Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-04

train that starts to Albany to-lnor-
row morning at 8 O'Clock will get
there. and the probability is that the
young man who has the habit of
strong drink fixed OH him before y or
30 years of age will arrive at n drunk
ards grave. She knows he drinks, al
though he tries to hide it by chewing
cloves. Everybody knows he drinks.
Parents warn, neighbors and friends
warn. She will marry him, she will
reform him.
If she is unsuccessful in the ex-
pertinent, why then the divorce law
will emanciwte her, because habit
ual drunkenness is n cause for di-
vorce In Indiana, kentucky, Florida,
So the poor thing goes to the altar
of sacrifice. If you will show me the
poverty-struck streets in any city.
/ will show you the homes of the
women who married men to reform
them. In one case out of ten thou
sand it may be q successful expert
ment. But have a rigorous divorce
law, and that woman will say: IF
l am atfianced to that man, it is for
life"
A rigorous divorce law will also
do much to hinder hasty and inconsid-
crate marriages. Under the impress
sion that one can be easily released
people enter the relation without in
Quiry and without reflection. Ro-
nance and impulse rule the day.
Perhaps the only ground for the mar
riage compact is that she likes his
looks and he admiles the graceful
way she passes around the ice cream
ut the picnic! 1t is all they know about
each other. 1t is all the preparation
for life. y woman that could not
make leaf of bread to save her life
will swear to cherish and obey y
Christian will marry an atheist. and
that always makes conjoined wretch
edness: for if Il man does not be-
licvc there is God, he is neither to
be trusted with dollar nor with
your lifelong happiness. Having read
much about love in q cottage. people
brought up in ease will go and Stalve
in Il howell.
BY the wreck Of ten thousand
homes, by the holocaust of ten thou
sand sacrificed men and women, by
The hcarth-Stone of the family which
is the cornerstone of the state, and
/ in the name OF that God who hath
! set mp the family institution. and
who hath made the breaking Of the
martial cath the most appalling of
all perjuries. inp!ore the congress
of the United States to make some
righteous. uniform law for all the
states and from ocean to ocean. on
Let ne say to the hundreds OF
young people in this house this after
neon. before you give your heart anf
hand in holy alliance. use all caution
inquire outside as to habits. explore
the disposition. scrutiniZe the taste
question the ancestry. and find OH
the disposition. scrutinize the taste
aud the heroines of cheap novels 10
q model. Do not put your lifetime
happiness In the Keeping of q maj
who has the reputation for being ;
little loose in nolals, or in the keep
ing of woman who dresses fast
Remember that while good looks an
a kindly gift of God. wrinkles or nc
cilents may deSpoil them. Rcmen
BIER that Byron was no more celebra1
ed for his beauty than for his dt
pravity. Remember that Absolam'
hair was not more splendid that hi
habits We're despicable. Hear i
hear it! The only Foundation fer Eal
ply marriage that has ever been G
ever will be is good character.
Ask God whom you should marry.
you marry at all. a union formed !
prayer will he n happy union, thong
.;,.1,,, III, .ny.s
empty the bread tray. and death ope
the small graves. and all the path {
life be strcwn with thorns, from til
marriage altar With its weddin
march and orange blossoms clc:
down to the last farewell 1T that glI
where Isaac and Rehecc,. Abraham
aud Sarah. Adam nnG Eve parted.
And let me say to you who arr.
this relation. If you make one ma
or woman happy you have not live
in vain. Christ says that what he
to the church you ought to Ike
each other; and if sometimes throus
difference of opinion, or difference {
, disposition. you make up your min
that your marriage was a mistall
patiently bear and forbear, remcr
! bering that life at the longest
: short. and that for those who hay
: been badly mated in this world, dca,
: will give quick and immediate bill I
t enforcement written in letters
c green grass on quiet graves. AL
: perhaps. my brother. my slster--pe
! hapS you may appreciate each 9TH
: better in heaven than you have a
e preciated each other on Garth.
!. In the Farm Ballads our Anne,
r can poet puts into the lips of a repc
t tant husband, after life of mario
!. perturbation, these suggestive word
4 And when she dies, I wish that 81
would be laid by me,
And lying together in silence, pc
!, haps we will agree.
u And ii we meet in heaven, 1 Won
!. not think it queer
u II we loved each other better becau.
u we quarreled here.
: And let me say to those of you wi
are in happy married union, avoid fir
II quarrels; have no unexplained CORE
pondence with former admirers; C,