but still
keeping a grave face. "Well," said
Mile. Barron after little hesitation, fol-
lowed by long drawn sigh of relief,
''perhaps you are right. Would you
marry me 2" "lLG cbere," replied Ca
burrus blandly: ''the doctor prescribes,
but he doesn't take his own medicines.
ABARGAIN.
He asked me for the choicest gift
Twas in my power to give
could not say my lover nay,
And so babe him live
Within my heart,
loving heart!
Thy faith on him stayed;
On Blended knee he promised me
Aprice-he has not paid.
He pledged his honor and his truth
To love till death should part;
With love he bought the prize he sought,
ana thus OBTAINED my nearts
happy heart
happy cline,
Through which we idly strayed!
What joy was ours, as through the flowers
fragrant path we made!
But soon we reached the outer edge
OF this our Eden land;
Where love had reigned, and haply feigned
To do the Kings command.
loving heart.
o trustful heart!
How was thy trust betrayed.
With love he bought the prize he sought,
But has the price been paid?
If should live a thousand years,
ne'er again should know
The same regret, or could forget
Those days of long ago,
When first my heart,
This foolish heart
It's choicest wealth displayed;
With love twas sought, with love twas bought.
But has the price been paid?
The careless tOne-the urikind word-
The changed and chilling mood,
Are these the Things affection brings,
To prove its promised good?
o foolish heart
Be 10th to part
With love, though love entice;
So sharp trade with hearts is made,
That few will pay their price
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