The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-09-13

lite, an ascetic celibate, ponder
over these things, | marvel that
people abont to marry, and sur
Eeying the future, do not at once
seize hold of this important truth
that the real foes of the house
hold are the mutual relations.
Could it be writ down in the bond
could it be made an integral part
OF the settlement, or were It an in
vi0labie ..ieeree Of Mrs. Grundy,
a lady for whom l have the high
est respect, that the relatives
were not to visit a young married
couple for five years, there would
be an enormous decrease in the
lists of divorces and separations.
Nay, :this is but a negative test.
| will adventure moneys, shekels
of gold and silver, upon the asse
veration that 1T would increase
the number of happy marriages
900 per cent. 1t is a pity that
the preiudices of modern society
are opposed to the practice Of
poisoning. Because otherwise a
neat and happy solution Of the
problem would he to poison all
the relatives and mutual friends
at the wedding banquet. 1t could
be done humanely and scieutiti-
cally, without giving unnecessary
pain to any of the victims. They,
from the spirit world, instead of
inveighing like that revengeiul
and mean-spirited Hamlet, senior,
: against the "deep damnation OF
their taking off, would survey
from their realms of bliss the un.
: alloyed happiness of the welded
pair. With cOmplacent eyes they
s. would regard each other and say,
slow happy they are! We died
for this, and are well content !''
/ But alas ! iu the nineteenth cen.
tnTy there seems to be a rooted
objection to the use Of sublimated
arsenic even from the best and
purest OF mo'ives. We must re.
y spect tue prejndiceS OF the world
in which we live, anu therefore,
instead of doing that which is alb
/ stractly the best thing, we are
compelled to do that which is the
t best possible thing. IT, therefore,
y young welded pair, YOU find
r insuperal,le objections to the poi>
It soning OF your kltl aud kin, moth
ing remains for you but to qnal
rel with them all. {
l am SO satisfied that the log
" Cal minds OF the gentlemen at
once lay hold of the truth of the
1t W OPPOSITION, though stated naked
II ly, that | would not attempt tt
prove it were it not tor the sake o1
IL the fair Sex, whose affections are
as much their bane us their bles
" sing. The old proverb puts thi.
re as usual into nutshell /:
e my son is my son till he gets him wife,
But my daughters my daughter all the
days Of her life.''
$ The young Sophronia about Il
we'd thinks, fond foolish girl, tina
= she eau eat her cake and have i
too, that she can spend her mon
ey and keep it in her pocket, tha
r she can marry her adored Alfonso
l. aud still retain all her relations
e. Nay, more, she believes she Cal
still keep her school girl friend
Y with whom she has cOrrespOndet
/. regularly these six years, to sa.
e nothing of her tavOrite cousin
It between whom and herself ther'
Y is a compact that they are alway
), to live together. The fact is tina
l. when two yonng birds go to buil'
It ing IA nest the best thing they ca1
e both do is to forget all about tn
lie pa,eutal nest. Tuey must stant
ii or fall by what they are, and al
Il the assistance and teaching AM
d advice OfOthers is SO much polso
le in reality. A man sees this a
N once, making however, Il t1enta
~ reservation in favor of his mother
At But the tendrils of affection III
$, ! woman'S heart are both StrOn
d, and Numerous, and she hates t
d cut them off at her wedding, no
ze to,eseeiuy that they mast eithe
If be 50 treated, or dragged out on
in by one with much pain. At tn
to end OF about five years the rel
1T tives and friends leave the'
e. alone, and then they begin
r taste the true happiness OF ma
to ried lite, But, alas! how man
of hymeneal barks founder, hO
:" many nnptial torches are dashe
li- to earth aud violently quenche
it, in passing through that dread )"
it deal OF the first five yrals.
all But, rs TouchstOne says, ~
re- stance briefly; come. instance
IN | will: Look at Spivins, he h;
ed been married but six weeks, al
n, his old mother has written to 81