Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-01-28
From The Lycoming Gazette.
POPPING THE QUESTION
A SHORT CHAPTER FOR THE YOUNG,


The following note, addressed to Lieutenant
Wallace, was inserted in the Harrisburg Tele.
graph, of the 9th inst Read it carefully;
"HARRisBuRs, Nov. 2, 1S42.
LIEUTENANT Wallace by Publishing the
following Advice to young men. accompanied
by your comments upon it, you would much o.
bhge ore of your readers 1 think know your
sentiments too well, 10 suppose that you con-
cur with the Star A woman Of worth will
not, however warmly she may love, bestow her
hand upon man unsought and at times for
the purpose of testing the sincerity of that love
which seeks her hand, she may seem to refuse,
though her heart reproaches her for so doing.
Is not woman under such circumstances en-
cusable and would 'ncta man who truly loved
renew his suit Men are altogether too SEN
s,ive on this point, and appear perfectly dis
heartened at the least obstacle that opposes
them. They consider the 'sack'--as they
term 1.-THE worst thing in the world, and no
sooner do they hear Of 1t, than they instantly
give up in despair, or turn upon their heels,
crying .Fpe coiched IT, Tue ccichedu.'
Should you be unable to come to conclu.
sion upon it, be good enough to refer it to your
cousin of the Iycoming Gazette.
With the greatest respect for you, &c
MARIA"
Suboined is the "Advice" alluded To- 1t is
copied from the Richmond Star;
a, = l.,~ "A
she says no. don't for gracious sake ask her
again. Ifyou do, she might twit you about it,
whenyou growl because the toast rs burned
| and the coffee isn't. Take our word for it, if
| you aint worth swapping up, reasonably quick,
| YOU had better open shop at some other place.
We know it strains ones gizzard, awfully, TO
want pretty lump of human flesh, for which
the spirit burns-but then, hang it man, you
must grin and endure it. if she don't sigh right
off when you squeeze her fist, and blush, ver-
million deep, her stammering consent. Beg a
man to give you a cast-etf shirt but neper beg
woman to pick you up, like an old stick.
Don't 60 in for compassion-but strike for the
hearing, wheeling, glorious, exiatic delight Of
true Love, and not a peg less.-Thems our re-
marks on the subject" .......
The Harrisburg Telegraph comments on the
above after this fashion:
ave fully concur with the fair MARIA that
| Corporal Streeter, of the Star is wrong-and
that woman that jumps at the offer, as i: II
was the first and the last chance she expected
| H.
the pleasure he would realize from a hard
chase. Also, if a gentleman gives aP the suit
upon being rebuffed, by a hesitating, unwilling
refusal, he is not worthy Of the hand and heart
ofa spirited, sensible woman. But our judg
ment is fallible, and we turn the subject ovel
to the serious consideration of Colonel Carter
of the Lycoming Gazette, agreeing to take hi
Judgment as law ncontrovertible on this point
Our experience has been quite too limited t
set our Judgment Oh such question
AS this important subject is left to our seri
Gus consideraton-no appeal to be taken-w,
shall treat it with all the dignity and delicac,
it demands.
Girls are queer little animals-sngels, W
intended to have said and we love err all, i
spite of their faults, folly, and fli,ting. w
have popped the question" at least a dozc
times and dozen times have we been r,
fused, These frequent reverses have not CT
gendered feeling css despair and, strange q
1t may sonnd, We are on as good terms with ou
se!' as ever. We rather attribute this wal
Noi Success to a want of taste and di.cernmeI
on the part of certain fair ones and dark {
the prospect now is, We entertain faint hop
that perhaps at some distant, distant day, "
may yet WOO and win some young, middle age
or even old lady, worthy of our small means b.
extensive prospects; worthy ofour high stan
ing, (six feet in our socks,) and worthy of tho
graces of mind and person, which we are su
posed by many to possess. But this is an eI
sode-only INDUCED in, to show our dear M
rie," that the decision of this momentous que
ton has been left to a person who has b
some experience in the wayward, s'rang
queer, puzzlng, provoking, Perplesing, lncol
prehensible, and capricious ways of lovely
man! Now, TO the text.
Ifa gentleman should meet with rePulse
arefusal-it ia wholly and solely his own tau
1t is in his power to ascertain the state of
lady's feelings, before he "unbosoms' himst
But how! Of course, she will never MAKE
tender confession in tender words or tenC
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