The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-05-23

These sparkers are looked upon by
pareuts generally as a nuisance. and
often they are right Niue tenths Of
the sparkling is done by buys who
haven't got their growth. and they
look so green that it is laughable for
the old folks to- k,o4s at them. They
haven: generally got srcond shirt,
and they are no more qualife'l than a
COW is to preach, AMI yet marrying
is the first thing III y think of. a
green boy. without a dollar, preseat
or prospective, sparkling a giil rcgu-
larly and talking about mari yiay, is
spectacle for gods ami men. He
should be reasoned with, and il he
wont omit till he is able to support a
wife, and to know whom 10 loves. and
the difference between hove aud pas
sion. he should 90 quarantined or put
in a convent, erected On purpose Tor
such cases. Nine tenths of the I'M
happy marriages are the result OF
green human beings allowed to run at
large in the society pasture without
any yokes on them. They marry and
have children before they do mus
taches; they are fathers Of TWINS be-
fore they are proprietors Of two pair
Of pants, aud the little gisls they mar
rs are old women before they are
twenty years old. Occasionally one
Of these gosling marriages. turns ont
all right, but it is clear case OF luck.
Ifthere was law against young ga
loots sparkling and marrying before
they have their teeth cut, we suppose
the little cnsses would evads it in
some way, but there ought TO be
sentiment against it. 1t is time
enough fer these bantams TO think Of
finding pulet when they have raised
money enough by their own work to
buy bundle Of l,ths to build hen.
heuse.. But they see girl who looks
cunning, and there are not going to be
enough girls to go around, and then
they begin to get in their work real
spry, and before they are aware OF the
sanctity Of the marriage they are
hitched for life, aud before they own {
cook stove or bed-slead they hav,
to get up in the night and so after a
doctor SO frightened that they rui
themselves ont Of breath; abuse thu
doctor because he does not run too
when the doctor gets there he find
that there is not enough linen in tn
q house to wrap up doll baby. 1t j
a about this time that young man be
gins to realize that he has been
j colossal fool, and as he flies around t
heat water and bring in the bath tn
and goes whosping after his mothe
or her mother, his hair turns red IN
single night aud he calls high heave
to witness that il he lives till morning
. which he has doubts abont, he wi
q turn ),er new leaf and never g
!, married till he is older. And in tn
d morning the green looking "fathcr
q is aroused before drugstore is opel
:. and with no collar on, his hair sticl
Il ing every way, his eyes Lloodsho
!, and his frame nervous, he waits !,
% the clerk TO open the door SO he ca
/ get saffron to make some tea Of. Lee
d than year ago ne thought he WI
4 the greatest man there was anywhcr,
, but as no sits there in the house tn;
!, morning. with his wedding coat rust
is and shiny, end his pants irayed |
the bnttom, and his coat patched a
the elbow and the mrse pnts IN h
arms little roll Of flannel with
baby hid in it. he holds it as he woul
banana and as he locks at his gi
wife on the bed, nearly dead fro
pain and exhaustion, and he thin
there is not enough provision In Il
i house to Iced canary, lump com,
IS in his throat, and he says il he la
lie all to do over, lie would leave Il
4 little girl at home to grow up vii
is her mother, and he would wait till
e, had six dollars 20 buy baby fam
j. and ten dollars to pay doctor.