Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-18

mean that one Of the parties to the ex-
pertinent, having no income whatever,
the other should be in y condition to
Danish from the h~earthstone all such
perplexing problems as "What shall
we eat, or what shall we drink, or
wherewithal shall we be clothed?:"
In the technical language Of the
craft, y rich wife for . country printer
Is as fat q take as q fourth-cl~ss post
Office. What q blessing to the pro-
fession collectively! What a boon to
the professor individually! What q
position for the girl herself! 10 be
pointed put on the street as the wife
and financial hacker Of the gifted, but
impecunious Podsnap of the Weekly
Blowhard Incomprehensible that rich
girls don't seem to see 1t that way! But
they don't. Carney American h~eiresses,
like Anna or COnsuello, with money to
burn, actually appear to prefer a
weazen faced, mercurial French count
or a beef-eating, ~beer-guzzling British
duke to a live, brainy, Dakota editor,
who could put to rout the cohorts Of
monopoly with a single broadside, and
write himself into a fat office-auditor
or something of that kind-if he just
had II few dollars to jolly up the in
satiate monster who gets out his ready
prints, and wipe of the score at Val
Blatz' font OF inspiration.
Marriage often reyerses the custom
Of the theatrical program by giving
the farce first and the tragedy after
ward.
Marriage Is said to be- a civil con
tract-in law-but we have observed
that when II marriage, one or more
years of age, gets into law, the contrac,
Is much more in evidence than th..
civility. 1t consists of the initiativ.
and referendum. The initiative, lik,
the first degree in ~fraternal orders, j.,
easy and inexpensive. 1t costs "a Ill
tie tafy to the girl, a nominal fee Il
the clerk OF the courts and a tip to tn,
parson. Referendum m highe,
We quote, including attorney fee:
from actual transactions) absolut'
divorce, 500 to $500, c. o. D. Nothin.
could be more humiliating to a retired
husband or wife of refined sensibilities
with No. 2 on the anxious seat, than ):
c. o. D. divorce. Something of thu
kind had probably occurred to the poe
who wrote:
"'Tis best to be off with the old love
Before you are on with the new.'
But those r the marriages tina
failed. We dismiss them with gu,
blessing.
There are others. Thank God, Their.
are others! Marriages that compl,
with whatever forms society prescribes.
but depend not for their sanction Of
church or state. Unions Of heart and
life that no court u sunder, no ci,i
law a strengthen, nor ceremon,
make holier. Marriages which Meth.
err grew out Of cold, sordid calculatio,
of times or circumstances, or position
or pelf, nor breathe the ~transcenden'
passion OF the Ellen Wheeler Wilco,
kiss, but a union founded on the mutual
respect of honor for purity aud swee,
~womanliness for sterling manhood, ce.
mented by untiring forbearance an6
deathless trust. A union Of two, who,
deeming life no farce nor yet a tragedy.
but recognizing the duties and bur
dens OF the human pilgrimage, stano
shoulder to shoulder against the swell.
ing tide of adversely, knit more closely
together by each waves rude buffet.
A blending Of two lives into one with .
holy trust that doubts not, neithe,
fears. a home where the harsh though,
never enters and the hasty word Is left
unspoken. Where joy is duty and
love Is law" Where the faint heart,
weary Of the worlds fierce battle, finds
sweet rest in sheltering arms, and the
frown OF cankering care melts in the
sunlight Of love.
Happy the man, blessed the woman
thus safely anchored. For them life
hath no perils nor death can terrify.
Thrice blest the children born into
such q home.
The storms Of adversely sweep over,
leaving it untouched. The shafts Of
malice glance harmless from its pro
tectinR armor, and on It's altar burns
sacred fire, kindling anew the flicker.
ing fame OF manhood and womanhood
in other breasts.
Gov. Lee had 80 little 10 be thankful
for this year that he neglected to write
his Thanksgiving Proclamation just a