Year: 1873

Married, in New York, Mr.. Alex. Bell and
Miss Sarah Handel


union as appropriate


As snufer to a candle


For what would be the value OF


betl without handel


The lady will remain belle,


Fen when no longer young.


And as she ends Hantel


VIII OF course supply 4 tongue.
They had ocoo1en wedding IN Milwaukee
not long since; Henry Block was married to
Miss Amanda Board.


It is said that young man will give a lock
of his hair to is sweetheart before he unarlroa.
After marriage she generally helps herself.
1t is essential to tho happiness Of welded
life that there should b. nothln5 wrong in
either party. But the re erse is apt TO be the
case, so that the chances OF matrimonial happi-
ness will depend upon tho quality and degree
of right or wrong il both parties 1t is SAID
that in the East, when a maiden is to be ee-
pousud, that the motto. prefers q rich man,
the father learned man, the relatives man
Of high birth, but the bride prefers a handsome
man.



wealth, learning, birth. beauty. Few obtain
all ; the majority secure part only OF what
they are in quest of. But there are many who
valnly fatter themselves with what they have
won, when in reality they have drawn nothing
but sheer blanks in the great lottery-negative
things-in a word helpless delpmdtesl
That many instances OF an infelicitous kind
have occurred cannot be denied, but it is no less
true that In the great majority of cases the
marriage union (not onion) has been productive
of the happiest results. and were its claims al
ways properly appreciated, such beneficent re-
suits would always follow IN i:s train. True it
is, as society ID now constituted, marriage be-
comes somewhat of lottery. for all its votarios
are either the victims of CUPID or Cupld-ity,-
IN either case they arc under the binding in
fuence OF passion, and consequently but little
subject to the control of reason.


Matrimony seems, in one view OF the subject.
to have been invented to build psome families
and to pull others down. Some fortunate in
dlviduals should have candor enough to confess
that they owe every thing to it,-their dinners
and VINE, and their cozy but inglorious laziness.
But under all this display and tlnsel there may
exist suppressed and hidden misery, while
outwardly everything may appear to indicate
content and joy. Matnmony, under these con-
ditions, is not unlike these forests Of sandal
wood in the East, OF which travellers speak,
fragrant with perfume and inviting TO the
senses, but when explored are found to be full
Of noxiCus reptiles and venomous serpents.
Themstocles, the great Athenan general,
being asked whether he would rather choose to
marry his daughter to an INDECENT man OF merit,
or to worthless man Of estate, replied. that
he would prefer man without an estate TO an
estate without man. Happy would it be for
many lady if she had little Of the good
sense that characterized the Athenlan general.
What different picture is presented us by
Gerald Massy, OF his home and happiness in
his sweet poem styled "Aly Wife and l." We
quote part -


We walk not with the jeweld great


Where loves dear name Is sold;


Yet have we wealth We would not give


For all their wealth OF gold


We revel net in corn and wine,


Yet have we from above


Mamma divine then wen not pine,


DO we not live and love?


The lips that kiss till death have turned


Lies water into vine!


Thy sweet life melting thro' thy looks


Hath made my life lune


Al loves dear promise thou hast kept,
Since thou TO le vast given


\ ladder for my soul to climb,


And summer high in heaven!
With the above beautiful quotation we close
this second chapter, only adding, that much
yet remains unsung.' Look out for the next
issue OF the True NoBIHEBNER.


SIGMA.