Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — Valentine’s Day. [ARTICLE]

Valentine’s Day.

In Bailey’s old dictionary this Is ths explanation of Valentine’s Day: “About this time of the'year the birds choose their mates, and probably thence came the custom of the young men and maidens choosing Valentines or special loving friends.’’ Drayton, a poet of Shakspeare's time, wrote thus: » " Each little bird,.this tide *j Doth choose her loved pear. Which constantly abide In wedlock all the year. My lips I’ll softly lay Upon her heayenly cheek, “ Dyed like jthe dawning day, A* polished Ivory sleek.