The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-26

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loved not wisely but too well and was
expressed as q comparative mitigation
of his own weakness. Burns magnanl-
nous heart and vivid imagination, ana
his love for beauty in all forms made
him usually in love with every type OF
perfect Nomanhood with whom he came
in contact, but also with mankind. His
strong affectionate desires have been
well expressed in the many epistles and
poems which have been handed down to
us as herlooms, and who can read them
without feeling the true touch of ma
ture in them all, when he says:
My arms about my dearie %,
Gle me a canny hour at En-,
Then worldly men and worldly cares
May a GAVIN tapsal teerie q.
Where were words ever penned that
expressed loves bliss so well and 50
truly as these and which at the same
time express the feeling of utter con-
tempt for material world which is
considered typical of the young man
when he is said to have lost his head
Lovers in Scotland are not chaperoned
as they are in Spain, the Judgment of
whether they are fit and appropriate
partners for life is usually left to their
own decision and this Is a point well
worth remembering that in no country,
with the exception of Ireland, are there
| fewer divorces, showing as ArtemuS
| greatness of affinity. Whether love can
| be defined as magnetism of mental dis
| turbancc it is the force which gives en-
| ergy to every man ana woman on the
| globe. There are, however, some men
| who do the love making on CONNER
cial basis and whose souls are akin to
| that of the old farmer who thus eN-
| pressed himself after his wife's death:
| It's gey hard to lose her, but consid-
| erinS everything she was gey light for
| my wark."
Such men cannot be considered lovers.
Some folks spend their lives in court
| ing and seem to consider that. marriage
| is not the ideal for them. Probably
| they are deferred by the saving that
only the brave deserve the fair and that
| only the brave can endure them. You
| may have heard of the Quaker lover
| who had courted Rehecca for seven
| teen years and who ignoring the fact
that love was possible in cottage
spent his energies in accommodating
| riches so that he could set up an estab-
| llshment as luxurious as her fathers.
| During an afternoons stroll he dropped
into the cemetery and being favora bly,
| impressed with plot of ground in a re-
| cent addition to the cemetery he there
| upon decided there was certainly the
place where Rebecca and him should
rest when they had said farewell to
things mortal. He called on his be-
loved that night and enthusiastically
told her of his purchase and eXpatiated
on the beauties of the location where
their bones would peaceably rest to-
gether in death
Rebecca was not a dreamer and this
was too much for her She retorted,
Don't you think we had better lay our
bones together while we live" 1t is
needless to say the engagement was
soon announced.
| The lassies, God bless them. In your
dealing with tuem think always of your
mother and your sisters
AULD LANG sYNE.
The festivities We're brought to a
close with the singing of the inevitable
Aud Lang Syne'' by the company.
Those present We're:
DR.. and Mrs. James Stein. William Stein
of Shenandoah Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Joseph
X. Dixon, NJ j. Coyne, Miss Anna l.
Coyne, Mr.. and Mrs. Y. owen Charles
Lydia Sailor, Mr. and Mrs. r. w. Rankin
Mr.. and Mrs James Allan, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert j. Williams, Miss Jean Mckenna
Robert T.. McKenna, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Scott
Inglis, Mr. and Mrs. w. Scott Collins. Mr.
and Mrs. John McWilliams Robert Bush
nell, Richard Roderick. jr., Edward Roder
lex, +. +, Mucklow. Andrew Swanston
, John Simpson, Miss NJ. Lewis. Mr.. anC
Mrs. j. Elliot Ross, II. B. Jones, JOSEPH
W. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs James Beattie
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Russell, Mr.. anC
1 Mrs. Gray, of Dover, n. j.; Mr.. and Mrs
5 Samuel McCracken, Mr. and Mrs William
= Harve, Douglass HarVie, Miss Kate Ia
= Wis, Miss Agnes Harvey. j. NJ. Cranston
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Fellows, Mr. an,
Mrs. Alex. Dunn, jr Miss Francell;
| Winchell, Miss Grace Winchell, James :
| Lawson, l.. 5. Marsh, Alex. Meldrum
| Miss Laura NJ. d. Medrum, Mr.. and Mrs
| G. f. Pryor Mr.. and Mrs. James Turn
| bull, p. A. Barrett, John NJ. Harris
| Thomas Jeffrey, sr, +. j. Coleman, G. G
| Boland, James Thompson, James Il
Skeoch, Captain James Moir.