Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-02
Don't Marry Man to Save Him.
SARAH x. BOLTON.

4 cry comes over from Oregon
For car-oad-not of woman wan,
but women OF blood, and brain anil hraw1l-
Come marry these men to- save them!"
There are thousands here in these haunts of
sin,
Spending their Gm0ney in game and gin,
Corrupt without, corrupt within: ..
Come, marry these men to save them
They have been somebody's r,ridc and 10y;
Somebody's petted and Iampered boy;
Spoiled Tor lack of maiden COY;
Come. marry these men to save them!.
You must be healthy, and pure, and strong,
Able to breast and bear the wrong,
Willing to carry a burden along;
Come, marry these men to save them.
YOt, must be leader, but always seem :,
To ee gentle and slples as loves young dream
Come, snarry thesemen to:save them!
You must be cleanly, and lSind, and sweet;
Making path for their goddess feet
Up to the grace of the mercy-seat;
Come, marry these men to save them!
Oh! woman; you're sold az fearful price
If you wed your virtue to that of vice.
And trust your soul to b chance device:
Don't marry man tesave him!
A life that is pure needs pure one i'll turn,
Delng to honor and not to spurn,
An equal love, that shall constant burn;
D0n'tmarry q man to save him!
Her love rose U1WitheriDg;
Would you bury it deep in its early sl'rlng?
Don't marry d man to save him!
You can pray for his soul from morn till eve;
You cah win the angles to bring reprieve
To his, sin-bound heart. but yor'll always
If you marry nisn to save him!
God gives to woman u right to press
Her claim to mans best lnanlines;
A woman gives all should u man give less?
Don't marry a man to save him!
Oregon goes 100000 prohibition votes
at thier recent election
President C.eaeland presented the
pen with which he signed the Scien-
tifc Temperance instruction bill, to
Mrs Hunt.
News from the,tield inspires us to do
likewise. make. things happier, and
make things happier lively" says an
old politician in Illinois. Those good
for nothing prohibitionists had doz-
en- county conventions in this state
last week, are. having about twenty
this week and what they will be up to
next week no body can tell. iSew
York and New Jersey are all torn ul
by them. Oregon doesn't know wheth
er she is Republican or Democratic, all
because Of the "pesky prohibitionists'
and ell over the country they are maxi
ing shings happier although eco lively
to suit the politicians.
At Lake Bluff, Englewood and other
places Fourth of July on the Saturday
preceding it is to be celebrate as Your
moth ers Day. Honor to whom honor
is DUE Is becoming the watchword OF
the American people. A nation that
expects to illustrate to the world a
government Of the people on the capac.
ity Of a self governing people cannot
well do other wise. She who moulds
the plastic mind to statesmalship OIL
conquering majesty is the instrument
in the Great Creators hands to shape
the destiny Of a nation, And when that
mother stood the counselor and pillel
Of strength to 9him leading people tc
freedom as did the mother Of Wash.
ington. Execute wise laws and atlmin.
lister pure unselfsh counsel as did the
mother of Adams then to them is
honor due. These with others whose
ever names embelish our country's
history should not be forgotten and
our children taught to reyernce theil
name.
The fact that the Almuni Of Prince
ton College the leading Presbyterian
school in the country had sherry, claret
and Roman punch at their Alumni
Banquet is well known and the
mothers who have ratronized this
college for the education of their sons
are startled and arrested lin their con
fdence at such procedure. And wei
they might be and call upon them fol
an explanation. In a memorial to the
reyered general assembly Of the Pres
byterian church, sitting at Minneapo
lis, they say: We pray you to appoint
committee to ascertain if this is the
legitimate result Of the teachings Of
Princeton College, the school Of the
prophets, which we have honored and
loved, and from. which we look
with prayer to. see young men select
the gospel ministry as their life work
or whether it IS simply, that the
Alumni in our midst have departed
from her training. AS neither an in
fdel nor drunkard. can inherit the
kingdom of God, it .s q vital question
to us where we can secure safe teach
ings for these dearer TO us than ou,
lives. This memorial, from celtra
Union of st.. Louis was followed b.
one from the West, End Union
The Rev.;Grier Hibben, son ct a ncblS
w. c. T. U. mother, an invited gueS1
at this asnqret turned bis own g'sct
',pside down