Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-05-12
Miscellaneous.
MARRIAGE.
Il, Io-H BILLINGS.

as I0-H BILLINGS.
Aiari1.- i, fair transaction on the
liut taar z quiie TOP often put-ul
.Joh, \. Ms
/, !, au uld in~titu>hun. Older than
the pyramids. ani . phu!l ov MIRO
gipic- tnai nobody can parse.
History holds lis tongue who th,
pair wal Who first put on the silkeu
harness. and promised % work kind ~
It, iAra tAica and thin, up hill! and
down. ana Oh thc level. rain or shine
survive or perish. sink Or swim. drown
Or tlotc
But whoever they waz, they must
have made 4 good thing Of n. 81 .
nAenny uy their po,tcrity would not
IA, hnrucs-ed up since ami drove ont
Tu,tr IL CRATE moral grip 70 mar
ria-r; i IL mortar that holds the
so,hul bricks together.
But there aiu't hut darn few folk,
who pul their money ia matrimoncy
,Ao couli 1T down aud give Il good
written opnoyun while on arth how
lhy cnm ~ 10 II.
InI> l. "a great proof that il IL one
oy them uatral Kind ~ acA>idcnt> that
must happen, j;-t az birds hy ont oy
the nest, when thcy lay feathers cnuI,
without being able tcw tell why.
Sum marry tor huty, ami never
iiskoNcl their mistake this is lucky.
Sum marry for money. and don't see
it.
sum marry for pedigree. and feel biz
Tor >ix months, ani then very seuslb.y
cum tcw the conclusion tia, pedigree
amt liz better than >kimnilk.
Sum marry behawse they haN bin
hig~.cl sum where else this IL a cross
match 4 hay anu ~orreI; pride may
make il cniurab.e
sam marry for love without cent ia
their po kct. nor friend in the world,
uor drop Of pedigree. This look,
desperate. but il IL the strength of the
gainr.
Ii marrying ror love amt a success
then Inatrimoney Is dcd beet.
sum marry because they think vim
min will be scarce next year, and live
tew wonder how the crop holds out.
sum marry To get rid of themselves.
and discover thar the game waz one
tina; two could play at. and neither win.
sum marry the second time TO get
even AMI find il 4 gambling game-the
more they put down the less they take
up.
sum marry tew be happy. and not
finding it. wonder where all the happi-
ness goes 10 when it dies.
sum marry, they can't tell why, and
live. they can't tell how.
Almost everybody gets married. and
it i good joke.
sum marry in haste. and then sit
down and think it carefully over.
sum think it over careful fu~t. and
then set down and marry.
Both ways are right. if they hit the
mark
sum marry rakes TO convert them.
This is little risky. and takes a smart
missionary 10 do il.
sum marry coquets. This Is like
buying poor farm heavily mortgaged.
and working the balance Of your days
to clear oph the mortgages.
Married life naz its chances. and this
is just what gives it its flavor. Every
boldly luvs tew phool with the chances,
bekause every boldly expekts tew win.
But | am authorized tew state that
every boldly don't win.
But, after all. married life is full as
certain as dry goods business.
No man can swear exactly where he
will fetch up when he touches calico.
No man can tell ,jist what calico has
made up its mind tew do next.
Calico dou't know even herself.
Dry goods of all kinds is the child of
circumstansls.
sum never marry, but this is just as
risky the disease is the same, with an
other name to it.
The man who stands on the banks
shivering, and dassent. is more apt tew
kctch cold than him who pitches his
head fust into the river.
There is but a few who never marry
bekaIze they won't-they all banker,
and most of them starve with bread be.
fore them (spread on both sides,) jist
for the lack of grit.
Marry young IL mi motto.
| heve tried it, and know what l
am talking about.
If ennv body asks yu whi you got
married (if it need be- tell him you
don't recolleckt.
Marriage is safe way to gamble
if you win, you win a pile, and if you
loze. you don't lose emmy thing, only
the privilege of living dismally alone,
and soaking your own feet.
repeat it, in italics, marry young
There IL but one good excuse for a
marriage late in life, and that ia Sec
ond marriage.
nj ins and .