The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-10-11


TnE following which we take from
the Courler.Journal of the ID lnslp we
give place In our columns hoping That
some of our enthusiastic young friends
who are DESTROYS of malrlmouy may
bo proAlcd by ils pcrusali
The realistic ago, which has exploded
ancient legends, disproved traditions
and reversed the Oldest cAprlces Of his
tory, has destroyed nearly all the ro-
nance Of collrishlp by dragging mo
court. Judge Nelson, Of l'rooRlylh
New York, delivered the most eNllp-
ordinary and unhoard-of opinion, ~ u
recent ease Of brcacll-ol- marriage
promise which was tried before hlm,
A merchant named AleNnller
Earle was sued for breach Of prumls e
bv Miss RoXnlena lI0mau, ana judge
Nelson, finding that the lady offered
no other proof Of the contract OF hint,,
rimony except the fact TINT she lind
been Kissed ly the aforesaid Earle, de-
cldod Tint no words were necessary 10
constitute an engagements lhhI il''
"gleam Of the eye, and the conjunction
of the lips, are oyertllres where They
become frequent and protrQclod'" ,lllc
Jury, thus instructed ns to the law,
rave Miss llomun $lb,0OO damages
the cnsc was appealed, aud The Court
of Appeals sustained the decision 81
the court below.
The iinty-heartcd Judge, compared
with whom Judge Jelllies was rs nina
as the moonlight dream Of mnl'l OF
sweet sixteen on n midsummer llRh'
added, with all the acrld pnrlinlily OF
eXasperating detail: ain mn engage
menl to marry, the contract can De
entered into between lovers without
his asking IN words the question
whether she will marry him, ANA
without her answering IN words that
she will do SO. =" TINS colllracl
or engagement can he made without
such words. If the facts and crcum-
stances ARE sufficiently full ana slgnlll-
cant 10 amount TO the engagement,
were they or could they he anlculalc,
the spirit Of the law supplies the lack
ing speech"
And so for luxrlatlng In loNalena,s
'eyc glcamsn and Zip c0niunctions''
Sandy Earle is doomed topay hcenor.
nous price of fifteen thousand dollars
Miserable lover. He had better bought
fifteen thousand dollars worth OF Ia.
cilic Mail stock AT two hundred ana
fifty, and seen ii drop to nifty the day
following, than paid so dear II price Tor
"eye-glcams,n which are iransitolN,
and lin roniunctions, whose sweetness,
though flmught with cntwlning bliss,
fade away like Il dream Of the morn
ing A Grecian philosopher once re-
marked of little intrigue, that threat
cncl TO cost him II thousand talents IN
gold, that he did not care TO hlly re-
ueniancc at 80 dear u price, ana the
BROOKLYN merchant will probably con"
clude to strike from his price list IN
future those high-prlced commodities
as "eye-glenms' and zip conjunc-
tons"
The decision OF the Brooklyn court
will be II death-blow to all the romauce-
of love-making in New York. A
Young man with any regard for his
purse would as soon think Of getting
into piratc-ship ms into conrtship
in the face of 50 terrible n decision.
Moonlight scrcnates must 20 ny the
board, aud Pennsylvania "bundling"
is no longer TO he thought Of The
dead line of courtship which no bache-
Tor dare touch in future includes buggy
drives, sleigh-riics, .hand-squeezing,
cye-glanccs ut church, and lip-con-
functions behind the hall door. Cupid
is literally kicked out Of court, and his
bow and darts have been Whitfield into
ignominious tooth-picks.