Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-07-14
Matrimonial Advertising.

We find few things, says the Boston Post, more anu
sing in newspapers than the incongruous admixture
of business and sentiment love and lucre, innocence
and impudence which form the staple of 'matrimo,
NAL" advertisements. We have several of these
choice specimens of modern literature' before US
The first is the advertisement of ga young gentle
man twenty-five years of age, doing business in New
York who wishes to form a matrimonial alliance with
young lady not over sixteen years of age. She
must be pretty we'll developed of undoubed respec-
liability" &C., &c. Modest young man, isn't he =
"Not over sxteen"-nor under ten, we suppose
"Pretty' of course. The particular point of deyel
opment" is not specified he may allude to the bust
Chat she may not die prematurely of consumption
probably not to the ANGLE and certainly not to the
brain-any young lady who has the good fortune 10
be " we'll developed" in that region not being likely
TO be caught by matrimonial advertisement VINO
the young gentleman may be he does not state, being
doubtless too modest to give inventory of his own
charms. We onl y learn that he "is doing business
in New York; but as several sorts of business are
done in that vlage-some of which are not 50 repu'
table as they might be-we can't say that it throws
any light on his character estate. The reason
which the young gentleman assigns for "adopnnS
this mode of obtaining partner" is that che does
not find lady possessing the above republics in his
present circle of female acquaintance Very Ike
ly. Ladies, with all the charms of Helen 'not over
SIXTEEN, and of "undoubted responsibility, are PROB
ably sufficiently scarce in such "crces as our young
gentleman would be very likely to visit.
Inc next advertiser IS thirty years OF age Il
qures all the cardinal virtues and most of the grac
butt quite literally, fixes the maximum Of the LADY
age at twenty-five" AS he assures US he Is 81
good character and progressing appearance we
like him good deal better than the other young
gentleman. That he is rather verdant, however Ii
spite of bis thirty years, is strkngly apparent
Among the requisites of his partner" he denlaogs
that she shall have good conversational powers.
Think of that, Master Brook AS if all ladies no'
born dumb had not sufficient powers in that Il ar
Capital! He concludes by saying, that " ha' 60,
money enough of his own, he is not particular ~
Good. His motto clearly is, "d--n the expense,
and we wish him all the luck he deserves. Inc ltA
advertisement is that of marriage broker M"D
heads his announcement with g marriage made ea:!
Here now is the valuable man To make marrilS'
easy is desideratum very pressing in many la,J
lilies, that Mr.. RondouEt Chats his namel shoII'
have as much he can do from morning I'LL hsn
uneasy marriage are, unhappily, very c cS1
that he can have no lack of employment. VIVA:
world of pickering, and hair pulling and dlVofV ro
he will prevent. Success to Mr.. Rondoubt' say w
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