Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-08-14
MARRIAGE A SUCCESS.
Otd Man Plunkettt Tells What ua
Thinks about Young FoIks
Marrying.


aard times or good times MARRYING
goes on, !" said Plunkett, as he reached
Tor Browns tobacco.
They married in war times and
rarted IN an hour, and before the tear
9t the young bride were dry from the
parting the walls of the widow took
their place. but marrying went on, and
the Confederate government would
give er fellow er turlougl TO go home
ana marry when he couldn't get home
no other way.
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE.
Young folks will marry and there's
no use in talking to 'em. They won't
take nobody's word erbout this mat
ter. they are never satisfied after they
Try and they wouldn't erbin satisfied if
they hadn't er tried, and so it goes. Its
natur to think you'd er done better to
have done something that you didn't
DO and whatever you do you're sorry
you done It.
Every time me and my old 'oman
mas er quarrel she swears that she could
er married $50 fellows that's er heap
better than me and I'm keen TO swear
that there wasn't that many unmarried
fellows in the whole of Pike in her
woman when she gets mad with her old
man, for it's nature for 'em to think
they could er married any fellow they
wanted and they're mighty apt to not
mention any fellow in this connection
but what has got TO the legislature or
done some other big thing-that is
when they're mad.
THE first few months of married
life IS mighty nice, very nice, and any
fool in Georgia can have er good time
then But this mirrylng business ain I
for er few months; it's for life The
pet words like my little petsy, sugar,
apple dumping, sorghum lasSes and
slch ha 9e to give way to sich as I'm
not able to get you er fine pair er shoes,
or dress, or hat, I've not got the
money! Er few weeks before / was
married my sweetheart cut her eyes at
me in admiration, and | know she
thought L was the biggest fellow in
Pike; but l come up to the house sud-
denly er few months arter 1 was mar
ried. and she was singing, and l stopped
and listened and l caught these words:
But now he's too small for family man.
That was enough of that song. |
cleared my throat and here she come
and took on over me, but l couldn't
understand what she was using sich
words as the ones in the song for, and
l was er little cold, jist er little, but she
noticed it, and have realized since
that big streams from little fountains
flow, etc, Never have the first quar-
rel don't see why everybody dUIJt
think of this.
AFTER THE HONEYMOON.
"Arter the honeymoon comes the sea-
son OF a more substantial love. The
love songs of the young days greet your
ear AS you approach the house.
1--WE seed Browns wife with seven
GROUND her beIerIng and folleriHg her
wherever she would go, with one laying
on er pallet In the middle of the
kitchen kicking up its heels and crow
ing till the hound pup would grab the
plecs of fat meat from its hands and
set It to believing too, and | wouldn't
her been in their place for all they had.
l thought, but another stage had come,
and now L look upon the same children,
tine men and wimin, and as the old
folks go down the hill. at every rough
place stands one of these, who reach
out their hands and jump them over.
and would give the world to be like
'em-
I'VE never know what is best, and
we are more than apt to be dissatisfied
with whatever is, but the start that
young folks make in their early mar
ried life has er heap to do with their
future. Men should keep on counting
their wives aud wives should pet their
husbands. Little hugs and kisses be-
tween man and wife is like sweet
things among children-they won't let
on but they like it, and If er young cOu-
pie Will go of in er home of their own.
never let the third party come into their
affairs. spend one hundredth part OF
the eXertion to please each other as in
their counting days, they will be happy,
money or no money, children or no chill
dren-hut it's best 10 have er few"