Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-18
Nov We nsun totser down. John,
But hand In hand Wen ~
Ana sIeen to9ither Al thu fnIf


unpardonsble By As complete surrender -
the universe ever saw, except that Of the Son
Of God for your salvation and mine, she has .
first mortgage on your body, mind, and sonl,
and the mortgage is foreclosed, and you do
not moro thoroughly own your own eyes or
your own hands than she owns you The
longer the journey Rebekah makes and the
greater the risk Of her expedition on the back
of the camels, the more thoroughly is Isaac
bound 10 be kind and indulgent and worthy.
Now, be honest and pay your debts You
promised to make her happy. Are you max
ing her happy? You are an honest man in
other things, and feel the importance Of keep
ing contract II you have induced her into
9 conjugal partnership under certain pledges
Of kindness and valuable attention, and then
have failed to fulfill your word, you deserve to
have suit brought against You for getting
goods under false pretenses, and then you
ought to be mulcted in large amount of DAM
ages. Review now all the fine, beautiful, COM
plimentary, gracious, and glorious things you
promised her before marriage, and reflect
whether You have kept your faith Do you
say, aOh, thatwas all sentimentalism and ro-
nance and joke" and that @they all talk that
way?" sHs.#. l.
Well, let that plan be tried on yourself. Sup
pose am interested in Western lands, and
fill your mind with roseate speculation, and
tell you that city is already laid out on the
farm that propose to sell you, and that new
railroad will run close by and have depot for
easy transportation of the crops, and that eight
or ten capitalists are going to put up fine resi-
dences close by, and that the climate is deli
cious, and that the ground, high up, gives no
room for malaria, and that every dollar planted
will grow up into bush bearing $40 or 800,
and my speech glows with enthusiasm until
you rush off with me to an attorney to have the
deed drawn and tho money paid down and the
bargain completed You can hardly sleep
nights because of the Ell Dorado, the Elysium
upon which you are soon to enter. You give
up your home at the East, bid good-by to your
old neighbors, and take the train, and after
many days journey you arrive at quiet de-
pot, from which you take wagon thirty miles
through the wilderness, and reach your new
place You see man seated on wet log in q
swamp, and shaking with the fifteenth attack
of chills and fever, and ask him who he is. He
says. Il am real estate agent, having in
charge the property around here" You ask
him where the new depot is. He tell you that
it has not yet been built, but no doubt will be
if the company get their bill for the track
through the next Legislature. You ask him
teeth aIf you will wait till this
chill is off I will show it to you on the map
have in my pocket" You ask him where the
capitalists are going to build their fine houses,
and he says: Somewhere along those low
lands, out there by those woods, when the wa
ter has been drained Off" That night you
sleep in the hut of the real estate agent, and
though you pray for everybody else You do not
pray for me. Being more fortunate than many
men who 60 out in such circumstances, you
have money enough to get back, and you como
to me, and, out Of breath in your indignation,
you say: @You have swindled me outof every
thing. What do you mean in deceiving me
about that Western property" @Oh,' reply,
shat was all right; that was senumentalism
and romance and joke. That's the way they
all talk"
But more excusable would be in such de-
ception than you, o man, who by glow of words
and personal magnetism induced womanly
soul into surroundings which you have taken
no care to make attractive so that she ex-
changed her fathers house for the dismal
swamp of married dexperience-t flower
less, shelterless, comfortless, and goddess. I
would not be half 80 much to blame in cheat
ing you out of farm as you in cheating wo-
man out of the happiness of lifetime. ,t
My brother, do not get ma at what say,
but honestly compare the promises you have
made and see whether you have kept them.
Some Of you spent every evening of the week
with your betrothed before marriage, and
since then you spend every evening away, ex-
cept you have influenza or some sickness
on account Of which the doctor says you must
not go out You used to fill your conversation
with interjections Of adulation, and now you
think it sounds silly to praise the one who
ought to be more attractive to you as the years
go by and life grows in severity of struggle
and becomes more sacred by the baptism of
tears-tears over losses, tears over graves.
Compare the way some of you used to come
into the house in the evening when you we're
attempting the capture Of her affections and
the way some Of you come into the house in
the evening now Then what politeness, what
distillation of smiles, what graciousness, sweet
rs the peach in blossom week
Now some Of you come in and put your hat
on the rack, and scowl, and say: 3Lost money
today" And you sit down at the table and
criticise the way the food is cooked You
shove back before the others are done eating,
and snatch up the evening paper, and read,
oblivious Of what has been going on in that
home all day. The children are in awe before
the domestic autocrat Bubbling over with
fun, yet they must be quiet, and with health
full curiosity, yet they must ask no questions.
The wife has had enough annoyances in the
nursery and parlor and kitchen to fill her
nerves with nettles and spikes As you have
provided the money for food and wardrobe,
you feel you have done all required of you.
Toward the good cheer and the intelligent i'm
provement and the moral entertainment of that
home, which at the longest can last but few
years, you are doing nothing You seem to
have no realization Of the fact that soon these
children will be grown up, or in their sepuL
chers, and will be far removed from your in
fuence, and that the wife will soon end her
earthly mission, and that house will be occu-
pied by others, and you yourself will be gone.
Gentlemen, fulfill your contracts Christian
marriage is an affectional bargain In heathen
lands man wins his wife by achievements. In
some countries wives are bought by the pay
nent of so many dollars, as 80 many cattle or
sheep In one country the man gets on horse
and rides down where group Of women are
standing and seizes one Of them by the hair
and lifts her, struggling and resisting. on his