Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-05-19
eAcHeLoR4ooo A FAILURE.
what a Philadelphia Clergyman iias {
say ON the Subject.

WHAT q Ihliauclpt.a Clergyman iiaS 70
Say ON the Subject.
The bachelor ut fifty is but Il spoony
youth Of twenty. As you have secE
him talk to girls in their tens. when
he ought to have talked TO them like Il
father. you almost involuntarily longed
to remind him of the quaint rebnkc OF
grand old John: Thou ta,kest like
on. upon whose head the she'll stick
eth To this day" This Is how il seems.
lie is old enough 10 have been full
ilcdgcd before the girl he makes love
TO was born, and here he is. trying to
make her Lclieve hat he is still in the
days of his gosling-green. with the
shcll sticking on his head to thi day.
IL Is given To nan but once TO be soft
and untricd. gushing and superintive.
The man who avoids matrimony be-
cause Of lis cares. rivals the wisencro
who secured himself against corns by
having his legs umputated. ''lf low
ing is Il painful thrill. not TO love is
more painful still"
Here is Il sort OF common wit which
consists OF jcsting ut the supposed
bondage Of the married state. Some
OF the very best men have kissed the
shac!Ilcs which IL wife imposes. and
have either thought or said: III this
be slavery. who'd be frcc?" The grand
est men the world eve SAW we're mar
ringc-madc mon. Some people have an
ingenuity Of making themselves miscr-
able in whatever state they are and
make Us see the wisdom of the sour
sngc's remarks: Whether you marry
o: not you will repent it," Fools turn
every blessing into II curse. like the
man who said: This is II good rope.
I'll hang myself with it,"
The wife is the little tug OF the ship.
directing the movements and supply
ing the motive power. When Lord
EldOn was told that he had rec lived
the great seal at tho hands OF the King.
when about To retire his Majesty said:
Give my remembrance To Lady FL
don" The Chancellor in acknowledge
ing the cOndcsccnsiOn minated his
ignorance of Lady EIdon's claim 10
such Il notice. Yes. yes" tho King
answered, II know how much | owe
To Lady E.don. | know that you would
have made yourself Il country curato
and that she has made you my Lord
Chancellor" Every school-boy knows
that Il kite wont iy very high without
II string tying it down. 1t is just so
in life. The man who is tied down by
Il mother and n fcwblOOming response
bilitics will make II highcra and stcadicr
flight thar tho bachelor. who having
nothing tied to him is always founder
ins III The mud. Young gentlemen. If
we van /. ascend in the world We
will have 10 tie ourselves to somebody.
wen you're II married man. Sam
ivel," says Mr.. Weller TO his son Sam.
you'll understand IA good MANY things
Us you don't understand now. but
vcthcr it is worth while going through
so much TO learn so little. lis the boy
said ven he got to the end of the alphn-
bet. is u matter Of taste. ] raythcr
think IL isn't" That q philosopher
like Mr.. Weller should so undcrcst;-
mate matrimnny rs Il teacher is unac-
Countablc. We have IL on the author
ity OF Il thric"-marricd man that his
first wife cured his romance. the second
taught him humility. and the third
made him IL philosopher. Bishop lay
Tor said: ''lf you are for pleasure.
marry; IL you prize rosy health. marry.
y good wife is Heavens last best gift
to II man: his angel # mercy; minister
Of grmccs innumcrHb!c; his gem Of
many virtues: his caskc. Of jewels; her
voice. his sweetest music; her smiles.
his brightest day; her kiss. the guard
ian OF innocence; her arms the pale of
his safety. the balm Of his health, the
balsam OF his life; her industry his
surest wealth: her economy his safest
steward; her lips his faithful COUNSEL
Ors; her bosom the softc-i pillows OF his
cares, and her prayers the ablcst nd
vocates OF blessings on his head
Madison c. Peters. in Philadelphia
Press.