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| Yer COntra,-The following is from
BIackwood's Magazine, written probably,
by some disappointed swain:


Marrage--Look at the great mass OF
marriages that take place over the whole
world !! what poor contemplate affairs
they are. few soft looks, a walk, a
dance, squeeze Of the hand, popping of
the question, u purchasing of certain
number OF yards Of white satin, a ring, a
clergyman, a stage or two in hired car
riage, a night in country inn, and the
whole matter is over. For five or six
weeks two sheepish looking persons are
seen daggIlng on each others arm, look.
ing at water falls, or making morning
calls, and guzzling wine and cakes then
every thing falls into the most monoton.
Gus routine the wife sits on ono side Of
The hearth, the husband on the other, and
little quarrels, little pleasures, little cares,
and little children, gradually gathering
around them. This is what ninety nine
out of a hundred find to be the delights of
matrlmony.