The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-01-07

DR.. Hall, in one of his excellent "Health
Tracts" gives the following reasons way
marriage is favorable to health: Bachelors
are always in a state of unrest; they feel unset
tied. If indoors after supper, there is
sense Of solitariness inducing sadness, not
actual melancholy, with all their depressing
influences; and many, many hours 10 the
course of the year are spent In gloomy mac
tivty, which is adverse to good digestion
and vigorous and healthy circulation. His
own chamber or house being so uninviting.
the bachelor is inclined TO seek diversion out
side. in suppers with friends, in clubs which
are introdnc,ions to intemperance and licen-
tiousness, or to those more unblushing asso-
Citations. which, under cover of darkness,
lead to speedy ruin Of health and morals; and
when these are gone, the way downward to
an unti,Eely grave is rapid and certain. On
the other hand. marriage lengthens mans
life. nv its making home inviting by the
softening influences which it has upon the
character and the affections by the cultiva-
ton OF all the better feelings of our nature,
and in proportion saving from vice and crime.
There can be no healthfal development of the
physical functions of cur nature without mar
rage il is necessary to the perfect man, for
Divinity has announced that it was mot good
for man to be alone"
Marriage gives laudihle and happy OBJ
;ect in ife-the provision for vita and chill
dren, their present comfort and Nsture well
fare, the enjoyment in witnessing their hap
piness, and the daily and hourly partieipa-
ticn in. afectionate Interchange of thought
and sentiment and sympathy; these are the
considerations which antagonize sorrow nnd
tighten the burdens of Efe. thus strewing
flowers and casting sunshine all along its
pathway.
Voltaire said "The mors married men
you have the fewer crimes there will be. Mar
riage renders man more virtuous and more
wise. An unmarried man is about half Of a
perfect being, and it requires the other half
to make things right and 1t cannot be ez-
pected that in this imperfect state he can
keep the straight path of rectitude any more
than a boat with one oar can keep a
straight course. In nine cases out of ten,
where married men become drunkards, or
where they commit crimes against the peace
of the community, the foundation of these
acts was laid while in single state, or where
the wife is, as is sometimes the case, an un-
suitable match. Marriage changes the cur
rent of mans feelings. and gives him a CEN
ter for his thoughts, his affections. and his
acts. Here is home for the entire man,
and the counsel. the affections, the example,
and the interest of lis better half keep him
from erratic courses, and from falls into a
thousand temptations to which he would 9th
erwise be exposed. Therefore the friend
to marriage is the friend to society, and to
his country"
Whatever may be said of Voltaire's theol-
ocv, his statement on the marriage question
is certainly correct. Statistics prove that a
large majority Of our criminals, State prison
convicts, etc., are unmarried. Think of this.
young men and if you wish to escape all
that is bad, try TO form partnership with
a good woman, and you will be secure
Wells on Marriage.