The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-06
BILL APPS LETTER
Barlow Man Discusses the Pros
and Cons of Marriage.
HATING OF COUSINS A GRAVE MISTAKE
Deaf and Dumb Institute Figures Pre-
scented a. Proof-love 10 q
cod-Given ain.
stitution."

When Q young man falls In love and
resolves to get married I reckon 1t II
good thing that he is reckless Of the
consequences. l was, know. for
never thought of anything except the
pretty girl and how happy l would be
10 get her. l had no thought OF trou
BILE or poverty or grief or war or death
The time was far. far away when the
silver cord would be loosed and the
golden bowl be broken. As for the
girl, she is more reckless than he'
lover, even though her peril is fai
greater, for hers is to be the pain and
suffering, the care and anxiety-the
night watching and sometimes the bro
ken heart. 1t is a mystery to me how
the mother endures it all and holds W
her head and keeps her strength. But
love for her offspring. maternal love
sustains ner. 1t Is the gift Of God
There was q marriage in our town the
other day, and as the crowds gathered
at the church, our neighbor, Mrs. Eel
ton. stopped In the veranda to rest
and see the battle from afar. She was.
a. usual. merry and sad by turns
sometimes the tears were glistening in
her eyes and soon she laughed merrily
and showed her pearly teeth When
the bridal carriage arrived she gave a
maternal sigh and whispered. Poor
things, they little know what is ahead
Of them" Suddenly she branched on
into q story about her little pet mule
colt that il now her daily comfort ''It
watches me At the window" she said.
and when I 60 out 1t runs to me and
lays It's head on my arm and almost
nestles In my bosom. Mary's lamb
was not more loving. 1t bites and kicks
at everybody else. but runs to me and
fawns upon me with perfect adora-
tion." She laughed again. but all at
once the corners OF her mouth dropped
10 IN angle Of AZ degrees ano her voice
trembled IS she said: But major.
I have at last come down to hard pan
and misery In my old lge. No cook.
no help of any sort, and though yes.
terday was my sixty-fourth birthday.
I had to pull the buggy down to the
branch and wash 1t. Oh.my country!"
She cried q little and then laughed
good deal more. Pearly tears and
pearly teeth are attractive features IN
. woman. Nevertheless. between pet
ting mule colts and washing buggies
she still finds time to plead for the
education Of the poor country girls Of
north Georgia.
But what kind Of . girl should q
young man marry? OF course, she
must be born Of respectable parents;
she should be virtuous; she should
have q good. loving disposition and o
fair education. She should be healthy
and have no faint of her lovers ances-
trail blood In her veins. All Of these
qualifications have been discussed and
treated over and over again. except
the last. I am inspired to say some
thing about that because its impor.
lance has long been overlooked-nei-I
Their poets nor philosophers nor sclen-
lists have written upon 1t nor given
any warning. A letter recently receiv.
ID from q young man in Mississippi
asks II there is anything wrong in
man marrying his cousin. Yes; very.
very wrong. The answer is found IN
the records Of the asylums for the
leaf and dumb and blind. Their chief
patronage comes from the intermar.
Rage of cousins. These institutions
cost our state about $4,000 q year
md half Of the expense could be avoid.
"a II the intermarriage Of cousins was
prohibited. l have not the reports OF
he blind asylum before me, but know
II three blind children Of one family
Who were sent there, and they were
he onsprings Of parents who were
know of i've children of
me family who were sent to our deaf
md dumb institute at Cave Spring.
Their parents we're double cousins.
They had but one child who could
lear and speak. She was q cookbook
Nc country girl. She married q clev.
Y young man who hauled wood for
ne. Soon after his marriage he moved
o Texas and hired to q cattle man,
nd was 20 faithful In his service that
a . few years he bought an interest
a the ranch and prospered. I met him
t Waco sixteen years after he left
}eorgia, and he was said to be worth
1oo. 900. and his two elder daughters
vere ct . boarding school at Waco, II
niles from his home. He had sis
hildren. and. alas: one Of them was
J mute. The faint had cropped out In
he second generation.
Professor Conner. the faithful and
ong tried principal OF our deaf and
umb institution, has tabulated thu
nfeatASo Of his pupils Tor many
IN. and rspsrts that IN 20 families
'e6uetns - nantes ne parents were
NE cousins. In II families produc-
y 10 mutss the parents were second
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