The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-14
NICE YOUNG MAN, BUT A FOOL.
ne is Utterly Too Good, and Hia Vito Is
Sick OF Eor Bargain.

.ae IL utterly Too Good, and His WHO Is
Sick OF Hor Bargain.
One OF the best girls any fellow ever
knew and the pride of village not q
thousand miles from Pittsburg made q
fatal mistake when she married. Being
such happy girl, SO sensible and SO
much sought after by the best young
men in the neighborhood, every one CON
hdently expected her to make great
catch. But she didn't, and now her
neighbors are wondering how it all hap
pened. She married fool. That ex-
plains it all. No.need to go into details.
The fact that he dressed well and that
he moved in good society and was known
as q very nice young man" will not
make the case any palmer. He o fool,
and that is all there Is about 1t.
dis foolishness consisted largely in
believing that the world was not made
right, that the people are wrong hearted
as well as wrong headed, and that it is
the duty OF every one to array himself
against everything as it exists and keep
up constant grumbling, growing and
complaining. This young man was very
religious in sense. He honestly and
faithfully endeavozed to keep himself
unspotted from the world by avoiding
contact with it. He went not into bad
company, nor did he patronize picnics
and evening parties, but staid at home
reading good books and thinking how he
could spin for himself q cocoon that
would keep the outside world away
from him. He did not realize the fact
that he who has himself for companion
and friend is in very poor company.
1t was this sort Of chapthat our model
girl married. She ought to have known
better, but she lnistook his knowledge of
books for an evidence Of brains and Of
learning, while the fellow really hadn't
two ideas of his own about anything.
The inside history of this case shows that
she did not love him any better than she
had other men, but he was such q nice
young fellow that she thought there
would be no risk taking him. In fact,
she took him in the hope of escaping the
very misery She is now suffering. He
doesn't beat her with club, nor does he
get drunk and smash the furniture, but
he tires her life out by lecturing her,
finding fault continually and never com
mending, and trying to make her under
seeaAO chlo AiSA plttCC 10 dU llOllc anu
her duty is to him. Their homo is dreary
and chilly, and their lives about the same.
They are both satisfied that marriage
is failure, and they cannot be made to
believe otherwise. 1t isn't the man who
has the least book knowledge that is tho
biggest fool, nor are those who are short
on general information to be classed
with numskulls. Some of the most de-
hghtful people one may meet are those
who are blessed with an abundance of
common sense. They know absolutely
nothing Of Darwin nor of Briggs and
not great deal about electrical science,
and they may even eat with their knives,
pour their coffee into saucers and blow
the soup to cool it, yet with all these
shortcomings and defects they are the
most delightful people to know. Their
hearts are all right, and they under
stand enough of the science of life to
know how to live comfortably them
selves and to make others happy. Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette.