The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-14
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favor Of the state Of single blessedness,
and very warmlyin commentator Of the
honorable condition Of matrimony. That
these sages 80 far fail to act up to their
principles IA to frequently immediate
themselves upon the altar Of marriage
may perhaps, he regarded as proof that
human nature is not, after all, utterly
selfish. Certainly, when they themselves
pass into the demorailing condition oil
wedlock they are in position to speak
more authoritativcly OF its horrors than
they were before, and may be the better
enabled to talk in glowing terms Of that
delicious freedom and those pure delights
which they have forever lost That not
a few Of them do all this is touching
proof Of that terrible carnestncss by
which they are, possibly, inspired; and
the misfortune il that the world seems
disposed to laugh ut them and set them
down rs humbugs Of pronounced type.
This being so, it is not surprising that
many OF the warnings which the
high souled philosophers feel con.
strained to address to their fellows are
like unto the seed which fell upon stony
ground. 1t il, alas melancholy fact
that the majority OF folk are disposed to
look contcmptUOusly upon all monltory
references to marriage, and shOwby their
actions that they rcsOlutcly decline to be-
lievc that matrimOny turns out tremGn'
dous bIundcr, which has been more easily
made than il can be rCmcdicd. This sad
state Of things cannot but be discOnraging
to the philosophers, and they are really
deserving Of despair, giveup thcir. work OF
exhortation, more especially Us, in many
eases, they are undoubtedly regarded as
amiable bOrcs. Yet, though they are
snubbed and duCricd, ii Is sad fact that
of the many marriages which are made
n large proportion turn out miserable
failures, and bring little but regret to
those who have entered into them, 1t
may safely be said, in sober earnest,
that there are at the present moment
scores of hearts which are heavy, and
hundreds OF eyes which are wet, because
their owners failed to take n good, COM
prchcnsiye look before they irrGvOcably
plunged into the sea Of matrimOny.
With all due Difference to philosophers,
il must be written that this is moi so
much because the institution Of marriage
is mistake, ~ because 1t is Onc that is
very little understood by numerous indi'
viluals until time when the understand.
ing Of it Is Of little Use, Angelina and
Claude, when they stand together at the
altar, in nine cases out Of len, are simply
taking each other con chance" Now, An
gelina may turn ont M angel, and Claude
may show that he is nm angels opposite;
this order Of things may he reversed, or
and this is the worst consultation Of all
Angelina and Claude may have proved
how disagrecable human nature can be
before the termination Of n fnrtnig hts
honeymoon. III the couple are unhappy,
II cannot he said that their bCingsO Is en-.
tirely their own fault. They have but
done what the most ofhumnn kind do in
putting their hand into lottery bag and
drawing forth something worse than u
mere blank. Angelina, II she had wished
cont whom hc WINS IA much ike Prince As
nnss;Llc in order that she might he duly
impressed and poor Claude would have
found il equally impossible to have pounc'
edupon his ad0rcd Angelina when she was
not In iii state aud ready, in all respects,
IN re"oive him. Angelina conld moi be
SinmeJ Lcco,,so she Iid that "litllc tenn.
mr." NJ hers. neither can Claude be cen.
s,,red for choosing TO forget that he pos.
uossed n number If small yiccs. of the
m;nor character which, in n general wny,
hc wns mrticulorly fond Of airing, N0r
con cithcr Of the rair he blamed because
lila two row,Irs rnch chose To think thai
ho mr. sLc wns n cleycrcr hvpocritc than
Tho o,hcr
Mo,rimonv must always rrsultin more
mr. lcss disastrous conscqiIcnces, but there
Ia reason 10 believe that II there were less
marrying in haste there would be less re.
non,;nv n, leisurr. NInidcn4. in particu.
I"r orS addicted to rushing hendIong into
tbn ganing vortcy of wcdl0ck, Nor pcr.
S"ns whnn Sverythinv il considered. /.
,h;p ~ iii s,rnn!c the rcsnrrlnblc
Jo~,Liors nf rr,nrctohlc pnrenia, their
";ro7o If oc,;nn /. a very pharmaceutical
nno and tLcir means nrc Of the slightest.
Thcv hive cnnirol over nothing. even the
ms; ;mnortont NJ their own actions heinz
I;roc,oJ Inv nIhers They NAV earn n mis-.
"roLIo rii,nnce Int il il Nv indulrinv IN
J."Jnorv n"";ns, which ,hcir souIs revolt
W",rim3ny ia tho only means by which
tLov 500 tLcir mnhnuny and humiliatinu
cnHJiiion NAV Lc altered, and. trnth Ia
sow ii;s sco,n. rivhi rovnl way ia III,
;n;nrovcmcni Of thrir estate. wilma hus
LanI lhcy imagine. they will ret the con,
,roi II house, the inmates Of which will
bc ihcir willing subjects, the command Of
n,rsc and Vreotrr liberty of action than
n a;ryln voung lady con over hopc 10 cnioy
Eor p Iii nj. marriage will raise her, q
irithinks. in the estimation Of her friend.
Snj nGsc,nnilv nrrvcnt her from bccom
inc what nine women ont of ten have q
h"pror nf-to viii nm old maid, Then
in nIii,ior IN :,hiI merely practical A,
mect of The cnsp. there il the nurcly scnti
mental one, 4 damsel NAV Imagine tina
il viii indeed he nice when she has
husband who il never weary of kt.sinI
"nI corrssinv her. who /, ever ready I,
so,;sfv hcr smallest wants. and lives bn
tt.i -. a.. I; I, A.