“WIFE WANTED” AD FROM 1865

The following is an actual newspaper ad from 1865 making its way around the internet:
“Chance For A Spinster – A young man in Aroostook County, Maine, advertising for a wife, speaks of himself as follows: ‘I am eighteen years old, have a good set of teeth, and believe in Andy Johnson, the star-spangled banner, and the 4th of July. I have taken up a State lot, cleared up eighteen acres last year, and seeded ten of it down. My buckwheat looks first-rate, and the oats and potatoes are bully. I have got nine sheep, a two-year-old bull, and two heifers, besides a house and barn. I want to get married. I want to buy bread-and-butter, hoop-skirts and waterfalls for some person of the female persuasion during life. That’s what’s the matter with me. But I don’t know how to do it.'”
* “P.S. – Please send nudes.”
* Notice how he casually omits any references to the Civil War.
* He wants “some person of the female persuasion”? Thanks for narrowing it down.
* These days, that could mean almost anything.
* He must have got tired being a Yankee, if you know what I mean.
* Plus the sheep and heifers had pretty much had enough.
* For 1865, there’s a lot of sexual code in here:
– “My buckwheat looks first-rate.” That’s the 1865 equivalent of a naked selfie.
– “Hoop-skirts and waterfalls” means he’s into the kinky stuff.
– “I believe in Andy Johnson”. He means he likes oral.