Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-03-25

A lady who had no idea of looking
for husband, but with large proclivi-
ties for mischief and fun, put matri-
monial advertisement in the Herald, with
direction for answers to, be sent. to Ger.
tain signature at the Broadway Postoffice.
As the advertisement appealed to the
practical aPpreciations, by assuming
neat HuTe fortune, in addition TO an agree
able person. the seed of such temptation
could not well fall idly upon such a fer
tile bottom as is offered in New York
On the first day that succeeded the al
vertisement, the lady received seventeen
replies; on the second day. thirty. two.
and the third, seventy-rwo-an extent,
an ardcr of appreciation. for her vague.
ly described personal attractions, which
even she was not prepared to expect.
Bewildered by the warm volume of
entreaty which issued from this hyme-
nial magazine, the lady called to her aid
FIVE ladies as mischievous as herself
One pair Of hands and one mind were.
of course, quite unequal to the task of
answering all; so the batch of billetdoux
was divided equally among them, and
each was to make an appointment with
the writers on the following Saturday
afternoon at o'clock, on the lower side
of The upstairs SALOONS of certain pop
ular restaurant in Broadway. Elsh of
the ladies, moreover. who took the task
in charge, chose different co!ored pa
per for replies. Finally It was agreed
that the whole six should be present at
the interview, and that each should wear
the exact costume prescribed for The in
amorate whom the signing swains would
be there 10 see. On the other hand,
the gentlemen were directed to appear
in all the varieties Of attire and position,
which female ingenuity and mischief
could devise. One was requested to
wear blue coat and bright brass but
tons; another to have his hair parted in
the middle; one was 10 be eating a plate
of pork and beans, which, said the in.
genious writer who dictated it, "you can
scarcely expect will be called for by any
body else" Others were to be partak
ing of various dishes, or to place them
selves in such attitudes and postures as
were directed by the write.
At o'clock on the prescribed Satur-
day afternoon, every chair at every table
On the lower side of the upstairs saloon
was filed with slick-looking. highly per-
'umed Leanders. all gazing into each
oiher's faces and each secretly cursing
he luck which wedged him so closely
put Of the killing positions and display
which he had been meditating ever since
le got his note, And how the dishes
and the wondering waters flew!
Even the perplexed landlord, amazed at
his miraculous flow of business, was
obliged to drop his own mutton chop,
md call out the entire force of his estab-
ishment, to meet the clamorous, if not
threatening demands Of gentlemen who
cared they might not get their telegraph
ng plate Of ducks or mess of pork and
,eans in time
At length the clash of sheen and kick
IF stiff skirts was heard coming up the
tairs one minute after four, and an in
appeared, dressed in dark
,reen, with deep fur cape, and abun-
liant dropping lace. She was wafered
N the back Of the head with an in6ni-
esimal bonnet. and carried in her hand
be magic drift Of cambric. whose
'bakesperian strawberries intimated that I