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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 28, 25 May 1870, Page 3

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0 — A singular cut rtom - is averred by a French paper to exist i umng the Mormons. A lady who desires *** attract tflie' a'tltfentJibn of any pleasing y mtl S &«n',- and so bake-the initiative that ni *y lead to matrimony, seizes an opportui &? of offering to the favored object a W and handing him a match at the same Suwe.- If this delicate attention be repeat *■ twice,- it is to be taken as a semi-diret t intimation* that the young man is " not ißmfferent to her ;" and he has nothing tc ' <&' but " pop 1 the question." But the cr. Stcm'is not of Mormon origin, for in HoL toad'the cigar occupies a prominent posi &°ft' in' courtship, especially among the Im sect of the Heraudders, at Zey % #ear Utrecht, the descendants of the nit ®£ devoted-parti-sans of the ancient repubh *#s the'TJnited Provinces. In that placid ffogion l when a young man is smitten, he r< bis mistress's door, and asks for a Hght for' his pipe. That is a hint to the da task's'parents. If he appears a second time &*" niake : the request, the worthy folks are o& sie' alert, and discuss matters, so as to b eehabled to give the enamoured swain a n fcftption' on his third visit, according to the; tcwiv' and their daughter's views on the i WttejC- If his suit be unfavorably receive §> on His third visit a light is refused him, sMfl' the door shut in his face, which is eq "wivalent to a formal rejection of his addres «*i- If", however, all goes smoothly, a light E8 : graciously handed to him, and, afte f >Mlj lighting his pipe, he enters the houh % *nd is welcomed by the whole family. ile then explains which of the young 1 adSfes--has caused his visits ; whereupon the t lad*. l " sel appears, and the lovers shake ha tidsfand if, during this time, his pipe or ci gat 1 ' goes out, his fiancet offers him another' w itli 3 her own fair hands. An engagement which arrives at this second smoke is never know 'n •< to be broken off by either party.