The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-29
MARRIAGE By ADvERTIsE.
MENT.
How it is Done and Who do it-A
few Specimens.

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property, to judge from the large guam
tity of Its advertisements. The objects
Of this unique publication are indicat-
cd In the title, but that its import and
character may be at once known in
their integrity we shall quote the edi-
torial Address to the Pah!ic":
Marriage is such an ancient insti.
tuition, and has in all ages excited such
universal interest among the human
family, that in offering to the public
. journal specially devoted to the pro-
motion of marital felicity, we feel sure
we are supplying q national want.
"CiviliZation, combined with the
cold formalities of society and the
rules Of etiquette, imposes such restric-
tion on the sexes, that there are thons-
ands OF manageable men and women,
OF all ages, capable of making each
other happy, who never have chance
OF meeting. either In town or country;
therefore the desirability Of having
some organ through which ladies and
gentlemen aspiring to marriage can be
honorably brought into communica-
tion is too obvious to need demonstra-
tion."
That the EDITORS confidence In the
gullibility and Stiffness of the English
public was not misplaced, is shown by
the astounding fact that between three
and four hundred of our sober minded,
matter-of-fact cousins across the ocean.
advertise every week In the Mdtrim0n-
idl Ne,es for wives. One has only to
read the paper to be convinced that
the advertisements are bona .fde and
not cooked, although some Of them
are doubtless the handiwork Of people
who delight in practical jokes. But
these must be few in number, for the
most inverate humorist would hardly
care to repeat the joke more than once
or twice, and the advertisements have
been appearing for two years. But for
the evidence furnished by this journal
we should not have believed that even
ten respectable persons would be found
weekly SO far gone in Stiffness as TO
advertise for partners In this way, and
one naturally asks what sort Of people
are the three hundred and odd who
every week publish their marital
wishes in public journal. The result
of our examination of the number be-
fore US shows the widows to be i'm an
overwhelming majority, while clergy
men, professional gentlemen. officers
and officers daughters, and doctors
make up the bulk Of the remainder.
Quite surprising number of widows
are moderately stout" and .very
jolly" while the young ladies, almost
to ''man" are anxious to obtain 'jol-
ly, warm-hearted" husbands. Strange
ly enough, every advertiser, with one
exception, is good-looking, and almost
all Of them in good circumstances.
The exception to the beauties is a
youthful widow who has the courage
to avow that she is mot pretty"
Here and there we meet with maidens
of peculiar tastes, especially one dam
sci rejoicing in the name OF "Magda-
lena," who expresses her wishes In
the following style:
mo UGLY GENTLEMEN Mag
dalena, aged %, of prepossessing
appearance, and loving. confiding dis
position, wishes for husband describ-
ed as above. Must be interesting and
refined. No cold-hearted gentleman
need apply, whatever may be his posi- :.
tion or fortune. The Editor has ad-
dress.
A lady who makes ugliness virtue
and the possession of it by her hus-
band a sine qua non-ought to be put
in q glass shade, and exhibited. A
great many girls also are anxious to be
old mems darlings, as for instance
~AUD, an only child, offers to
m any gentleman, with a view to
matrimony, loving, pure heart, q
sweet and happy temper; she has fair
hair, blue laughing eyes, is % years of
age well-connected and educated, will
have property at death: would not OBJ
ject to jolly old gentleman, . foreign
er; would like to correspond with any
Of the following numbers, &c.
This is pretty fair for Maud who is
to have a goodly number
from which to select the 'Jolly old"
husband. Before applying, we should
like to know the nature Of the prop
erty Maud is to have "at DEATH" We
are afraid If she did not possess it be-
fore her decease, our share in rent or
interest would be inconsiderable.
Others again burst into poetry, and
invoke the aid Of Pegasus to give spirit
to their wooing:
. .ECKLA, well-born, sNeet-tem-
m pered, bright and loving, longs
fo- tender, soft, cOnnubial tie. She
values the strong, manful knight Of
forty, far more than the handsomest
young dandy.
So faithful would she be to a noble, pure
mind,
truer heart could no Englishman find.-
OF the gentlemen we have little to
say they hardly deserve much notice,
being mostly professional men. Two
Of them, however, merit our attention
on account of their social position and
the ancientness of their lineage. Need
we say that one of them is an Irish
man? Could any other compose this
and unctuous statement Of
desires and facts:
.ARRIAGE.-A Notleman Of
M English birth and ancient Irish
lineage, between SO and 60 years Of
age, of good personal appearance, kind,
disposition, and sound health,
{ 10 years widower) Is anxious to con-
tract marriage with lady of about 40,
or younger ii offered noble birth not
He has an estate of up
wards of "a 900 q year, but requires
e2O, 600 to pay off old family incum-
ORANGES, Ia larger sum would be m ore
If the lady possessed it, and
cave his estate free. This advertise
nent is real bona .fide, and ought to be
to any amiable lady desir.
ous to marry worthy, kind-hearted
nobleman who would make her hap
py. He has power to settle Gl,OOO q
year on her, for life. His lordship Is
entirely unaware of the publication Of
this advertisement, which is the act Of
. sincere old friend and well-wisher,
who knows his wishes on the subject,
and all his circumstan ces. Address,
w. NJ, under cover to the Editor, NJ.
N, 2s2 Strand, London.
Our next specimen is less verbose,
but not less killing, although the 1900
years of Norman descent" cannot of