Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-07-19
Early Marriages.

10 be nasried 1t Is not necessary that they
should remain single because they stand in
poverty: for two can live cheaper than one, If
tAeyiiye with discretion, if they live with Co
operative zeal, il they live as they ought 10
live. If the young man is willing TO seem
poor when he is poorf if the young woman,
being poor, is willing 70 live poorly If they
are willing to plant their lives together like
two seeds, and wait for their growth, aud look
for their abundance by-and-by, when they
have fairly earned it, then is 4 good thing
for them 70 come early into this partnership.
For characters adapt themselves to each other
in the early periods oAlifc fIr more easily than
they do.afterwards They who marry early
are like vines growing together, and twinns
round and round each other whereas, multi
tudes Of those who marry late in life stand side
by side like two iron columns, which, being
separated at the beginning, never come any
nearer to each ether Many young men feed
that they cannot marry until they can support
a wife; and by that they mean, untilthey can
support a house yes, uutil they can live in a
house that benefits them5 until they can mako
a show until they can live as their kind OF
people, the class to which they belong live
for everybody belongs to a class, set. When
they eau do these things they will marry, but
not before. And the result is that they arc
corrupting life in the very fountain.
And when they marry, they make great
mistake if they say, We will not undertake
to keep house let us board. Then We can
have all the comforts Of lifei we will have all
appearances provided for US and VIC shall DO
relieved from thousand cares
ThoEe is no school which God ever opened
or permitted to be opened which young peo-
pie can so i'll afford 10 avoid as the school Of
care aud responsibility and labor in the house
hold ;; aud young man and young woman,
marrying. no matter how high their fathers
have stood, one of the most wholesome things
that they can DO, is to be willing to begin at
the bottom, and bear the burdens OF household
life. so that they shall have its education.
tell You that there are pleasures which young
married people miss. | would not give up
my frs, two years Of married life for all have
now. live in big house with brown stone
front, and very fairly furnished but, after all,
among the choicest experiences Of my life were
those which passed through in Indiana, when
all my furniture was given 10 Inc, aud was
second haud at that and when the very clothes
which had on my back had been worn by
Judge Birney before me. We were not ablo
to hire servant. We had to serve ourselves.
1t was a study every day how to get along
with our small meauS-and 1t was study
meyer TO be forgotten.
| owe many Of ny pleasures which hayo
run through my life to begin where bad to
begin, aud to fight poverty with love, aud
overcome it, and to learn how to livei service
aud hopefulness and 10 all The thousand ingc-
nuites which love sweetens aud makes moro
aud more delightful.
cannot bear to heara rich father whose
son has married the daughter Of Iich man.
but where the riches are not ample enough 20
set them up, say, 1--WE will keep the young
folks at home" or "They bad better board
uLtl they are in better circumstances, so that
they can keep use in a respectable way" |
would say 30 such young couple, q" Go out
where the buildings are cheap and take a cot
tage or so where you can ind apartments
that you can afford aud begin in one room,
and begin anywhere, almost, rather than not
keep house" DO not Le ashamed Of yourself
young man. If you have married right, you
have married one who will be even Drawer than
you are, and will be willing to commence with
you, and build from the foundation, truly and
genuinely to the very top.
Ny advice to every young man or woman Is,
marry for love; love for lile take life at just
the point where God providence has put you
stand there with fidelity and truth work your
way up; aud 90 not 80 a step farther than you
are warranted in going by that which you have
earned BE proud Of every spot aud when.
God having spared your life aud prospered
you, you become rich and strong, do not bo
ashamed to 90 back to the spot from which
you started. DO not be ashamed to say, "
began life with no prope.ty, aud have work
ed for all have BE proud 20 look into tho
pit from which yoa have dug your way
A SrRAYGER To HM.-A young Jonathan
took it into his head one day to get a wife. He
accordingly looked about him, and very soon
made such selection as suited him, and was hot
long in. striking a bargain and settling the pre-
iinlinaries. lie then applied to a clegymen to
perform the ceremony.
But are you prepared for such al impor-
tant change in life, inquired the reverend gen
nan.
"I guess Le" says Jonathan for I've
got my land paid for, aud own yoke Of
steers and a COW"
very we'll" said the clergymen, with
long breath and a sober face, all these may
be proper 10 their place, to be sure but have
you ever thought Of salvation %
Sal Walton :" says Jonathan, who under
the sun is she? don't want her for wife.
| want Nell Baker"
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