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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 43, 24 April 1862, Page 3

MATKijrcm.uv.—Here is a genius that deserves to be cultivated. If any young lady or widow is in want of a beau, we rather think tin's is her B ;11 y Barlow ; —I have lived solitary long enough. I want somebody to talk at, quarrel with then lass, and make up again. Therefore I am open to proposals from young ladies and fresh widows of more than average respectability, tolerably tame in disposition, with hair of any color but red. As nearly as I can judge of my.se'“ lam not over 80 nor under 25 years of ago. In height lam either five feet eight or eight feet five, I forget which. Weight, 135, 315, or 531, one of these, rcco I, ect each figure perfectly web, but as to their true arrangement, am somewhat puzzled. Have a whole suit, of hair, dyed by nature, and free from dandruff. Eyes, butternut briudle, tinged poa-greeu. Nose, blunt, according to the lonic order of architecture, with a touch ot the Composite, and mouth between a cat-fish and an alligator’s, made especially f or oratory and the reception of largo oy._ tors. Ears pahnated, long, and elegantly shaped. My whiskers arc a combination of dog-hair, inoss, and briar-bush, vvcl 1 behaved, fearfully luxuriant.’ I am sound in Ihub and on the nigger question. Wear boots No. 9, when corns arc troublesome, and can write poetry by the mile vCth double rlymc on both edges, to read backwr-d and forward, crosswise d’agonally. Can play the Jew’s harp, and bass drum, and whistle Yai kco doodle in Spanish. A m very cov ,’ect in my morals, and first-rate at ten-pins ; have a regard for (he Sabbath. and never drink only when invited. A ra a domestic animal, and pcilcetly docile, when towels arc clean and shirt-buttons all right. If I possess a predominating Th ine, it is that of forgiving every enemy whom 1 deem it hazardous to hanC ‘ m .>’J )ra y ers cvciy night, mosqu’tccs permitting; and as to whether I snore in my sleep, I want some one to tell me. Money is no object, as I never was troubled with any, never expect to c - — Mine, s' (Poltsvjllc) Journal. A. vino Horse. —Nine out of evciy ten horsemen start in their scat whenever ahorse shies, and then the horse is cither by whip or spur driven up to tao oeject. This makes horses look at any singular object with more nervousness, for they expect a thrashing at the same moment. The rider should neither shy himself nor notice it in his horse, and far less punish him.