Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-06-10
CONNUBIAIlTIES.

j nAVo rcnQ IL III your eyoHi
have heard 1t In your sighs,
But my woman's heart replies,
"If you love me, tell mo 3d."
Should give you Yes or Nor
Nay, Of girl may not confess,
That her answer would be "Y6S'
TO such questioning, unless
He who loves her tells her so.
Ifyou love mo, tell me so.
Love gives strength TO watch and
wait,
Trust gives heart to any fate;
lfyou love me, tell me SO.
A girl may as well hang up her tid-
die when she loses her beau.
"The Wife's secret'-IIcr opinion
Of her husband,
Why is the letter "d' like the mar
riage service? Because it makes "we"
into "wyd."
Some ladies use paint os fddlers
do rosin, TO aid them in drawing
beau.
Among the "wants' in one Of the
papers is this; "Partial board for a
single man /; house kept by widow
and daughter; busses and cars con-
ycnicnt."
"Mother it is of no usc ! can nov
love Mr.. Sprowler." "Well," said
the mother, looking at her with sur
prise, "that is no reason why you
should not marry him."
A young lady ofLogan county KyY
has advertised for "scalcd proposals
for her hand and heart" 1t is not
stated whether she will takO the low
est ''tcndcr."
Here is q matrimonial advertise
mcnt cut from contemporary: "a
young lady of exterior and pleasant
appearance, wishes to marry gentle
man Of just the same way Of think
ing.
Mr.. Wright ofNcw York, gave Miss
Estabrook his note for $4,000, to mar
ry him. She did so but he got pos
session Of the document and refused
to pay it, She now sues to recover.
A coumtryman in short discourse
on love, says: at does pear like the
girls 60 Lalf way, but it pears like a
team of oxen couldn' draw EN- 10th
half"
When a Dutch maid servant wish
es to 60 to dsnce, and has no swain
of her own, she hires a cavalier for
the occasion. A beau with an UNI
brella receives double pay.
A bachelor friend suggest that in
most marriages considerable "soft
soap" with strong lye, is used, and
the whole operation ends in shay
ing!
The Chinese government is dccid-
edly conservative" on the woman
question. The law is that any wo-
man who disputes, in the slightest
degree, the authority other husband,
may be murdered out Of hand.
A San Francisco wife pctitioned
for divorce on the ground that her
husband was q "Confounded fool y
The Judge would not admit the plea,
holding that he was free to confess
that every man who got married was
open to such charge.
The following is an epitaph on the
death Of a young lady engaged to be
married:
"The wedding day appointed was,
And wedding dress provided;
But ere the wedding day arrived
She sickened and she die did"
A Young man says that there may
have been such a thing as real true
love in old times, but that now the
notion is entirely obsolete; and if
YOU ask n young lady nowadays to
share your lot, she Immediately wants
to know how large that dot is.
During q late performance Of the
Lady of Lyons at the Mormon thea
tire in Salt Lake City, an old elder
got up and Indignantly walked out OF
| the house with his twcnty-four wives,
muttcring, 81 won't stay and see a
play where man makes such all aw-
full fool Of himself about ono wo'
man"
A Canadian was arrested in De.
troit the other day for having one
wife in the dominion and on this side
lie said he thought the international
laws were such that a miserable man
could flee from this side to the other
and find matrimonial peace.
The question, does getting drunk
ever advance ono's happiness ? wOulC
seem to be put to rest by the IRISH
man who went a courting whel
drunk, and was asked what pleasure
he found in.whiskey. ooh Biddy
its tratc mtirely, to see two you
swate purity faces instead Of one"
A handsome girl named Isabella,
The hand ofJohnny Napes refused;
And in return tho heartless fellow,
All girls named Isabel abused,
"Get Quit" she cried, "You Jacky- -NapeS
The ISabellaS are sour grapes"
A newly married man took hi
bride on tour to Switzerland fer tn
honeymoon, and when there induced
her to attempt with him the ascen
of one of the high peaks. The lady
who at home had never ascendc,
higher than q church, was mucl
alarmed, and had to be carried by til
guides with her eyes blindfolded, s
as not to witness the horrors of tn
passage. The bridegroom wal&eO
, by her side expostulating with he
, fears. lie spoke honeymoon whispers
but the ratification of the air wa
such that every word was audible
! "You told me, Leonora, that you a
ways felt happy, no matter where yo
were, So YOU were in my company
Then why err you not happy| "Ye
Charlie, | did, replied she, sobbin
Historically, "but | never mean
above the snow line"
Helping the Minister