The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-15
da, 6eger. A man would na,chally take

~eA "tSa. SA Hian ~ou1u udtSnaly t1ke il ter mean dat man an a 'oman go, married, an bofe ob 'em 'stended invi- taiion fur somebody ter come. De true speret ob de tex has neber diskivered. an wouldn' preach on it only rum de
 lack dat marriage is runnin' nightly in
 my head ter night Now. wanster gin
 de young fokes ob dis congregation a
 few bits ob advice in regard ter ge,,in'
 married. Marriage is a mighty serious
 affair specially fur de man. A man
 ough,er study long time fore he mar
 ries de average oman. an de longer he
 studies about ii de better it is. Wid a
 oman it is different. case i, looks like
 she doan speak nothin', nohow. Elf 1
 had my life ter go ober agin l wouldn't
 marry so often. I'd leabe de las time
 out entirely, fur as said while ago, dat
 las oman is captain. Paul said dat it was all right fur man ter marry, an dat
 he had knowed men what had nightly hepPed dar chances by marvin, bu, as rule. sez ze, l wouldn', advise man ter marry any odener den he ken hep it. faui kno~ed, too. femme tell yer. He didn' see da, Ugh, in de bush fur nuthIn. Da, man had a long head. an al CTS did know what he was a talkin' bout. Dar was Peter an John. Da wan, marHln men. Peter wouldn', hab mar rled de daughter ob de gubner, an Iohn he wouldn', hab lined hans wid de pros- ecu,en' 'turney's arnly chile. Dem men was smart, femme tell yer. Da had hoss sense. Look a, all de big men in de bible wha, did not get married. samson he got married, an his wife she paralyzed him. Ole lob he go, married. an dinged if de oman didn't want him ter cuss God an die. She didn't kere so much bout him eussin' God: de dyin part was what she was arter. She was bad oman, an would hab got any man inter trouble. Yer all know de story ob Adam. Spozen he hadn't got married. He'd CT done well. femme tell yer. l. was marvin dat broke him up iii business. nigh, 30 on dis way ci,in' faeks till yer hal would turn white, an still you young folks would keep on thinkin' bout gittin' married. Yer's got de notion in yer head, somehow. an no amount ob reason will si, i, out lust then the old mans wife entered the church. "fas. he continued, as was sayin', dar is nuthin' like marvin good 'oman. Ef l had neber married but onct an had happened ter cotch her fas, my happiness in dis life would hab been as e,arnal as de ioSin' ob de spring CT de glorious risin ob de sun. l'se in labor ob marriage, l IS, an when Pau! says He what marries does well right dar I agrees wid him
 Hole on dar," exclaimed the old man $ wife. A pusson come up ter de house jes' now an said dat yer was down heah ginnin me mighty blast afore all desc people.
 Dat am de wus, Arbitration. chile. what eber hearn. I'se been standin' here complimen,in yer fur de las fifteen minutes. an l'se sorry now ia, yer want here. l, would hab done yer good. Yes. bredren, fl Samson had married de right oman he nigh, hab been libin' till Vi, an enJoyin' hissef an de fat ob de Ian An dars lob. Ef he had married good oman. like my wife, fur instance, she wouldn't hab 'vised him ter cuss God, but" his wife stepped from the door and the old man. observing the continued, she would hab hustled him ou,en de bed regardless ob ! de piles, an made him chop wood an foteh water. As l'se got ter go now an watch dat smoke-house, de congregation l will be dismissed'