Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-12-11

THE HOUR.
A Biazc Of Bcauty-A Happy
Threng. Laughter, MiriI,, and
Bursts Of Senr.

Threng. Laughter, MiriI,, and
Bursts Of Song. ei
At one time in the history of Rome,
single blessedness or wretchedness which>
ever the reader ehooses) was regarded
with general adherence, and as a crime of
such magnitude rs to warrant social ostra-
cism, sneers, public censures, rebukes,
hoes, aud in chroaic cases of celibacy the
penalty often assumed such dire forms of
legal engagement as imprisonment and ex>
patliation. As to whether compulsory
marriage considered asa matter of political
economy or IN any otherlight, is advisable
the wisdom of the ages maintains the inyul,
nOrable I'll nee of the Thoban Sphynx.
In our day. such a severe ban and system OF
law can not receive the sanction of popular
approval, and happily or unhappily under
the republican organism of our government
every body may exercise their pleasure in
matters matrimonial, that ISL they can.
The writer, himself verging on the bar
rcn and cherries edge of, by no means, a
self-electcd, but what seems to him a bach.
elorship predestiuated by all the Gods at
once, is, probably, as much out of his
proper sphere in 'trying his hand" on
q subjsc bright and pathetic with the spar.
klc and poetry of love, as Captain Jack
of tie Modocs would have been at a chris.
tain funeral. The analogy nay not be
perfect, but vcrsed somewhat in the popu-
lar science of the Blowers, he knows
full well that ''going it alone, often wins,
but admitting the testimony 81, the
experience of others as eminortly
proper under the best established
rules Of evidence, be is driven to the ne.
cess'ty of an open confession that a part.
ner is an indispensable auxiliary in sue
ccssfully playing the game of life.
Marriage is the golden period, sand.
wiched between the hopes, f%ancies, ezuber-
ance, joys and dreams of youth an! the
stern, u~nycilding, Irresistible, inevitable
actualitles Of after life. Poets, from Virgil
and the blind Ionian Bard, down through
Scott, Moore, Byron and Burns to the
Whittier, Longfellow, Bryant and Taylor
of To-day, have warblcd their sweetest
measures of the %rapturous bliss that crowds,
burdens, and crowns the momentcus hour
when the espoused, with the divine sane
ton of mutual devotions, enter upon the
threshold of their unified Destiny filling
the urn Of immortal verse with the SYM
phonios that are attuned to the highest
ecstacios of the lovers Tyre The vista
of the future leads on and through the
rose-embroidered avenues Of an Arcadian
grove, whose leafy cloisters are ever reso.
nant with the liquid notes Of singing
birds and the soft, silvery jargon Of rip.
pling streams and rainbowed fountains.
The zach. of hope, full-rigged with the
sails of faith, glides from its moorings out
on a wavtless sea, under a sun whose disc
has never known a shadow and under a
sky whose depths have never known a
cloud. For Hymcn SIS the same yester.
day, to-day" and will DO to the end of all
things-Time writes no wrinkles on his
azure brow. aa,ss IS ss.5
These few and disjointed Thoughts of
a Bachelor are inspired BY the nuptials
of your young aud cherished friends, Mr..
4. A. SHIPLEY and Miss JENNIE r..
SHIPtEy which were solemnizod last
week. A large and festive circle of in.
vited guests, numbering near one huns
bred, assembled at the residence of the
brides father. At 7 P. NJ, the appoint
ed hour, the bridegroom entered the
crowded and brilliantly -lightcd rarlor,
attired in deep black with his bride of
blushing and radiant beauty arrayed in
the spotless illusions and artful devices
Of taste and fashion and head encircled
witha couture Of orangc>aowers, attended
by Mr.. John Allison, jr. and Miss Sophia
NJ. Hoss, Mr.. John B, Shipley and Miss
Ella Blair, displaying similar elegance of
toilet preparation. When the bridal pair
approached the altar to receive the ratif>
cation of their plights and troths, the as
scmblage rose to their feet, and a deep
hush, inspired by the seriousness and mo-
ment Of the sacred drama, prevailed du-
ring the delivery Of the marriage ritual.
Whilst the recording angel was register
ing the new>made VOW of open consecra-
ton. warm and well wishing friends
thronged around "the twain made opc,'
and pressed upon their happy hearts the
delicious burden VI sincere congratula,
tious and benedic.ions. 5s mrA
When the erent of the evening was en-
acted, the social surface soon lost its
solemn cast. ripplinr into merry lanchter