The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-01-19

griefs, from the burdens they might mes
iu married life. He referred 10 Mrs. stan.
tons laudation Of George Sand IN reply
to : criticism from Mrs. stoxe Is : .'brave
pure woman, who, in leaving her 2hus.
band without authority Of law and living
with another in yiolstion Of Law, had .'..giy.
en- the advance thought for woman.''s&E He
quoted largely from Mrs. Stanton, Mr..
Tilton and others 81 that school to shov
that the new philosophy meant the right
to mako and to dissolve marriages at will !;
that : woman should have plurality Of
husbands only in due order Of successlon.
The failure Of the two Woman's Associa-
lions Of the United ststes to unite, = Was be-
cause Of this degrading tenet on the part
Of the Mrs. Stanton wing, ~ Was shown
By the debates At the Cleveland Conven-
don. The fearful condition into which .
praolieal adoption Of these teachings would
throw society, and its blasting effects
upon woman, were forcibly presented.
Christ's Law, the law Of God, the lectarer
argued, decrssd that marriage should be
TOR life that - it involved the creation Of
new relationships, the heppiness or caprice:
Of an individual ora pair Of individuals
should not be the prime consideration, hut
the welfare of the whols family Thu. pos.
sibility Of there b.i.g happy ly =.
aside from these which 'hsA lheir origin in
excessive transports q love the true idsa
Of marriage, :. involving p.hsnos,. for
bearancs, fidelity, : mutual shar;ng OF
burdens % we'll as joys;-thess and kind
dred points were exhsustively discussed:
While We might disagree eomewhat
with Mr.. Mills as to tho manner in which
ortions Of his lecture were presented, and
also in some Of his conclusions, the
central idea, viz. !: that lax laws Of
marriage and divorce would be q
witLering curse to society in its every
form, 10 . good one, and it's consideration
cannot be too strongly urged upon tho
people. The chief fault Of the lecture is
its length, which maj, be attributed inspart
to the broad field to Be covered, and il part
to- cert ain redun iancy: Of style-a reiter-
alton Of ideas. Mr.. Mills manner Of de-
livery is nervous and earnest, thoug ia he
showed, Ct times that he had command Of
. hne undercurrent Of humor. III sa:rst-:,s i
The third lecture will DO on next. Tues.
day evening, by Rev. W. satterlee, Sub
ject, Temperance, in some Of ito legal re-
lations." - .s.>s>-sg q
=. The eleven ringleaders in tho late
Northern Pacific riot were taken to Grow
Wing on Monday for their preliminary
examination. II found guilty, as they
doubtless will be, they will be brought to
the Jail at this place for safe keeping I'M.
til the next sitting Of the District Court. "
LA1sR.-Ten Of the prisoners we're
brought down on Tuesday evening by .
squad Of soldlees under charge Of Lieut.
Bryant, and confined in the county Jail.
One had been discharged at Grow Wing.
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US is, 1t IL reported that our amiable cotem-
porary ofa prominent upper Mississippi
valley JOURNAL who, some few winters since
was spoken Of az 'sthe handsomest man in
the State Senate" is about. to form . matri-
monial alliance with very beautiful and
accomplished lady resident of the same
city. 1t has hitherto been supposed that
the gentleman was an ''incorrigible old
bachelor; His many friends in this city
and throughout State will sincerely con-
graduate the Judge on his good sense in
this respect and will wish him all the hap
pinesy which may fall to the lot Of ordins-
~ mortalsSt. Paul Pioaesr ss $,5 IN n
We would whisper, sub rosa, TO the Pio-
neer that We guess it is right. The Ravens
look down and smile. .S.s.&j :54 {; NJ. 4.
Go AND Sll'!-Capt. West, Agent for
the Northwestern Real Estate. Association:
Grand Drawing, has received : number of
samples ofthe ohromos given, 70 subscri:::
beers. Go and sec them, and secure 5
share with ohromo) in the drawing: s 81.
.A1Rrsxr1or ! Richardson haa on hand :,
large stock 81 ladies' sentlemsn's and
childrens fors, including full s,.s, gloves,
30, Thsse VIM b sold & Stsatly rsduasd
prices. Call early. 8 genuine bargains
arc being offered. 55 / .5 SIS
h: We this week take ont the estray notice
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