The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-25
COuriinG.

Courting:s luxury, it IL Use water. it
il the pla spell ov the soul. The man
who has never courted has lived in vain;
he has been blind man among Landscapes
and waterekapes; he has been def man
in the land ov hand Origins, and by the
side ov murmering canals. Oourting liz
like 2 little springs ov water that stand
out from under rock at the :fut of a
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, shddder till -bineby tina jine, and
then. tina go slow. / .am in. favor ov long
cOurting; it gives the parties chance to
find out each uther's trump kards, itiz good
exercise, and iz,just as innersent as meri
no .lambs. y. ~
1Courting IL like Strawberries and cream
wants to be did slow, then yu get the
flaver. 1 have saw folks git acquainted,
fall in luv, git married, settle dcwn, and
git tew work, in three weeks from date.
This IL jst the way some folks learn a
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 a
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 IL willing tew be
cOurted on the square
The next thing IL to fine out how old
she IL, which Yu can dew bi asking ner
and she will sa that she is 10 years
old, and this you will find wont be 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.
mother a leetle on the start, for there il
one thing a woman never despizes, and
that iz, leettle good courting, if it IL
done strictly on the square. After the
tust year yu will begin to be we'll ac-
quainted and will begin 70 like the bizzi-
ness .t.
There il one thing I alwas advice, and
that is not to swop tOtographs oftener 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 yu had pain
this will set the girl to teezing yu tew find
out what ails yu.
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, sbe can ask yu to go hum with
her.
AS gineral thing l wouldn't brag on
other gals much when was counting. 1t
mite look as tho yu knu tew mutch.
II you will court three years 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
relashunsl these things are jist about as
the kerosene lie refining Dizziness, liable
tew get out of repair and bust at emmy
minute. Court gal for fun, for the luv
yu bear her, for the virtue and Dizziness
there IL in her court her for a wife or
mother; court her as you would court
farm for the strength ov the sile and the
perfeckshun 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 pianner;
court this va young man, and if yOa don't
git good wife, the fault won't be in the
courting.
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.
"A French actress-Mdlle Essler-has
been fortunate at Baden, having made
haul of $40, 900 at the gaming table. Her
friends remark, that "she never played 50
well before"