The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-09

marry an eye. Charles Wilson was sn,i,te,
BY hand; and the lady 10 whom Il belonrc,
kindly and literally gave tito him. Itwa,
All she had TO give him, for hear, she ba,
none.
One young friend Of ous married nose
another lip, and a third allied himself "a
an eyebrow. The nose made yery GOOD
wife, Oui that was purely accidental.
What George Bateson. married, We NAV.
perhaps. be excused for aet being able %
make cot. sace George does not seem 10
know himself exactly. questioned yerv
closely on The subject, George will say, .Eh,
Wen, you know, there was a sometime
about Jane lhal--eh you see We can't very
well TEL! what il was--a sort OF ndescriba.
PIE kind oi, eh!--ycu know what mean-r
Curiousiy enough. whatever his was " whch
George welded, il made him, on the y hole.
2 fair enough sort Of wife.
Some young men marry diupIes; some
ears; one ! know married beauty spo,
made 81 court plaster, whilea ecvnd cousin
oi my wife married an cxpressiou--i BE-.
lievc an amiable expression.
It is difficult ID Tie absence OF any nceu
rate statistics On The subject, 70 say, decided
y, which subject Is most frequently sought
10 marriegc. The contest, however, GER
taniy lies between the eyes and the hair.
The mouth, too, Is occasionally rnarricd; Tie
chin ndl SO often.
Poor paitners these, you Will own; but
what viii you say TO Will Carson. who actu
ally married blue rib bbon--neirher more
nor less! Il was employed 10 bind up some
honny brown hair. Will liked IL and scoru.
ing all ihsse antiqualed saws which tell us
that Like blood, like good. and like ases,
make the happesi marriages. and the coun-
sci Of freud who advised him 10 seek q
more suitable match, he cluAg honorabl.
md firmly TO the hubble object OF his al.
lection, and married his bunch Of Llue rib,
bons.
Only the other day, very sensible young
fellow Of my ncqualnsance fell over head
md ears In love with braId--braid I be-
'ieve young ladies' style that mass Of hair
hat, descending from the frehead, forms o.
'ort Of mouse's nest over The ear. He was
% far gone In his iniatuation. that he be.
same engaged TO this braid, but The Eugenie
node Of hair dressing coming ia just then,
he charm was dissolved, and the match wac
happily broken off, and there is no present
lprearance Of its bci1g renewed.
What do young men marry! Why they
marry al these. and many other bits and
scraps Of wife, instead Of the true thing
Some, more sagscicus than the Ordinary run,
re not content with an eye, or lip. but
ntrty set u teeth, head of hair, and
leat foot and ankle, an at once. Some mar.
y fortune, and as Providence sends fc.
male with Il. they wed her too. Some marry
silk drcss, ind others pretty bonnet, aud
ct others aPair oi gloves. One youlA was
Q food of cards, that meeting with cirl
shosc mother wns coed hand a. whist, be
married the lass, and 20 may Be said to have
married hts mother: :n-law.
So young men marry, and 80 they settle;
I'D such as Tie marriage il, such il The after
fe; end then. after wedding such ieairEes,
! possessions. Or attributes. oi what not Of
smsles, they are surprised to find that. tho
.arried, they have no wives. He that nlus,
ave wife muss marry woman II ho can
,eei with one Of equal social position. like
ducliion, similar disposition, kindred sym
sihies. and habits congenia to his own, let
i'm marry. But let him beware Of wedding
u insiep. Of marrying bust, however fair,
! a neck, however swan like, or voice,
owever melodOus.
Young ladies DO also make some queer
Iatches, aud unite themselves 20 whiskers
nd imperials, 10 " aisicoa;s and breast pins;
Ut II Is unnecessary 20 enter into detais;
nd. besides, much may be said in extenua-
on Of their folly, and this much, At least.
lat commonly they do not, as young men ,
), 90 firth courting aud 70 court, but raj her
ait 10 be sought for; and having generally
, much narrower circle to choose from
ian the Steiner sex, they may be the more
!adily excused when perhaps their best
ioice ioes not nearly equal their best i'm