Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-01
JACOB AND RACHEL.
Why it Will Not Do for Young
People of To-day to Follow
Every Example Found in
the Bible.
The Mystery as 10 What Caused
jacob 10 Weep After kissing
successfully Explained
Away.


among young and old people as to the
proprlety Of young people making each
others acquaintance without proper
introduction, old people claiming that
any acquaintance made without an in
PRODUCTION is improper, while many
young people claim that there are
times when an acquaintance can be
made without the aid Of these forms,
which is liable to be valuable one
and lead to much happiness But
such things are looked upon as hirta
tons BY many people. An acquaint
anse thus formed is often looked upon
as productive Of no good. Young
people cannot be too careful about
meeting strangers, though they should
use some judgment and not give them
selves away. They have a precedent
for getting acquainted without the aid
oil outside friends, in the case of Jacob
aud Rachel, tho particulars Of which
filtration can be found in the good
book. 1t is rot alleged that Jacob
was a masher, like many of the
Jakes Of the present day, but, &C.
eording to all reports, be captured
Rachel quicker than wink. 1t
seems that Jake was at the well Of
HarAu, alter water, and Rachel came
along with her jug after some water.
They had never met before, and yet
Jacob was gone the first time she
aimed her eyes ut him. Acc riding to
scriptural authority, 1T came to pass
that after he had drawn water at the
well Of Haran for Rachel, Jacob
kissed Rachel and lifted up bis voice
and wept." What be wept for is not
stated, but the best of 'em are apt to
be overcome with emotion in irving
times. The action Of Jacob toward a
total stranger, in these days, would
subject him and her to comment.
Suppose, at one Of our summer re-
sorts, a Rachel should 20 down to the
spring for dose Of liquid liver cure.
and a young fellow should draw the
water for her; and hand it to her, and
then kiss her, and begin to cryl They
would call a policeman, and the next
day or the day after, when the police.
man got around, they would have the
kisser fired from the grounds, and Ra,
chefs mother would take her up TO
tie hotel and take her across her
knee and box her ears soundly Prob,
ably that was the way they did bust.
mesa in olden timts, but it would be a
laughAble thing to see nowadays. Sun.
pose . young Jacob and Rachel
strangers to each other, living in adj
joining houses in Chicago should both
take tin clippers and go out to the milk
wagon for the supply OF alleged milk
for their respective families, and Jacob
should take Rachel's dipper and have
it whitewashed inside with the stuff
the milkman exchanges for tickets
and then the Jacob should kiss the
Rachel and lift up bis voice and weep
The milkmsn would faint away ana
fall off the seat. Rachel would swat
Jacob over the head with the dipper
OF fresco material, people would stop
on the streets TO see the row, and a
policeman would come along and mil
both Jacob and Rachel for disorderly
conduct, and they would be sentenced
to thirty days 10 the house OF correc-
ton. This shows what a difference
there is in the practices M
the days Of Jacob and Rachel
and now. If latter day Jacob
wanted to get acquainted with a
Rachel, he wouldn't stand around a
well waiting for her to GENE after a
jug OF water, neither would he stand
at the corner grocery waiting for her
to come alter two cents worth OF Yeast
and kiss her and weep. He would
raise his pancake hat and say, pleas
ant day for q stwoll, you know by
Ijove, and il she wanted to "stwoll =
she would say, well, | should assin.
late, and that would settle it, but If
she didn't want any foollshness she
would tell him 10 90 and walk match
with himself. There are various the
ories as TO the cause Of Jacobs Weep.
ing on that occasion, WhitelawReid.
OF New York, one Of the greatest
mnentators, gives it as his opinion
that Rachel had been eating onions.
and that when Jake kissed her. and
got sniff Of the odor, he had to cry
That looks reasonable, but il is more
probable that Rachel bit him. Sun
pose Rachel had not been kissed for
several months, and wanted 10 be
kissed real bad She was a warm
hearted, splendid girl, and when Jake
dropped his jug aGd took her in
his arms, there behind the we'll curb.
where nobody could see them. ana
was about imprinting the kiss on her
mouth she looked up into his eyes and
bit him. She couldn't help IL. Rachel
should not be blamed for causing
Jacob TO cry, and evidently he aid NOT
blame her, because he married her.
Very likely that one kiss that caused
him TO weep was what settled the bus.
mess with Jake. Rachel did very
wrong, no doubt, in allowing The
strange man to kiss her before she bad
learned bis name, or what house he
Travelled for, but II she needed Kiss
81 that moment, and promised herself
that II should not count, and that il
should not occur again, considering
how 1t turned out, and how happy they
we're as long as they lived, we should
not at this late day lay il up against
Rachel. However, girls Of TO-DAY
should be introduced 10 men, and
know what their intentions are, and
learn something OF their standing in
society, before they give them kiss
and cause them TO weep. Such things
have the appearance Of boldness and
are not right
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