Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-06-03
lEONiRDTOWN MD. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE g. 1869

ne economy OF, tRe system ~ " lS1oo
a great recommendation.
Third As bashful people OF both sex
es who will find it greatly to their taste
will, by its adoption, be spared MUCH EN-
barrass sment, it must supply a need whlch
has long been seriously felt.
$50 confident is the subscriber that his
invention will perform all he claims for
1t, that no compensation will. in any ease
be asked until after trial and VIXEN entire
satisfaction has been gwen and in al
such eases the measure Of remuneration
will be left to the hberality Of the parties
benefited
"as the ladies have not heretofore en-
joyed equal facilities for matrimonial pro-
positions, the first day, public use Of my
machine will b. set apart exclusively for
Their accommodation.
"On the - dav of : at 10 o'clock, 4.
NJ, punctually, the subscriber may be
found with his machine, at No. II street
b; such as are matrimontally disposed. i.
prepared for tic Immediate execution of
all orders
The above announcement, with my
name attached ha+in- daly appeared, /
anxiously awaited the result. Would
the marrying public respond with Its pa
tronate or would it laugh me to scorn
for 4 humbuc Precisely at the hour
named / threw my door open. Scarce y
had it turned upon its hinges, when IN
bounded a little maidcn-not, | should
think, exceeding sixteen years of age ::
rosy-cheeked, flushed, and highly excited
in manner. Casting hurried glance OF
inquiry round ny apartment, she turned
to NE with
''Aresyou the marrying man =
AT your service, Miss
Il want husband, rather bluntly.
You are very young" l yentured to
suggest. "IIave you reflected Gu the Sc
riousnoss of the step you contemplate !!
La, yes, for ever so long ~
Further remonstrance, | plainly saw,
would be of no use
By this time a second female had en-
tered the room also matrimonial can
didatc, as soon discovered. Unlike hcl
predecessor, number two was at least thir-
ty years of age, tall. raw-boned, and witt
a countcnance plainly exhibiting the raw
ages of carly disappointment, or the loot-
prints of a Deposition the reverse-ot amia-
Die.
without --ord. she held out her long
bony fingers displaying cory of M ad
vcrtiseIacnt cut from a newspaper Her
meaning was plain enough.
-Reforo l was done with her, in come,
Number Three. This time an elderly
lady, feshy, neate6, and M~stery, ribbons
and rut'es flying and tapping about her vol
luminous person, the whole suggesting tbs
idea Of ship under full sail. She had
in convoy J. drinking, white-faced girl
whom at first / did not see, and whom
she introduced as her darter. The girl
she told me, was tin,id thing. who nev.
er would make VI to the men, notwith-
standing all her urging and example; and
who, she believed, would never find ,
husband if left to herself Just like
her father when l married him." said she
with a significant and rather triumphant
look. She wanted to see what my ma
chine Void 40 io1 her daughter.
Number Four was widow, who as.
ured me that she had been unhappy il
her first matrimonial venture, and there
fore, was very anxious to try again, be
licving that she had yet to fnd the rigE
one
! BY this time many others had arrivel
some young, some indefinitely aged, some
tall. F3mo short, some beautiful, some The
reverse, bat all rcsc1utely bent upon at
tanning the one great end.
II vas time to begin operations Set
ting the machinery in motion, l signaIe,
my readiness for a candidate. The twc
| first comcrs startcd st the same momcn
but the Younger, being the more active
was the first to reach thc'receiving lounge
The other, She Of thirty summers, drew
back with offended dignity, rcmarkiug a
She did 50, while casting withcriu-
lance ut her srrccssfui rival, that Sue va.
not $50 old" but that she could Afford t,
wait a few minutes. \ saucy smile over
spreading the petite features % Miss SIX
/ teen va: the only reply
One after another the candidates ar
ranged themselves in the order of tbci
coming, like applicant at a post-ofice win
dow, and were in turn whirleG int tn
machine. l vas surprised at their alac
rity. They were all eagcrness, and no
one was kept back by fear Of the machi
merry or Of the future.
! So busy was 'Eep. that I had no tim
/ to deserve those who had gene through
my machine, except to nole that each pas
sod out Of it accompanied b. a. man. Be
fore long, however, | became aware of al
opposition clamor to tl.et I,.taao by impor
tunate m.rriage-candidates Turning t,
investigate its meaning, | was surprise,
and grieyed to behold pretty little Six
,een, the first that day to enjoy the bcr
efts Of my marriage process, aTrroac hin:
with great tears s,reamin. dowa h
I cheeks. and her voice almost chckcd VII
sobbiac.
I begged to knew what was the mat
tUr
With dixcul.y she succeeded II scnn
me TINT she had wanted tall man, vi;
hiack hair, biz wh,sfcrs, md mustachc
Where's, the husband she had got ha