Brother Garden on Divorce.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 914, 6 September 1889, Page 4

Brother Garden on Divorce.

‘ I obsarve dat de giemi-annqal occashnn fqr pitchin’ into do diyorpe courts is nqvy hand,’' said Brother Gardner, as the mooting Qpqnqd in due and ancient farm, ‘lt has alius struck mo as a mighty moo—’ * thing fur people to *- rguo dat you kin trade a w jjj ck doan > S uit—sell a house you doan’ like—bust up a bizness partnership whidh ar' unpleasant—give awav yer dog an’ pizen yer oat, but you mustn’t part from the husband or wife who is makin’ yer life one of misery. I thank de law dat it was wise enuff to foresee some sartin things, and among ’em de fact dat people would make mistakes in marryin’. It is only natural dat dey should, and when dey do divorce am de easiest way out. If de law refused divorces, elopements and murders would increase 100 per cqnt,

* When you hov tied up two people who truly love, honour, an’ respect each other—who kin bear an’ sacrifice—who can smile in adversity as well as in suushine—you hev done a blessed thiug, an’ airth an’ heaven ar’ de better far it. But when you hev tied up two pussons who argj, bicker, dispute and hate—who see nuffin alike—who kin neither love nor respect, you would hev de heart of Satan to force ’em to continuer sich a life. You couldn't do it. Dar would be murder if no other escape offered. * Au'dar’ am sartin pussins who claim dat divoroo induces laxity of morals. Among all de scandals of the last y’ar hev you seen de name of adi vorced man or woman ? Among all de bad women arrested in a year do you find de name of a divorced woman? It ar’ d 9 wives and gals who suicides—not de divorced wernen. It ar’ de wives and gals arrested fur street walkin’ an’ drunkenness, not ile divorced women. Me an’ my ole woman hev Btood by each other fur nigh onto fifty y’ars, an’ we ar’ gsvino to sail in dc same boat el’ar down to de batik of de dark ribber. We agree. We ar’ fitted fur each other. We think alike, but suppose wo didn’t? Suppose we quarrelled an’ bickered an’ wished each other dead ? De law which would compel us to live together would be an inhuman thing. I ar’ glad ebery time I see dat a divorce has been granted. I wish de eo3t was only $5 and de time reduced to one day. Husbands would hev mo’ respect an’ tenderness fur deir wives—wives mo’ confidence an’ trust in deir husbands. We will now attack de reg’lar programme of bizness.’