Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-10-12
Dic Lewis ON Marriage.


DR.. Dio Lewis. IT was written, SAYS
the Green Bay (wis) 1duocate, to
young gentleman in this part of the
State. in RESPONSE to an inquiry ask
ing his Judgment and advise upon
that important step in life:
+ Ny DEAR SIP: 1 receive so many
letters asking advise on similar sub.
iects to those you mention, that 1
have concluded to write you letter
which shall he general answer to all
such inquirers. After you have
read it you can send it To whatever
paper you see. fit TO, and thus it will
reach the class it most concerns. Ed
itors are keen fellows at discovering
a basis of common sense in an arti-
Gle such as L intend this advice shall
have. whatever other graces it may
] be lacking in; anil as their observa-
/ tions will bear out the assertions
make, they will not hesitate TO in
dorse what say by giving it sucn
circulation as they may consider the
case warrants.
/ Do l advise you TO marry? Most
certainly do. advise every young
man to select himself wife and set
/ tie down. A man unmarried Is only
half what he might be with wife"
DIR. Hall used to say, and he was
right. God intended every man to
marry when he became man, and il
he fails to do so. he loses the best OF
his life. Every young man should
make himself "a home. When he has
that, he is anchored. He is king in
the best kingdom on earth. Until he
is married his life is lacking in that
which best develops his manhood.
Wit wife to love and work for, ,and
TO cheer and keep him he begins to
be what God made him to be.
You ask me what I think about
seeing the world" before marrying?
| don't think much OF it. Travel is
travel, and knocking about" as they
say, is quite another thing. 1t is
bad thing. What do you expect to
gain by il? The young man who
knocks about for few years never
lays up anything. He roams from
one place to another, and gets into
an unsettled, restless way OF living,
which be comes habit, just as hard to
break up as any other bad one. In
the best years OF his life, when he
ought to be making himself aud wife
a home, he is squandering his man.
hood, and the chances are that he
will not settle down and go TO work
as he out TO il he marries, but will be
eternally moving about, AMI pity
such a mans wife and him too, for
that matter. Life, to be enjoyable,
has got TO have something settled
about il.
Ii there is any class OF beings 1 do
pity from the bottom OF my heart, it
is the class denominated "old bache-
lors."
When a woman remains single, she
generally makes herself home, az
ter certain fashion. though it must
necessarily be lacking in the chief
elements that constitute a home.
Bat the bachelor" is but little better
than outcast He is a wanderer in
the world. He has made shipwreck
OF his happiness on the rocks OF sim
gle life. If there can be anything
more desolate than the oil age OF
such man, don't know what it is I
Many years OF observation have 4
proved it TO be a fact that nine out of
every ten who have never married
have been those who have knocked /
about" during the years in which they .
ought to have been laying the foun /
datioa OF a happy home for their old
age. Young men, don't be bachelors! /
When you conclude 10 live single un- I
I'll you get to be thirty or thirty five,
and "knock about" during that time,
you are doing the very worst thing i
you ever did. You are putting off /
"the day of salvation" and Shining
away the day OF grace" Seeing the /
world as the young man does who
has TO cam his living as he goes /
along amounts to very little. What
he does see is nothing that helps him /
fight the battle OF life more success
fully. 1t only keeps him in habits
which are in direct antagonism to
correct AID happy and successful life.
and when he gets through knocking /
about he has nothing to show fof his /
misspent years save the habits which /
he must overcome il he would make /
anything of himself. Do you call /
that gain o. loss? So, young man,
take the advice of one who has kept his |
eyes open for more years than you
have lived, probably, and don't /
"kuock around" II you think have
over lrawn the pictWre. look around
you and out of those who have
knocked around. and see il they do
not bear witness TO the truth of every |
assertion have made concerning the |
class they represent. Are they men
you envy? tell you, boys, knock
ing around" makes a man good for /
nothing else, and take it you hvae
de sire to be good for something
higher in life.
Young men say to me, Il can't af-
ford to marry" always get out OF
patience when they say that. III you
can support yourself ycu can sup
port wife. / don't mean a fashion
able young lady, mean wife. A
young couple who go to housekeep-
ing, ard exercise common sense and |
economy. will get along better on a
less amount than 1t took to support |
he husband before marriage, even il
he was careful OF expenses. This ex
cuse OF not being able to marry Is no
excuse at ALL II a young man will |
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