The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-01-28


partner for lile
Who win study your comfort b. oblIene and
kind. a loving and dntiful wife.
Now kis Is Leap Year, when everyone knows.
all e3nes the privilege take;
ofpopIngthc question andso propose, 20 alter
my name for your sake
Believe me I've studied your character well. and
ind II agrees with my own;
TO Journey together through lie ioretelI, twin
be better than going alone.
Now II this proposal which springs from the
heart, finds no mastering echo in thine
No mischief Is done 80 ~ friendship va part. lct
the secret be yours only and mine.
Accept me or not, whichever you choose, az your
answer win not complaint
But II your uneallent enough 20 refuse still be-
lieve me your friend 70 remain
Search downin the deepest depths oiyourheart,
think well ere your answer you send;
For remember by that thei1tnre OF both, viii on
your decision depend
Wen, girls, ] did not furnish you with
IA list Of the boys last week, but am TO
your rescue again with splendid LAY
out and ask that you look over the
list carefully. II you do not find any
thing to your liking, waita while because
there arc y lot Of boys here yet Of which
no mention has been made. but I've got
them "on the list, and you shall know
all about them beioreI get through. The
little poem above was penned by an aged
spinster some years ago and sent 10 n
friend Of mine who was Of the baehful
sort and could not say no, and as a con-
sequence joined thegreatnrmy. All that
is necessary is a small stock OF courage
and determination. You may not be
an aged spmster, nor able 10 evolve
such lovely poetry as did yoprsister, but
you stand an equal show for being as
successful as she WAS, provided YOU at
tack the proper person. Make mo- com
mon error and lose no time.
Ia
ALEXANDER N. LACoMB--This gentle
man occupies the position OF station
agent for the Chicago < Northwestern
Railway CO., at Mastodon and will be
twenty-five years old il he don't get
mpzied pretty soon. is an energetic
yoAg gentleman, accommodating, and
sociabe. great lover OF dancing and
does it beautifully, is good looking but
would.b he better II he had moustache,
but he hasn't and am afraid his NOUS
tache crop viii be a total failure, though
he has good place for one. lie can
take good care Of wife and should be
looked after at once, and think be will
grasp the idea without a. great deal OF
coaxing az he is not very handyatsewing
on buttons or darning stockings. Gets
several letters week from down the
line addressed in feminine hand and |
would advise that you lose no timo but
get your proposal in early. On second
thought would suggest that you wait
a week or so, as he is now the sole pro-
prietor OF finely developed carbuncle
on his neck and such things have a ten
dency To make mum cross grained
sometimes. Nature ha. lavished much
ON this gentleman and he will be a rare
catch. Il in no way fitted to lead a
bachelor life and think don't want to.
He's trump and hard to beat
IL
FRED. RRowN--Has padded his own
canoe and sewed ON buttons for the best
part Of thirty summers and several hard
winters, and really ought TO know better,
but il seems he does not. There is no
reason, girls, why he should not be a
family man, he is built like one, and it's
yourduty TO aid himalittle. lsamighty
pleasant fellow and is not bad looking.
Is a member oi the dancing club and
don'tgo 60 look ON. I'm statue inclined
20 shortness but Of a portly bearing. Is
member Of the lumber firm OF Davis u
Brown and can take care Of a wife in
royal style. Call on him anyway.
--I5--
JAMES l.. NEwALL.--Ilero " something
YOU don't want to forget, and that is
that the subject is dandy and il will
pay you TO labor with him. lie isabout
twenty FIVE years Of old, wears his dark
hair pompadour and looks M though he
was getting tired Of darning stockings,
and doing ether work Of like nature
Nd wanted some dear little girl 20 do IL
for him. lie is good looking when Max
is not In sight and ia withal a man well
qualified TO make good and happy
home for some young lady. lie is an
inventor and some day his numerous
valuable in, entions win turn him in a
good income and II you do not act now
you may be- sorry for 10 when too late.