Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-11-27
From Porter's Spirit of the Times.
COURTING A WIDOW.

Coming to town one day, met a friend
whom had not seen for year. Jones is
an eccentric old bachelor, agreeable enough
if you happen to please him, but ohurlish to
those he don't like.
"Well, Jones'" said l, "what have you
been doing with yourself this summer"
"You would not guess ina year." Jones
was communicative that day. Il have turn
ed out again, and have actually been hunt
ing wife"
Good! l speak to be first groomsman;
you know you promised me, in our college
days.
mot so fas, my friend; l did not say
was going TO be married; and, unless some
body else does the courting for me, don't
know that l shall ever be Benedict. Con-
founG the women! | thought had found an
exception, this time; but they are all alike.
had tempted maidens to matrimony before,
but never widow till now. 1t may relieve
me to tell you the story, if you can have the
patience to listen 10 it,
"I'l hear it with the greatest pleasure"
$50 here is Jones' CoutshP-not Major
Jones, however.)
"You must know" said Jones, "I have
always been fond of lending hand and a
tongue in matchmaking, though Ipever did
any good at it."
"One day friend said to me, come, 60
to town with me; am going to ask young
lady to marry Inc, and want your useful
assistance, as my intended has sister who
plays prOpriety, and must be kept off. Or
course went.
"Now the girls were both rich: it is well
known that we court none but rich girls.
at was hot summer afternoon when we
reached the best hotel in town, and the first
man we met was POGO Mas. POGO was gay;
he acknowledgedhe had been taking smile;
and the first thing he did was to invite us
up to his room to take brandy and ice-water,
which no southerner ever refuses.
"While imbibing, POGO had the inquisi-
tiveness to ask us what we had come to
town for.
81 was always remarkable for my candor,
so answered for my friend Americus.-
We e'have come up 10 court fifty thousand
apiece.
"D-n it! calculated POGO Mas, l can
show one of you three times that amount;
and it's widow, and won't require SO much
courting as a maid.
(Now the nullities, exp!etives, emphat-
les, and almost all southern figures Of fspeech'
are oaths, so I'll not set them down, but let
them be understood.) Show her to me and
I'm in for anything that's out. After TAX
ing coplous notes on three hundred and fifty
thousand, we separated, much satisfied with
ourselves.
"The next morning, as l was driving
with DIR. Doubleyou, in his buggy, l said TO
him:
do you know a widow Blanc, now in
town."
eyes" he answered with animation, sand
she is young, pretty and rich."
"Deauce take it, there aint rich mar
riageable woman in the United States that
you do not find out! How did you hear Of
ber?"
"Never mind! Will you introduce me
to her?"
"This very evening, at o'clock, if you
wish"
Cest conrenu. / had friend who was
going to address her, and l wanted to see
her, more to tease him, than for any seriou:
intentions on my yart, though did not lei
the DR.. know it.
"At the appointed time we found the wild
ow in question: she was charming lady
, smiled like an angel, sang like a syren
, danced like fairy, talked like the murmul
} of running rill, and had faultless form
AS we went home, the DIR. tapped me ol
, the shoulder to arouse me from my revery
and said
Il can tell you something"
"What is it?" asked.
/, "You are in love with that woman"
81 might have found it out in few day.
n but the remark put me to thinking of it
tie moment.
"The next morning as / was walkir