The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28
Why Married Persons Live Longest.


DIR. Hall in one of his excellent
"Health Tracts" gives the following
reasons why marriage is favorable to
health:
Bachelors are always in state of un-
rest; they feel unsettled. If indoors
after supper, there is sense of snlita-
riness, inducing a sadness, not actual
melancholy, with all their depressing
influences; and many, many hours in
tsit, course of the year are spentin
Gloomy inactivity, which is adverse to
tgo"d digestion and vigorous and
healthy circulation. His own cham
Der or house being SO nninviting, the
bachelor is inclined to seek diversion
outside, in clubs which are introducto-
rcs to mtemperance aud licentious-
ness, or to these more unblushing as
soe:atiens, lfich, under the cover OF
darkness, lead to speedy ruin of health
and morals aud when these are gone,
the way downward to an uniimely
grave is rapid and certain. On the 9th
CT hand, marriage iensthens mans
life, Ivy its making home inviting; ny
the snftening influences which it has
upon the character and the affections !;
hy the circulation of all the bcttcrfcrl-
ings Of our nature, and in that proper
ton saving from vice and crime
There can he 10 heaithiul development
of the physical functions of our nature
without marriage; it is necessary to
the perfect man, for Divinity has an
nounced that it was mot good for niau
to be alone
Marriage gives IL happy and 'suiiahie
object in life, the provision for wiir
and children, their present comfort
and future welfare, the enjoyment in
Witnessing their happiness, and the
daily and hourly participation in ai1ec-
tionate interchange of thought, and
sentiment, and sympathy; these ar,
the considerations which .,ntayun X
sorrow aud tighten the burdens of life
Inns >trewin9 flowers aud casting sun
shine all along its pathway.
Yoltaire said: .'The more married
men You have the fewer crimes there
will he. Marriage renders man more
yirtu0ns and more wise. An unmarried
man is but half of Il perfect being, ant
il requires the other l!alftO make thing:
right and it cannot ba expected til,
in this imperfect state he can keep til,
straight path of rectitnae any more
than boat with one oar can keep !
straight course. In nine cases out o
ten, where married men become drunk
ards, or where they commit crime
against the peace of the community
the foundation of these acts was laii
, while in Il single state, or where th
, wife is. IA is sometimes the case, an uii
suitable match. Marriage changes tn
l current OF Il mans feelings, and give
him a centre for his thoughts, his asfet
tions, and his acts. Here is IL hem
/, for the entire man, and the counsc
the affections, the example and til
5 interest of his better half keep hil
from erratic COURSES, and from failin
into thousand temptations to While
|. he would otherwise be exposed. There
fore. the friend to marriage is IL
d friend to society, and to his country
Whatever may be said of Foltaire
:, theology, his statement on the ma
rilge question is certainly correc
), Statistics prove that large mgori'
of our criminals, State Prison convict
4 etc. are unmarried. Think OF thi
&c Young men and if you wish to cscal
" all that is bad, try to form partne
:" ship with a good woman, and you W
= be secure,
le THE SLANDERER.-Th greatest pl
CUES and chief of scOundrels are sla