Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-04-02
JANUARY IND JUNE.

JANUARY AND JUNE.
What strange and mysterious bubbles are
ever coming to the surface of the shallow
and dirty waters of fashionable OF high
life. Yes. there is great tribulation in ex-
Senator Christancy's family, eliminating in
a divorce, mutually asked for. Poor Mr..
Christiancyl Poor Mrs. Christiancy THE
golden ripples have broken to ebb no more
faded and gone like summer hopes the
orange wreath lay withered where it fell.
Oh this constant struggle for wealth and
position is a cruel thing, it rifles life Of so
much, even home-ties grow irksome amid
its feverish toils--and dies Burns asks,
"What would young lassie do wi an old
mon ?"
and then proceeds to answer, if we remem-
Der the burden Of his song correctly, rather
disparagingly, "The spirit of the age" is
against such contracts. A proponderance
of human testimony, even from the period
made prey of Caesar after he had con-
quered the world, and Antony maddened
by her love and ruined by her treachery
had his painting form drawn up by a cord
into tower that he might breath his last at
her feet, has shown not only the absurdity
but the almost endless misery of such unions.
We are aware that there are many young
ladies who prefer ITO be an old mans dar-
ling" and in the golden afternoon have
grown to love each other more than all the
world beside.
1t was not because of his great age or her
extreme youth that, as Byron puts it,
"l'he first Mrs Milton left the old mans
house"
but simply the want of affinity. The same
might be said of the iastidious Charles Sum-
ner 1t has been said that official life is not
conducive to connubial felicity, and its truth
seems to meet with popular endorsement
and application. A grave and venerable
Senator trembling with the weight of years
and deeply immersed in legislation affecting
the interests Of the entire country, leaves the
Senate chamber, walks into the Treasury
department or milliner's shop, picks up a
pretty girl and gets married Can such con.
tracts be productive of happiness, do they
give tone to society or exert healthy mora
influence? Leaning upon the wearied form
of her distinguished husband, for time and
toll are no gentle playmates, she enters thai
sphere Of life where she finds no congeniality
of sentiment or taste, and for which she is mol
fitted either from the force of circumstances
or want of association. Dressed in robes Of
crimson velvet, sparkling with jewels, she
moves for awhile through the fashionable
walks, but its conventionalites soon become
painful and wearsome The old Senator is
too much interested ain matters OF State, y the
novelty of his marriage has worn off, and he
realizes the great mistake of his life. The
want of congeniality and affection soon open
the avenue through which pours domestic
squalls long and frequent-they come in the
higher walks of life as well as midst the
rabblc, and much oltener. The volume en-.
titled, "God Bless Our Home" bound in
| morocco, Is as Olten preclpltateu upon I
liege lords head with effect as the execu
ton of rolling pin in humber quarters
1t is, indeed, a great calamity for Senate
Christiancy, and extremely unfortunate TO
the young woman, they should have re
Elected long and well before they uniteC
their dissimilar tastes and inharmoniou
fortunes. Whenever bubble of this char
acter floats along the current of social life
Senator Cameron continues to exclaim, 81
is h-ll of time and no wonder, for tn
widow Oliver clngs to him with that degre
of pertinacity with which she delighted Il
administer to his ease and comfort after tn
stormy debates Of the Senate or the sitting
of his committee.