The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-04-10
POPPING THE QUESTION.


TNHE subject is too interesting to be
i introduced by any sage remarks.
And yet it is important. Sometimes,
many times, mans happiness has de-
pended on his manner of popping the
question" Many time the girl has
said No." because the question was so
worded that affirmative did not come
from the mouth naturally, and two lives
that gravitated to each other with all
their inward force, have been thrown
suddenly apart, because the electric
keys were not properly touched. An
other writer corr oborates the statement.
Oftentimes,' says he, ga girl says no"
to an offer, when it Is as plain as the
nose on her face she means yes The
best way to judge whether she is in
earnest or not, is to look straight into
her eyes and never mind her nose"
There are some people that never "pop
the question" but once. They are eau
tious they love with their whole heart
before they ask that important question,
and they never love again. Others go
through life popping" to every girl
they are fortunate enough to be intro
duced to, and to be treated civilly by and
are never answered Yes" He that
says bluntly, Will you marry me ?"
has no music in his soul, or is widower
courting house or farm. Once in a
New York church, the young man who
carried the collecting plate, before start
ing out to collect, put his hand in his
pocket as usual, and put shil-
ling, as he supposed, on the plate,
and then passed it round among the con-
gregation which numbered many young
and pretty girls. The girls as they look
ed at the plate, all seemed astonished
and amused, and the young man, taking
a glance at the plate, found that, in
place of shilling, he had put a CONVEX
sation lozenge on the plate, with the
words, /" Will you marry me ?" in red
letters, staring everybody in the face
None of the young ladies however, closed
with the offer.
A young gentleman familiar with the
Scriptures, happened to sit in pew adj
joining young lady for whom he con-
ceived violent attachment, made his
proposal in this way: He politely
handed her Bible open, with a pin
stuck in the following text; End Epistle
to John, V. D." And l beseech thee,
lady, not as though 1 wrote new COM
mandment unto thee, but that which we
had from the beginning, that we love
one another She returned it,pointing
to the second chapter, verse 10: Then
she fell on her face and bowed herself to
the ground, and said unto him, why
have 1 found grace in thine eyes, that
thou should'st take knowledge of me,
seeing that am a stranger 7" He re-
turned the book, pointing to the 18th
verse of the Third Epistle to John
"Having many things to write untoyou
1 would not write with paper and ink,
but trust to come unto you and speak
face to face, that our joy may be full. "
From the above. interview marriage
took place in the ensuing month in the
same church. A lady wants to know If
breach of promise suit can be insti-
tuted upon the following proposal, in
writing: 1.
Angel beneath whose folded wing
My soul would rest, i.i ~ 3
Be mine for 10! I've bought the ring, g
And the resti 3 ~ laf ..0hhl4in
OF those housetreasures and ectetaras, r,f
Which every one who tries to better his state