Two lines, one pun: the printed ad asks for a gentleman of cents, not sense.
Transcribed from original newspaper scans. Published by AseeksB.
PERSONAL. A lady wishes correspondence with a gentleman of cents and refinement. Object, matrimony. Photographs exchanged. Address, PYCHON L. LEE, San Jose, Cal. dec 12-1t
| Newspaper | New National Era, Washington, District of Columbia |
|---|---|
| Date | December 12, 1872, image 3 of the scanned issue (no printed page number) |
| Written by | A woman |
| Addressed to | Gentlemen |
| Where | Replies by mail to San Jose, California |
New National Era was the Washington weekly that Frederick Douglass took over in 1870; he edited it until 1872, and his son Lewis edited it afterward. The word cents is set in italics in the original, a deliberate pun on sense. The closing dec 12-1t is the printer's insertion code: first run December 12, one time.
Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.
Transcribed from the page image and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined. Capital letters are also as printed: papers set the first line of each ad in capitals, so the capitals stop wherever that line ended, sometimes in the middle of a word.
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