The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-06-07
MARRYING A WIDOW.
hirty wears old TO-DAY.

asked my mother.
She counted her fingers, naming John,
Joe, Charley and Henry, Maria and Su-
san, Betsey and Eliza, Jerusha and Han
nah, Ellen and Salli1, Annie and Julia
Marion and Minnie, and the rest of her
small family; finally she said was thirty
years old. This settled the question.
| was unmarried. | had resisted for
ten years all matrimonial temptations
but now, feeling the infirmities of age
creeping on, | concluded it would not be
an unhealthy thing for me to secure a
wife. How to bring this determination to
a successful conclusion demanded my
consideration. | pondered, an continued
TO ponder,
Possessing a modest disposition, the
idea of going about IN the society of
marriageable girls on hunting expedi-
ton, didn't suit me, Finally, made up
my mind to dodge this difficulty by adver.
Using. Therefore the c0lnmns of the
Times, one fine evening in June, contained
the following:
MATRIMONIAL. The advertiser, "a young
man twenty-five years old, prepossessin z
in appearance, intelligent, OF good habits,
etc, desires to correspond with some
young lady with viHw of forming 4 mat
rimonal alliance. Address, and send
carte de vislte to Anxious Seat, Pod wick,
POP
Three days after The publication OF this
| had received seven hundred and fifty
replies. | was encouraged. Such gener-
oSi:y assured me that | wasn't the only
person IN the vicinity OF Podwick who
had a cankerlng after conlugal felicity.
| opened the letters and devoted two
whole days to their perusal. The one
that suited me best was enclosed III an
envelope surrounded with black lines, an
indication that the writer had recently at
tended Il funeral, which, considering the
nature Of the correspondence, was evl-
dence enough that she didn't allow grief
to interfere with anything that promised
consolation. Her note was as follows:
- Mr.. Anxious Seat: ] notice that you
desire to correspond with young lady =;
but perhaps you may not wish to hear
from one wbo, though young, is u widow.
| am twenty three years of age, have an
amiable disposition, believe, and us for
personal appearance, | leave you to Judge
you desire to know me further, please ad-
dress Julia, East iladdIm."
Her vislte was \ beauty. She struck
my fancy exactly. But She was widow.
Here was an objection; yet | considered
the matter thoroughly, aud instead ut al
lowing my preiudiees to run loose, took
what / conceived to lie = sensible view of
it. reasoned thus
She is d widow. Being thu, her ap-
pllcation is an argument in support of my
resolution to marry. Why? Because
she has been married, and liked it SO well
she's willing to marry again. MatrImony,
p,nees.
| wrote her u letter, and in due time
received reply. Other epl8tles followed,
finally one pleasant afternoon found my
self in East Haddam, in the presence of
Mrs Wilsonburg
1t Is sufficient to say that the interview
was mutually agreeable. The young
lady was attired IN mourning, which was
so becoming to her complexion that
never once thought of Wiisonburg de-
ceased.
Her pohteness was charming, Her con
versational powers were superior
t'Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle and low an excellent thing in woman"
Her figure was natural, not being made
TO order by supplies of whalebone, and
altogether, your humble servant was
completely alive to her virtues, and if she
had any faults. was very blind TO them.
| was ready to be married, being so
enthusiastically smiten, right ''on that
line If it took all summer: but prudence
dictated that we hadn't be tier be in a
burry-folks would talk about it, etc.
and our decision was to wait for few
months, and then settle down III Podwick
together.
Time passed at a remarkably slow gait
through the days and weeks which fol.
lowed. Christmas came at last, and the
day following had been agreed upon for
our wedding festivities.
Now | desire to ask the masculine
reader who has a wife and babies, if his
feelings were anything like mine during
the day preceding his investment Of five
or ten dollars in 4 minISterlil ha nd for
= services rendered ?; 1t was the most
nervous day had ever experienced, and
it being the last day of my slngle-bleseed.
ness, did not furnish as much serenity as
m my which had passed Yet my con.
victlons on the subject of marriage were
not to be shaken. And | may here re-
mark that it is my belief that the man has
been on matrimonial anxious seat for
several months, when brought to within a
few hours of the contamination deyoutly
wished, has as perfect and clear an idea
of his situation as possible to human ma
ture-
$ SO clear, so shining, and so evident
That it will glimmer through blind mems eyes. 5,
The important day and important hour
arrived OF last, and Mrs John WiIsonburc
and Mark Marks, Esq, Of Podwick, were
tied together, so to speak and set adrilt
N this wide world.
At last We found ourselves engaged in !
housekeeping, opposite the village green
n Podwick
We had occupied the premises two
lays, and on the evening following re-
,eived number of calls.
" Mark" said Julia, before any of our |