Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-10-19
Wholesale Operations.
One Of t:ose Personal. Advertisements
and what came Of it. a.f

| One of the editorial staff of the
Star, inserted the following adyer
tlsement, on the 18th of July, in
the Herald:
"a young lady of good family
desires the acquaintance of a young
gentleman of good standing and
some personal attractions, with 8
view to ultimate marriage. She
has good marrying portion in hel
own right. The jealousy of an
ever-watchful guardian is the cause
for this step.
Address NJ. F.; P. o. Box 159.' y
The result showed the preponder-
ance of both fools and knaves in
the city, as there was an immediate
response from about one hundred
and seventy individuals, many of
whom were merchants, lawyers,do
tors, telegraphers, artists, DC. Some
of them were people well known
who wrote in an undisguised hand,
enclosed their cards, and evidently
meant to go in for NJ. f. and-the
marriage position. The reading of
the letters furnished great amuse
ment to the attaches and visitors to
the Star office. 1t was suggested
that the experiment of answering
forty or fifty of them and appoint
ing place of meeting, would give
greater zest to the joke. According
ly note Stimulating lady's hand
writing was sent as reply to some
of the efiusions, eOuched in this
wise: t.
"Meet me on Saturday, the 22d,
at two o'clock p. NJ, opposite the
Registers Office, City Hall Park"
The time and place ought TO have
convinced the most unsophisticated
that there was some game about it.
The locality was in full view of the
Star office, at whose windows were
a sea of laughing faces on Saturday
afternoon, eager to ascertain
whether the STOOLS were all dead.r
A few only 'smelt MICE but be-
tween thirty and forty put in an ap
pearance, perfuming the air with
choice toilet essences and the aroma
of button-hole bouquets. I-t
The first one appeared about five
minutes before the hour. He was
a cleanly-shaven, fine-looking man,
about thirty-fve, attired in the
highest style ofthe art. There was
nothing in his appearance to denote
softening of the BRAIN and the look
ers-on at the Star office were doubt
full at first as to his identity. He
hung around so anxiously that it
was resolved to test the matter by
sending out small boy duly in
structed.
care you waiting for NJ. F., sir?'
asked the boy of the suspected in
dividual. "Yes," he answered with
alaerity, "she sent q message"
"She can't come before half
past two," said the INSCRIPTIONS
boy. Perfectly satisfied, the dap
per gentleman, all unconscious of
ridicule, settled himself in seat
near by and-waited.
&Ry twos, by threes, and by half |
dozens, the searchers for NJ. F. ap-
peared in front of the Star and Her
aid offices. The policemen began
to gather around and wonder what
was up. Again and again was the
little messenger dispatched to the
seekers, and in no case mistook his
man. Some of them were told to
wait; others that NJ. F. would ad- |
dress them the next day in the
Sunday Ledger.
Every young lady that passed be-
fore the assembly was eyed most
seriously. Now and then they eyed
each other suspiciously, but none
saw the game until the small boy
was sent into their midst with
placard bearing the following in
scription: a-ru'.-.
"M. f. can't come to-day"
The way these soft-headed fel-
ows made tracks forparts unknown
s impossible to describe. The
self evident, and the hu-
niliation was still greater the next
lay, when a fullAaccount of this
'idiculous affair, with a graphic draw
ng of the group, appeared in the
Sunday paper. '.s 10