San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-24
Jo,A IsIIiIsg. on CouriIpg'

Josh IBIliIsgs op Couriiug.
Courtipg Is . luxury. it ~ iso water,
il is the pls spell Of tho soul. The
man who has meyer coarted has lived
in vain; no has been blind man
amopg the landscapes and watcrscapes,
he has beep def man in the land OF
band Origins, and BY tho side Of MUIR
muriug usl..-Courtipg IL like 2 lit
,Ie epriugs ov water, that start out
from under . rock at the fut oy q
mountain, and runs down hill side by
side, singing AMI dancing and spatter-
ing each other. and cddying and iroth-
ing aud knskading, now hiding under
the bank, now full ov shadder, till
bimeby tina jino, and then tina 20 slow
/ am 10 favor ov long counting; it gives
the parties o chance to find out each
uther's trump ksrds. it il good xer-
else, and is just az iunersenta az merino
lambs.
Counting IL like strawberries and
cream--wants to be did slow, then you
got the Aaver. l have saw folks git ao'
quaiuted, fall in luv, git married, set
tic down, and git to work, in three
weeks from date. This iz just the
way some folks learn a trade-akounts
for the great number Of almitey mean
mechanicks VIC hav and the poor jobs
thu turn out.
Perhaps itis best if l should state
sum good advise to voting men who
are about to court with q final view to
matrimony, as it was.
In the stplace, young man, you
giant to git your system awl rite. and
then find young woman who is will
ing to be courted on the square.
The next thing IL to find out how
old she il, which yu can dew bi askin
her, and she will sa that she IL l9yeais
old, and this yu will find won't DO far
from out ov tho wa,
The next best thing IL to begin
moderate 50 wonse every mite in the
week for the fust six months, increas
ing the dose az the patient seems to
require.
Itiz fust rate wa to court the girls
mother leetle on the start, for their
Is one thing woman never desplses,
snd that is a leetle good counting, il
done on the square. After the first
year yu will begin to be we'll acquaint.
ell and will begin to like the Dizziness
There is one thing l always advise
and that is not to swop iotographs Of
tener than once in 10 days, unless you
forget how the gall looks.
OCCASIONALLY .yu want to look sorry
and draw in yure wind as tho yu had
pane; this will set the girl to teazing
yu to find out What ails yu.
Evening meeiins are good thing
tcw tend. 1t will keep your religion
ip tune, and then if yurc gal happens
tew be thare, bi acksideut, she can ask
yu tew 90 home with her.
Asa gineral thing | W oodn'. brae
on other gals mulch when was court.
il. 1t mite look az tho w kup tey
mutch.
Ifyu will court 3 years in this wa
all the time on the square, if yu don't
81 it il leetlc the slickest time in
yure life, yu can git measured for a hal
at my expense, and pa for it.
Don't court for mummy, nur boty
nor relashuns! these things are just
az the kerosene lie refining Dizziness
liable tew git out ct repair and bus,
at any minute. Court = gal for fun
for the luv you bear her, for the virtue
and Dizziness there IL in her; court
her for . wife or mother court her o.
you would court 4 farm for the
strength Of the sile, and the perfeoshur
oy the title; court her as though she
yant iule and yu a nuther; cour
her in the kitchin and in the parlor
over the wash tub and at the palmer
court this wa, young man, and il 20,
don't git wife, the fault won't be in
the counting.
Young man you can rely on Josh
Billings, and i! yor kant make thes,
rules wurk, jist send for him, and h,
Will show yu how the thing il dbl
shan't cost W sept.