MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 901, 2 April 1878, Page 2

MARRIAGE OF ADAM AND EVE.

The 'Detroit Eva' writes :— What a clear case of unadulterated love and platonic affection was that which' marked ihO u#icn of our first parents m the bonds' of wedlock. There were no * first families' to form an alliance with, no dowries to be settled, no prospective mother-in-law to be propitiated. Happy Adam! Thrice happy Eve ! Headers, did you ever contemplate the poverty of fch# pair when they took each other "for better, for worse, fur richer, for 'poorer ?' ", Only think of it? Adam bad not a hat to his bead, a co-it to his back, a puir of

shoes to his feofc, 'nary a red cent' m his trousers pockets, for he had no trousers. What a broad <ma must have spread over his fasfe&ho took Jus young bride b/the hand and exclaimed, ia the 4|ords of the episcopal marriage aervice, < with all- my wordly goods I thee endow. 1 Bat it was not for Eve to say very much. She brought her husband no dowry. She had nothing to bestow but love and affection, and not much of that, for her acquaintance with the young man was very limited ; but, as he was the only fellow round, it was him or 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 m writing their early history had not seen fit to inform us. Of one thing we may rest assured, that there were no 1 Saratogas' to care for, no shawls, w.terproofs, 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, consti- | tuted their baggage. They must ha ire 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. p oor Gain and Abel ! They must have had a hard tune wrestling with the colic, whooping cough, and cutting their first teeth. But vviih all their poverty*' and lack of the comforts of life, including a piano, sewing machine, and cooit stove, tradition informs us that they were happy and took pleasure m each others society. They had no gossiping neighbors that they stood m awe of, and on lying down at night bad no fear of burglars breaking m and stealing Adam's gold lever aril his wife's necklace and bracelets. There was no reason why they shouldn't have been an amiable couple, and have had a good time generally. They washed their clothes doubtless by a • live in.p the Euphrates ; aud there being no cloihes linf m the family their clothes were allowed to dry> upon their backs. And Adam did'nt care a ' continental whether bis shirt bosom was .smooth or ruffled, and Eve- was totally indifferent as to whether her hair was m curl papers or not when her husband caiuo home m the evening to tea. Supremely blessed m the possession of each other's undivided affection, tbey cuukl but sing, 'Oh! happy day that fixocl our choice !'