Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-10
) : MatEimonial a dVertisements.

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ia lady, who had no idea oflooIIinesfos aglus.
band, butwith large pr06livitieS fortnischief and
i forum, put matrimonial advert sement il. the
lGN.t Herald direction for answers 20 6a
/ sent tg certain signature at the broadway
I P0stothce. As the advertisement Appealed 70
tue practical appreciationS by assuming a NICE
little fortune in addition to an agreeable person.
the seed of such temptation could not well fall
Y laiy upon such fertile bottom us is offered by
the city of New ork.f On the first tlayt that
succeeded the advertisement, the lady received.
seventeen replies on the second day thirty
I TWO, and on the third, seyentyStwo-an extent
an arlor ofapprccintion, for her vaguely desert.
oed personal ions, which even she ivas not
Il prepared to expect.
BeWildered by the warm volume Of, ad6ration;
and entreaty which issued from this bhymenial
magazine, the lady called to her aid five ladies'
MS mtschiGyous as herself One pair of hands
and one mind were, of course; quite unequal to
the task ofanswering all; SO the batch of billet
dOuX was divided equally among them, and each
/ was TO make an appointment with the writers ON
the following Saturday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
on tho lower side of the up stairs saloons of a
I csrtatn popular restaurant in Broadway Each
OF the ladies, moreover,f who took the task in.
charge, chose different colored paper for res
I phes; Finally it was agreed that the whole six
should be prescntat the interview, and that each
lshould wear the exact costume prescribed for
the inamornta whom the sighting SWANS STould
be there to see Onsthe other hand the ee6titf,
rnen were directed to appear in all Tue varieties
of attire and position, which female ingenuity
and mischief could devise. One was rc9iestsS
to wear blue coat and bright brass Buttons.
another to have his hair parted in the middle:
4 pne was to be eating plate of pork and beans,
which, said the ingenious writer who tlictateflit
g@yoi can scarcely expect will be called for lIy
EaNy body else Others were to be partaling
of various dishes, or to place theriselvein snrS
attitudes and postures as were directed by the
writer. 1aey
AT 4 o'clock on the prescribed Saturday sffer-
noon, every chair at ieveIystabl. on Tho iov1sr
side of the upstairs saloon was filled With sIicl
looking, highly perfuued Lenders. ali GAZING
into caclothef faces, and each secretly cirsins
the luck which wedged him so closely out Of the
killing positions and display which he. Ind been
tlneditating evet. Since he got his note And how
the dishes smoked, and, the wondering walters
flew! Even the perplexcd landlord amazed ut
this miraculous flow ofLusincss, Was obliged ID
drop his own mutton chop and cali out the on,
tire force of his establishment, to meet the clam
orous, ifnot threatening demands of gentlemen,
who feared they might mot get their. felegTaph9
ing plate Of duck or mess, of pork and beans in
time. 30. ~.
At length the clash ofsheen and kick of stiff
skirts was heard coming I'M tho stairs ono min,
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