The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-11
old Fashioned Noiious.

a good deal bored, not 10 say disgust
ed, with the DRIFT Of current intelll-
gence, and sick OF cncounlerlng In
every newspaper olour heap In ndiposc
Typography, "Tho BIT. Scandal" we
glanced dospairingly ut n sheet printed
far down IN Texas. There we read,
with something of Coldstream indiller-
encc that in Galveston, August s, 1874,
Mr. John Crotty and Matilda Baker,
maiden, were married In ST. Mary's
cathedral. Crotty was nothing 10 lls,
and we, be II admitted, were nothing
to Crotty Matilda was nothing to US,
save ~ we are general admlrer of the
sex and we should have thought no
more of this matrimonial matter If
somebody who cheerlully signed with
three stars had not tackled u commune
cation TO the nuptial advertisement.
1t was really kind communication,
not to say gushing, Ii was In strain
Of the highest hymenlal rapture. II
began thus, in the finest of language
"From the roseate blush of morn TO
the melancholy lumber of gathering
night may the pathway of Jack Crotty
and his sparkling bride be attended
with all that is joyous and elevating in
the connubial relation ~ AS we read
this we felt good natured, and said
"Amcn ~ softly and tenderly. We
really do hope that Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Crotty will have life Of the old sort,
with the usual variety of humdrum
happiness and small spats meaning
nothing. May Mr.. Crotty never dis
cover that he has u mission, or that his
soul is OF the elevated sort. May Mrs.
Crotty bear children dear little Croft
ties) and nurture them with no shadow
of theory to bother her. In this day
of divorces and aflinities and incon-
patibilities, blest are the simple of soul
who forget the breakfast tiff before
dinner time, and never think of taking
their petty troubles either to the divorce
courts or the newspapers For we don't
believe in constant peace either in the
household OF anywhere else. Matilda
will not o Jays be pleased with the
conduct of her Crotty, nor will John
always see in Matilda the angel of the
honeymoon. But that is no reason
why they should not get along tolera-
I'bly together. The blessing of the Lord
is upon averages. In medic tutissimus,
as the proverb has 1t. For our own
part, we are willing to acknowledge in
these feverish days great yearning
toward commonplace people, who
write no poetry, and are content with
life's jog-trot duties. Depend upon it,
to this Kind is the world indebted for
whatever happinessit may rescue from
wrecked hopes and disappointed ambi-
tions. Wordsworth was right. A
woman may be too bright and good for
human natures daily food. Her irri-
tating restlessness may grow to a
bother. Her elegant sentimentalities
may lead to nerves. She may expect
an impossible happiness from mar
rhge, and grow morbid with disap-
pointment. And what we say OF her
we may with equal propriety say of
him. Happy both if God vouohsafes
to them the inestimable blessing of OBJ
security and the mild lot of the major
ity. Beautiful is the family teapot
when no tempest RACES therein
Lucky the husband whose wife calls
him "Mr.n before folk, and is only sus-
pected of sometimes addressing him
in secret by his baptismal name,
i1uChy thc WIG WIN ~ uil points OF 10
nestle economy is infallible; who
knows her rights, and knowing, dare
maintain, and who is much respected
by her husband on account of her cour-
age. Thrice blessed is the household
into which no philosophy has entered,
which is fragrant with kindly intui.
tions, which is human In all its ways,
and preserved from the ill-savor of
dead and buried affection by the anti
septic of common sense
Such, we trust, will be the home of
these Crotties away down in Texas.
The little prose hymenial before us
tells US that John Crotty has "a brave
and open heartn--a very good thing to
have; and that Matilda Crotty thorn
Baker, has IA cheerful, happy, smil-
ing disposition which is also good
thing to have. II Is necessary in these
disastrous days sometimes to stop and
obstinately remember that marriage
may mean happiness. Dear reader, be
you stern or soft of sex, pray remember
that life in all its varieties, including
married life, is just what we make IL;
that patience and forbearance are not
bad In their way; that selfisbness Ia