The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-23
From Godey's Lady's Book.
WANTED-A WIFE.
By 8. ANNE FROST.

for nearly half an hour, " wonder if any
Of these matrimonial advertisements are
ever put IN the papers in good faith ?
Here are no less than five, commencing,
" Wan ed-a wife,
81 should think" responded Anna
Green, cousin to Lizzie, hat if man
wanted wife very badly, his best plan
WAS o 90 and courtone. There are plen
lay of nice girls to be won"
" Just fancy advertising for husband,
Anna
/ Cant My imagination cannot com
lpass such an absurdlty BIT what makes
/ you sU I'M, rested to-day? I'm sure that
i trash has been in the papers Tor years"
why, THREE Of these entelprising gen
tlenien are modest enough to ask for pho
tographs, and ] was thinking it would be
fla q send some ofthose IN the box Bob
left up stairs
1 E"What box?@
+ "Have you never seen It? You know
Bob learned Il photographs Just before he
He's inr Enlitnrula, 10 be able II, take views
of scenery He look lessons of the tore
manfat Wright 81 Hills, who were burnt
opt just before BOB left Bob was at the
= fife, trying to save all he could, and
amongst other things he rescued box OF
pictures that they tod hialsto keep. There
II the greatest NIX of stuff in it--co Of
Iplttures and statues, groups, heads, and
quite alot of pretty fac. s
But we might send some picture of
a PERSON who would get in'o trouble by
it nl@sf z4iA
sob, no /! I wouldn't send anything bat
a tanty head there are plenty OF thns
II 4 o n v l,ir
3 The box proved a treasure for passing
. time 1t was quite large and well filled,
and The girls found the mornIng slipping
AWAY rapidly us they examined the con
$. Suddenly Anna gave a cry of al
90 mir tom.
. : What an exquisite face ~
i "That IS one OF the fancy heads" said
Z. Lizzie, tax ing the picture from her cous
III hand. tH Uses
p Are you certain, L zzie It's very life
like Ft H M
= > But very fanciful Anna Nobody in
Ethes US sits Tor puoi ograph with q
= wre ,lh III field daisies and green leaves
round Their head and who ever sa " sucl
ha.r: Why, there is ough to start Il
CHI, gEnn factory in fourlshing business
q Anna looked again ut the picture. It
ctitainly WAS Shameful enough TO JUSTIFY
Lizzie ass' rtlno, although the face had
an amin ted expression lar ly attained Ivy
g hc pcnclI. There was only the head s,
81 IA "A fl network of Clouds. the dimp.ed
s louliers fl rom til, fie,cy clusters and the
sweet ACE nclrclcd hy them. The regu
ar features, exquisite mouth, and large
soft eyes " ere framed to masses of heay J
= :urls, just caught from he ON brow ano
g ltie ,are. by i wreath of field daisies
4 grasses and leaves.
- IS a lovely, lovely face, Lizzie, is II
not +?
YES / think" SAID LIZZIE, musingy
tl,atI vii send his 10 Mr.. Edgal
Ill. lines ANT that the name? Yes" She
All ed. al tr r, ference 10 the paper
s e Mr. E. yar Holmes, Box No. Al Water
rd, Illinois. ILLINOIS is i good ways from
/. Hntol, Massachusetts Anna, so guess h,
i wall nO C me to look tor the or yInal yer,
;. Is on. There how does that look p anc
SHE lossed the picture 10 her cousin, hav
ing urltten on lie margin, "Ever yours
" b 1--we, d." 1871
"A /" But, Lizzie, suppose, after all, Thu
IN ,uii b. Il real porlla 2?
!" Non>en e! We certainly know every
b ,d,. III H t'n"
~ don hslf like it, Lizzie
Goa, p'tsw You are ways fnssy
p mean to get >ume answers from Mr.. Ed
z y Holmes & Go, 1t will be real tun.-
Here is'oae from Cal tornia and one from
New York; pick ouC Two more pictures
0 Anna, here is that hateful old Maid
ati'da Trueft. ! have halfa mind t,
send ii r"
+ Well. just as you say. Now for tn,
letters See how nicely can disguise M,
hand, and she wrote ew lines In stiff
angular hand, as legible aud almost as I'm
! recogniz4ble as print
''Anybody can see that it as disguised
hand."9
"Of course they can; but that's of M
cons' quence. shall only write few
lines at first, protesting deep interest anc
desire Tor further al quaintance Yol
are as grave as deacon, Anna"
Z 3" Because 1t seems to me foolish, a waste
OF time, To say the best of it, and it ma,
get you into trouble, Lizz,ep
. m not afraid 1t is all for fun. ]
sh4lI sign them all Ida, and have the an
swers directed TO the same name"
An hour passed away, almost In silence
lizzie wrote three letters OF the character
lslle had descrlb ID, while Anna pondered
over the pictures, read the newspaper
viii b had inspired her cousin with the
n " piece of mischief, and perused the
letters as they were finished and tossed
lover TO her for criticism.
There were not two prettler girls in
Hilton than these two cou>ins-one res.
Iidelt of the village from her birth, the
other a regular visitor for the summer
months. Lizzie Thnrndy ke was brown