New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-02
Misnarried.


may be true, as the magnetic inau-
ence is a necessary element in domes-
l tic bliss, whether accompanying first
or later partners There may be re-
peated weddings sanctioned by law
and priestly blessing, but there can
be but one marriage. Men and wom-
en- marry for divers reasons some
times without considering whether
the chosen one fulflls their require
ments or otherwise, and consequent
1 ~ remideless disapp ointments equal
ly as ludicrous as lamentable are the
results. Marriage is a voyage where
the embarkation is sometimes better
than the sail.
The strong minded females, the
men4Women, are not the best loved,
nor is it the efeminate coxcomba
that women dote on. Men likewom.
emily women, and the feminine heart
dearly loves that gentle petrestrain-
led power of manly men.
If the first matrimonial venture
4 has been a success woe to to the sec
ond edition, even if the letters are
forged in gold, and jeweled with
i hope. Mammon may be desired,
fought for and bought with youth
and beauty, but it never fully satis-
| fies and promotes happiness. 1t is
love that gilds the poor mans hovel
and makes the palace a home Some
times it comesin the flush Of youth and
lives forever. Again, after several
unions it appears later in life as UNI
sullied inpurity as the earlier emo.
ton.
/ Dante was said to be inconsolable
after the death Of Beatrice, although
/ his friends gave him another wife,
thinking the new passion might GAUGE
him to forget the old. Similar is the
case of an Eastern divine who lost a
much-loved wife some years ago by
consumption. While very i'll hetook
| her to California, hoping she would
regain her health. However, she
died, and with almost her last words
requested her hus band when all was
over to take her body back to the
East for final burial. The request
was granted, and the remains were
/ temporarily buried in California, as
the minister was without church
and very poor.
i Toward the end of the second year
/ he met a widow of wealthwho exhib-
i tied her preference for him by decided
signs. He proposed to her and they
were shortly after married Immedi-
ately going East on wedding Jour-
neY- the brides money to defray ex-
/ penses
i The clergyman, unknown to his
young spouse, had his first wife's re-
mains disinterred and shipped on
] the same train with themselves.
just before reaching Albany the
groom signified his desire to stop
over there for a day, to which the
bride consented. After he had es-
corted her to a hotel he vanished and
was absent for hours. At nightWhen
/ he returned his face wore melan-
choly, doleful expression, and he car
ried a small parcel under one arm.
why, Theoplius, where have you
been? exclaimed the bride, aand
what have you in this paper?'
GIVE been to the cemetery" an
sWered the sad-visaged husband de-
i jectedly.
/ The brides face expressed deepest
amaZement, and with an unexpected
movement of her pretty form she re
lieved the unwilling minister OF his
package and Immediately unfolded
the Wrappings.
sMercyE' she calculated, as her
eyes fell upon a tarnish silver coffin
/ plate. ssWhat is this? Have you.
been gra,ve-digging?''
sShe slowly read the inscription
on the plate Sacred to the memory
Of Mary, the only wife, now and
through eternity, of Theopolius
Parr.' The only wife," sherepeated,
with an angry toss of her head. I'D
like to knoWw what / am them"
'lThe instrument of Divine
Providence he said, as ifin dream,
while his lean fingers trembled ner-
vously. There can be but one mar
rage. She is the wife and you are
my consort,'' and he fell into a de-
jected silence.
Mrs. Theopolius No. 2 thought her
husband a trife insane, but now aft
er years of welded life she knows bet
ter and realizes there are more envi-
able fates than that OF a second wife,
especially as every time she places
4 Theopolius linen in his bureau draw
er she comes face to face with that
suggestive coffin plate and a pair OF
small, Well-Worn slippers, sacred
mementos of Mrs. Theopolius No. j.
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