The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-12
ON EARLY MARRIAGE.

hdFo "onueFeu IN all sincerity
whether could not do some good in the
world, OF in this community rather, by
giving vent to my feelings through the
columns of the WHIG upon this topic of
early marriage. l know a dozen young
men and as many young women within
easy reach of my voice as ] sit by my win
dow at home who would get married to-
morrow if social and parental objections
were not in tho way. Young men whose
only hold in life so far has been a small
weekly pittance for the la Dor they render
exacting and economical! masters, and
young women who have only gained the
title have given them by the fact that
they do know how to bake bread and
darn stockings. do not mean to insin-
uate that bread baking and stocking darn
ing are tho most elevated standpoints of
womanhood, but it is generally consid-
cred that she has reached marriageable
state when she has accomplished the two
arts | have mentioned. l believe, after
all, that it was only some man who placed
her in this scale. and in my own truth |
only think hur fit for marriage when the
remaining higher virtues and essentials
OF womanhood have been attained. As
Tor the young man, he is instantly mar
flageabie as soon as he becomes capable
of earning salary that will support him
and his prospective wife. But it is main
ly the case of the young map who does
not receive salary sufficient for his pur-
poses upon which l intended to treat
when commenced this article. do not
know what any poet, OF philosopher, or
statesman, or esaayist, has said upon thi,
subject, therefore, have only my own
poor opinion backed by no other author
ity that my timid woman's nature fur.
nishes in itself for what am to say. |
believe do know of some one who said;
My advice to the young man or the
young woman is to get married." but
whether he was poet or Z philosopher
or l cannot tell, ! simply join my
voice to his ard echo the sentiment he
has been before me in utteYing. When
! vlrtuous and industrious young mans
heart is truly devoted by all the tender
bonds of love to the heart of some fine
| young woman, advise him to marry her,
and if needs be, live on air until he can
| afford more substantial diet There is
| certain heroism about the poor young
man who loves that cannot help admir-
| ing. Did you ever notice aow staid and
sober and wise he &c. Like Hercules lie
| imagines the weight of a world rests
| upon h.s sboulders and he must upbear
. it or fail i'll the eud hs has planned for
4 himself and the Woman of his choice
Some folks are addicted to calling him
young colt, but he is such an animal as l
/; would advise every one to give a free
| halter and observe how nobly he will
break from the traces and go gal,op.ng
away on the road to success in ans search
for green and fertile pastures. The
woman the young :lan learns to love is
sue to be a remarkable woman in many
ways. she IS 6 eoing to be capable of en-
| dowing Linn with all the encouragement
under the sun far his labors; she is going
| to influence his life with the purity ol
her own nature, and lead his spirits to
exaltatIon and vigorous hardihood. In
fact she is the ministering angel to his
| lost soul, and all this ere she is twenty
| one. admire them both, dGil'u you?
| They are not of common clay, but stand
out in original colorS uaon she back ground
OF more ordinary pen and women whom
they are carrying away from. Neither Of
| them are passionate. They only desire
marriage that .hey may be constantly to
| gether without fear of coldness or es.
| arrangement as nj sht be the case if they
/ waited many years in the belief that both
| would be constant until the end, vet
| both doubtful, whether they could sus-
tain their love as q certainty. Gnce mar
ried she become the one source of in
sp:ration for his toll and his eXertions
! are faithful and earnest. He remarks TO
/ his thoughts throughout the day that she
is his and goes home at evening delighted
tc 500 her awaiting him with impatience
and perfectly content in her sweet and
/ womanly way to partake with him of air
and the further household accompani-
! ments his Scanty means can afford Their
affections is like that of sister and brother
nor does custom ever stale or old age
wither it. To such fortune skindly and
will come in sirle. To snch | offer my
esteeE, AID congratulations. They enter
early in an ennObling career and the end
of it is sure to be victorious. T.
ITO what our sprightly correspondent,
Miss F., has to say about early marriage
we feel temptod to- reply modestly bu
aI4nhatieally and in the words of SCOTS
| Douglas, Thou hast lied" Miss +.
advocates very foolish mistake when
she upho!ds the Young man and the young
woman in their early marriage scheme.
We, like her, see many around us every
day who only await the removal of Pa.
rental objection ere they can carry sheig
cherished object into effect. How wise
our parents are to sustain their objections
can hardly ha estimated. The young man
WIG. ..uly bonors and loves the woman
ai his choice will not consent to wed her
until aside from all o ther financial ablga.
tions that may rest upon h;3z,, he can give
her peaceful ans, i-appy life in COM
Portable ECAe with plenty of apparel for
Gptn the inner and outer man. Our
American young men don't relish diet
of air tempered with feminine devotion
in return for the eeaseless labor of the
day and the mighty ambition that urges
them onward in their work of life. 1t is
compatible with reason that every man
should build himself home in the land,
make that hallowed spot the fountain
from which he shall draw the sweetness
and mirth and generosity Of y h~-r4h