The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-29
"PERSONAL,'

A New York correspondent Of the St.
Louis Globe has lately made some rich
and racy developments in the domain of
advertising. Inserting in New York
paper ''personal,' requesting CORES
pondence of ladies under forty with a
view to matrimony, he received something
less than a bushel Of replies, which he had
the effrontery and persist nee to follow
up until he ascertained the character Of
the applicants. One of these proved to
be widow of thirty mine, with an ample
fortune, who really sought an honorable
alliance; another was charming bru.
nette, who had rooms to let, where the
boarder might have easy access to the
ladys private apartments; ~ third
proved to be a gushing Vassar student
ess: about to graduate, whose father was
a rich Western banker. Two Others
turned out to be bad altogether; thefrst
| being DESTROYS of securing catch with
the ''large fortune" which theeorrespon.
dent advertised himself as possessing.
The last one was professional black
mailer. who enticed the correspondent to
a secluded seat in gallery Of art, and
was there confronted by the lady's re-
puted husband, who threatened an assault
and Infringement, and was finally in
duced to desist by timely show of sew
en- shooter. This illustrates the class OF
people who ''do matrimony" by adver.
Using, and also that the practice, though
growing, is an exceedingly dangerous
one.
JOHNNY says: spose babies is different
from folks cos they don't no no better.
But if was them you wudent cetch me
putin everything in this world into my
mouths, [ can tell you, like ourn does
Mary, that's the house maid, she was an
only chile wen she was to home, and she
use to have dolls, but she never see meat
baby real close till she came to our house
and that girl was jes 4 st onish oil the time
to sec wot baby wudc do, and it was morr
a munth fore she wud tuch it. One day
Mary she came Dustin in the dinin room
Wen it was dinner, wife like sheet. anc
hardly any breth, and she said O, If you
pleas, mum, baby has went and eat the
nursry .dore every bit up, oil but ies. the
mob. but wen my mother she went to tne
dore TO mend it, and baby wassa suckin a
round paper wate;.s4 Sech d girl <Wher
Isle uFS CO1ue 70 i've WITH US one DAY
Uncle Ned he was plain with baby after
lunchen, and he had the cork Of ale bot
tie a.stic!,in on the cork scru, and he wa:
a lettin babytak it in his mowth. Mary
She come in@Wile he was sa*doin it, anc
Ishe seeshim pUl it out quick, and she rar
lin the Kitchen as fas as eyer she cude anc
drought Uacle Ned a 2tumbler on a tray
+ "A M1DDLE-AGED woman had letter
handed her at the general delivery in thu
post office yesterday, and she sat dowr
on window sill and read it. Her inter
est was intense from the start and sht
spoke: up and said: ''He calls me his lit
tie darling. That's good - After read
ing few lines more she said: "And h,
misses my society so much !" Half wa,
down the page she spoke again: ''Ant
he calls me his sunbeam, his guardian an
} GEL" She climbed up on the sill LITTLE
further, turned the letter over and mus
ed: "And he's lost three pounds o
flesh worrying over my health. Hc'
just dear, loving darling, that's! what h
/ is" She reached the top of the fourtl
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