Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-02-20
3" Address v. Y. Z.'

a very different purpose indeed from that of tht
other, TO which was mutually appended di
rection for the individual WHO should respon.
to them, to address Y. Y. II. through the pos
office 1t might, and might not have been
very singular coincidence that the replies were
directed thus to be addressed IN the same wav
while it certainly could not have been consid
cred at all strange or ineXplicablc if a very gre
vious or ludicrUus mistake had been committed
in consequence.
Jefferson Brown had himself inserted one O
the advertisements in the Commercial Journal
and duly paid for it. SO far so good. lie ha,
/ thoughtlcssIy advertised for a partner with 8
cash capital Of at least Sl0.OG0.' Mr.. Brown
be it known TO the reader was u nun doing a
somewhat extensive business in the line o
hides and skins, and as his trade expanded with
such steady progress, and his cares multiplied
CORE pondlugly, lie deemed It no less a mat
ter Of prudence than Of policy that the title ol
his buSjn' - should become more dign'iicd By
an addition TO the firm. licnce his advertise
. mont.
The other advertisement in question was for
n wife. The required ctaracteristics-ph
ical, moral and intellectual were described as
much at large as an ordinary newspaper adver-
tlsemcnt would permit; while it was insisted
upon as sine gua non, that the lady should be
possessed Of comfortable fortune OF her own.
Mr.. Jefferson Brown dropped in at the post
office one afternoon on his way to his boarding
house to teu--Mr Brown was vet bachelor
and manfred of tbo cIorI l. ,5ero ,yos :, i,t,o.
there directed to \. Y. y Nh, attentive ,iIa
waiter took from pigeon mole quite pile of
missivcs, and began running over the super
scription with great rapdity.
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co,,n-,hor,ys and nnio,crrn,,nd rian orthn
,yhola snh;oct
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eJ ovor the n,ro ,b9n Lis sns,,ic,nn, v.,ro
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pvorv word ,ba, r,uud its way into his ovn
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with X. Y T,tbis oyeninr,t No I11--
s,rca, I,nniro ror &r,tb
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j, cor't ho n wom,r's h,nI- o,.cI,imoJ NJ
p-o,.n .,,,;r ana ar,,n r,,,n'no, h;s c,n. ,,..,n
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deaI ike !, foo. Pm tnHlv Lrnt tll, tI,no
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inv .Ino,ira FIR smith c|~ Notso vor,.
n,',or,r,ot, n noo,o os tb7tI sb,u bo or..;I nr
r,rro,,inr il thonrb Ia, me- soa Ilow j. !;
ro,nr 70 sound; Brownan4 smith Ato-y
r,,e nm ,n,n,oourt T., ,,i-s tb., ,h ,r.o ifI.!,
inr nm thn r-oI,uI IN .i,l ,a,,,n. Ana M,
y'lrd s,;i ai,,ut ,bn o,nor-, or ',o,o,. o;.Lo.i.
I r,,hor I.o th,t now # looi,s wIndcrfn,ir
like bn.inrss TO me! Incnira for Smith ,,
\Vol IN ba s,,re tn do g., - and IN ,Lis s..lo
ne suffered his trpaDt ,onrun +, RIM ON nm.
CHARGED
nfn convoniorfIv sooson,blo bonr oror f.,
ba e,nor,,ed rrom in, crint nl,ce of ro.;inuca
ottiraI IN , s,vIntl, Al ,.,r, L.,r,,.5 ny.,-s
.iva corc and n,r,.,n,,rilv \Vi,iu.r rqn,l.,,
nm ,Lo .,ro.t ho s,,,, r,'bol ~, ta.r7,,,I r.r,
anI f,ru ,,,a yos lost in the croyl,nr mass
of bun,a, hn.n,,s
Rvnnd hv boyovor ba returned nm o,,;,
and w,s .o he socr .in,,in,, tb, b.I1 st tLa I,ar
M. Pr s,rna,
Is : NTH in g" incurred ha of , sor,,rt cirl
,yhn answered. his rinr,nr summons
YES. SIR was the inaid's res,on,c. .wi}, van
wall, IN thi. way SIR,
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bor irfn th, s,n.r NIX II and w's n.L,rsj
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