He only used one stick when he went a-courting

The Penny Illustrated Saturday, December 07, 1861:
Law and Police -
A BREACH OF PROMISE MARRIAGE CASE which involved some points of humour, was tried in the Court of the Exchequer on Monday. A widow of forty was courted by an old man who went on crutches, though with commendable gallantry he only used one stick when he went a-courting.  There was no denying the promise, nor his receding from it; and after both parties had sufficiently erxposed their folly, the counsel for the defendant offered £150, which the widow's friends cheerfully accepted..