The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-01-05
Colartiaas.

1eAe eighteen en- feet. 'e t is built Of stone,
'lH - COuartiaig. a92ixa odt ID
Courtins ii luxury. u saiaf, Il n sss
water, it IL the pIs spell Of the soul. Tie.
man who has never courted has iivedIUin
vain; he has beena blind man among land
shapes; he has been def man in the lsstt
ov hand organs, and by the side Of rnurntff-
In canals. 0oosti0g u l.ks little springs
!. -s n 4.s-A e--4---s--4s=A-a
the foot Of . mountain and runs down the
bill side By side, singing and dsncing ahsi
spattering each other, eddying and ftSlhlMR
and kasksding. now hiding under The Hnk,
now full ov shadder, bimeby tia fine and
then 80 slow. am in favor Of long court
ing; It gives the parties chsncseto iifiuf
out each others trump cards, tits soodSx.
ercise, and u iust ss innsrsent as q mer,sb
lambs. -eav ~ 81 aelii % bsiss
f.a Courting is like strawberries and ,crvasS-
wants to be did slow, then you got thsAs
ver. II have saw folks git acquainted, fafin
luv, git marTied. settle down and gitnto.
work in s weeks from date This IL lust
the way sum folks learn trade akounts
for the great number of aimitey mean ma
kaniks we hsv and the poor JOB tina turn
out. Perhaps It IL best ifI should state
some good advise tew courting men who are
about tew. court with flnal view to natri-
mony, as it was. .soaT 1Do
In the lust place. yeaRgY man, gu wsnt
tew gityour system all right, and then find
a young woman who is willing tolbe coast-
ed on the square. rt, nj "a t.,so,,ad :
The next thing IL to find out how old she
u, which you can do BY ssking hes, and she
will "a that she IL 10 years old, and this you
find wont be far from out the way. iai:s
Il Tho next Best thing isto' begin .mode-
rate; ssy ones every night iuthe week Or
the 6rst six months. increasing the dossta as
the PAtien:: seems to require. intii ri 3datis
II Itis fustrate wsy to court the girls
mother little on the stsrt, ov1 tl,sre il one
thing . woman never despi1es. md that is
. little good courting, ifis is done on the
square. After the fdst year yod' WIN bsxin
to b ven acquaintsd and win begin 10 like
{ he businessg aeg p 7a5aaH 2niFaq-a4
There is one thing alwsys adviSs, shd
that iz. don't swap fctogtaphs cftener than
once in ten days, unless yu forget how the
gal hooks lan zaidtoG sIan q s2nsfo
Okasionally you wsnt tew look sorry and
draw 10 yure wind a. Tho youf hsd pain;
this VIII get the gid to teazing yu 70 find
out what sils you a'a sdi q
Evening meetings arr" good thing to
tend. It~,il keep your religion III tune
and then, il the gal happens to be tRere, bi
aksident. she can ask you to 90 Home with
her. Sniaani Tsl5E ,9eHatia 1I9fit soi'ie2
y As ginsrai thing wouidn'.e brss ION
other gals much when' I was courting.cn .cnIs
mite look as tho you knu tew much.
p If you will court three years in thss ia.
all the time on the square. nydu don't 81
it Is a leetle the slickest time In yutfiife
you can git measured for I hat 1t my tex.
pense, and pay for n 915'i e''i % s''oFf
Don't court for muny, nor buty. nor re-
lashuns These things are Just aboutias
the kerosene lie refining business, liable to
git out Of repair and bust at any minute;
court the gal for fun, Tor the luv you bear
her, for the vaxtuc aud bixSsasss there b in
her; court her - yu would couet farm,
for the strength ov, the sile and the, perfeck.
shun on the title; court her in tho Kitchen
and In the parlor, over the vash tub ana at
the pisnsr: court tfis Va. young nsa, and
# you don't git asood wife The fsalt wsu't
be in the courting. -, =,
Young man, you can rely upon Josh Bill
tngs. ard nvou kant make these sYhles
work, jist send Tor him, and he wtllssAow
~ hcv the thing isdia-- il shanti osst 4 ou
q csnt.-lJosh. BillDgss s,,