St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-11-06
ARP ON MATRlMONY.
Wr.tes OF A6ectionate Husbands
and Diedainful Wives
QuOteo the .svHOnen Folksss.DPsfts
lnt0 . Oiseossion Of JaAe Brides
and Deeenbet GPooms-AfAhaiU
GfooDA ShOald Die


lnto . Disesssien OF Jsns Brides
and Deeenhef GPoons-AfAhaio
GfeoDs Shesld Die
Whenever there II trouble and ! can't
give any relief or remedy, it distressea
ine, especially when the trouble Is Of q
domestic character. Now. here is let
ter from . man who says: Il know .
man. neighbor-who 10 Of . warm,
affectionate, passionate nature. and
loves his wife to distraction. but she il
calm and cold and conservative by ma
tufe, and. therefore, Indifferent to his
catesses. and whenever he ventures to
kiss her and put his arms about her she
tepels him with such expressions as:
oh. Tom. get away; don't bother me.
She 10 . pure. good woman, and loves
her husband In the way. but che never
meets him at the door when he comes
home tired or disappointed with his
days work. The poor fellow Il really
pining away and languishing for lack
Of love-for reciprocity. a. it were. and
can't get it. Now. what il the remedy
Cant you bring your universal philos-
ophy to bear upon this case and solve
the problem?"
No, cannot. lam helpless. Nothing
but time will equalixe and harmonixe
that couple. I am afraid their union
was 4 misfit. but he took her for better
or worse and must be reconciled. In
fact. he ought to be thankful. in these
degenerate days, that he has found q
pure. good woman. even II she Il not -
tumultuous III her love as he would like
her to be. But time is good doctor.
Time will assuage him down some, and
will tone her up some. for . man and
his wife get more and more alike as the
years roll on. There were some good
friends at my house last night, and l
seriously read to them this letter, and
asked for advice about answering it.
They all agreed that the man was not
writing about his neighbor, but was re-
lating his own pitiful condition.
A married man said: "Write him to
get away and quit bothering her when
she says so."
A bachelor friend said: "Write him
to dirt little with another mans wife
and she will come to her senses mighty
quick and return to his caresses."
'That Is all you know about it, said
another dame. "The dirtations OF a
husband destroys love and happiness.
too. They are more apt to bring con-
tempt and even scorn. A true woman
will suffer and endure any fault or fail
ing except that"
A young married woman said. timid-
ly: ''She must be very strange kind Of
. woman not to like caressing. but do
think she ought to meet him at the door
and give him smile or two when he
comes home"
..He must be . right good man. and
am sorry for him." said lassie In her
teens. ''Or maybe he is 80 horrid coarse
and ugly that no self-respecting woman
would want him botheriug her for
kisses and caresses every time he came
about" said lassie out Of her teens.
maybe he smoked and bis breath was
disagreeable." eaid . benedict, who
never used tobacco.
goodly company and my wife continued
the discourse by remarting in her quiet
way: swell. think your friend had
better have kept his misery to himself.
Let him stick to his promises that he
made at the altar"
'Or apply for Q writ Of mandamus
and make her kiss him according to
law" said q learned Judge who was
present. "Iwould make her reciprocate
II the case was in my court. The writ
of mandamus II . far-reaching and ef-
fectual process"
Well. of course. the conversation drift
cd to the topic Of May and December
marriages, with grooms of more than
three score and ten and brides Of tender
years. We al agreed that II such
groom had anything to leave such
bride besides his name and would de-
part this life In . reasonable time, she
was justified in marrying him. But in.
the first place. the property should be
in sight the "quid pro quo" and it should
be fixed. settled. lowered. dovetailed,
clinched upon her. and there should be
an implied contract that he should die
in strict accordance with the death rate,
the expectation laid down in the life
insurance tables. Indeed, II the late
frequency Of old mep marrying young
women IL to be multiplied to an alarm
ing extent there should be established
. death insurance ofIice 20 that the
young girl could go to It and get .
policy insuing the old mans death in .
limited time. and n he didn't die within
the time the company should pay her 70
much Al she insured for-say 5000 or
$4,000 or o.0oo, = the case may be.
With the me1ey Of course she could live
decently and even secure . divorce ON
the ground Of ffraud-fraud in not dying
aocording to hope and expectation and
IN implied promise. Why. know .
Indy who married IN old man e years
ago. He was 60 and she but 20 and -
sweet and pretty a . pink. He was
rich and sickly and agreed to settle on
her $4,000. to be paid at his death. He
looked like he would die In . year, but,
bless your souls, my sweet young sis
ters. he Il living yet and she looks near
" - old as he does. Her bloom Of youth
il gone. When she married she was IN
orphan and soon became worse than m
orphan. and she q childless. Whist Q
mistake she made. What . fraud was
upon her. What wreek of
earthly happiness. Young girls. BE-
warel These unions are not according
to nature and they shock the Judgment
md the sentiment Of mankind. There