The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-09-21
4 Ricn old Widowcr Makes "a
Fool Of Himself.

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josiah B. Fullerton. who lives in Lu-
cas- county, Ohio was in Toledo on &
visit, and while in the railroad dcpo,
one day, saw, admired and became
slightly acquainted with a very good
booking Young woman namcd Matte
Adams--at least that is ono OF her
names. Fulerton assisted her on the
train, saw to her baggage, and during
their half honr's iniersiew allowed
her to know tha, he was a widowcr
worth $50 600, and in search of n second
wife. The man was completely enim-
Ore1--not tp say infatuated --aLd be-
fore the train leit induced Miss hd-
ans to give him her address and
promise that he might write to her,
she very grlciousIy exchanging photo
graphs with him. Now Fullerton
i, man fIty-fvc years old, anything
but handsome. short aud fat, and
looking as if Cupid might shoot away
at him for whole year without max
ing auy impression But tat men are
deceptive, and Mr. Fullerton immc,li,
atcly commenced TO make fool Of
himself The woman gave him the
address Of noted house Of II-rame
10 this CITY, and be sat down aud wrote
hei very tender letter before >he was
halfway home. OF course he dldn Z
know her character, or The character
ot the house she inhabited. but then a
man 6ity-dvc yeats old has no busi
ness falling in love at race horse speed
Ia due time she answered his letter,
AMI in due time he replied. Thus
matters went on until last Thur-day.
when he made his appearance in De-
troil, AZ her request TO have an in.
teryicw. II may be 70 TO say here
that 10 one Of hi- letters h. sent her
fifty dollar greenback to buy a ring
with, lac claiming that be was poor
hand at selecting such tokens On
arriving here, a heckman conveye
him to the house, aud the old gont
never ct hint as TO irs character.
Miss Adams was expecting him. aud
paImed herself oif az being at her
mothers ) house, even bringing her
mother for an introduction. II Ful
erton was in love before he was clear
gone now, nni proposed mairimony
before he had been in the house two
hours After many bushes or At
tempts to blush, the woman said
yes, and Old Noueseuse was The
happiest mun in Detroit Aztec pro-
longing hi, visit until late in the
evening he went to hotel, the UNDER
Standing being that be was yesterday
to 90 with her to select the weddiu
garments
He was on hand as prompt a. an
utlica-,eeIlrr, and thr twain went on
grand shopping exeur,ou What
ever she waited be ordered aud paid
for including two silk dresses two
shawls, a set OF jewelrv, aud notious
too many 10 mention. After two
hours trampin., the pair roLurncd To
the house, aud the young woman in-
formed h,m thar ,he had one more re-
quest to make Her dear papa
was owing debt OF $500, ani 4 cruel
hcs.tes> crvd. tor had levied on her
piano in lieu OF his money Would
he lend her father the money for few
days OF course he would, and he
counted oul the money a. fast as his
fingers could ay. A. he was not in
vted 10 stay ior dinner, Fullerton
went to his hp,el, and at two pclock
walked up to have another chat with
his iGHrs. lie ranl ,hc bell AMI ~
one an-wercd. lie rang again and
there was no reply Ho pulled hard,
snd strange " man appeared at The
door and asked what ho wanted
While he wan telling her and totally
dumsiouuded by the turn matters
had taken. she informed him that If he
didnr get out of this with his drunken
tricks he would be snaichod by the
police lie r,ed to 90 in aud she
pnshed ham out, lie demanded an
IeNplanai ion. and she called ham aD old
doughhoad Two or three cltizens
came along, stopped To hear the dis
putc, and one OF them informed Full
lerton that il he valued his charactc'
he bad better make himself less con-
spicous. The llea ia his ear stunned
rbe man at first, but he finally saw
how matters stood. To be sure there
was no mistake, he asked policeman
in regard TO the character oi the house.
aud later in the day, when at the
>onthern depot 10 take the train for
Toledo. he again asked Ofieer Thomp'
sou az to the character of the house