MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 1885, 11 May 1878, Page 5 (Supplement)

MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

The Detroit Era writes :—: — What a clear case of unadulterated love ami Platonic affection was that which marked tho union of our first parents in tho bonds of wedlock. There were no " first families" to form an alliance with, no dowries to be settled, no prospective mothers-in-law to bo propitiated. Happy Adam ! Tin ice Happy Eve 1 Roadors, did you ever contemplate tho poverty of the pair, when they took each other" for bettor 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 ahes to his feet, " nary a red cent" in his trousers pocket, for ho hid no trousers. What a broad grin must hfcve spread over his face as he took \ni young bride by the hand and exclaimed, in tho language of tho episcopal marriage service, " with all my worldly goods I thee endow." But it was not for Eve to say very much. She bi ought her husband no dowry. She hud no tiling to bestow but love and affection, and not much of that, for her acquaintance with the young mau was very limited ; but as he was the only fellow 'round, it was him or nobody. So she took him. Equally as poor ns her husband, she cume to him without a bonnet or shawl, nay without a rag to her back. Thoy must have had a novol wedding trip, but of this Moses in writing their early history has not seen fit to inform us. Of one thing wo may rest assured, that there wero no " Sara — togas" to care for, no shawls, watei proofs, or, lunch baskets to look after, no pint flasks to keep track of. A bunch of j fig leaves, merely for a change of wardrobe to suffice till their return home, constituted their baggago 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 Gain and Abel ? They must have had a hard time wrestling with the colic, whooping cou»h, and cutting their teeth. But with all their poverty and lack of tho comforts of life, including a piano, sewing machine, cook stove tradition informs us they were happy. They had no gossiping neighbours that thoy stood in awe of no burglars breaking in and stealing Adam's gold lever and his wife's necklace and bracelets. There was no reason why thpy shouldn't have been an amiable couple, and have had a good time generally. They washed their clothes doubtless by a dive into tho Euphrates ; and there being no clothes line in the family their clothes wero allowed to dry' upon their backs. And Adam didn't care a "continental" whether his nhirt bosom was smooth or ruffled, and Evo was totally indifferent as to whether her hair was in curl papers or not when her husband came home in the evening to tea. Supremely

blessed in the possession of each other's undivided affection, they could sing. "Oh ! happy day that fixed our choico !"