South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-10-17
Wanted-A Situation.
BIT CAPT. J. II sYMoNDS.

jobbing drug and medicine house Of A. K.
Clarke 4 Co., on East Water street, Mil
waukee, Wisconsin. We sa. about the fire
In the counting room, after We had COM
pleied our weekly list Of letters TO be writ
ten to the loved ones at homc-for we were
all from the Northern S,ates-and We were
chatting together, the burden Of our cou-
versation being the long columns Of Wants
10 the New York Herald which we had
been perusing.
The front part Of tho third floor of the
house of A. r Clarke 4 Co., was parti-
toned off, fitted up, and finished as Q sleep.
ing apartment for the clerks Of the store.
Here were IN the most perfect disorder, FIVE
single beds, five toilet tables, 6ve looking
glasses, Eve wsshstands and furniture, q
dozen cane seat chairs aud ditto rocking
chair (; this, with the private baggage, books,
trinkets aud pictures of the f7e clerks, com.
prised our lodgings. We boarded at the
United States .Hotcl. An hour or two eve
ry evening, after the store was closed, and
portions of the Sabbath, we passed in the
counting room Of the establishment. Here
We wrote our letters, read our newspapers,
and chatted together, and here we sat to-
gether this Sabbath forenoon. Ned Bla
uey, who is now q wealthy merchant in The
same line in Madison, Wisconsin, was our
senior Frod Gale, who has the credit of
being, at present, a surgeon in the regular
service, was the second in age Charley
Martin and Langley Keller, who were the
two youngest | was the third in age
We sat around the fire in the CRATE, for
it was a cool forenoon in the late autumn,
and Charley Martin, after cleaning all the
news from the Herald, began reading aloud
to US the long columns of Wants. aud he
continued reading them until langley iu-
terrupted him with
Cant you find something more interest
ing than that to read? If not, allow me
to recommend 10 your kind consideration
the very readable circulars which accom-
pauy each bottle Of he genuine Townsend's
Sarsa pariIla.'
Thank you, SIR said Charley, 'but 1
was rather pleased with the great variety
Of desires displayed here.
IF Goldsmith bad seen these long col
umns, be might not have written
"Man wants bat little here below,
Nor wants that little long"
said Ned Biauey, through the smoke Of
bis cigar
want seems to be as severely felt there
by woman as man. remarked Fred Gale,
who was our funny boy.
'What a vast amount Of sorrow and trou-
bic there is in those advertisements said
Ned, tboughtfulIy.
'And what rich fun it would be to read
the answers to them all, suggested Char
ley.
'WOuldn't i. be fun to answer some of
them, though p queried Langley.
That would be gay sport replied Fred
10 which opinion we oil five, to greater
or less extent, coiuedcd. And so il was,
that, talking about those advertisements, we
all agreed that each one should make a
personal response to the very first advertise
ment of that character that we should meet
with in either OF our local dailies, and of
the stories Of these answers | will tell you
In the Sentinel Of tho very next day,
there was an advertisement reading as fol.
lows:
Wanted--A situation az cham bormaid
by respectable Young woman. Address
Miss i Sentinel Office"
At our counting room gathering that
oveniDg, after tho store was closed, Char
ley took up the paper, and read the notice
aloud to us, though doubt not that every
one of us had read it, and thought. Of bis
promise, before.
'Who would ever think to look at us,
that we we're all in want Of Cbambermaids p
added Fred Gale, with laugh.
What name shall you write under, Char
leyP asked Langley Keller, who stood at
ha II.
Il hadn't thought Of that, replied Char
ley.
Whats in nameH exclaimed Fred :
the poet says, "a rose by any other name
would smell AZ sweet
'Be very respectful in your communioa.
tons, boys; remember there would be no
fun IN making blackguards Of ourselves said
Ned Blancy, as We all we're making prepare.
tions 10 indite answers to the advertisements
No one proposed 10 read the letter he
wrote, after It's completion, 80 I only know
what / wrote myself which was only false
statement that | should require the service
1T Cumberland 10 The course NJ two or
three weeks, and that should be happy 90
have an interview with the advertiser I
infer that al the other letters we're brief.
from the fact that they were quickly com
plefed. Each one Of US kept possession Of
bis own letter, aud in his own way convey.
cd it to the Office Of the Sentinel Mine.
which requested that reply would be sent
to Jacob ID. Graves, through the postofFice.
| left at the Sentinel Office on my return
from breakfast tho next morning.
Do the succeeding day The replies h our
letters began to arrive; believe that Fred
Gale received bis frst; at least, remem.