ANSWERS TO MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 48, 2 December 1867, Page 2

ANSWERS TO MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.

(To the Editor of the Waiearapa Mkjicust.) >T?i Miathur Edithnr, , ' t j Sp R,—l am a'gM from,.ilm\Nor£ , of Ireland; ■I aint a'grqat'Bkollara,\but J'reSds'yoir valab’el paper sometimes. 1 seed ifi it that a gintleman advertised for a wife—shure Misthur Edithur as the gintleman is not particular to age, I think I wud sute him. I’m only thirty-nine and a half •yeafsipuldhieMSaiW .a,hard working girl, I’m sthrong, good lookin’, 'ah way fourteen stone. I niver wistles, but I sings my own cpunthry songs natcly, I niver waresi briches. i' L hafe-Mmokia ll 'bacca; • May .the powers purtect me,from jhe, spalpeen that ishmolies—ah be dad: I’m charefid- ah kind. If the gintleman will as fur my purthrait, I’m shure he ; will fall in duv wid me. Misthur Edithhr, plase as the gintleman to make haste, as there’s lots o’ gossoons as wants me. Am if I can’t be a foin lady, an have lots o’ foin clothes an a stashun o’ my own, I arn’t sich a fool as to. have an 0.G.A.” Ell have 'a foin yung fellk from my "own courithiy—ApulfcemanVor' 1 any other hard wurking boy. From me-as wants a husband, S. McP. -V

Mr Editor,

Sib,—l noticed ah advertisement ‘in your paper, signed “ 0.G.A.” The advertiser wishing to meet with a respectable lady to enter the bonds of matrimony. Sir, if the gentleman ; is reallyin earnest, and>not practising a wicked hoax. I shall be happy to correspond with him; I am of English birth,, twenty-three years old, fair complexion, and am considered good looking. I have received. a; moderate education—sufficient to render me a desirable companion for an educated man; whicSh I-have no doubt the advertiser is. -I speak French, Italian, German, Spanish, and a , littles. smattering of Greet; and - Latin. I play on several instruments, and . sing tolerably. Of course I am not accustomed to hard work—and ■.from thetenor of the advertisement, the gentleman would not expect his wife to do so. : Respecting the restrictions in the said advertisement—such as smoking, whistling, and other unladylike habits, I am, thank goodness, not addicted to such vulgarities. Should the gentleman feel disposed to exchange carte de visite, he can have an opportunity by sending a letter addressed to “ H.C.O.’’ Editor of “ W.M.”

Mistaf Editar,

Sab.—l av seen notice in' your paper of a man as wants a wife, an he sez • she- musn’t be abov 40 yer old. Now Mistar Editar, I ihinks I wudjest sute him, as I is a widder, with no chick nor child, and I’m fond on era. I’s rather good lookin and rather fat j I av some property in the Hutt Mistar Editar, X wants a usband. But I aint a goin to av a pig in a poke. If I don’t like the ipan as calls isself “ 0.G.A." I ar blessed if I’ll av him, so pleas tell im to let me now who he is, I’ve bin marrid onct, an av som experence of men, I noes thas artful critters, an wud tak advantage of we woman. But I baint to be made a fool on. I don’t wisel, I don’t smoke, an I don’t like to wer man’s briches. 1 is a goin to wer the petticoats, an good uns too, an be free an hindependant in the ouae. Good by now Mistar Heditar, an if you gets me a good usbant, I’ll stand summut good for you. From me, as is yourn, Mrs. R.