The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-11-02
6ks 9anfaster Ga;ftte.
josh BllllnE. on oour,lng.

COuTting IL a luxury. it liz ise water,
it il the pla spell of the sole. The man
who has never. courtcd has lived in
tain lie has been q blind man amung
landscapes, he has boon def man in
the land Of hand organs, and by the
side nv murmuring canals. Courting
h like two little springs NV water that
start out from under rock at tho font
nv mountain, and runs down hill
side by side, singing, dancing and spat-
tering each other, cddying aud froth-
ing and kaskading, now hiding under
the bank, now full NV shadder, till by
emby they jinc and then they go slow.
am in favor NV long courting it
gives the parties a chance to find out
each others trump cards. It's good
exercise, and is jist rs innocent us 2
merino lambs.
Courtin is like strawberries and
crcam--wants to be did slow and then
you git the flavor. have seen foxes
git acquainted, fall in luv, git married,
settle down and git 2 work in 3 weeks
from date. This liz just the wa sum
foxes latn trade-Dkounts for the
CRATE number of almighty mean me-
chanicks and the poor jobs they turn
out.
Perhaps il is best should state sum
good advice 2 yung men who air about
? court with WI to matrimony as it
was.
In the lst place, yung mon, yu want
tn git yure system awl right, then find
a yung woman who iz willing to bo
courtod on the square.
The next thing is to find out how
old she is; which u can do by askin her
and she will tell yoR she is 10 years
old, and this you will find wont bo fur
out NV the wa.
Tho next thing is to begin moderate;
81 once every mite in the week for tho
tust six months, increase the dose as
the pashent seems tow require.
1t is afust rate wa tu court the girls
mother little on tho start, for there
is thing woman never despises,
and that is little, good cortin, il it is
dono on tho square.
After the fust year yu will git ac-
quaintod, and will begin tu like the
bizness.
There is thing | always advise,
that is not TO swop fortygraifi oftcper
than onst in every lG dazo, unless yu
forgit how the gal looks.
(Ockasionly yu waut>tu look sorry
and draw in yuro wind as though yu
had pain; this will set tho girl tn
tcezing yu tu find out what ailr yu).
Evcnin meotins are good thing tn
tend. 1t will keep yure religion in
tune, and if yurc gal happens to be
there, bi accident she can ask yu tu 20
homo with her.
Az "a general thing | woodn't brag
on other girls much whom wuz cour.
tin. 1t mitc look as though yu knu 2
much.
If yu court 3 weeks in this wa, all
the time on tho square, if yu don't say
il is the slcekest timo Of yuro life, yu
kan go to tho "Young America" cheap |
store and git measured for q plug hat
at my expense and pay for it your
self.
Don't court for mummy, nor buty,
nor rolashuns; those things arc just
about as tho Kerosene lilo refining buss
iness-liablo to get out Of repair and
bust at any mint Court a gal for fun,
for the luv yu bear her for tho virtue
and Dizziness there is in hor court hor
for wifo or for u mother; court her
as yu would court farm for tho silc
and tho protection NV tho title; court
her as though sho want II iulc and va
another. Court her in tho kitchen,
over tho washtub, and at tho pianncr
court her this wa, yung man, and ifyu
don't git n wife, tho falt wont bc in |
tho courtin.
Yung man, yu can rely on Josiar
Billings. and if yu cant mako these
rules wurk, jist send for him, and he
will show yu how tho thing is did-it
shant cost yu cont.