The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-29
FOR THE GIRLS.
A Piece of Advice from Their
Friend Josh Billings.

A Piece of Advice from Their
Friend Josh Billings.
]. The nlnn who is jealous Of every
little attcnshun which you get from some
other fellow, yu will find, AFTER yu arc
married tow him, he luvs himself more
than he tnz vi, md what yu mtstoOk for
Substitute, VII will discover, has changed
into indifference. Jealousy isn't 1liarte
disease, it is n liver komplAint.
.. A mOusLAchC IL not indispensable; 1t
IL only IL little more hair, ind IL u good
deal like moss md other cxcrcSscnccs-
often diz the hest on silG that won't rltsc
anything else. Don't forget that those
things~whicl you admire in fellow be-
fore marriage, you will, probably have
10 admire In a husband ai(er; anda mus
tlsh win be n very weak diet atter'a long
time.
8 II husbands could bG took on trial us
Irish cooks arr, tew-tliirds Ov them would
probably he returned; but there don't
seem 10 be emmy law for this. Therefore,
girls, vi will see tllat ailCr yu gita man
VI have got to keep him. Consequently,
If yu have got my cold vtctuAls in the
house, try him on them, once in while,
during securing season, and il he swnlIcrs
them well, anil SCI he will takc some more,
he Is Il man who, when blue Monday
Gums, will wash well. ~
4, Don't marry q phCllcr who " always
n tellin how his mother duZ things. 1t IS
NJ hard tcw suit these men us It Is TO wcAn
IL young man. .,...-
s. liza young man kan beat yu playing
on the rianCr, and kant hear u fish horn
playing in the street without back SOM
orset on account Of tho musick that Is in
him, l say ship him; lie might answer TO
tend the babe, but II yu put him 10 hocing
out the garden, yu will find TINT yu Will
have TO doit yourself A man whose he'll
lies III musiCk, tlnl not very hcNy in that
amt no better for n husband than n seid-
litz power, but ir lie lows tew listen while
vi sing sum gentle ball0d, you will find
him mellow, and soft. But don't marry
ANYBODY for list ono virtue any quicker
than yittwOuld fly n man for Just one
fault.
10, tits one Of the most fullest things for
n female to be M old maid successfully
Aigreat nlenny hNs tried II and made q
bad lob Of lit Everybody seems to look
on old maids jist rs they doom dried harris
jim the garrGt handy for sickncSs-ald
therefore, girls, ittatn'ta mistake that you
should be willing to SwOp yourself 0pl
with some true fellow for true husband
The sw0p is u good one, but don't sw0T
for cnny man who IL respectable jist be-
cause IFS father IL. Yu lIAtl better DC III
old maid for 4 thousand years, and then
ioin the Shakers, tim tow buy repentance
ut this price. No woman ever made TINS
tradc who didn't get either phool, or
mean Cuss, for Il husband.
!. In digging down into this subject
find the digging grows harder the further
l get It L much easier 10 inform yu who
not TO marry, than who tcw, for the reason
there IL mOfC.Ov them. :
I don't think you will follCr my advice
&c give II; und therefore will Keep II
for I look upon advice az do upon cAslol
liza mean dose to give and IL mean dose
10 take.
But / must say whatI think girls, Of
smile, If YOU can find II bright-eyed
lhealthy aud well.ballastcd boy, who look
upon poverty cz sassy c2 n child looks
upon wealth, who had rather set down on
tic curb.stonc in front Of the 4th avenue
hotel and eat ham sandwich than to g
inside and run III debt for his dinner mt
toothpiCk-onc that Is armed with TIA
kind Of pluck that mistakes II defeat i0l
victory, my, advice Ia tow take him body
and sole-snare him ut wunst, for he is
stray trout, oy breed very skarse in ou'
Take him say, md bid onto him u
hornets bid onto II tree.