The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-27
MARIETTA GA,
THURSDAY MORNING JUNE 27. 1888
LOVE.

We know that the above wore
will strike the fancy and claim tn,
attention of those who are 50 luck,
as to get copy of the JOURNAL tC
read, and as one thing leads to an
other, SO this one word may lead on
to the reading Of what follows. Ii
is mighty difficult subject to write
about, because there are so many
different kinds of it. There are
almost as many different kinds OF
love as there are different kinds of
horses as enumerated by the boy in
his composition, in which he in
Guided the redish horse and the
horse radish.
Then, too, it is a difficult subject
to define. Poets, philosophers and
statesmen have been hammering
away at the definition of this word
for ages, and there has been a great
deal of discussion and debates over
it, and like the listening multitude
that congregated near the rumbling
mountain to ascertain the cause OF
disturbance, and after waiting for
days, had their doubts dispelled by
the appearance Of a little mouse, SO
these philosophers and others lhave
their contentious over love put
to rest by the boy who had bad
case of it, and who said that it wa!
one of those simple emotions of the
human heart that couldn't be de
fined. But" said he, ooh Lordy
how it can be felt ~
Love is one of these things that
must be felt to be appreciated, ant
if feeling is a prerequisite to ap
probation, them some of our Mari
eta and Cobb county boys appreci
ate love enormously.
Occasionally you meet boys whc
do not seem to appreciate love 81
much, and if you ask them wha
they think oft, they promptly tel
you that it is grand humbug
These belong as rule to the class
who have loved and lost. They are
to be pitied while they have the
blues over their disappointment
but that does not last long, and
very soon they are head over heels
i'll love with somebody else, anG
perhaps love more wisely than al
first. While love can't be defined
yet there are certain conditions by
means of which its existence can be
shown. The appetite is greatly di.
minished, great blessing by the
way on boarding house keepers
Then frequent signing and deeI
drawn breaths are common. Wher
the subject has far away, dream,
look, as if he was just going to sing
Il Want to be an Angel" then h
grows poetical and attempts to writ
poetry. These are some Of tn
many symptoms. There is a way Q
telling when person is in that stat
Of love called engaged" Whe
all the symptoms above enumerate
appear, and in addition, the DO
quits going with anybody else ea
cept the particular one, or if h
does go with anybody else, does S
in order to keep others from think
ing that he is engaged.
The next stage OF love after tha
called engaged" is called "mal
rage" They conclude that the
can't live without each other, an
the license is gotten and the preach
er ties the knot, and the two ar
made one. This stage hasn't got a
the rapture about it that belongs t
the former, but it lhas this advar
tage: it lasts longer. A gentlems
who had been through both stage
said that when he was engaged h
loved her we'll enough to eat he
up, and after he was married h
wished to goodness that he had
Sometimes they claim:that this las