The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-15

which no woman ought to allow herself to
be d%efrauded.
PROPOSING by PRox
Little as faint heartedness in a lover may
be to the liking of a fair lady, 1t Is sufli-
GENTLY tiattering to BIO condoned; but
when any Caleb in search Of a wife chooses
to sue by delegate, he assuredly deserves
to be fail i~gnominiously. Love is not 10
be won by an attorney, and oitentimes the
attorney has thrown his client overheard
and carried off the prize himself, as hap
pened when William Grimm went court
ing in his brothers behalf. Hooker es-
capped that risk by leaving everything,
even the selection OF a lady, to Mrs.
Churchman, who found him q wife and
achieved a son.in.law herself at the same
time.
Proposing by proxy is the rule, note the
exception, in Greenland. Time was when
the G~reenianders won their wives by cap
ture; but since their conversion by Danish
missionaries, they have become the tamest
Of wooers. Now q candidate for the holy
stale goes to a missionary, and tells him he
wants a wife.
"Whom?" asks the missionary, and
learns the woman's name.
Sometimes the man answers:
"Yes; she is not unwilling; but thou
knowest womankind."
Usually the answer is mo"
"Why have you not asked herr" in
quires the missionary.
SIT is difficult; girls are prudish; thou
must speak to her.
Accepting the Office, the good man sends
for the girl, and after a little conversation,
says:
II think it is time to have thee mar
RED"
The girl declares she has no mind to
wed.
"That is a pity" says the. missionary.
~ had a sutton for thee"
OF course the damsel is curious enough
10 want TO know who the sutton may be,
and OF course her curiosity is satisfied.
"He Is good for nothing she exclaimed
with q toss Of the head. 81 won't have
him"
"But,n the go.between urges, "he is a
good provider; he throws his harpoon with
skill, and moreover he loves thee"
Still pretending to be obdurate, the girl
answers that she will not consent to the
match.
"Well, well, l will not force thee; l
shall soon find a vile for such a clever fel.
low" says the missionary, making believe
!. there ia an end OF the matter.
The girl does not go. She stands silent
for a little while, then in a low voice signs
out:
"Just as thou wilt have it"
"No; 1t is as thou wilt; I'll not persuade
thee" replies the clergyman.
Then, with a deep groan, the maiden
says Eyes" and the matter Is settled.
A CANDLE PROPOSAL.
, Dumb declarations are in vogue too
, among the Beers OF South Africa. Mr..
. Anthony Trollope tells us that when q
young Boer goes In quest OF a vile he
/ puts on his best clothes, sticks a feather In
his cap, provides himself with O bottle O
sugar plums and a Candida wax one II
possi6le-mounts his horse, rides to the
house holding the young woman he would
/. honor, hangs the reins on the gate, dis
/ mounts and, enters. His smart gear, his
feather and his candle bespeak his errand
To make the point quite clear, however
he offers the candle to the daughter of the
a house. fshe takes 1t, 1t Is lighted; the
mother sticks q pin in the candle TO show
how long the young people may remain
together without interruption, and sht
= and everybody else retire. Mrs. Trollope
. saws q little salt is sometimes put in By
: somebody to make the wick burnslowly bu
= J when the flame reaches the. pin, mammi
. comes 10, the "freying' Is over and q do!
!. or two aiterward the pair are made one.
TIE TEXAS WAY.
They manage these things differently IL
Texas. This is how a fond couple come Il
an understanding, according TO u wht
Q pretendS to know. he sits on n side o
Q The room in q big white rocking chair; sh,
on the other side, in a little white oal
rocking chair. A long-eared deer-hount
is by his side, a basket o Observing by hers
Both the young people rock necessarily
Q He signs heavily, and looks out of the
d west window at a myrtle tree; she sigh
lightly and gazes out Of the east windo'
at the turnip patch. At last he remarks:
B. 'This Is mighty good weather for cottoI
picking"
only had any to pick" The rocking con
tlnnes. whats your dogs name2" ask
:. scoony2" Another slgh,broken still
whats he good ior2n
"what is who good fort" says he, al
stractedly.
Il: "Your dog Coony."
nj 'For ketchlng 'possums."