The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-02-25

instances where maidens have directly !
offered themselves tn men. been /
accepted. and made good wives:
The young men Of this day are a.
good As the young men Of any past
day; but. unless they are very
foolish. they do not take for wives
Young women who offer themselves.
The Sam January s.
AS j frequent reader of the Sun. l
can not L.. the paragraph: pass without
more Of notice than I'm aware of it,
having received. ] dont know any
thing If the young neil oi the past.
and less of the Young men If to day.
But there's ethical dictaiion in the
quoted paragraph that don't
appreciate.
Why Is il that a young man Is
foolish in this age, or WAS foolish III
the past age. ii be elected TO mate
with a woman who offered herself To-
him. Indeed, why is man Mt any
era o! the passage If time foolish il he
elects ior his wife one who proposed To-
him?
Or dnes the possession of money on
the part Of the woman make a
difference? l. Mrs. l.. Il. W., who
SAYS she works for all she has. not tn
he permitted t. exercise privilege
which Mis---of Virginia AMI the
Misses Of Tennessee, who were in
possession of minis of money. acres
of land, and very many negroes
elected 10 take-that j., offer them
selves tn the men Ia whom they were
married. AMI ;o whom they bore
children. and To whom they gave
pres,irc, ard whose li-es were as
happy a. common? Very MANY
other similar instances conid he found
in these States. but nickel is as good
a Engli,h pound If j, proves as much.
1, is usei's. to GO into details. Mr..
w. was lawyer riding circuit in
Southwestern Virginia. Poor. hut
determined, h. WAS ai n country town.
81, full length on bench before the
village inn. \ hcr.pman ride up.
full >peed. S,iuted him. and asked.
What are ven dning here, D"n't
Won know that you're expected Il,
A. He replied. NO. Bv vhom."
Mis-" WAS the reply. lie to"k
horse. met the appointment made by
the lady. married her, became AN
ari.i"cra,. aud exercised healihiul
Influence in and about where be- lived
4. .i,.other lady, Mis-. sent and
sugg,-Sied {" -, poor man. bn'
-opi booking and smar: a the world
soe>. the pr"piiety oi their wedding.
which was soon an accomplished fact.
lie ,;iei RECENTLY, having exercised i
h.al:hiul influence on the entire
western division of The State n:
Tennessee. a sister 1t hers was wise
rnnugh Ia make her OWL selection and
gave Indications of Il positive c.,arac-
ter Ia the I,an who wa- not - sn1Ii.h
as 10 refuse her propositions. and to-
dav he stands head and shoulders
taller than he would have done had
he acted on the principle iaid down hy
the editor of the S,'s. He had made
+, cou,i husband To the woman. a wise
director If monetary resources. a cl0>e
kind, iudicious father. and universally
esteemed bv his neichbors n wise in
counsel. prudent in administration.
firm in judgement and constant in
friendship. Happy, as the world goes.
ut home and abroad; and though he
would have proven himself Il success
under any circumstances. hei a living
illustration tina, man can do much
more foolish thing than tn wed a
woman who makes TO him the
proposition.
The only point is: Can the In
stances here stated he authenticated
Ea,ilv. Write -, Virginia. Nash.
vile. Tenn, and to Memphis. Tenn.
II ihey are not quite enough Ia
establish the incorrectness of your
editorial comments. make the fact
known through your paper, aud per
haps Ill see it. / can give YOU
dozens of instances such a I've
written down here.
The instances given by our CORES.
pon.lent. and the Others he PROCESSES
Ia be able to furnish, may he authentic,
hut We continue to advise maiden,
not to 90 counting after the fashion he
comments. We do not, however,
need Ia urge the advice on them.
They do not believe in that way oil