Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-18

Counting IL a luxury, it IL salad, it IL Use
water, il is the pla spell Of the soul. The
man who has never courted has lived in vain;
he has been blind man among landscapes
and waterskapcs; he has been def man
in the land ov hand organs, and by the side
of murmurin canals. Counting IL like 3 lit
tie springs ov water that steal out from un-
der rock at the foot Of a mountain and
runs down the hill side by side, singing and
dancing and spatering each other, eddying
and frothing and kaskading, now hiding
under. the bank, now full Of shaddcr. till
bimeby tina jine and then go slow. am in
favor Of long counting; it gives the parties
chance to find out each others trump cards,
it is good exercise, and is just as inncrsent
as 2 mcrino lambs.
Counting is like strawberries and cream
wants to be did slow, then you get Il e fla
vor. l have saw folks git acquainted, fal in
luv, git married, settle down and git to
work in 3 weeks from date. This Is Just
he way some folks learn trade. kounts
for the great number Of almitey mean max
aniks we hav and the poor job tina turn out
Perhaps it IL best if should state some
good advise tcw counting men who are about
t-w curt with q final view to matrimopy.
as it was.
In the fust place, young mar, yu want
| tew git our system all right, and then find
young woman who is willing to be court
ed on the square.
The next thing IL to find out how old she
IL, which you can do by asking her, and she
will "a that she is Is years old, and this Won
will Ind wont be far from out OF the wa. Fl
The next best thing is to begin moderate:
say once every night in the week for The
first six months, increasing the doce as the
patient seems to require. zss
1t IS a fustrate way 10 court the girls
mother little on the start, for there il one
thing woman nevc' dvsp yes, and that il
little good counting, il it is done on the
square. Alter iuSt year you will b gin to
be web acquainted and win begin to ike the
business. f .l 9uf .vfs
There is one thing always advise, and
that ". not to swap fotographs oficncr than
ence IN ten days, unless yu forget how the
gal looks.
OCCASIONALLY you want tew look sorry and
draw in yuse wind as tho you had pain: this
wIl set the girl 10 tcsz.,,g ~ to find ont
what aiis YOU.
Evening meetings arc q COOL thing ia
tend. II will keep your religion in tune
and then, ii the gal happens to he there, h;
ak>dent, she can ask you u 20 home with
her.
As gineral thing I wouldn't brag on
other gals much when was counting. Il
mite lcod as tho you knu tcw much.
If you wi! court three years III this wa
all the time on the square. ii you don't sa il
is . leetlc the slickest time in yur life. YOU
can git measured for hat at my expense
and pay for it. .s...
Don't court for muny, nor buty, nor rcla
shuns! These things are just about as ths
kerosene lie re-. ming business, liable to ri
cut Of repair and bust at any minute cour
the gal for fun, for the luv you bear her. fol
the vsrtue and Dizziness there is in her
court her for wife and mother; court hcl
~ WI would court farm, for the strcpgtl
ov the sile and the perfeckshun ov the title
court her as tho she want = fulc and W
nuther; court her in the kitchen and in III,
parlor, over the wash tub and at the pian
ner; court this wa. young man, and it YOU
don't git good wife, the fault won't be ii
the counting.
Young man, you can rely upon Josh Bill
lings, and If you kant make these rule.
work, jist send for him, and he will show
yu how the thing u did--it. shant coat 70,
: cent.-Jes1 R;lliags.