The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-16

live to grow old yourself, so pray be
Ilndulgent in whatever concerns the
elderly.
QUEsHoN-At what age Is a maiden
lady supposed 70 be out of the market
for matrimonyP Is a widow Of thirty
considered more desirable for n wife
] thRn maid of forty? / am nearly
: forty-fve, and DESTROYS of committing
matrimOny this winter, and have in
view a buxom widow between thirty
and forty, with one child, and a light
I weight maiden over thirty; and as am
anxious not to. be the last of my name,
which would you advise me TO select?
ASswER-An unmarried lady is said
Z to be on the "old maids list'' when she
passes thirty. As to the marrige cues
ton, it is a matter OF taste whether a
widow or maiden is the more preIera-
BILE, Some men prefer widows and
some abhor them. Other things being
equal, we should prefer the cold maid. y
You alone can decide whether the two
are equal, however, in point of personal
attraction, accomplishments, good tenn
per, industry, and those other manifold
out indescribable little qualifications
which go to make up the sum total of
proper wife.
QUEsTION.-I am in a business / never
liked. 1 am doing well, but am heart
| lily sick of it. l think about going to
/ some of the Southern cities and settling
down in business. My means are
small, but I think, by attention TO bust
ness, could make living more con-
tentedly than here. My means are, say
s., 600. What business would you adj
wise me to go into? am single man,
about thirty-eight years of age.
| Administration suggests that we
I are not familiar enough with the South
/ at the present day to give a trustworthy
/ opinion upon the subject of business in
that section, "Let well enough Alone"
I is good motto. II you are making mon
ey be contented. There is an evil time
/ coming which it would be as well for
/ you to prepare for. The present pros
! perity being based on a paper currency is
artificial. 1t cannot last much longer,
1t must collapse. Then will come a
grand crash that will ruin tens of thou
sands of people. After that crash
| business will be conducted on a solid
I basis, and the subsequent prosperity
1 will be real and permanent. Stay
I where you are, then; be economical;
/ keep out of debt; take in sail, and wait
patiently till the expected storm shall
have blown over. Then go ahead.
/ am in love with young
l girl, and lately have got acquainted
! with another girl, who is also ncquaint-
ed with the one love. The first eve
ming I saw this new acquaintance 1
stole her handkerchief and kept it.
Her mother made u fuss about 1t, and
wanted me to return ii. L had lost II,
however, but gave my girl money to
buy her friend new one. That was
about three weeks ago. She has not
bought it yet. Now, ii buy one and
! give il to her friend, l am afraid will
insult her Tiny girl, and yet if offer
/ her (my GIRL money again to get it, l
am afraid I'll insult her then. Now
what would you do?t'
| -ASswER--When man voluntarily
confesses himself thief he deliberately
places himself outside the pale of re-
| Spectacle society. Your "girl' las you
vulgarly call herr ought to have dis
missed yOu at once for your pilfering
/ propensities, and she did not properly
maintain her self-respect when she ac-
| cepted money from you to purchase
another handkerchief for her lady
/ friend. You have acted altogether in a
very coarse, rude and ungentlemanly
manner all through the transaction. AS
/ You robbed the Indy of what she valued
you should have replaced il yourself,
and 1t Is your duty to do it now. Pur-
chase new handkerchief and hand it
to the party you despoiled of one. AS
! your girl" forgave the theft she will
! forgive the atonement. She does not
appear to be remarkably fastidious.