Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-12
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
Advertising for a Wife

Our columns tsnys the Manchester Guardinn)
have recently contained several advertisements
for wife; and of some of these certain wags In
in Rochdale have taken advantage to play OIL
some very successful hoaxes ON the advertisers.
One OF these would;bc Benedots,in consequence
OF n correspondence with II Miss "Lavinia." pro-
eeeded the other day to Tweedale's Hotel Roch-
dale in the hope of meeting the fair one who had
SO kindly responded to his pressing invitation to
give him nm interyiew;but though hedisplayedthe
tokens previously agreed upon,no "Lavinin" was
met his expeetant gave His disappointment how
ever somewhat lesscned by young gentleman
greeting him by name ~ introducing himself Ms u
brother of the lady, for whose absence ho proceo-
ded to apologize. Another genil, man entered
who wns introduced ns u second brother Of LA
yina," and he was speedily followed by n third
n fourth and 80 on Till the candidate Tor matri-
mony might have exclaimed with Macbeth
A fourth Start eyoai
What viii the line stretch out to tina crack OF do"mf
Another yot Asovonthi I'll seq no more
Suffice, IT, that, before oil the fifty brothers of
Lnvinia had been introduced, the advertiser be
came rather painfully sensible of the fact that he
Ind been most vexatiously dnred. One OF tho
brothers stepping upon chair, read aloud, amid
much laughter, NIL tho correspondence which had
pm ssed between the gentleman and the "lovoly
young Iavinia." Tho ADVERTISER though said
to be an extensive vinegar manufacturer mani
ry. he frankly acknowledged that he had been
taken in, and throw down n sovereign tobe spent
by the extensive brotherhood lie added that
he had that morning. nt tho Victoria railway STA
iion, Manchester, met the seventeenth lady who
had replied To his advertisement, and there were
others with whom he had not yet hnd the. peas-
urc of an interview; but it was his intention, when
he had seen them all, to select the one ho most
approved, and honorably to marry her.
ba nj lnnnn ,yn then allowed TO retire,
nmd the laughter mingled with applause, of tho
tho fraternity of fifty Another advertisement
was answered in the name of Miss "Anne Wood
ylle;" some correspondence ensuod ms to mar
riage and its relative duties; but the "lndy" hav-
ing venured 10 suggest an intersew IN Koch
dale, the advertiser took alarm, and wrote tn her
acknowledging the kind attention shown TO him,
bat ntimating TINT he was in the habit of rising
too early in the morning for an interview nj
Rochd,c Another adventure proved moro sue
ecssfu All the breliminuries in the case having
been satisfactorily settled, mn Arrangement wns
mnde for tie advertiser 10 meet tho lady who had
fuvorubly responded to his appeal. Here is the
literal copy Of the letter, accepting the Invitation
10 an interview
"NIncherter. the 2lst Of August. IS55.-Dear
Woinan-I received yours II, the Guar lian office
of the Goth to which rcply,how that will meet
Won, at the l,ochdno station ut II Of The clock on
Thursduy nrxt ensuing the date hereof N Is.
You mny recognize me, with piece OF writing
paper something like your note, carrying it in
my right hand. hanging it down at full length of
the arm. by my idle From l.. 9S j, KAY.
On The receipt If t,is interesting epistlc, fe.
male servant in one OF the hotels in Rochdalo was
induced to prrs pnn,e Mr. j. Ks fair correspon-
pnndcnt and after brief interview at the Rooh-
dale railway station, where ho appeared making
the signal described, he consented 10 accompany
the lady t., Tweedalc'- hotel-the head quarters,
it would seem, Tor these tender meetings. On
arriving there, he was received by n number Of
gentlemen assemled, with such marks of attcn
ion as soon convinced him that he was caught
ina snare unmatrimonial, and he became very
drsirous To retire; but his friends were reluctant
to lose lis agreeable company so soon.
The beman was sent around town with the
following announcement: g In view, II gentle
man in want of II wife, may be seen Mt No. !
Twecde's hotel" OF course this brought n
large accession of admiring friends and one OF
the company having adrotly,and unperccived by
Mr. J. Kay, struck white star or cockade on
the front of his hat, he readily distinguished
mud received his compliment of undivided atten
iion. Ni-iters focked into the room in rapid
succession. ench in turn being introduced by "A
master of ceremonies to the gentleman who had
advertised for n wife. This continued till it
was too much for the endurance OF Mr.. j. Kay
he became i'll, wept and implored permission to
depart and Mt length after having been detained
several hours. he was allowed 10 90, paying
for bottle Of wine to solnce his tormentors. A
few more such denouements aud who would ad
yeriisp for Il wife.