The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-02-21
Early Marriages.


There is lots Of f,,"tn aud sound
logic IN the follo"fdg article from the
Alvarado p.nelin as well as nnadul-
terate5 .riclness. la speaking OF
yoathful sparkers, 1t says:
"rhcse sparkers are looked upon
by parents generally asa nuisance,
and often they are right. Nine tenths
Of the sparkling is done by boys who
haven't got their growth, aud they
look so green thai it is Imaginable for
the old folks to look at them They |
haven't generally second shirt, and
are no more qualified TO get married |
than steer is to preach, And yet
marrying Is about rlIe first thing they |
think of. A green buy without a
dollar, present OF prospective, spark
ing girl regularly aud mlking !
about marrying, is u spectacle for
gods ahd n,eA lie should be rca.
soncd with, and it no will not Quit il
until he Is able to support a wife, and
10 know whom he loves. aud the dit
ference between love aud passion. he
should BE- 4aaran6aed. or put in an
asylum erected on purpose tor such
cases
Nine,ten,hs Of The uahSpry aar,
riayes are tue result ", green, human
calves being Sll0wes to run a, large
IN the society pasture without Aay
yok On tAsaA, they saar-N aaA
have eAo,sSSsa A@scrN they Asvo nGS>
,sehess SAey are t,sAeSs essSSSs ee>
'Nge they ave PS~pSSesSss % s~A pair
OF PaSSS, sRS abe Senpg SSrss SAeN
SaaErv are eAA wHRen eeSNES
Trey are twenty wears elA&.
OsSsasSsaaialy Ole ~ rARss gessSaS
marriages tu.Hs eae Ill right, &;ss Il j.
clear esss OF lNelS>
lf there was tag sSahSss yeSsx
galOOIs sFaPSSng and aRrSSfsx he
fore Ihey have all their teeth cal. re
suppose they would evs6e !, in sesae
way. bu; Yet there oszht - he sea
,iment against II. Its time eHoaSA
tor these baRtsms tn think OF fiAaiaS
mate when they have raised money
enough, by their own work, TO bay a
bundle OF laIhs TO build hen konse.
But they see girl who looks cum
ming. and they are afraid tAtre Is not
going TO he girls enough 20 go around
aud then they begin TO get IN their
work real spry A; and before they are
aware ofihe saHc,ily Of the marriage
relation they are mitchell for life. aud
before they own cook stove or nee
essary furniture, they have TO get up
some dtrS night and 90 for the doc.
tor. so frightened that they run them
selves out OF breath and abuse the
doctor because he does not run too ;
aud whenihe doctor gets there he
finds that there is not linen enough ia
the house to wrap up a doll baby.
1t is about this time that yonng
man begins to realize that he has
been n colossal fool. and he flies
around TO heat water, aud bring in
the bath tub, and goes whobpins al
ter her mother; he turns pale around
die giIls, his hair turns red IN sin
( gle night, and lie calls high heaven TO
. witness. that If he lives till morning.
which he has his doubts about, he
will turn over a new leaf and never
I gel married again until he is older
a And then in the morning the green
looking father IL around before a
r drug store Is open, with no collar on
i his hair sticking every way, his eye:
t blood shot, aud his frame nervous
r waiting for the clerk to open Tho
u door SO he can get some saffron Il
! make tea of.
Q Less than year ago he thought he
/. was the greatest man that there was
{ anywhere; but as he sils there III the
house that morning. with his wed
$ ding coat rusty aud shiny, and hi,
= pants frayed at the bottom ant
5 patched all oveF, and the nurse puts
IS in his arms little roll of flannel
d with baby hid in it, he holds II a
i he would banana, and as he look
: At his girl wife, nearly dead from ex
haus::om, and he thinks that there ar
not enough provisions in tho hous'
TO feed n canary, lump comes int,
his throat, aud he says to himself tia
If he had 1t to do over again he woul'
leave that little girl at home to grow
up with her mother, and he woul,
wait until he had six dollars to bu,
: baby flannel and ten dollars TO pa,
the doctor.
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