The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-03
THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION.
HoMENrous, AT LEAST, TO YOUNG
MEN AND MAYDENs.
How shall n Man Propose e--The Ques
Answered by n Number of Ladies, Mar
ried and single.

How snail n Mnn Propose e--The Que
Answered by n Number of Ladies, Mar
ried and SingIe.
THE THING THAT FEW KNOW.
GLOW shall man propose in order
to be successful in his sult?' repeated
one of our most intelligent society la
dies, whose silver locks only serve to
enhance the beauty of her still youth
full face. "1n my opinion, though all
men know well enough how to make
love- there is not one in thousand
who knows how to propose. My hus-
band spent six months protesting and
convincing me of his love, which, by
the way, was well aware from the
first, without once asking me the i'm
portant question, will you marry me q
and finally one day said to me, with a
disheartened air, You are like all the
rest, perfect enigma. have spent
months trying to win you, and do not
know that L have made any impression
upon you; you are as hard to unravel
as the scarf you wear around your
throat This l exclaimed, in the
most innocent way, why, It's no diff
cult task to unravel IL, if you only get
hold of the right string He saw the
point, took hold of the right string
and" His arm took the place of the
scarf?" "Well, neither of us have
ever regretted it,"
ON HIS KNEES.
One lady, the wife of learned
Judge, said "'Tis eighteen years
since that dear man made a fool of
me, and after so great lapse of time
you cannot expect me to remember
how he did it. I'll VOW he went down
ON his knees, though you wouldn't
think it to look at his rotund proper
tions. And l was silly enough to be-
lieve every word he said, and when
he declared solemnly that he would
shoot himself if l did not marry him
of course l consented just to save his
life; but I'll not be so silly another
time-if he only gives me the chance 3"
Don't believe word of that"
chimed in the judge from behind his
paper. al was actually compelled to
ask her to marry me to get rid of the
trouble of taking her or some other
girl around 1 saw she was in love
with me, and thought she would do as
well as any other. Now, that sums
up the whole history of this case"
VIGOROUS CoURTsHIP.
A bright-eyed girl, who is skillful
anger for hearts, thinks young man,
to be successful, should propose after
very short acquaintance, take the
girl by storm, as it were, while she is
pleased with new beau, and before
she has time to tire of him, then fol-
low the proposal up with vigorous
cOurtship, lots of flowers and bon bons,
drives, theatre parties ETC., and, if she
consents, insist upon short engage
ment by all means.
UNEXPECTED VOWS.
Another wel[known blonde beauty,
who has created sad havoc, and had
much experience in this line, says the
only successful way is to propose when
least expected. Allow no time for
consideration, and then insist that the
acceptance must be "now or never"
She feels sure that is the only way that
she will ever be captured, but she
thinks few men are bold enough to try
that game.
LOVERS BOREs.
One well-knOwn belle and beauty
says that she has had 50 many make
love to her that she hardly knows
what is the best and most successful
method. She was more occupied in
studying how to prevent an approach
to the subject than in facilitating it.
BeauX were all lovely until they be-
came lovers, then they became bores,
for they moved, thought and talked
of h.,
happiness, while she wished to be
thinking Of herself and her own hap
piness. Marriage is quite another
thing, is quite easily settled when one
finds a suitable partner"
AROUND THE WAIST.
A married lady, in whose household
the little god of love certainly made
his abode, says the only successful
proposition of which she knows any
thing was made without a word being
spoken: "John and l sat looking in
the fire a long time, without saying
anything, when all at once be put his
arm around me, drew me to him and
kissed me. When father came in a
moment later he said: Major. I'm
going to steal your daughter"
Willy WIDOWERS.
A dark-eyed girl, with a tangle of
soft brown hair shading her brow, SAYS
''if fellow is desperately in love with
girl, and persistent in his efforts to
win her, he is sure to gain his suit
Widowers understand this point. and
know exactly how to make love and
propose, and you will observe they are
always successful" She knows one
case where a widower went in and
hung up his hat, announcing his inter
ton of remaining until he was ac-
cepted, and the girl had to marry him
to get rid of him. A widower beau
makes her nervous about the result.
MARRYING IN HASTE.
1.-THE quickest eourtship on record
said one old resident, "was that of DE-.