Josh Billings On Marriage

History holds lts tongue aa to who the pair were who first put on tho silken harnees, and promisod to work kindly in it throngh thick and thin, up liill and down, and on the level, ewim, drown or float Butwhoever they were they must have made a good thing of it, or 80 many oí tlieir posterity would not have harneesed up since and drove out. But there ain't but few folks who put their money in matrimony who could set down and give a good written opinión why on earth they eame to do it. Some marry for love, without a cent in their pockets, nor a friend in the world, nor a drop of pedigree. Thia looks desperate, but it is the strength of the game. If marrying for love ain't a succesa, then matrimony is a dead beat. Some marry because they think women how the erop holds out. Some marry to get lid of themeelres, and discover that the game was 0110 that two could play at, and neither win. Some marry a eecond timo to get even, and find it a gambling game - the more they put down the less they take up. I Some marry to be happy, and missing it, wonder where all the happiness goes to when it dies. Some marry they ean't teil why, and live they can't teil how.