The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-22

tn0 yoke, lle Wouiu say 10 niHiaeli,
"Rather than Caribbean whirlwind
with whole fleet of shipping in its
arms give me zephyr off fields of sun
shine and gardens Of peace.
Rigorous divorce law will also hinder
women from the fatal mistake Of mar
rying men to reform them. If young
man by 25 years of age or 80 years Of
age have the habit of strong drink fixed
ON him, no is as certainly bound for a
drunkard's grave as that train starting
out from Grand Central depot at s
O'Clock tomorrow morning ~ bound for
Albany. The train may not reach Albany,
for it may DO thrown off the track. The
young man may not reach drunkard's
grave for something may throw him
off the iron track Of evil habit, but the
probability is that tho train that starts
tomorrow morning at s o'clock for AL
bany will get there, and the probability
is that tho young man who has the
habit Of strong drink fixed on him Id
fore 25 or 30 years of age will arrive at
drunkard's grave. She knows he
drinks, although he tries to hide 1t by
chewing cloves Everybody knows he
drinks. Parents warn; neighbors and
friends warn. She will marry himl sbs
willreform him.
Tho Altar of Sacrifice.
If she is unsuccessful in the expert
ment, why, then the divorce Jaw will
6ffiansibato her because habitual drunk
enness is a cause for divorce in Indiana
Kentucky, Florida, Connecticut and
nearly all the states. So tho poor thing
goes to the altar of sacrifice If you will
show me tho poverty struck streets IN
any city. will show you the homes of
the women Who married mon to reform
them. In ono case out Of 10000 it may
be successful experiment ! never saw
the successful experiment But have o
rigorous divorce law, and that woman
will say, "If 1 am affianeed to that man.
it is for life.
A rigorous divorce law will also do
much to hinder hasty and inconsiderate
marriages. Under tho impression that
one can be easily released people enter
the relation without inquiry and with
out reflection. Romance and impulse
rule the day. Perhaps the only ground
for the marriage compact is that she
likes his looks, and he admires the
graceful way she passes around the ice
cream at the pienicl 1t is all they know
about each other. 1t Is ali che prepare
ton for life A woman that Gould not
make loaf of bread to save her life
will swear to cherish and obey. A
Christian will marry an atheist, and
that always makes conjoined wretched-
ness, for if man does not believe there
is God he is neither to be trusted with
dollar nor with your lifelong happi.
ness. Having read much about love in
cottage, people brought up In ease
will 60 and starve in a howell.
BY the wreck of 10000 homes, by
the holocaust Of 10000 sacrificed men
and women, by the hearthstone Of the
family, which Is the cornerstone Of the
state, and in the name Of that God who
hath set up the family institution, and
who hath made the breaking of the
marital oath the most appalling Of all
perjuries, / implore the congress ct the
United States to make some righteous
uniform law for all the states, ard from
ooeaii to ocean. on this subject of mar
rage and divorce.
Character the One Essential.
Let me say to the hundreds of young
people in this house this afternoon, be-
fore you give your heart and hand in
holy alliance use all canton. Inquire
outside as to habits, explore the dispai-
ton, scrutinize the taste, question the
ancestry and find out the ambitions Dc
not take the heroes and the heroines
cheap novels for a model. Do not p
your lifetime happiness in the keepih,
bf d man who has a reputation for be-
ing a little loose ia morals or in tt
keeping Of a woman whd dresses fast.
Remember that, while good looks are
kindly gift of God, wrinkles or acc
dent may despoil them. Remember tb !
Byron was no moro celebrated forh 5
beauty than for his depravity. Rsrnem-
Der that Absalom's hair was not more
splendid than his habits were despica-
BILE. Hear it, hear It'll The only founda-
ton for happy marriage that has ever
been or ever will be is 6, ID character.
Ask God whom you shall marry 1t
you marry at all. A union formed in
prayer will be a happy union, though
sickness pale the check. and poverty
empty the bread tray, and death open
the small graves, and all the path OF
life be strewn with thorns from the
marriage altar with its wedding march
and orange blossoms clear on down to the
last farewell at that gate where Isaac
and Rebecca, Abraham aud Sarah,
Adam and Eve parted.
And let me say to you who are in
this relation, If you mako one man or
woman happy, you have not lived in
vain Christ says that what he is to the
church you ught to be to each other,
Aid II sometimes through difference Of
opinion or difference Of disposition you
make up your mind that your marriage
was mistake patiently bear and for
BEAR remem bering that life at the Ion
gest is short, and that for those who have
been badly mated in this world death
will give quick and immediate bill OF
enforcement written in letters Of green
grass on quiet graves. And perhaps, my
brother, my sister, perhaps you may ap-
preciate each other better In heaven
than you Incorporated each other on
Earth.
in the Farm Ballads" our Ameri-
baii poet puts into tho lip. of repent
ant husband after life Of married per-
turbation these suggestive words:
And when she t.ies wish that she would be
laid by m
And lying together In silence perhaps we will
agroe,
And II ever we moot in heaven l would not
think 1t queer
Il we love each other better because we quar-
relied hore.
The speck on the Horizon.
And let me say to those Of you VIII .
are in happy married union avoid first
quarrels; have no unexplained CORE
spondence with former admirers; Guilt
vate no suspicious; in q moment of bad