Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-24

Of age; Is in ordinarily comfortable
| circumstances likes women but is
| shy-afraid OF them, indeed and
| consequently, he has never gotten
along with them. 1t has often oc-
CURED to Peter that il would be con-
venient to have wife but the trou-
| bic and difficulty, as re imagines, of
procuring one, have always stood i'll
his way. If could get some one to
do the ''courting,n Peter has said to
himself-never recalling, because he
has never read the sad story of Paolo
and Francesca-"I'd been a husband
long ago; But this popping the
question Pm not equal to. 1t re-
quires chap of more courage than
/ can MUSTER He reads over the
advertisements until he has them all
| by heaH They impress him deep
| ly. The opportunity he has sought
seems TO be on hand. He goes TO the
| brokers' and announces the object of
his visit. The broker is always dis
| trustful of strangers, fearing they
are not sincere. But after few min
utes' talk, he sees that Peter is too
unsophisticated to be guilty of a
ruse. The broker soon puts the GUS
toner at ease; :; says "he knows a
number of elegant and accomplished
| ladies, y ilo will suit him exactly
| perhaps i don't know what an ell
! serves Peter, "but I'm afraid it is
not exactly the sort I want I'd like
q kind o. nice, good wife, that
wouldn't put on too much style, and
| look down on a fellow because he
wasn't quite as good as her.
Certainly you need a good, do
meStic woman who loves her own
fireside, and is bound up in her chill
dren."
''Well, if had it my way,n hesi
| tatingly remarks Pindar, "I'd rath-
er she wouldn't have any children
that wasn't mine.n
Precisely. l mean yours, my
| deer sir. | wish to say, when she
made you the happy father of a
beautiful offspring, that she would
devote herself to the family be an
angel to your home; a presence of
shine, and all that sort of thing.n
ooh, yes, that is it, Responded Pin
dar, caught by the cheap rhetoric of
the broker "that's what | want, and
will pay for.n
Il have 4 lady in my mind, now
saw her this morning-who will be
all you desire. l will exchange you
| so for this interview. If we con
summate the marriage you will, OF
course, pay nAore. Our regular price
| is
pll do The handsome thing. J'n
give 500 cash down"
"Come aay after tomorrow, Mr.
Pindar, and I'll tell you the result of
my negotiation. BE here at II o.
clock.n
Soon 2s Pindar has gone, the br0k-
| or takes Il letter from Il drawer, and
| reads:
| "DEAR SfR-I should be willing to
| accept a husband who could come
well recommended : who could pro-
| vide for me handsomely who had
good habits; was we'll educated ;and
was of domestic turn. i have
some reputation for beauty and ac-
| complishment AIN young, although
no longer a silly girl, and would /
! think, be an ornament To Il we'll reg
ulated household. Sincerely,
BESSIE BAKER" "
The broker drops n line TO Miss
| Baker, soliciting an Interview. She
comes, and is not what might be an
ticipated from her note. She is prob
ably four five and thirty has thin
| face, faded blue eyes, high cheek
bones is freekled, and anything but
| handsome or elegant. She talks
rapidly and is intelligent, though
not very delicate or sensitive. She
! has been a teacher and a seamstress;
has had a hard struggle with life ;
and, seeing the brokers' advertise
ment one day, was tempted TO write
to him by way of experiment.
| An interview is arranged for her
and Pindar i'll the private office
They meet and are both disappoint-
ed.
Il would never have him." she
thinks. Il would not marry her for
anything,n he says to himself.
After half an hours conversation
they find themselves mistaken
| They rather like each other. He
proves to be candid, upright. indie
pendent, good-hearted she, .amia-
BILE, affectionate, loyal, truthful.
When they have been acquainted
three days, they believe they can
get along together. Pindar pays his
500 to the broker most willingly,
takes Bessie Baker to Chenang0 as
his wife, and they have lived COM
70. tably, rearing pumpkins and ha-
| bies ever since.
| Not seldom, men who have mis-
tresses they wish to get rid of, apply
to the matrimonial broker, and pay
handsomely for the procurement OF
| husbands. This branch of the busi-
ness, it is claimed requires unusual
exertion and adroitness, and $50 is
! asked fer the service. The man who
| is candidate for marriagehas no sus-
picion of the woman. She tells an in
| genius story proclaims herself q
| oil
her stories-and, by her tact and
shrewdness, completely deceives
him. The marriage IS contaminated.
| and strange to say, is sometimes
| happy; the wife resolving upon, and
adhering to a change for the better,
after being invested with the digni-
ty and bearing the responsibility OF
wedlock.
| IN 1867, America made 2l5, ,00O, 900
lbs. of cheese, and Great Britain 30,
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