Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-05-19

we decline, giving it place once,
instead, as the text of brief dis
course:
Absolute DEGREES legally obtained in New
York, Indiana Illinois and other States, for
persons from any State or Country, legal ev-
erywhere; desertion, drunkenness, non-sup-
port, ETC., sufficient cause; no publicity
no charge until divorce obtained. Advice
free. Business established fifteen yealI
Address N. HOUSE, Attorney.
Marriage brokerage is of Europe
an origin. In all the great cities
of France, Italy, and Germany,
matrimonial proouration is regu-
lar business, and no stigma is at
tached to its exercise. In Italy,
especially, considerable per cent
age of the marriages among the
middle classes is negotiated by
confidential go-betweens. These
persons keep systematic record
of the unwedded of both sexes in
their respective neighborhoods,
and are not only employed by can
didates for double blessedness, on
their own account, but by parents
who are DESTROYS of obtaining
eligible wives and husbands for
their sons and daughters. The
gratuity depends mainly upon the
pecuniary advantages derived
from the match by the employing
party, the rates of brokerage be-
ing fixed by common usage as
definitely as the prices of the nee.
essaries of life. There is no con-
cealment about the match {; and
although we think, with Shaks-
peare, that hearts in love should
"use their own tongues" instead
of vicarious organs of persuasion,
still there is nothing immoral In
this method Of counting by proxy.
AS much cannot be said, how
ever, for diUorce 6rokery, which is,
we believe, an American speciality
the pernicious offspring of too
prevalent disregard of the solemn
obligations OF the marriage tie.
In no other country have limbs of
tie law the audacity to advertise
themselves as the agents and pro-
moters of connubial discord-to
proner their services in print to
put asunder whom God has joined
together, on the principle of "no
cure, no pay" Professional pan
derers of this class are quite numer-
GUS in The city of New York, and
not few Of them are always ready,
for q consideration, to assist in Gre
ating the matrimonial estrange
ment by which they hope to profit.
Some of them, it is said, can be
hired to trump up charges of adul-
terry against guiltless wives who
stand in the way of the interests
or the appetites of vicious spouses,
and to procure lying witnesses to
support the false charges made
through their fundamentally.
Infamous wrongs are perpetrated
in this way. Suits for divorce
are brought against innocent wo-
men, who never hear of the pro-
ceedings instituted against them
until after the decree has been Is
sued that blasts their character.
The, cases go against them by de.
fault, simply because they have
never been notified of the filing of
the bills Of charges. It is true
that the parties thus maltreated
may demand a reopening of the
proceedings; but cpi bono p
what's the use The same I'M
scrupulous pettifoggers who put
the mendacious accusations into
legal shape have plenty Of hard
swearers at hand to testify, under
oath, that the necessary notlfea-
tion has been served, and to back
by new forgeries, if necessary, the
falsehoods by virtuc Of which an
unlawful decision has been pro-
cured
Il is time that the black sheep