Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-02-09
THE rose is red,
The violet's blue /;
Punks ATE sweet,
And % are you y

Ana % are you
The mission OF Valentine 10 one Of the
very cd customs no, on the wans; aud the
streets # orr metropolis practically bear
evidence of this fact, in the distribution Of
love-messages in our shop windows, varying
in price from Eve dollars to Eve cents Our
readers no doubt vii ask for is origin, and
there vs. are 81 fault TO brein With. Ire
events oil ST. E,entins's lie Clrntsn 40 cla
whaever - the mvstcr. L. u.cJlNnArY
- va4e1tine not necessarily al atfiuncs,t
lover. as .uc -e>;e ed in Hanpsoa Cs!enja-.
rim, I'll. / r. 1853. Lgiaa.e the poet Q:
Barry, in ths fifteenth century, thus neuuons
th1s practice
sam; Valentine. Of custom year by year;
Men have hn usance IN ibis region
10 look ana search Cnp,i's caierd-re,
Aud choose their ch"ic- by great .if ton !;
Such as he ErcKd ~"h L.pai's motion.
!ak'ns ;!t.ir thoire as their H., DOH fall;
i'ul 1--we Que winch .xcsic,h al"
Tb. di'ias,ions prac.iced on Valentines
day is curious sub sct. Herrick mentions
one BY ro,e-bads
She mus; no more mssln.;
Or by se~ou IS d vine
Win, i! be Ler Ea!en,ine.'
Perhaps the poet may here ailuae to
r'c,;ce similar to the ol!owi &. que ted hs
Brani: LAS; Friday Was I.l-ns ne do,
nd ina, III E.t I
ind plnned ioar Of :h.m to tie four e. rner,
Of my pillow, and The fifth to the middle
and then, if dream of my sweetheart. Betty
said We s'.ou,d be married before the year
WAS out. But 10 make It more sure, | boiled
an egg hard. and took cut the soik, and
filed i. with aHlt /; and when l vert to bed
eat it she,l~ AMI oil, ~sihou, speaking or
drinking after it. We also wrote our lovers
names upon bits Of paper and rolled them
up in clay, and put them into wafer; and
the first ,ha. rose up was to be Oar V.,en-
tine. Would you think il? Mr.. Blossom
vas my man. lay abed and shut nv eyes
oil tho morning till he came TO our house,
for | would not have seen another man BE-
fore him Tor all the world" According to
Mother Bunch, the following lines should be
said BY the girl on retiring to res, the pre-
vious night:
"s~ee, guar liam angels, let ne have
What mos, earnestly 10 crave,
Valentine endoy wed with love,
That will both kin ami constant prove"
We believe the old cus,on Of drawing lots
on this ~even,iul day is obsolete, and hs.
give" p1aee to the favorite prsctice Of sesd-
ing pictures, with poeticai legends, to objects
Of love or ridicu.e. The working classes,
however, seldom trea: the matter With leyi,y
and many are the offers of marriage thus
made. Tbs Clicks at the pos, effiee are to
he pitied, the immense increase of letters
beyond the uAual average adding very in
conveniently to their labors Such Is Mr..
HalliwslI's account Of Valentines day.
In. Poor Robins Amanack, 1876, til.
dra~ing Of Valentines is thus alluded to:
Nov Andrew, Antho-
Nv, and William,
For Valentines draso
Prue, Kate, Jiliau."
Many curious customs are related By diff.
feren. writer's ia honor of tb;. d.v b,e - IN
m. o,o,.,;o,. III, ,,a -
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f,o, -, a.s.c ''''o"."e
the ,.,h = r..rn. 80 ep''' y"
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side. b.;n, nm dr..s;. ~ w ne" ~ w'i
Merter t., h., v.'cn,,,. al h,'.,., w..
name written of5nl bin. 'n.aa, II IA ~, ~.
ters, done bs r1r.eIr vrrg 80 80 ~
were bo.h WILL nIeasei VII :, H..
also TINS year ~ w'fe,s Valentine aud i,
ha ,', "a "a '"s I'VE bounds but mat tn1s,
y, '',' Out u "e aA1 "o' bee" Valentine