Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-06-18


John Peters had just graduated from
5he i6efedntile college in New York,
aud with Recommendation and di-
plonia in his pocket, was now in search
of a situation. He was q good looking
yeting man of twenty three; and earn
ed with his own hands the money Pro
,fessor Ferdinand Costello dc Gucrr had
received in exchange for his education
If we mistake not, John Peters was a
nativch of small town in CUnnecti-
cut, which, from some aovcrshot on the
part of previous compilcrs, has had the
misfortune to be entirely overlooked by
the great Mr. Brookes in his universal
scrutinty Of that State
For fear of rendering the town elias
sical as being the birth place of our
hero, VIC shall refrain from further meu-
tiOn of it, satisfied that the curiosity we
-A4sxe already excited will induce future
eolnpilers to be more accurate in their
researches, and thus, i'll course of time,
it may come to be awarded to tho aforc-
said town, in spite of its present isola-
tim and obscurity, its due share of gc-
ibgraphical Importance. Iir -.a
In what part of the city John Peters
resided, or where he happened to be on
the morning to which We refer, is a
point not clearly shown. / am sorry,
however, because the locality iof John
IPetersi 1night tend to strengthen the
identify of j ohm Peters, and sprevcnt
him chad this fact with some other i'm
portant items been clearly established
in the mind of the wealthy and influ-
cntial Joshua Meirs, from cntrapping
the pretty bird which policy and. world
ly calculation had already beat into the
bush for John Peters the second.
That John Peters had been looking
over the morning papers, cannot be
doubted, from the fact that precisely
nine O'Clock, A. NJ. found him stand
ing at theidoor of Mr.. Joshua Meirs
e0untingroom; Mr.. Joshua iMeirs hay-
ing advertised that morning for a book
keeper. ID ~ j,r.uiEfrz. sl =.
- t,AIrI Mcirs2 / ! believe L have the
honor of addressing Mr.. J oshua Meirs?'
saith john Peters, touching his hat and
bowling profoundly in the direction in =
Idieated.fi has rlrIii.i r-i ,-s .f
1.-The same" responded Mr.. Miers,
with friendly dignifed nod. Can l
be. of any service to you? Please pro-
cced.n nRa La.l1Hi nr tf HI. Z.
.sd +What shalllI do? IF there was on
olysa hole somewhere, thought john
But there was no hole, and our hero
proceeded. .5-.s,-...:.. ,
- AMY name is Peters ohm Peters. !
aai Mr.. Meirs sprang from his arm chair
as though he had received shock from
some invisible battery. s,.fff9iI5 !,, .f-.
;,,l."tJ Ohm Peters! By all that's graciousr
cried Mr.. Meirs, embracing him. "Ant
here like an old Simplcton have l beer
treating yeu thinking you stranger
.alls tho, while, according to the most
i, frigid rules of etiquette. 1 deserve tt
:. be blowed for ever having studied Coun
dc 'Orsay's Treatise. But how is YOU
fathcr?--how stupid in mel can SCI
1lim7 in every feature of your face-ir
good spirits, reckon?-yes, see, n,
matter about the he,answer-afrived in thu
anorning train all tired out, no doubt
Yes, of course, how could I expect ye,
TO be; otherwise all night, see
Perfectly unexpected, though-didn'
dream of your coming before the expi
ration of another week-think your IA
ther said in his 1etter a week from Fri
day-+to-day, let me seeS is Wednesda
which would leave it week from da
after tomorrow. But no matter; yo
are Just as welcomed here come
the omnibus; it will take7us within tw
minutes walk of our residence, an
Bella is at home this morning. Sh
can't help but be delighted-comer'-
And Mr.. Mcirs caught tho arm of Joh
and started in the direction of I'll
street. s.. .T. ..
's' ri fear there is a slight misundel
standing somewhere, faltered Joh1
attempting to withdraw his arm; it
true my name is John Peters ,
t ''Of course! and my name, is Joshu
Meirs, and you are to marry my daugl