The Placer herald., 1865-12-30
Josh Billings on Courting.

Courling is luxury, it is se water. it is be
pla spell of the sole. The man who has
never courted has lived in vaiu he has been
blind man among landscapes, he has been
def man in the land of hand organs, aud
BY the side NV murmuring canals.
Courting is like two little springs of water
that start out from under rock at tke foot
Nv a mountain, and iun down hill side 10y
side, singing, dancing and spatteri"g each
other, eddying and trothing and kaskadng.
now hiding under the bank, now full Of
shadier, till bymeby they jine and then they
% slow. am in favor Of long counting; it
gives the parties chance to find out each
others trump cards. 1t is good exercise, and
is jist as innocent as . merno lambs.
Cuurting is Likewise strawberries and
cream-wan to be did SLOW aud then you
Git the flavor. | rave seen folks get ac,
quainted, fall in luv, get married settle down
and get to work, in three weeks from date.
This is jist the wa some folks larn trade
akounls for the great number of almighty
mean mechanics aud the poor ] lbs they
turn out.
Perhaps it is best should state sum good
advice 10 Young men who are about to court
with view OF na'rlmony, AS it Was.
In the first place, yung men yu want gl'
your system awl rite, aud then find young
woman who is willing to he courted on the
square.
The next thing is to 6nd out how old she
is; which you can 10y asking Ter, and she
will sa size is 10 Years old, and this you will
fnd won't he far out Of the VA.
Tie next thing is to begin moderate; sa
once every mite in the week for the tust six
months. increas;u the dose as the pa>heut
seems to require.
1t is flst rate wa tn court the girls moIh'
er little on the start, there i, thing We
man never despises and tat is liltle good
courlin. if i, is done Oh the >qnale.
After the fust year you will cit a. quain.ed
and will begin to Ike the blzness.
There is l Ihing always advise, that is
not to swop fortygraf' 5 otlentr than oust in
every l6 daze, unless yu toryit how the gal
looks.
Occasionally yu want tn loo k sorry and
draw yu,e wind as tho yu had PAIN this will
set the girl to ,eezng yu to hud out what
ails w.
Evening meetings are good thirg to tend
1t will keep yure religion in tune, and IT, yur,
gal happens 10 be there, bi accident, she car
ask you to 90 hone with her,
AZ a general hing | wood'nt lrag on 9th
er girls much when | was courrin. Ii NIGH
look as tho you knu iew much.
If you court three We. X in this wa all the
time on the square, If lu don't "a it is the
see.est time of your life yu can 90 10 the
Young America" cheap store and gl mea
sured Tor plug bat at my expense and pa
for i.
Don't court for mummy, nor buiy, nor re'a
sbuns; those things ale just about as the
kerosene lie refining biziness-iiable to gel
out Of repair and bust at any minnit.
Court a pal for fun, for the love your beal
her, for the virtue and Dizziness there is in
her; court her for wife or for mother
court her as YOU would court fam for the
sile. and the perfection of the title; cour,
her as though she want fue and ,u anolh
err Court her in the kitchen, over The was /
tub, and at the panne; court her this wa
yung man, and If you dou't git wife The
fault won't be in the courin.
Yung man, va can rely Oh Josar Billings
and if you cant make these rules ~uk, is
send for him, and he will show yu how lh.
thing is did-it shant cost YOU a sent