Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — They Were Wed. [ARTICLE]

They Were Wed.

Pretty Miss Polly declared she’d not wed. She'd “rather, yes rather, far rather, be dead. ’Twere better to lie in the cold, cold ' grave Than be some horrid man’s humble slave. A For what is a wife but a slave?’’ she said, “A slave when once she is wed!” Handsome young Harry, too, said he’d not wed. For a wife must be petted and pampered and fed. ’Twere better to. live your life all alone, That your nose may escape the proverbial grindstone, “For a husband is naught but a slave!” he said, “A slave when once he is wed.” As might be expected, this perverse young pair Fell in love at first sight and did straightway declare ’Twere better, far better, they twain should be one Than lonely to sigh and true happiness shun, “For Love is a slave, yes, a slave!” so they said, "Forever a slave,” and they wed. —Chicago Times-Herald.