The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-15

QUESTION.
Is IL to be understood that only rich folks
should marry? II so, to what a narrow
range must matrimony be limited? And
then experience has shown that there is,
relatively speaking, a, much matrimonial
trouble among the rich rs among the poor.
Wnat are called poor people, chat is, those
who work for a lving,) are the very class
TO whom welded life is the greatest boon.
Love in a cottage" may be n reality if the
furniture be of the proper character.
Stran re rs 1t may seem, self-denial Is one
of the chief elements in domestic happi-
ness. A cottage furnished in this style
will he u happy enc. Welded life in It's
highest development is new creation,
formed by the fusion of two harmonious
natures, in which each seeks to promote
the happiness of the other. If such be the
case, selfshness is one of the worst foes of
matrimonial peace. Crabbe, while describ-
ing match based on selflshness, writes
thus:
Glove dies all kinds OF death in some so quick
IL comes-he Is not previously Sick"
But the poet is here referring to the
counterfeit article. Campbell, on the other
hand, says:
Thine makes all but trre love old;
Tle burning thoughts tn 1T then were told
Kun molten stll In memory's mould,
And VIII not cool:
untii the heart Itself be cold
In Lethe'S pool"
These lines were quoted by Irving in
reference to his dead sweetheart, whose
memory was cherished so dearly until the
last.
souTuEY's IDEAS.
As have referred to Irving, who was a
bachelor, may now turn to the married
author, Robert Southey. 81 onca saw"
saws this writer, ga book, on blank leaf
OF which q servant girl had written thus,
Not much love after marriage, bat good
deal before This sad confession may be
true in every station of lite where the fol-
lies or the cares exercise an unwholesome
influence, but it is not so with constituted
minds. The dream of life indeed can last
with none of us,
As II the thing beloved were all saint,
And every place she entered were a shrine.
but it must be our own fault when it has
passed away, if the realities disappoint us"
Southey adds that love is the hest of letter
writers, because in such correspondence
the feelings flow from the heart, but he eX-
presses his contempt for amatory poetry of
any kind whatever. Coleridge and Soulhey
were highly but unequaly gifted, the
former being endeared with a splendid
genius, while the latter was merely man
Of talent His abilities were probably Gull
tvated to degree seldom equalled, and
were driven with prodigous application.
These men married sisters-poor girls
whom Byron contemptuously called the
"Miliners of Bath" and whose subse-
quent history reveals surprising differ
ence. Edith Fricker married the laborious
literateur, who for forty years drudged with
his pen to earn bread for himself and others.
Sara Fricker married the wonderful genius
Coleridge, who squandered amazing wealth
of intellect and passed most of his time in
opium intoxcation, until at the age of 40
he aba doned his family, which was cared
for by Southey with generous hospitality.
For several years the latter shared his
slender earnings with Sara Coleridge and
her children, while the husband and father
was begging the means of gratifying his
depraved appetite. And yet in the point
of love poetry, Coleridge was a master.
No wonder Southey acquired low idea of
this style of verse, when his inebriate
brother-in-law, who abandoned wife and
children, could write:
al thou ghts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stir this mortal frame
Are but tho ministers OF love,
And feed his sacred fame"
The reason why one poet livel happily
with his wife while the other made do
mestic life a failure, is found in the fact
that the first based his love on self-denial,
while the latter was selfish. Southey re-
fused, while living in London, to join a
literary club, because it would take his
evenings from home, but Coeridge would
not abandon opium for the benefit of any
domestic consideration. The man who
cannot sacrifice any form of depraved appe-
lite in order to promote home life, has a
small chance of making himself or any
other one happy by marriage. Me-. Parton
will, therefore, as soon as he reads this
page. be delighted at the idea of abandon
ing his Yankee abode and coming hither
with his step laughter bride.
VALENTINE AND LENT.
1t would stem ppropriie that Valentine
day should be costly follow d b. Lent, be-
cause love and piety should 60 hand in
hand. The approach of this (Which some
good people make a strictly religious sea-
som reminds me of the contrast between
our own sacred institutions and those of
heathendom. Mr. Francis letter from
Benares is a thrilling but painful picture
ton hold its votares. Turning, however.
from the unpleasant aspect of this scene |
could not but smile as followed the portly
form of the Trojan sahib to the dealer in
rich goods who SO earnestly desired to be
noticed in the Times In response to that
notice | would assure the said dealer that
he may depend on my patronage, and may
add that / never beat down on price. That
man cannot but make money, for he has
learned the Importance of the press. Let
him continue to advertise in the Troy
Times and thus secure the Amer trade.
Aud then that "Dras,' whose nterpreta-
ton of religious questions seems so ingen-
ious. Alas, fear there is much so-called
worship here that will not bear inspection
more easily than his. The description OF
the Tai is the third / have read of that
wonderful structura, those of Bay ard Tay-
Tor and L. ID. q. Prime being the others,
and snail long keep In my minds eye that
moonlight scene in which it Is SO wildly
described.
CENTENNIAL INCIDENTS.
| am reminded that a century ago India
was visited by Francis who had learned
the power of the press, and had welded
that power in defense of liberty in man
ner that shook Great Britain TO the centre.
This man was the author Of Junius For
two years he had Illuminated against the
abuse of government, had attempted to
arouse popular opinion, and to restore pur-
ity and patriotism of sentiment, but he had,
rs he thought, failed. lie then abandoned
his mission 10 encouragement, and accept
ed an appointment to India II is evident
that the dependency of this great public
ist was merely human weakness. Liberty
did eventually triumph, and the American
colonies, whose freedom was cheered by
the letters of Junius, have become mighty
nation. During this interval no man of
note of the same name has visited India,
nd NJ q 10 IF 10.