Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-08
oTHRk OWNERS.
Richmond. February %, 1891.
The Married Man and the Bachelor-he-
ply to Delta"
No. s.
RICHMOND, Va, February %, 1891.

HICHMOSD, Va, IbDI uoiJ 90, AOSi'
To he Editor of he Dispatch:
Permit me TO reply in few words to new
cbempion of the bachelor ESTATE" in your
last Sundays issue. Like his predecessor,
he ia very courteous. | should judge he
was hardly a bachelor q. e., thirty, but
that he was fresh from the study OF Greek
and is now engaged IN innocent nlrtatlons
with bricht-eyed girls. Like the honey
nee. he is going from flower to flower eX-
tracing their sweets. and cannot think 1t
il vet quite time TO engage in constructing
a hive for the winter. He NAV have but
lately read the ARABIAN Night Tales, " and
has not fully walked up TO thereallteso OF lie.
If no has big patrlmony he may allow
himself to continue awhile longer IN TINS
castle-building," in which he seems an
odeDt. He thinks anticipation is bet
fer and brighter than realization. This
seems TO be the gist of his song. But wait
awhile nv friend. Let Cupid transhx you,
and while YOU stand out in the cold let an
other fellow have your sweetheart by the
hand at the church altar and the MINISTER
proceeds to say II pronounce you man
and wife together" and you Will then re-
alize there there Is something little pet
tor than anticipation" The other fellow
;nside will have the realization and your
Cherished " anticipation " will be as bitter
as NORWOOD and gall. .,
." 90 with your dogs into the woods and
remain till p. NJ. fasting and return home
balf-starved and let your landiady say !:
MIR. Delta, l did not seve your dinner, oe-
cause as you think anticipation Is better
than realization thought you might en-:
ioy the three hours delay III supper
Won have visited Niagara, Melrose Abbey,
nv moonlight" or the Coliseum you VIII
find little comfort in your new doctrine.
Like the Queen of Sheba you would say,
Half had not been told me-" Very young
and enthusiastic people sometimes form
exaggerated views of anticipated. good and
are often disappointed, but this Is not the
nile with older persons. certainly.
II ia very benehcent in Providence to give
ne both the anticipation and realization,
thereby greatly multiplying our JOYS. Let
no aav here in parentheses that II Is very
Lind IN orr Creator to endeavor TO turn
rs away from sin by putting before our
minds both the anticipation and the reali,
zation of punishment by the most dreaoiui
IMAGES. Delta exhorts his bachelor trlenus
10 90 on and "build castles"--not 10 as
pei the happy illusions. / think II wise IN
man To build real houses and homes rather
than airy castles. They will shelter him
better. Or. Young would call HIM
dreamer of gay dreams" and IN,
mira chow he will weather an eterna'
MONT when such expedlents faii. LaIe
IL no dream. IT'S fact, not fiction. III is
,araonant with responsibility. deep and
b;9h II has in it life and death, time end
eternity. accountability for loss and gam
How then. can sensible men spend all their
tir,e In dreaming? Tbs worse than mad
ness ness II my friend Is thirty he should say
70 himself like Butcher, Up ana at 'em.
nalts is personal. He asks me for my exs
ney;enoe. Have / made a bad bargain
Rad bargains don't stop trading II shows
mad Judgment only. He failed; l suppose.
to ses NV first letter, in which tried to- set
a value upon my married estate. Inc
;nvantory was seven children at
"a 600 .000 each and 0 wife BEYOND
comnutation one as valuable as ire
80 me Would sane man surrender
s W vast possessions for the privilege OF
Citing alone on q worm fence and dream
me with a bsdly-adiusted patch IN his
nantaloous? No verify. ours IL close cor
poration. II Is indissolublo. Inc hcads
20 ~ his company do not always agree. ~
would not be we'll. A firm OF three men 2
s Myo ~ the sarne mind Is weak. 1t would 90
= arm OF one man really. j would have IL
! n, rssn ~ for my wife IL she agreed with
nc ,ao sl1svs. Iwould think she had neither
s VAR :, nor Independence. There wouid