The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-11

longer Mo journey nebakAh makes ana tho
groatar the risk OF her expedition on tho back
Of tho camela tho more thoroughly Ia Isaac
bound 10 be kind and indulgent and worthy
Now, be honest and pay your debts, You
promised to mako hor happy Arc you max
ing her happy You are an honest man in
other things, and feel tho importance Of keep
ing contract II you have induced her into
q coniugal partnership undor certain pledges
Of kindneaa and valuable attention, and then
have failed TO fulfil your word, you deserve to
have suit brought against you for getting
goods under false preIonaes, and thon you
ought 10 bo muloied Ia large amount OF dam
agea Iloyow now all tho ilno, beautiful, oom-
plmentary graeloua, and glorious lhlnga you
promised hor before marriage, aud reflect
whothor you have kept your faith, Do you
say, soh, thatwaa all eontimontalism and ro-
nance and joke and that "they all talk that
wayY'
Well, lot that plan bo tried on yourself, Bup-
pose am interested In Western lands, and
MI your mind with roseato speculation, and
tall you that city Ia already laid out on tho
farm that propose 10 soil you, and that now
railroad will run close by and have depot foT
easy transportation Of Tho Orope, and that eight
or ton capitalists arc going TO put up hno reai'
danoea close by, and that tho climate Ia deli
cioua, and that tho aground, high up, gives no
room for malaria, AMI that every dollar planted
will grow up into bush bearing 80 or go,
and my speech CLOVIS with enthusiasm until
You rush on with mo 10 an attorney 10 have the
decd drawn and tho money paid down and the
bargain completed You can hardly sleep
nights because Of tho III Dorado, tho Rlyaium
upon which you aro soon TO ontor, You give
up your home at the East bid gOod-by to your
old neighborn and tako tho train, and after
many days journey You arrive At qulet do
pot from which you take wagon thirty miles
through ho wilderness, and roach your new
place You 500 AmAn seated on a wot login q
swamp, and ahaking with'tho Afteonth attack
OF chila and fever, and aHk him who no Ia, HO
says Il am real estate agont having In
charge tho property around horo," You ask
him whore tho now depot Ia, Ilo toll you that
IL has not yol boon built, but no doubt will bO
II tho company got hor bill for the track
through tho next Legislature You ask him
whore tho now Gty Ia laid out Ho aaya with
chAttorlng teeth III you will wait I'LL this
chill Ia of will show II TO you on tho map
have In my pochot' You ask him whore tho
capitalists are going TO build their Ano houaos,
and no says 1SOmowhoro along those low,
lands, out thoro by those woods, whom tho wa
TOR has been drained oG," That night you
sleep In thohut Of tho real estate agent, and
thcugi you pray for everybody oso you do not
pray for mo Being moro fortunate than many
mon who 80 out In such circumstance, you
have money enough 10 got back, and you como
10 mo, and, out Of breath In your In lignatlon,
you aay "You have avindlod mo out Of every.
thing What d. yon mean In docolying mo
about that Western property" "Oh" reply,
siho' wNe M rlc'd that w'" aonir"oriolsm
aud romance and joke That's Tho way ihOy
plI talk"
But moro o1ouaAblo would I bo In such do
cOpbon than you, o man, who by glow Of words
and personal magnetism inducOda womanly
soul into surroundings which you have takon
no care 10 mako attractive, 40 that she OK
changed hor fathor'n house for tho dismal
swamp Of neutrality-suspicious. -troolcaa, ilowor-
less, aholtorloaa, comforllo@, and go1loaa, |
would not bo half no much 10 blanc In ohoat-
Ing you out Of q farm aa you In cheating wo-
man out OF tho happinoaa OF lifotimo,
My brother, DO not got ma nj what | say,
but honestly compare tho promians You have
made and eoo whothor you have kopt thom'
somo OF you epont oyory evening of tho woOk
with your botrothod boforo marriage, and
since thon you spend oyory ovoning away, cS-
ccpt you have influenza or some sickness
on account Of which tho doctor says you must
not 90 out You usod 10 hll your oonvorsation
with intoriooiions Of adulaton, and now you
think II sounds ally 10 praise tho ono who
ought 10 bo moro attractive TO you ~ the years
go by and lifo growa IN Bovorty OF struggle
and becomes moro eaoOd by tho baptism OF
over loesoN tOara oyor grayea
Compare tho way somO Of you usod 10 como
Into The house In tho ovonng whom you worO
tho capture Of hor affections aud
tho way somo OF you como into tho house In
the evening now ThOn what polto1oss, what
diHhllauon Of emIloa, what graoiougnoaa, awoot
ae tho pOach- orchard In blossom wock
Now eomo OF You como In and put your hat
on the rack, and 0oowl, and say "Lost money
today" And you Ol down NJ Tho table and
critcso tho way tho food 10 cooked You
shove back bOforo tho olhorB aro done oating
and snatch up tho oyonng papcr, and road
Of what has boon going on In that
homo all day Tho children are in awe boforo
tho domestic autocrat Bubbling over with
fun, yot they must bo quloL and with hoalth-
ful ourodty, yet they must aek no questions
Tho wifo has had enough ennoyancos In tho
nursery and parlor and htohon 10 Gll hor
nOrvoa with nottloi and Bpikoa Al you hOyo
provided tho money for food aud wardrobe
you fool you have done hl required Of YOU
Toward the good ohoor and tho Intelligent i'm.
aud tho moral entertainment OF that
homo, which at th0 longest can laAt but fow
years, You aro doing nothing, You seem 10
have no realization Of tho fact that soon thoeO
children will DO grown up, or In thor eopul-
chors, and will DO far removed from your in-
nuonoo, and that tho wlfo will soon end hor
earthly mission, and that house will DO ooou-
pIod by othore, and you yourself will bo gono
Gontlomon, fulAll your contracts Christian
In m atootlonOl bargain. In hoathon
lands man wins hIa wlfo by achievements, In
somo countries wlyoe aro bought by tho pay
mont Of 10 many dollare as 40 many catllo or
ahoop. In ono country tho man gots on horse
and ridoe down whore n group OF womon 0ro
and eoigos ono OF thom by tho hair
and lifts hor, struggling and resisting, on hIa
horse, and ifhor brothore and frionds do not
ovortako hor boforo eho pots TO tho jungle eho
10 his lawful wifo. In another land Tho mascu-
limo candidate for marriage Ia boaton
by tho club OF tho ono whom ho
would mako his bride II ho orIoe out
undor the pounding no Ia roIoclod rho ro-
covoe tho obows uncomplainlngly eho Ia hIs by
right Endurance and bravery and skill do
oIdo tho marriage In barbarous lands, but
Christian marriage IL % voluntary bargain, In
which you promise protection, support com