The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-25


lurtheT particulars by addressing A. B. @.
box 55, Post Office"
This document being considered on tn,
whole sufficiently explicit. | carried il mex
morning to the Office Of daily paper.
A friend Of mine" said not caring &
identify myself with the Gentleman in Searel
Of Wife, wishes this advertisement inserted
IN your paper How many times viii It prob
ably be necessary TO insert il ?"
Three times said the clerk, "will b.
amply sufficient That sort Of advertisement.
he added, smiling Significantly, never fail.
TO receive early attention"
| had resolved not to open any letters until
the end Of the three days on which the ad.
yertisement would appear | sent to the Of.
fee three times a-day. and never failed to re.
ceive letter for A. Il. G..
On the third evening. when Fred and |
sat down 70 examine the pilo which had accu
mulated in my letter case, he counted forty-
Sercn
Didn't tell you Dobbs." said Fred,
laughing. that there was still chance for
you? And now let Us plunge INTO the midst
ofthings. for we have nights work before Us /"
II was a motley collection-no less various
in outward appearance than in the character
Of the contents. Some were enclosed IN en-
vclopes. others without Some Of the former
were on delicate cream-laid paper, othcrs.were
written on a single half.sheet Of common letter
paper, and enclosed in a brown envelope
Some we're scaled with a wafer, pressed by a
thimble. others. those Of greater pretcnsions,
were fastened with sealing.wax. or with small
motto-seals, with various devices and nscrip-
tions | recollect few, as WHOLLY thine.
Faithful till death, We are one, . For
get me not" etc. Then for devices, there
was a pair Of clasped hands, heart pierced
with darts. and others Of the same character.
Some Of these letters we're irresistibly lu-
dicrous. One, | recoliect was from Cali.
fornia widow, who had heard nothing Of her
husband for year. {" As to waiting for him
any longer" she wrote. II don't intend to
do il. Most likely he's dead, but if it should
90 happen, which heaven forbid that he should
return after my second marriage, | have no
doub: he could be persuaded to yield his
GAINS"
There's an afcctionatc wife for you.
said Fred; If he should return, which hea-
ven farbid" Pass that by.
shall Give entire the next letter which
came in brown envelope. and was directed
at the very TOP, to Mr. a. T. G.. Esq, in a
handwriting executed BY fingers plainly more
accustomed to the rolling pin than the quill.
Mr. A. i. c.,
DEAR Sin .-Happening to take up the
newspaper the other day, | saw your adver-
tisement Didn't think much Of it at the
time. After a while, happened to think
you must know that | keep clearinghouse
that if | was married my husband could
look after the marketing and do the carving
for he gentlemen. Now, have to get one
Of them to do it BY boarding him at halEprice.
So, thinks to myself, as this seems 10 be a
proper sort Of gentleman. (udging from the
advertisement you know guess Iii write
and see what he thinks about it, My board I
ing house is No 5 Central street, and should I
be happy to have you come and take dinner
with Us tomorrow The boarlers will not
know that you have come f,r anything partic [
ular, and then you can see how it suits you
Yours to command,
PoLLY STUBBs.
p. S.-Dinner hour at one o'clock precise
ly. Please Be punctual.
Mrs Stubs is a sensible woman" said
Fred, after reading this communication, and
a thorough Yankee. I'll be bound. She looks
at the practical side Of things, she does.
Shall you take dinner at No. 5Ceutral street,"
Not I. never could carve decently, IS
nv Aunt Penelope eau testify. But what
l Il Il f,i.
fumed note, written in a small hand, which
could be deciphered with difficulty. read
as follows:
"DrAR SIN: Or rather, may l not address
YOU as beloved friend! Yes-yes, | will
AWAY with the cold conveutionalites that
would deny me the privilege. Yes, my friend,
there are some characters that we read at
glance. Yours / read in the terms Of your
so modest, so concise, 50 ap-
propriate-"
.iYou must apply that to yourself" inter
rupted I, laughing. for you know. Fred,
you drew up the advertisement. But let me
% on"
- Nv heart IS drawn TO you-I blush not
o confess il, | feel that we we're made for /
,ach other; have long pined for congenial I
piri,-an intimate Of the other sex for whom !
might live, and to whom | might cling with Z
oDd affection. Trusting to hear from you j
re long. remain. {
Yours in the closest friendship. Ii
GEoRGiaSA DALE." ii
81 viii leave Miss Dale to you Fred, as I
he has evidently fallen in love with your i
haractcr and not niue, Hope she won't be i
I
NJ We went through the list. We do not {
ntend 10 frror the reader with the contents G
t the forty-seven. One was from miliner
two from ladies' in reduced circumstances d
even from widows with large families-sev- 2
nteen from professed old maids-the remain b
er we're not explicit upon this point b
One thing noticed in regard to these let a
RS. None Of the ladies' who were over twen- n
! made any allusion TO their age Very few
lade any illusions to property. from which ! a
,ncluded that ladies who possessed share OF i
IL worlds goods found it unnecessary to il
iopt this method Of obtaining husband. :
n =. - many vriters | found it dlihcnlt &