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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1025, 14 December 1883, Page 3

The educated baboon will have to do his beat if he does not want to be eclipsed by the educated Kaffir. The latter is going along fast. He has already got as far as having a newspaper of own, and this journal appears to contain the civilised refinement of matrimonial advertisements. A Port Elizabeth newspaper gives us a specimen of one of these advertisements which appeared in the Insigidimi during last month : —Marriage : “ The advertiser, a Kaffir, begs to announce to all girls that he wants a goodlooking spinster to be joined v.ith him in holy matrimony. She must be of average height, of bright c pper color, age between seventeen and twenty-one years. 'I he qualifications required are that she is efficient in book learning and a thorough good hand at all domestic work. The advertiser is tired of eating stamped mealiea and unleavened bread. He is of ordinary height, twenty-five years of age, pretty, with a good moustache. In stock and property he is worth L 135, has a healthy constitution and strong arms. He understands how to work. The girl who, on reading this advertisement may choose to accompany him through thick and thin in his me, may depend upon her choice. Those willing to reply to this advertisement must enclose their photos, that will be submitted to the advertiser and his friendly advisers for selection therefrom. Rejected photos will be returned after the decision is come at. 4 Pennies ’ (very short girls) need not apply. Address, A. 8.0., Port Elizabeth.” 44 We are not going to comment,” says the Port Elizabeth journalist, 44 but we may remark that the natives are certainly advancing.”