Woodville Republican., 1903-01-24
LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
Bill Arp Writes of the Bonds Of
Matrimony.
Says There should he Give and Take,
Hut Some Things Cannot he COM
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Married and gone. IL is the same
old story. Love and courtship. Then
comes the engagement ring and a
blessed interval Of fond hopes and
happy dreams, and then the happy
day is iixed-the auspicious day that
is never TO be forgotten--a day that
brings happiness or misery and be-
gins a new life. Then comes the IL
cense, the permit of the law which
says you may marry, you may enter
into bonds. The state approves il
and the law allows it, and IL will
cost you only dollar and a quar-
ter. Cheap, isn't il? And yet IL may
be very dear. Then comes the minis
ter, and the happy pair stand up be-
fore him to prayer and a henedic-
tion, and they are one. In moment
the trusting maid has lost her name
and her free will, and is tied fast To
man. Wen, he is tied fast, too, 50
IL is all right all round, ! reckon,
but somehow | always feel more
concern about the woman than the
man. She is helpless sort of a
creature and takes the most risk, for
she risks her all.
was Illuminating over this, for
there was marriage going ON at our
good friend Sam Jones' house, and
their pretty daughter Laura, was
changing her name and her home IN
this the last day of the year and go-
ing off to live with n man she hasn't
known very long; but ! have dag
nosed him from his face aud fea.
lures and am satisfied with her
choice. lie is a big-hearted gentle
man, or else the signs fail | wanted
to be present and give them my
blessing, but was not we'll enough to
go--Ive got the eIcphantiosis from
my toes to my knees, and can hards
ly meander across the room, but
am always interested in the mar
riages of our young people. II is
the most serious business in this life,
and II the peril Of IL was known be-
forehand many of the young people
would hesitate to make the change.
The chains Of matrimony and the
bonds Of marriage are the right
words When men make partner
ship they can't get along well II they
are unlike in disposition, or in moral
principle or in business ways, but
they can dissolve and separate NJ
i pleasure and try another man. 4
man and his wife ought to be alike IN
almost everything. In some things
folks like their oppostes thcil
countcrpnrts. A man with blue eyes
goes distracted over pretty gil
with hazel eyesI did, and I'm dis.
traated yet when ] loot, into them.
though I've been doing that for 81
years. But in mental and emotional
qualities and in tastes and habits Gno
politics and religion they should class
together.
/ never made any mistake about
my choice Of a partner for the dance
of life, but I've thought of il {
thousand times that If Mrs. Arp hat
| known loved Goldfish and got up by
daybreak every morning, she never
would have had me. II was nip ant
tuck TO get her, anyhow, and tha'
would have been the feather Il
break the camcl's back Well, In
mortal glad she didn't know II
though ] am free to say that If ] hat
known she slept until the seeon,
ringing Of the first bell for breal,
fast and was fond of raw oysters, !
would have had a dampening effec
upon my ardor for a few minutes
only few. But | have seen som'
mighty clever people eat oysters raw
and sleep late in the morning. Bn
still man and his wife can harmon
ize and compromise good many q
these things, and IL is beautiful II
lustration of this TO see Mrs. Arl
cooking Goldfish for me and fixing !
all up 80 nice with eggs and cream
and il is touching evidence Of III,
undying devotion 10 her TO see N
wandering about the house lionel
and forlorn every morning for al
hour or two, and forbidding even th
eat to walk heavily while she sleeps
That Goldfish business comes to IN
honestly from my fathers side, an
my mother put up with IL like
good, considerate wife, and we chi
dren grew up with an idea that
was good. I've heard of youn
couple who got married and wen
off to Augusta on a tour, and th
feller stuck his fork into codfis
ball and took bite. He choked
down like hero, and when his bt
loved asked him what was the mat
ter, replied: "Don't say anythin
about it, Mandy, but as sure as yo
are born there is something dead !
> the bread"
, Well, we can make compromise
about all such things as habits an
tastes, but there are some thing
that won't compromise worth cen
II a girl has been brought up I
have a good deal of freedom, an
thinks IL no harm to go waltzin
around with every gay Lothario VIII