The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-01-21


CoURTING.-Courting IS luxury, it is
salad, it is iSe-watcr, it is the pla spell Of
the soul. The man who haz never
cOurted haz lived in vanp he haz ben
blind man amung landscapes and water.
skapeS he haz ben ded man in the land
of hand Origins, and by the side of mur.
muring canals. Counting is like . little
springs Of soft water that steal out from
under a rock at the fpt ov amnuniain and
run down the hill side by side singing aud
dancing and Splattrring each luther, eddy =
inG and frothIng and kn>kading, now hi
ding under the bank, now full uv sun and
now full "v >hadder, till bImrbv they line
and then 60 slow. am in favor ov long
c0urtlng; it gives the parties a chance t.
find out each utler'S trump kardS, it is
good xerci>e, and is Just as innercent aS 2
merino lambs. Counting is like straw.
berries and cream, wants to he did slow,
then you git the tlaver. have saw folks
git ackquainted, fall in luv, git II arid.
settle down, and git to work, in 3 weeks
from date This is just the wa sum folks
larn traid, and accounts for the CRATE
number ov almitey mean mechanics we
hav, and the pore joos tina turn out
Perhaps it is best shud stait sum good
advise tn young men, who are about tu
court with final view tu matrimony, as
it was: In the fust plase, young man, you
want tn git yure systim awl rite, and
then find young woman who is willing
tu be courted on the square. The next
ing is tn find out how old She iz, which
yew can dew by asking her, and she will
ss she IL 10, and this yew will find wont
be fur out Nv the wa. The next best
thing is tu begin moderate; Sc onse every
mite in the week for the first six months,
increasing the dose az the patient seems
to require it. 1t is a fustrate wa to court
the girls mother a lcetle on the start, for
there IL one thing a woman never despi
ze>, that IL lcetle good courtin, If it IL
done >tri tly on the square. After the
first year yew will begin tu be ackquaint
ed and will begin tn like the b,zincss. -
There iZ one thing | alwuS advise, and
that i not To sw"p frtog'atf> nfiener thar
nn>r IL 10 daze unIes- lou Enrgit how IN,
gal looks. OCCASIONALLY yew want tev
look sorry, and draw in \urr ind as tn,
vew had pam, this will st the gal tcv
tcazinE vew tn find out what alc> veW
E,ruiug meetings are good things Il
tend, tia will Keep vIre rrligian III tune
and If the gal haPpin> til he thare, by aX
ldrnt, she kin ask you tn 60 hum viii
her. Az ginr,nl wnd OF bray on nth
rr gals much when wTz c"urting; il
mite Ionk as though yon knu tn much. -
II Iou viii court 3 years in tins wa, aw
the time on the square, if you don't sa il
is cctlc the Sirke>t time in your life
vrw can git measured for a hat at my cx
prn>e, and pa for it. Don't court fol
mummy, nor butv, nor rclashunS; theSt
things are Jest about as the keroSine il,
refining bizinrSS. liable to git out ov re
pare and bust at emmy mint. Court {
gal for fun, for the love YOU bear her, fol
the virtoo and biziniS there is in her
court her fer a wife and for a mother
court her as you would court a farm, foI
the sire myth of the sile and the perfcck
shun Of the title court her as though she
wasn't fule and you another; court hel
in the kitchen, in the parlor, over the
wash tub and at the pianner; court hel
this wa, young man, and if you don't gi
a good wife. the fault won't be in tn,
courting. Young man, yeW~kin rely up
on Josh Billings, and if yew kant maxi
these rules work, jest send for him, anr
he will sho yew how the thing is did, ant
it Shan't kost yew a cent,
JOSH BILLINGS.