The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-25
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Counting : luxusy. it IL Use water. it
IL the pla spell ov the soul. The man
who has never cOurted has lived in vain
be has been blind man among Landscapes
and waterekapes; he has been def man
in the land oy hand Origins, and by the
side ov murmering canals. Counting liz
like little springs ov water that stand
out from under rock at the flpt of
mountain, and runs down him side by
side, singing and dancing and scattering
each other, eddying and frothing and kas-
kading, now hiding under the bank now
full OF. shadder till bineby tia ,iine, and
then tha 60 SLOW. am in favor ov long
counting; it gives the parties q chance to
find out each uthe. : trump kards, it liz good
exercise, and iz.just as inncrsent as meri-
no lambs.
Counting il like Strawberries and cream
wants to be did slow, then yu get the
flaver. have saw folks git acquainted,
fall in luv, git married, settle dcwn, and
git tew work, in three weeks from date
This liz iist the way some folks learn
trade-akounts for the crate number Of
almitey mean mechanicks we hav and the
poor job tina turn out Perhaps it il best
if | should state sum good advise tow
voting men who are about to court with
final view to matrimOny, as it was
In the fust place, young man, you want
tew git yure system awl rite, and then
find young woman who liz willing tew be
courted on the square
The next thing IL to fine out how old
she IL, which yu can GeW bi asking her
and she will sa that she is 10 years
old, and this you will find wont he far
from out ov the wa
The next best thing IL to begin moder-
ate; say onse every mite in the week for
the fust six months, increasing the dose as
the patient seems to require.
1t is a fust rate wa to court the girls
mother leetle on the start, for there il
one thing a woman never despizes. and
that IL, a leettle good counting, if it il
done strictly on the square. After the
fust year yu will begin to be we'll ac-
quainted aud will begin 70 like the bizzi-
ness.
There IL one thing alwas advice, and
that Is not to swop Photographs ottener than
once in 10 days, unless you forget how the
gal looks.
OCCASIONALLY yu want tew look sorry and
draw in yure wind as tho WI had pain;
this will set the girl to teezing yu tew find
out what ais va.
Evening meetings are good thing tew
tend. 1t will keep yure religion in tune?
and then If the gal happens to be thare, bi
acksident, she can ask yu to go hum with
her.
AS a gineral thing | wouldn't brag on
other gals much when was counting. 1t
mite look as tho yu knu tew mulch.
Ii you will court three ,ears in this wa,
awl the time on the square, if yu don't 50
it IL leetls the slickest time in your life,
yu can git measured for hat at my ex-
pense, and pa for it.
Don't court for mummy, nur boty, nor
relashuns! these things are jist about as
the kerosene lie refining Dizziness, liable
tew get out of repair and bust at emmy
minute. Court a gal for fun, for the luv
yu bear her, for the virtue and Dizziness
there IL III her court her for wife or
mother; court her az you would court
farm for the strength Ov the sile and the
perieckshun ov the the title; court her as
tho she want fule and you a nuther;
court her in the kitchen and in the parlor,
over the wash tub and at the palmer;
court this VA young man, and if yoa don't
git good wife, the fault won't be in the
counting.
Young man, you can rely upon Josh
Billings, and if yu kant make these rules
wurk, jist send for him, and will show yu
how the thing is did-it shant cost VI
sent.-Josh Billings.
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