Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-08

feel that a large dowry deprives him Of
. pleasure as we'll as relieves him OF q
responsibility. "A further reason urged
that portion1ess brides are to be de-
sired Is that the possessions which the
years bring will be the more enjoyed II
they come to the two as they planl
and work together. In anw partner
ship 1t is not we'll for one to be able to
say again and again, This was mine"
The expression should be, This tel
ours, ana marriage is q partnership
none the less because It's underlying
principle is not one of finance, but of
anectton. The young men have yet an
other reason for their inclination and
that is that when one thinks seriously
of marriage the fair charmer is ALL
about which he thinks and money
more or less is not considered at all.
BY the last statement, they
prove that IL they have not
been burnt to crisp by the, flames,
their wings have been singed as they
have futtered perilously near, for such
q statement could come only from those
who have been dazzled by the light
which never was on land or sea"
When all has been said perhaps the
opinions do not differ SO much after all,
for the women only claim that wealth
does not prevent a girl from making a
good wife, while the mems contention
is that IT is not necessary or even de-
sirable. Now let them settle 1t to their
own satisfaction and to Cupid 8 as we'll.
The showers given one pretty bride to
be has started matrimonial discussion
in Marshalltown as it was never start
ed before.
There are two small boys in Mar
shalltown who are learning that life
of commercialism has its drawbacks.
and that energy and desire are not like
labor in the old motto, destined to- con-
quer all things. Not long since they
bound themselves for certain com
pensation to convey wagon and its
contents to a neighboring town. In the
early morning, full OF glee and youth
full courage, they set out. and the old
plug of horse which they drove was
made to go at a livelier gait than that
to which he was accustomed. The dog
of one of the boys went also, and so
fast that, becoming tired, he ran thru
the open door of farm house. He
wasn't very ferocious looking canine
bur evidently that family wasn't fused
Of dogs, for as one person they gazed
at his painting sides and red tongue.
and judged that he had gone mad The
cellar was sought as a place of refuge
by all but one. who In manly bravery
stayed TO destroy the dangerous beast.
The boys, missing their pet and hear
ing the commotion, left the wagon and
u.
their little dumb friend fall dead. His
owner was so overcome by the excite
Sment and his sorrow that he tainted
and that house became like the Tower
of Babel again until the little fellow
was restored. Then the boys started
on. But their troubles We're not ended!
for when they arrived home their steeda
was almost dead from fatigue. and to
loss OF dog was added loss of horse.
Their elders could scarcely keep from
smiling when the adventures of that
short excursion We're made known, bur
to the boyssit was no Laughing matter.
They did not think 1t matter for
jests, for they had felt the wounds.
The return of spring prophecies the
days when a man shall return at night
Weary to his home, only TO be made the
more weary. For the tables and chairs
and sofas will be found in the most
unusual places, and happy is he who
stumbles not over them. TacRs will be
scattered broadcast over the floors and
hammers and saws and step-ladders
Will make the parlors to resemble a
workshop. On a corner OF the Kitchen
table will be placed a few dishes con-
tanning enough for a lunch,' as the
housekeeper says With scarcely tone
of apology. What wonder that the man
groans nwardly and asks whence
comes dirt?" He will not be answered.
for 1t is a perplexing question which
neither the Clearly nor the slovenly
housekeeper can answer TO her own
satisfaction. But that it comes she
knows as well as that ii must De go-
ing. How loud sound would be made,
ehalltown, who think house cleaning a
nuisance and wish there was no such
thing, should say II" in chorus? Sure
lySro one would think that mems voices
We're losing their power. It may be-
even, that if a vote of the housekeepers
thmselves on the same question We're
taken, that a sound of no mean mag
nitude could be heard. But me pleas
ure when it is all done almost makes
up for, the disagreeable part. for we en-
JOY only by comparison and contrast.
and nearly anything would seem good
after house cleaning.
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Don't stay at home on account of
that cold. Keep on With your work
and take krause's Cold Cure. Sold by
w. n. Evans, druggist. 113 East Main
street, and George p. Powers, druggist,
2S East Main street.