MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 197, 19 April 1878, Page 3

MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

The * Detroit Era' writes;— What a clear case of unadulterated love and pi atonic affection was that which marked the union of our first parents in the bonds of wedlock. There were no "first families * to form nn alliance with, no dowries to be settled, no prospective mother-in-law to be propitiated. Happy Adam} Thrice happy Eve I Readers, did you ever contemplate the poverty oi the pair when they took each other " for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer ?" Only think of it ? Adam had not a hat to his head, a coat to his back, a pair of shoes to his feet, " 'nary a red cent *' in his Trousers pockety for he had no trousers. What a broad grin must have spread over his face as he took his young- bride by the hand and exclaimed, in the words of the epis* copal marriage service, " with all my worldly goods I thee endow." But it was not for Eve to say very much. She brought her husband no dowry* She had nothing 1 to bestow but love and affection, and not much of that, for her acquaintance with the young 1 man was very limited ; but, as he was the only fellow 'round, it was him ot nobody* So she took him, Equally as poor as her husband, she came to him without a bonnet or shawl, nay without a rag to her back. They must have had a novel wedding* trip, but of this Moses in writ* ting- their early history had not seen, fit to inform us. Of one thing we may rest assured, that there were no " Saratogas " to care for, no shawls, Waterproofs, or lunch baskets to look after, no pint flasks to keep track of. A bunch of fig leaves, merely for a change of wardrobe to suffice till their return home, constituted their baggage. They must have started housekeeping) too, on a very limited . scale. They hadn't, as far as history informs us, a hair brush, fine comb, tooth-brush, cake of soap, towel, clothes wringer, smoothing iron, nor a bottle of soothing syrup. Poor Cain and Abel ! They must have had a hard time wrestling with the colic, whooping cough,and cutting their first teeth. But with nil their poverty and lack of the comforts of life, including a piano, sewing machine, and cook stove, tradition informs us that *they. were happy and took pleasure in each other's society. They had no gossiping neio-h* bours that they stood in awe of^ and C on lying down at night had no fear of burglars breaking in and stealing Adam's gold lever and his wife's neck* lace and bracelets. There was no rea* son why they shouldn't have been an amiable couple, and have had a good time generally. They washed their clothes, doubtless, by a dive into the Euphrates ; and there being no clothes ling in the family their clothes were allowed to dry upon their backs. And Adam didn't care a "continental" whether his shirt bosom was smooth or ruffled, and Eve was totally indifferent as to whether her hair was ia curl papers or oot when her husband came home in the evening to tea. Supremely blessed in the possession of each other's undivided affection, they could but sing, "Oh ! happy day that fixed our choice l f>