| Show advertising FOR FOE A WIFE E AND MARRYING A WIDOW I 1 thirty years old today to day could it be possible that I 1 mark marks had jumped from my ray teens so suddenly on to the threshold of thirty su summers amers I 1 asked my mother she counted her fingers naming john joe charley and henry maria ana and susan betsy and eliza jerusha and hannah ellen and sallie annie and julia marion and minnie and the rest of her small family and finally said she was positive I 1 was thirty years old this settled the queed question n I 1 was unmarried atad I 1 had resisted for ten pearsall year years sall sali all ail matrimonial temptations but now feeling the infirmness of age creeping on I 1 concluded it would not ot be an unhealthy thing for me to secure a wife abife how to bring this determination to a suc buc successful conclusion demanded my consideration I 1 pondered and land continued to ponder possessing a modest disposition the I 1 idea dea of going about in the society of r marriageable girls on a hunting expedition suit me mp finally I 1 made up my mind toc ton dodge this difficulty by advertising therefore the columns of the bodwick daila eagle one fine morning in june contained the following advertiser a young axman amman oliman oilman twenty nive five years old poss possessing essing in appearance pe arance intelligent g h abita etc desires to correspond with some young lady with a view of terming a matrimonial alliance address and sent send carte de visite to anxious seat Fo rodwick dwick P 0 three days after the publication of this I 1 had received seven hundred and fifty replies I 1 was encouraged such generosity assured me that I 1 the only person in the vicinity of bodwick who had a hankering after conjugal felicity I 1 opened the letters and devoted two whole days to their perusal the one that suited me best was in an envelope surrounded with blank lines an indication that the writer had recently attended a funeral which considering the nature of the correspondence was evidence enough that she allo ailo allow w grief to int interior erfer with anything which promised consolation 4 I 1 her note was as follows mr anxious geat seat I 1 notice that you desire to correspond with a young lady but perhaps you may not wish to hear from ono one who though young is is a widow lam twenty three yearb years of age have an amiable disposition I 1 believe and as for personal appearance I 1 leave y you to judge from the enclosed carte de visite should you desire to know me further please address julia east haddam her visite was war a beauty it struel struck k my fancy exactly but she was a widow here was an objection yet I 1 considered the tha matter thoro thoroughly and instead of allowing my prejudices to run ran loose took what I 1 concel conceived to be a 4 en sible siule view of it V r I 1 resDon responded ded thus thull thuel ashes ashes a widow being thu thus s her application is an n argument in support of my resolution to marry why because she has been married and liked it so well ashes willing to marry again matrimony therefore must be the true state of chappin happiness ess I 1 wrote lier a letter and in due time received a reply other epistles followed and finally one pleasant afternoon I 1 found myself in east haddam in the presence of mrs julia Wil wll yil eil Vil it is sufficient to state that the interview was mutually agreeable the young lady was attired in mourning which was so becoming to her features and complexion that I 1 never once thought of Wil wll wilsonburg deceased her pott politeness eness was charming her conversational powers were superior her ifer voice was very ery soft gentle and low an excellent thing ingoman in woman her figure natural not being made to order by supplies of whalebone etc and altogether your humble servant was corn coin completely lately alive to her virtues and if mi she nad any faults was very blind to them i I 1 was ready to be married being so enthusiastically smitten right on that line ling if it took all summer but prudence dictated that wb we better be in a hurry folks would talk about it etc and arici bur decision was to wait a few months and then than settle settie down in bodwick together 1 s time passed at a remarkably aly als slow gait through the days and weeks which followed allowed christmas at last came and the day following following had been a agreed 0 reed upon for our own wedding fes festivities festivity festi festl tivit vites es now I 1 desire to ask the masculine reader who has a wife and babies if his feelings were any like ilke mine during the 7 day f proceeding rece reee eding his investment of five or ten dollars in ministerial hands for services rendered it was the mort most nervous day I 1 ever experienced and it being the last of my single jingle blessedness did not furnish as much serenity as many which had bad passed yet my convictions on the subject of marriage ariage were not to be mistaken and I 1 may remark here that it is my belief that the man who has been on a matrimonial anxious seat for several months when brought to within a few hours of the consummation devou devoutly ay wished has as perfect and i 91 of his situation as bleto 1 human imiru nature t I 1 so clear dear so shining and so evident as ident fj tj that it will glimmer ahr through u gh a annd aund inana e 0 the important day and ana the important hour arrived at last and mrs juiia julia wilsonburg Wil and mark mark nark esq af 0 o bodwick Po dwick 1 were tied together so iso tp spa speak 1 and set adrift in this wild world d i at last we found ou ourselves melves engaged engage din dpn jn housekeeping opposite the in bodwick Po dwick 1 I ju J u we had occupied the ther prem premises isea days and on the eyen ey ening ingi following follow ingi received a number of ballal i mark said julia before any olour of our visitors arrived ill adaimy wd wear aiMy my glie green S silk slik 1 lk to night I 1 guess mr wilson ar thought za green was very teca becoming in t t 1 me auy adyth any thing ing said v T 7 that you please 1 but I 1 omitted to han ban hang tl I 1 though I 1 had not net by any ny means nearis just at that moment forgotten the tho de deceased cosed mrs snuffers a aged ad forty nine wak waa our first caller i I 1 greeted her cordially and introduced her to my wife mrs urs mrs snuffers mrs urs marks A sign of matui natural allee recognition laiti conf followed pid gid owed attended by looks of surprise e what Is his bis you yort julia I 1 thought married john wilsonburg Wil wll of east Il addam haddam 1 so I 1 did but he has been dead some ohle ohie time responded Mrs marks manks i has lie he mournfully I 1 queried I 1 M rv r S and she P and surveyed my person great mainds run hil in limit likit e and for that basoli reason perhaps tas rus thinking ol 01 01 biado the fhe leased e J 4 just tV th I 1 particular period 1 of bf my 1 exi exl existence tsee taCe 1 r the coave r t loit an wa wl fa ducca my in iny quiring of ma g if she ti her h er son soil jo rita lr hen heA army Irmy 1 l seventeen callet ff and la departed during the oveline eve ove nine in without 4 lap ail all thing ing p particularly fl duft duff I 1 afy ilow liow or 1 l ims iii ili I 1 observed one flung that they all said baid a good deal wi h much when the jituso was wab as quiet iet let I 1 mrs marks suggested to m that she slie as afraid some bome of fulvi ou visitors tors torb would till tili think lidz I 1 was nit not fr enough sorry because such be occasion enion were apt to indulge ill in severe critical crit loam icAm then slie she added 0 bal eai sei s e i wh when e n mr wil wll wilsonburg and I 1 re seivel calls after we were married everybody ivery svery body comp complimented li m en t e d me upon his bein being hg so perfect a g gentleman en ta e m an thib this is remark remove from my mind any impressions I 1 had previously received relative to the memory of the departed but I 1 maintained a respectful silence after breakfast the next day mrs M asked me if I 1 had ever eaten caten a chul lewus pudding iino no 11 well well weil have one today to day T think they are the nicest dessert ever put upon actable a table tabie mr ali wilsonburg Wil wll used to say he never saw anything to equal them in all liis his gravelin traveling in france we had 0 one e on the sunday following we attended church for the first time in in Po dwick A smart young man preached the sermon mrs 2 marks appeared much interested and as we walked home she said that it was the best discourse she sho had listened to in a long time he a fine looking man what a a good voice he has he reminded me very much of mr wilsonburg Wil you never saw him did you youn 11 no 0 I 1 never saw him but ive lve ia ve heard of f h him mi I 1 replied so it was wherever we went in the house or out of it the natural simplicity of mrs marks who of course intending no of fence kept the virtues of the deceased wilsonburg Wil wll continually fresh in my thoughts I 1 stood it bravely giving no sign of uneasiness until an incident becu occurred wh which leh ieh app appeared eared to call for some de decision an on my part I 1 had been a parent for three weeks the newcomer new comer was a boy mark I 1 I 1 said my wife one day I 1 what shall we call eail the little fellow 1 I dont know I 1 thought anything about it most any respectable I 1 name will do I 1 suppose S what do you think of john wilson burg that was too much I 1 straightened myself up in a dignified manner and proceeded to remark madam wilsonburg Wil may have been a respectable man for all I 1 know if he had lived and had become a parent he would have had a perfect right to name namo his own infant but I 1 take it that this is none of his funeral that infant madam cant be named wilsonburg Wil pot not if I 1 ax know krow tow myself it was produced in the house of marks as far as heard from and there bisno ia no necessity for robbing the grave to give it a character name L it bill jones sam smith or any a anything thing else butWil but hut wilsonburg Wil wll never 34 this very strong language but ut it was strong enough to brin bring tears the eyes marks Alar diar kg a arnd arid g cause her to say la 11 your di are re cruel wilsonburg Wil nove novt r so to me I 1 I 1 1 I V I 1 Wil wll wilsonburg be ebebe e be be bd hanged he was a p fn an n and then there tilee was a seene scene the 11 first first of our married life which had its continuation at regular intervals until mrs M ability and exhaustion ha faded like a flower and with fired leahti leaf fi ti if 6 5 1 sa uel uri 1 i her last words were i a arx r vv oie v v bury me by the side bf 11 I 1 th e reri was grah granted ted L P this occurred two years ears ago there thene therein iq to be another wedding aher which the hopeful youth who ealis me d daddy a dds vill hava have ad an un 1 tz t to affections T Shew hois is to be ber the bride beldo this this endom time 0 p perhaps it is well to remark lemarl barnt h d any experience in the husband business I 1 may be permitted to add thair hav e aci ack IQ prejudice whatever against youngil young widd wido sil bil I lik ilk like ilke e them and I 1 gay say I 1 it t bold boid aly ly but I 1 advise anybody to marry one unless she ghe furnishes famishes good clevidence tevi levi evide dence denee nce nee that she does not her the ghost of her d deceased comrade the then again gain and it is only fair ta tollay gay it t fastidious men if they marry widows should d do oso so W with ith the fuli full understanding theres a difference between widows noid paid hd maids and make up their minds to always be he charitable when necessity eguires equi res reb i i but the best course to r in order i jtb b have harmony is thus let widowers marry wi tona IONA then it tle tie 16 latter shall refer to 10 the virtues of t ie roay may dwell upon t ie e same theme and b t tn a them both t oie tie a dead will recel recede praises per perhaps hapA haps they never dreamed of before shuffling oss off this mortal coil I 1 A lazy fellow felloe begged alms almb fi el inho ing he edourd not find bread for hwa hwn family nor orI orl I 1 11 replied an indr cli cil chanec anic anie 1 I am obliged to A |
