The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-03-06
4 Matrimonial Organ.

"Want husband, miss; only three
pcnccF' WAS the extraordinary question
put to young lady waiting to cross Il
biiStlInS London street. The uucrist
flouriShcd bundle Of papers before the
eyes of the astOnishcd daInscl, which hc
was pushing the sale oE--an organ "spcc-
tally devoted tO the promotion of marital
felicity and the relief of the thousands
OF marria@cahlc men and women, of all
ages and conditions, capable Of making
each other happy, who lave no chance OF
ever coming together either in town or
country" thanks tC the restrictions i'm
posed by "thc cold fOrmalitics of society
and the rigid rules of etiquette" We
suppose this odd literary venture has
proved success commercially, seeing
that il has managed t0 exist for a couple
of years, during which time some eight
thousand candidates for matrimonv have
made their wants and wishes known in
its columns. Whether marital felicity
has been promotcl thereby is matter nf
which we must lie content tn be ignorant.
Interesting "a this publication may Lc
To its contributors, who pay for the pleas
IRE of sccin. themselves in print, it is
rather mOn0tUnous reading for outsiders
ism we give our readers some of its con-
tents.
After striking out duplicates VIC fnd u
months issue of our matrimonial organ
containing five hundred and forty-cight
advertisements. Two hundred and nine
ty-iOur rmanatimg from wnuld-bu wives,
aud two hundred and lifty-luur from
w"uld-hc husbands. Let us give the Ia
dies precedence. and begin with The two
hundred and ihirty-tlIrcc unapprcciLtcd
mailcns, who have grown desperate wait
ing ~ vain for the coming man. These
unwouCd ones are of various conditions,
and of all ages, from sweet seventeen Ia
torlurn forty; eight being yet in Their
teens. fourteen just out ui them; sixty.
three have not seen more than iivc-auII.
twenty summers; siXty.iwo count from
ihirty-nnc tO thirty.ninc; while nineteen
confess Ia forty, and eight have passed
beyond. Fair maidrns stand tn darl;
ones in the proportion pf tlrcc 10 two
bu, black hair would seem Ia br al n dis
count, for only one rnvcn-lorkcd lady is
10 he found among them. It is from II,
want Of charms that these poor ladies' arr
left out in the cold. Oblivious of th,
| cory-b"nk maxim about scl(.praisc, tiv,
proclaim themselves beautiful, eight writ,
themselves down very handsome; twenty
three are, according Ia their own accounts
handsome, sixteen very pretty, and III,
same number "prctty" vii hnut the "vrry.'
Nineteen -ycNr.uld Madeline bcmnnn
her want Of money, but hopes that wan
may hc compensated hy her "string o
virtues" said virtues being thus cnumcr
atcd, "mcdium height, golden hair blu
eyes, merry disp0siliGn, not at all scnti
mental, very musical, sings well, also
good housc.kccpcr." a good home ant
five hundred year is the price pui on hC
charms by Augusta, who has no money
nor any expectations Of any. She is thir
iy.livc years old, five feet nine inches i
height, fair complexion, auburn hair (nal
urnl colOr), II very good figure, IL good
looking, very accomplished, wcii.hrc
aud domcsticaicd. There IL somcthin
very piIiI'ul in the following appeal
"Wautcd II husband, hy spinsirr, age
thirty eight, without money, and net good
looking. Should this meet the eye of an
gentleman wanting II wife, and in pos
tiOn, and generous enough to tukc orl
with ihrsc disadvantages, the editor ca
give address,