Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-25
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 sS-A few weeks since notice mys- teriously found its way to our table, signed "Three Bachelors" who therein expressed themselves as being desirous of changing their present estate; but, acknowledging themselves too timid 10 go about the matter in the usual way, they asked a correspondent with such ladies as felt matrimonially in- clined. We, pitying their forlorn con tiition, and thoughtless as to results, published it for them. Then and there H-e were premeditatedly victimized by some humorous wag who taketh de- light in horrifying ye local. "Mark how plain tale" shall unfold their de- sign upon our peace and quiet. Let ters commenced coming to the address given in the notice, but no eager bach elors were there to receive them. Box : was reserved box and had not been taken. Anybody could pay for it and
 
 receive the letters. They were brought and handed to us as none of the trio could be found. What was to be done !? If your poor local had taken all to himself he would have been over whelmed with love! But he had no right to do this, as most of the fair wri- ters addressed either the oldest or the youngest of the three, and he being neither old nor young could assume neither part. We were in a dilema ! The original bachelors disgracefully re- tired from the field after bringing on the fight, and those bcguiling us into the action by getting us to receive the challenges intended for those who had fled, would give us no support. After making personal reconnaissance, and finding q much larger force in the field than we could hope to meet with any degree of success. and it being so well massed that we could not possibly make capture of SINGLE prisoner, lnot daring 10 take more than one as our commissariat is short of rations) we determined upon withdrawing our forces, which was done mmediately. We had not been discovered and our retreat was not attended with any diff tieulty whatever. We have now re- tired beyond their reach, and, we think, out of all danger; in fact, we do not suppose WE ever were in much. We have given up the war on our part.
 A courier just arrived reports the following force leading to the attack:
 WEST PINT, Apr. l5th,(
 Steen hundred X siXtyS.}
 MR. THREE BATcHELoRS.-Sirs l aint gwine tew rite to all of yer, cause don't spect to marry but wun of yew, and what l got to sa aint gwine to sa it to the oldest nor the youngest, but to the tother chap. 1 don't want ole man cause I aint so old miself, nor don't want a young man, cause ime not quite as young as l wer some forty year ago. l want man jist about mi age, and takin all things inter consid- eration think we too will jist prezact- ly snte. So will commence by sayin
 Deer sur-I sect miself to drop yew few lines to let yew no as how l aint very well, and hope these few lines will reach yew and find you enjoying the same grate blessin, l said I aint very well; I am tremendously reflicted with hevin the toothake and hev the hedake amost resesently all the time mity nj. And so you ar tired of Twin sich lon sum; now that is jist mi fix, and has bin for years. 1 don't know when l ever did read anything that reforded me sieh vast amount of consternation as that vertisment of yourn and tother chaps did; it seemed tew me then that il wer blessin that l had refused all the chances I've had to marry, cause now hev the privalige of choosin one from three. hope you wont kuse of bein partial, cause yew all no l didn't DO yew one from luther; jist as lief had one as tother, cause no you ar all smart men; that vertisment wer about as grand thing as l ever red; you used big words, too, that I didn't no the meanin of; but I understood anuff of it to let me know that you wanted somebody to resist in your work about the house. We'll Ime the individual phemail that knows all about sich things. Muther larnt us all to work. She uster say she want gwine to rais her gals in idlencss, so when they got they wouldn't be fiten for no- thin at all hardly amost. So she larnt us to spin and weave, cook and wash, blow and hoe, drop corn, so cotton seeds, peas, plant goords, SOW turnips, i and jist everything, and the proper time to plant and SOW all these things. ! And the proper time to plant pepper, and that is when you ar mad as you can git. Mother never would let me | plant pepper; never got mad cnuif [ She said 1 had lovely dispersition and would make some man monstrus ! good helpmcet. could work and rais as good garden sass as any of the gals with the exception of pepper; she most alwais called on Bets to SOW pep 1 per. She woulder had good luck any time of the year do actually believe. she alwais Rad seowl on her face and 1.