Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1892 — ARODtES ON OLD PROVERBS. [ARTICLE]

ARODtES ON OLD PROVERBS.

A Clever Knflltth Writer Glvet Hli Epigrammatic Views on Marriage. A correspondence has been opened In the pages of the Dally Telegraph on the vexed question of marriage in general, and of English wives In particular. As a bachelor my experience of wives—ln the plural—is extensive, and it is the more desirable, therefore, that I should contribute my share toward the discussion. I have tried to condense the views which I hold upon this subject, and the more important of these will be found in the following distorted proverbs ot> Pall Mall: Marrying is believing. Two’s matrimony and three’s divorce Divorce is the mother-in-law of luventljn. A little matrimony goes a long way. Infidelity begins at home. Put not all your lovers in one basket Everything has an end—marriage has two. . To marry is human, to divorce is divine. Set a wife to catch a wife. A “smart" lover covers a multitude of sins Matrimony breeds contempt A lover in time saves nine. You must go to the divorce court to hear what's news at your home. When a lover preaches beware of your wife. When a woman falls every man calls. Wives of a feather flock together. Every “smart" woman has her day in the box. Home rule often Insures peace with honor. Where there’s a wife there's a way to the court A divorcing man will catch at a straw. It is easy to marry down hill. Wife, life and strife rhyme together, but there is very little reason in either. Marriage is paved with good adventures Yf“at matrimony conceab divorce reveals There are none so wived as those that will not marry. Fine friends make fast wives Borne men marry because they are young, some because they ere old, some because they are busy. Others because they have nothing to da There is but one Valid excuse for marrying—because you want ta