Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-12

MATRIMONIAL. TWO YOUNG LADIES
Wl of pleasing appearance, accomplished, and in
easy circumstance, are desirOus Of forming matri-
monial alliances with gentlemen Of first standing
in society. Must be Of good moral character, pos
sess an easy fortune and cultivated tastes. Ad.
dress TWIN SISTERS, Florids, Orange county,
NY.
P.S.LLight nustaehss not agreeable. II
There 10 . shsnce for some lone widder" to
provide herself with . comfortable home and .
"good, kind, affectionats husband" The other
il more particularly addressed to
young men who ignore light mustaches. A
Mormon Of good moral character" could take
the brace, which arrangement would no doubt
be vastly pleasing to the Twins" That P.
s." is . ealter. We are inclined to think the
Twins" will have to withdraw that post
script, - most of the marrying young men
nowadays are of the light mustache order
These matrimonial advertisement recall to our
mind an incident which owes its origin to IN
advertisement of the above character. It was
related to one Of the editors of this paper by
VS.. G., the hero Of the incident, and
one of the noblest fellows living. A day or
two after he had inserted the advertisement.
the letters commenced fiocking in by hundreds
from sll parts Of the city. One Of them con.
tsinsd ! email bit of cloth, accompanied by .
request for him to call at q certain dry goods
stor~, and ask for that particular kind OF goods,
when he would be directed to the counter over
which the lady presided. Our hero followed
the dir% %ctlons and founi the advertiser to be
. young lady Of very pleasing appearance, and
an intef fview was appointed. At this interview
e. discovered several traits in the lady .
chsracter er which induced him to forego any
extended courtship. He backed out.
The next letter that he personally answered
was from psor widow lady who lived up .
miserable alley. in . wretched howell c.
being determined to ses the thing through.
knocked at the door. and was admitted. The
interior of the hut denoted the ahject poverty
of it, inmates. c. explained his business to
the widow, who then went on to tell him Of her
dreadful sufferings from hunger and priv ations;
the appearance Of everything in the room i'm
pressing the seal of truth on her story. She
then called her daughter from an adjoiniog
room, who shortly made her sppearanea-
c. vas thunderstruck with the surprising
beauty of the girl. who was about eighteen
years Of sgs, aud perfect in form and
feature. He told her mother that it vsuld
never do for Aim to marry her daughter. - he
was old enough to be her father. The mothor
finding that che could not induce c. to
marry her daughter. then proposed that he
should assspt her - his ssissysss. This propo.
sition coming from the mother Of the girl. 20
shocked c. that for . moment he wss
spssehlssA At last he asked the woman "what
in Gods name could induce her to make 20
hsartless proposition to hint Did she wish
70 ssHh hss daughter 70 stsaagsrf The woman
teld Aia that thsy must do somethisg TO keep
from starviaG and - they sosld not obtain
smploymsat. she had concluded to place her
daughter in position whore she soald earn .
living for both. This vss . ''subsidsrs on
|C- and bis ct peskse.hesk vas one hundred
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