The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-29

didate for the holy state goes to q mis-.
sionary, and tells him he wants a wife.
"Whom?' asks the missionary. and
learne the woman's name.
Sometimes the man answers:
Yes; she 10 not unwilling; but thou
knowest womankind."
Usually the answer 10 mo"
.Wny have you not asked her ?" in
quires the missionary.
1T is difficult; girls are prudish thou
must speak TO her."
accepting the office, the good man
Bends for the girl, and, after little con-
versation says:
ried." ~ LOO
The girl declares she has no mind to
wed. ~
That i. pity" says the missionary.
l had suitOr for thee"
Or course the damsel is curious enough
10 want TO know who the suitor may be,
and OF course her curiosity ia satisfied.
"Ho is good for nothing" she ex.
clSinls, with toss Of the head. II won't
have him."
But" the go.between urges, "he is o.
good provider; he throws his .harpoon
with skill, and, moreover, he loves thee"
Still pretending to bo obdurate, the
girl answers that she will not consent to
the match.
"Well, we'll. will not force thee /
e1ail soon find wife for such clever
fellow" says the missionary, making be-
lieye there is an end to the matter.
The girl does not 20. She stands 81.
lent for little while, then in low voice
sighs out:
Gust as you wilt have it,"
NO; it is as thou wilt; I'll not per-
suade thee" replies the clergyman.
Then, with deep groan, the maiden
says "yes," and.the matter is settled.
a CANDLE iRoposAL.
Dumb declarations are in vogue too
among The Beers of South Africa. Mr.
Anthony Trollope tells ua that whom q
young Boer goes in quest of wife he puts
ON his best clothes, sticks feather in his
cap, provides himself with bottle of su.
gar-plumS and o candle-a wax one IL
possibie-mounts his horse, rides to the
mousse holding the young woman he would
honor, hangs the reins on tho gate, dis.
mounts and enters. His smart gear. his
feather and his candle bespeak his er.
rand. To make the point quite clear.
however, he offers the candle to the
daughter Of the house. II she takes IL. it
is lighted the mother sticks pin i'm the
candle to show how long the young peo-
nle may, remain together :yi!hant interrup.
tlon and she eand everybody else retire Mr..
Trollope says little salt ia sometimes
put in by somebody to make the wick
burn slowly, but when the flame reaches
the pin, mamma comes in, the "freying"
10 over, and day or two'afterward tho
pair are made one.
THE TEXAS WAY.
They manage these things differently in
Texas. This is how fond couple como
TO an understanding. according to one
who preteDds to know: He sits on one
side of the room in big white rocking
chair; she on the other side, in o little
white oak rocking chair. A long.eared
deer hound IS by his side, basket Of SOW
ing by hers. Both the young people rock
incessantly. He sighs heavily, and looks,
out OF the west window at myrtle tree
she sighs lightly and gazes out of the east
window at the turnip patch. At last he
remarks:
"This is mighty good weather for cot
ton picking,
only. had any to pick" The rocking
continues,
w iiSI % yOut uub HulVc bSkB BQG.
"Coony.P Another 81 gh- broken still
whats he good for"
Whats he good for ?" snys he, alb.
stractedly.
your dog, Coony."
For ketching 'possums."
Silence for half an hour.
HE looks like adeer-hound."
WHO looks like decr-hOund 2n
"Coony."
"He is, but he's sort o. hellowsed, an
gettin' old an slow, an he ain't no count
on cold trail"
In the quiet ten minutes that ensues
she takes two stitchea in her guilt, gorge
ous affair made after tho pattern called
the ''Rose of Sharon"
your ma raising many chickens2"
'Forty odd"
Then more rocking, and somehow tho
big rocking-chair and the !ittlo rocking
chair are jammed aide by side, and rock !,
ing is impossible.
MAXIM quilts 2" he observea.
"Yes," she replies, Frightening up, for
ahe il great on quilts. "I've Just finished
q gorgeous Eagle of BRAZIL Setting
Sum- and Nations PRIDE Have YOU
eyer saw the yellow Rose of the l raj.
rie7"
"No."
More silence. Then he says:
"Do you love cabbsgef1
~ do that.n
/, Presently his hand is accidently placed
on hers, of which ahe does NOT seem to
be at all aware. Then he suddenly
says:
"pse great mind to bite you -
What have you great mind to bite
me for7n T1sl IT
"Y ,se you won't have me-"
aKase you amt axed me-"
"Well, now az you"
"Then now I has you"
Coopey dieams he hears q sound OF
kissing, and next day the young imam
goes alter o marriage license.
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ANOTHER MINISTER IN TROUBLE
The Rev. VIM. M. Trumbower, pastor of
the Porter M, e. Church at West Hobo
ken, N. j., is charged on oath of Joseph
BCh, with assault with intent TO kill. He
was released on giving $500 bail to an
swer an investigation. Itreems, sccord.
Ing to the New York 7FibUHt's report Of
tho affair, that Trumbowef, who was d
recent graduate of the Syracuse Theo.
logical Seminary, boarded in the house
of Bob, whose wife belonged to his
chnrch, Growing suspicious of the rels.
tions between his wife and her pastor.
Bob last Saturday left his house on pre-.
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