Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1875 — Page 7

Jewish Marriages.

The season of the year selected by all classes of Jews as the-most auspicious period for marriage is that which precedes the great Jewish festivals. The majority of marriages therefore take place before the Feast of Passover and the New Year respectively. Jewish marriages as a rule are not the result of actual acquaintance existing between the contracting parties; love is in many cases considered quite a secondary consideration. Match-making is largely indulged in; in fact, there are Jews whose sole profession is that of matrimonial agent. They are well known in the Israelitish world, and their clients are numerous. They cultivate everybody’s friendship, and are welcome visitors in all families in which there is_ a goodly number of daughters. On discovering a suitable bride for an eager Benedict their labors are rewarded on both sides according to the worldly means of the people,,whom they have served. A young lacly and gentleman being matched, courtship immediately commences, and the happy man is expected to visit “his intended” every evening previous to the auspicious event. He takes her to the theaters and other places of amusement. The Jewish “engaged young man” is generally a most exemplary character; he pays his fiancee every attention, and, while he is most ardent in his devotion, he is exceedingly circumspect in his behavior. On the Sabbath preceding the joyful event (Jewish marriages generally take place on Wednesday) the family of the bride and bridegroom assemble at the house of the former for the purpose of “ sitting for joy.” Visitors attend in large numbers to drink the health of the happy pair and to offer them their congratulations. The friends and visitors, in most cases, prolong their stay till very late in the evening, and card-play-ing is large.y indulged in, the happy man and his future wife displaying an interest in 100 or whist, as the case may be, which is altogether astonishing seeing how hear ds the long-wished-for event. The Israelite looks upon marriage as a part of his duty, and he proceeds to contract it in a most practical and businesslike way. Very little trembling, confusion or bashfulness characterizes his attempt at explaining the object or his intentions if the match is not arranged. He offers himself to the lady of his heart as though he were about to conduct a mercantile transaction. But this coolness is not indicative of want of affection, for it has been proved that Jewish husbands are, taking class for class, far more affectionate and faithful to their wives than the members of any other religious denomination. A Jewish divorce case is a rare event, and w r e never read in the police reports of an Israelite convicted for beating his wife. The merit, perhaps, is not all on the part of the husband, for Jewish women are. gifted with natures which do n6t admit of their being easily trampled on or illused. On the day of the wedding the bride and bridegroom are not permitted to partake of being enforced as a punishment iof sins of omission or commission. Previous to the ceremony the fathers of the lady and gentleman, and the male friends of both, assemble at the house of the bridegroom, and the ladies meet at the residence of the bride. The happy couple are then conducted to the synagogue by their respective suites. As Christian readers are not well acquainted with Jewish marriage customs, the following account of a particular ceremony may be of some interest to them: On the occasion alluded to the doom of the synagogue were besieged by a large throng of Jewesses who were eager to gain admission, but, the ladies’ gallery being already full, the officials refused to admit any more. With some difficulty we contrived to gain admission into the synagogue, a handsome and commodious building, richly ornamented. In the center was a raised platform surrounded by rails and on it lounged a couple of officials. At the end of the synagogue and facing the doors was the Holy Ark, in which the scrolls of the law are deposited. The reverend the chief Rabbi stood in his pew -with his face to the Ark, evidently engaged in prayer, and near him sat the two ministers of the synagogue attired in long alpaca gowns and high clerical hats. The chief Rabbi was dressed in a flowing velvet gown and a stiff cap of the same material. A large number of men were standing about the synagogue, many of whom took up their position in it for several hours for the purpose of witnessing all the marriage ceremonies. No marriage can be solemnized unless ten men are present, that number being requisite to form a synagogical quorum.

In a small, curtained pew were deposited four or five young ladies who were severally destined to become the wives of the same number of young men who were seated on a bench near the Holy Ark. The necessary preparations for the ceremony having been satisfactorily concluded by the beadles, who ever and anon flew up and down the aisles with startling rapidity, the chief Rabbi and the two ministers, and*th.e bride and the bridegroom, accompanied by their parents, advanced, and took their positien beneath a silken canopy which was supported by four posts, upheld by the friends of the party. One of the clerical gentlemen then asked the happy man for the bridal ring, and asked him whether it was his own, and if it were gold, and, having had both questions answered in the affirmative, returned it with thanks. Another minister then intoned in a splendid tenor voice a short prayer in Hebrew, which, having read the translation, \tfe found not at all pertinent to the occasion, and might be read with just as much appropriateness at a funeral as at a marriage. The Rabbi then addressed the bride and bridegroom in the English language, and irhpressed upon them the importance and holiness of the bond he was about to form. He told them that marriage was a union which existed not for one year, nor for ten years, but forever. He urged upon the lady the turning her attention to domestic affairs, and spoke of her influence at home, where it would be paramount. To the young man he gave much sage counsel touching the responsibility heHncurred in taking to himself a tvife; he asked him to study the law of the Israelites, and to adhere strictly to those enactments prescribed by the Jewish law given by Moses. A glass of wine was then handed to the Rabbi, who pronounced a blessing over it, and it was then given to the bride and her future partner, who both tasted it. A psalm was then sung by the min--ister of the musical voice, and inline--, diately afterward the ring was plated on the forefinger of the'bride bride groom, who muttered a few words in Hebrew- to the effect that the lady was married to him according to the laws

of Moses and alk Israel. A glass was then put on the ground, and this the husband dashed to pieces by stamping upon it, amid cries of “ Muzzletoun” (Good luck) from the by-standers. The Rabbi then commenced reading in a sing-song tone a rather lengthy document, which the husband subsequently signed. The paper in question was a species of marriage settlement, in which it is added that the bridegroom promises to devote to the use of his wife several hundred dollars. This-document is a mere farce, as it is not expected that any such settlement will take place, inasmuch as in eleven cases out of twelve the circumstances of the husband render him capable only of just maintaining his wife and nothing more. In fact, the Jews themselves are ordinarily ignorant of the contents or signification of the paper, which is an accessory to the Jewish marriage ceremony more honored on account of its antiquity than on account of its use. As has been shown, the Jewish marriage rites are of a very simple character and do not, indeed, occupy more than ten or fifteen minutes in performance. Neither the bride nor bridegroom has to answer any question relative to their willingness “to take” each other, their presence being sufficiently indicative of the fact. The solemnization being completed, the wedding party adjourn to breakfast, and the festivities during the day are generally of a very liberal character. A Jewish divorce case, as we have already said, is a great rarity, but separations between husband and wife are nevertheless of frequent occurrence in the Polish section of the Jewish community. Should a woman not exhibit a capacity of well managing the household, or display a bad temper, the husband notes on a slip of paper a few words describing his intention of leaving her forever. The American chief Rabbi will not countenance such proceedings, but in Poland divorces of this character are of daily occurrence.—lF. P. Morras, in Chicago Advance.

Health and Comfort in House Building.

Among oifr readers in country and village are many who propose building residences this season. The best advice which can be given in many cases where this is proposed is that a competent architect be employed and that his directions be followed. Some things. are so often neglected by those building that a few suggestions may do good, even if they be of the kind which suggests the remark, “Everybody knows that.” On many farms the location of the residence is determined by the water supply. Water is a good thing, but it is coming to be understood that in the wrong place it is a very bad thing. Dry earth is healthful; it absorbs unpleasant odors and bad gases. Wet earth gives oht these things. Many diseases have their cause in malarial vapors arising from stagnant water. Hence the first suggestion we make is 1 that, if the spot selected is not by nature so fixed as to do this, it should be so graded that water will not remain near the house, especially not under it. The eaves should be troughed, and even a very little banking of earth against the foundations will do much good. It is also especially important that grading be done about the well so that the surface water may run from rather than to and into it. Cellars should be well drained and well ventilated, especially if they are used for storing vegetables. It is beyol%. doubt that sickness is frequently caused by the dampness and bad odors arising from cellars. This is so true that there is much force in the suggestion that the cellar should be made outside of the house, at least not under the parts usual 7 ly occupied. Ordinarily the house that is warmest in winter is coolest and mo?t comfortable in summer. Where little money can be spent some things which would add to comfort cannot be afforded, but often a saving in the first cost is poor economy, as the increased expenditure in the course of years may far exceed the cost of the things omitted. In wooden houses it is important that special care be taken to prevent ingress of the extreme cold or heat. The use of building paper is a great help at small cost. It will pay well to use it not only on the sides but under the floors and roofs of houses. Windows and doors should be made to fit and the wide opening under the baseboard so often found should be avoided if possible. -? Ventilation is very generally neglected. Many intelligent people seem to believe that the purity of the air is determined by its temperature; that cold air is necessarily pure. Almost everybody admits that “ fresh air” is desirable in hot weather or in a too warm room, but very bad air is tolerated, perhaps unnoticed, if it be only cool. Ventilation is secured in a room with many cracks and loosely-fitted doors and windows, but in an expensive and undesirable way. Currents of cold air flowing on the Hoof are very bad for the health and often cause unnoticed suffering on the part of small children. In an ordinary house, lying on the floor in winter by a grown person soon shows how uncomfortable it is, yet the children creep and lie there unnoticed. So direct drafts are to be avoided. It is better to have the room so it can be made nearly air-tight and admit air and allow it to escape by openings controlled at pleasure. In every case where it is practicable, a room should have windows on two sides, otherwise perfect. ventilation Is very difficult unless special apparatus is supplied. The windows should extend to within a foot of the ceiling, which should never be less thau eight feet from the floor, and better ten, and should always let down from the top as well as raise from the bottom. One of the simplest and cheapest contrivances for ventilation in winter of which we know is to introduce fresh air through a tin or wooden pipe under the floor, coming up at the stove, and extending up beside it and the stove-pipe to the lieigbk°f, say, six * eet - The air is warmed as it passes up, and the tendency is to have the air pass out, instead of in, at the cracks and openings. Shade trees near the house are exceedingly desirable, but they should not be too close to the house nor too thickly planted. Sunlight and fresh air should not be excluded even to secure shade. Thick hanging vines on the walls are also to be avoided.- Western Rural. . A short time sincA two or three score of young girls at -work in. the cotton mills in Allegheny struck, and retired to a board pile in the neighborhood. They were let alone, and the next morning all were at work again. The Coates thread manufacturers of Scotland have about $1 000,000 invested In mills between Pawtucket and Central Falls, R. I. *

Putting to Rights.

It is not the moving so much as the “ putting to rights” which is so exhaustive to the nervous forces of the entire family. This is due, in a great measure, to the carelessness in moving. When a man has got a great deal to do and little time to do it in he takes no thought for the future. He throws a half a dozen screws into a barrel with an idea that they will turn up all right when he wants them. The main pbject is to get them in some place now. So when he comes to put up the curtain fixtures in theipew house and finds the ingredients in a mass of confusion it is simply because he took them down that way and cared only for the present case, without any regard to future convenience. In putting up the pictures the nails are found in the bottom of a bureau drawer under a pile of towels, and the hammer is at the bottom of a barrel of stove-pipe in the cellar. Sometimes an hour is consumed in searching for a single stove-leg. The bread is found rolled up "in carpet in an upper bed-room, the coffee-pot tied up in the bedding, the sugar in a pile of carpet-rags, the tea canister in the scuttle under the flat-irons, the spoons in with a basket of empty medicine bottles, and the table-cloth tied up with a half bushel of tinware. The man does about all the work. The woman goes around with the broom and sweeps up all the soot, and feels of the moldings to see if they have been damaged, and examines the paint to see if it has been marred. She has been up the day before with a hired woman and cleaned the house, and she is very particular about its condition. If she sees a lump of dirt in the hail from the carman’s foot she carefully hoists it upon the dustpan, and says that all she is fit for is to slave ,her life out cleaning, without doing a bit of good, and then goes half way down the garden to thrww the debris away. She is ten minutes doing it, and a man would gave it one kick and send ft out doors in an instant. When she ain’t tumbling over the wrong articles, or misplacing the right ones, she is close at his heels giving advice, and asking him if he thinks a woman is made of cast-iron. When he puts down the carpet she stands on the breadth he is trying to stretch, and tells him she belieyes she will * drop dead in her tracks if she don’t get a chance to sit down pretty soon. Sometimes she is gone from sight for nearly half an hour, and the distant sounds of a hammer are heard. When she returns she has another finger in a rag, and smells stronger than ever of arnica. Then, when the bureau is being moved and her husband is struggling under his share till every muscle in his body is as stiff as steel and his face like a beet, and his eyes protruding, and the ends of his fingers aching most acutely, she is around again. They are going over the best carpet and she hastens back to him because his boots are muddy and with a show of dexterity tries to get a length of old rag carpet over the new in the way he is backing, and his feet catch in it, and he yells, and then he stumbles and yells again, and catches himself only to stumble once more and come down with the bureau on top of him and the carman on top ot the bureau. Then he jumps up and makes the most extraordinary statement at the top of his voice, and the carman limps around with his countenance full of reproach and she says she has always lived in a hog-pen and always expects to; and then goes to the next house to have a good crying spell and a cup of tea. — Danbury News. Concerning the coal strike and the supply of fuel in Philadelphia a correspondent says: “ Here we have the largest manufacturing city in the world with positively no more than three weeks’ supply of coal on hand, even for household uses. From the interior the most reliable information exists that few if any of the furnaces and other iron works have any fuel, even for present uses, while their previous production has been seriously interfered with.”

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DO YOUR OWN PRINTINC! jrWOVELTY JS'JM PRINTING- PRESS. For Professional and Amateor B«IM Printers, Schools, (Societies, Manm ufacturers, Merchants, and others it la SSilßffl the BEST ever invented. - 1:1.000 in use. SNBfiHftiTen styles, Prices from $5.00 to $150.00 IHlllSl BEN J. O. WOODS & CO. Maaufrs and MulilssinS dealers in all kinds of Printing Material, Send stamp for Catalogue.) 49 Federal St. Boston. n The ELASTIC TRUSS and supporter is Mm « r A o .now superseding all ■H -BLAB TIC IV others, being adopted T B U S S H* everywhere by the leadVwj, . lng physicians, surgeons, druggists,army and navy, n hospitals, gymnasiums, » m e tc., etc. ah. w w J The success and universal satisfaction they have given, a* well as the great number of radical cures they have effected, has demonstrated the fact that rupture can he surely cured without suffering or annoyance, and Without the danger of incurring Spinal Disease or Paralysis, often caused by the severe pressure of Metal Trusses and Supporters. It is the only sure cure for Hernia, as it is the only Truss in use that will hold the rupture securely in all positions in which the body can be placed. It will perform radical' cvres when all others fail. It can be worn with ease and comfort when no spring truss can be used. When once adjusted, no motion of the body or accident can displace it. These instruments have the unqualified approval of the most eminent practitioners la the profession. From the numerous testimonials In our possession we append'the following: “After the experience of months, patients testify strongly to its efficacy, as well as to the ease and freedom from Inconvenience with which the instrument is worn. With superior advantages, the Elastic Truss possesses in a high degree ALL requisites and qualifications claimed for other Inventions. I have no hesitation in regarding It as an Important means for the relief and cure of Hernia. “J. M. CARNOCHAN.M. D., “Ex-Health Officer of the Port of New York, Bur-geon-ln-Chief of New York State Hospital,” etc.,etc. Geo. V. Hors*, M. D., Bup’t ElasticTrusa Co.: Dear Air—After suffering forthirtyyears.ln myown person, from the use of every form of Metallic Truss procurable in this country and In Europe, I, two years ago, applied your Elastic Truss, and since that tfine I have experienced comfort and satisfaction, and been taught the truth, that the Elastic Truss is the only instrument that should be used for the relief and cure of Hernia, and now, after more than thirty years’ continuous practice, and having adjusted many hundreds of Trusses (and for the last twenty months yours exclusively), I gratefully declare It to be my deliberate opinion that your Elastic Truss Is the only one entitled to the confidence of the public* that elasticity is the only power at all adapted to the requirements of a Truss or Supporter, and am convinced that your Elastic Truss actually cures a large proportion of all cas*s to which it is applied, not only among children, bufln numerous cases within my own knowledge of patients from 50 t 075 years of age. H. BURNHAM, M. D., Prof, of Anatomy andjiurgery, N. Y. E. Med. College. Beware of cheap and worthless Imitation Elastic Trusses, which some parties advertise and sell, fraudulently representing that they are manufactured by the Elastic Truss Co. These Trusses are sent by mail to all parts of the country. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Before purchasing any other, write for Descriptive Circular ( fkkb) to the ELASTIC TRUSS CO., 683 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.’S “Yitator’’ Tlreslier. The BRILLIANT SUCCESS of this GrainSaving, Time-Saving THRESHER is un precedented In the annals of Farm Machinery. In a brief period It has become widely known and FULLY ESTABLISHED aa the “ LEADING THRESHING MACHINE.” avr.“ GRAIN-RAISER* REFUSE to submit to the wasteful and imperfect work of other Threshers, when posted on the cast superiority of this one for saving grain, saving time and doing mat, thorough and economical wor . THKESHERSES FIND IT highly advantageous to run a machine that has no “Beaters," “ Pickers," or “Apron;” that handles Damp Grain. Long Straw, Headings, Flax, Timothy, Millet and all such difficult grain and seedvwith ENTIRE EASE AND EFFECTIVENESS. Cleans to perfection; saves the farmer his thresh-bill by extra saving of grain; makes no “litterings;” requires LESS THAN ONEHALF the usual Belts, Boxes, Journals and Gears; easier managed; less repairs one that grain-raisers prefer to employ and wait for, even at advanced price*, while other machines are “ out of Jobs " * Four sixes made, with 6,8, 10 and 12 Horae “ Mounted” Powe-i, also a specialty of Separators' “ alone,” expressly for STEAM POWER, and to matrix other Horae Powers. If interested in grain-raising or threshing, write for Illustrated Circulars («<at free), with full particulars Of sixes, styles, prices, terms, etc. NICHOLS. SHEPARD A CO.. Battle Creek. Michigan.

jg|| Dr. J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use if Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, “What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Fitters?” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the grea' blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Yinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonie, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritions, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alterative. and Anti-Bilious. R. H. MCDONALD & CO.. Druggists and Gen. Agts.. San Francisco. California, and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sta.. N. Y Sold by-all Druggist* and Dealer*.

iuti:igflMnaiWi.«Wll VANBUSKIM’S fRAGRANf. AND INVIGORATES AND HARDENS THE GUMS I It imparts a delightfully refreshing taste and feeling to the mouth, removing all TARTAR and SCURF from the teeth, completely arresting the progress of decay, and whitening such parts as have bedome black by decay. IMPURE BREATH caused by Bad Teeth, Tobacco, Spirits, or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily use of SOZODONT It is as harmless as water. Bold by Druggists and Dealers in Fancy Goods. One bottle will last six months.

branch offices and factories: 606 WEST ST., - - New York. No. 210 South Third St., St. Louis, Mo. No. 83 West Van Buren St., Chicago, ill. Any Shade from Pure White to Jet Black. A combination of the purest paint with Indl. Rubber, forming a smooth, glossy, firm. Durable, elastic amIBEAUTiFUL Paint, unaffected by change of temperature, is perfectly water-proof, and adapted to all classes of work, and is in everyway abetter paint for either inside or outside painting than any other paint in the world. Being from one-third to one-fourth cheaper and lasting at least three times as long as the best lead and oil paint*. , Be Sire that Oar TRADE MASK (t tke simile of which 1* give* above), is on every package. Prepared ready for use and sold by the gallon only. There has never been a Paint offered the public that has become so popular (in the same time) and given a* perfect satisfaction as the Robber Paint. IlflllCC cheap" HUlvlEv CASH. We mean Home Setting Machines. enlarge discounts for cash. Machines sent on trial to any part of the country at our expense if not accepted. Send for latest circulars and terms to JOHXSON'y CLARK & CO., Oenl Ae’ts V. S. A., CHICAGO, ILL, DRUGGISTS,! jjSSSftS DYERS, hjg§f TAILORS, FAMILIES. express charges or guarantee ors aaine from Express Ag’t : Address W.M. Halloc k. T'Jdaekson-at., Chicago. UAUf HI) ff wr&)K£ Hair Grow, Ottawa ■■ W H H Beer Roots Waterproof, Yeast Send tO cent, for either receipt or the lO for AO rwwSg PKRRY ft OO', P.0.80x 2321 or SlS'Broadway, NY A. N. K. , 509-17. KT B Bi*S»m»Si«Sgi3SE For sale by A. N. Knupeo, 77 Jackson St, Chicago.