The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-06-18

| me and that Will te the end OF Il.
would say To you right herr-i am not
! like LOSSy, LCsSy, to 90 peddling this
about the country: Rish knows that. but
/ sincerely wish it to be known 10 none
but W. three. Nou are NJ perfect liberty to
show this letter to Bish, but please don't
| let anybody else sec 1t. With no inten-
| ton to deceive and Trusting not to be
deceived | sign myself Yours 10 COIL
Inand FRANK WARD.
| On the back Of the above letter was
written the following reply:
SUNDAY, Apri!17, -
Mr..
Ward your mote and proposal Is eX-
| ccpted you can tell the neighbors when
you can come and it Will be- all right.
| Your Friend,
Alice III tOlniin-on
| am Oh the marry
| BISHOP WILLIAMSON called on Us on
Wednesday and informed u that the
above answer TO Wards proposal was
written by linn and not by Miss ToyuIE-
son. lie says he wrote it for the pur-
pose Of getting WARD and Miss ToNLIN-
son together, and ii possible make IA
"matcl" Mr. WMLIAsIao,' p,IblisIrcsa
card Oh the subject, which will he found
in another column.
BENTON RIDGE, o., May 21 1875.
Mr. Ward
Respected friend il such
can call you but fromc what heard you
are no friend of mine.
Now | would like to know what you
talked bout me for; (as / heard you
did when you know III your own heart
it is not true. | always thought you was
a friend of mine and a Gentleman and
thought you would treat me as q lady.
/ heard that yOu was going to put that
report that you started in the paper.
CeTy nell But remember you will be
maid prove it AND CAN you NEVER
For YOU KNOW 1T Is y LIE And
time will prove it for it selfe
You know yOU can rot 20 with me
when iO0e mother as | do
Now it is no use talking that way II
bout me thinking l will let you 90 with
Inc for | wont.
Bish knows am true to him and will
never be any other way And would
not believe anything bad n bout him if
Now, you see how mutch confidence |
have in him. And you cannot say any
thing a bout me and tell the truth And
you can not prove what you did say Gf
you said it) so you hOI better 40 SLOW
for have friends who will stand by me
il You ever answer this mail it at Find
lay. ALICE ToMLINsON
WARD went to, Joncsville, Michigan,
the same day, he sent the dispatch to
his mother, and while there wrote the
following letter, which he did not mail:
JOyEsvILLE, June 10, 1875.
Cousin K0IIic
had thought strongly of making you
folks flying visit til saturday morning,
but changed my mind for reasons that |
will tell you of in the future. Have yOu
found that young man from the country
(Or city, which You would like to begin
to think of calling ga life partner" yet?
| have not found the ''clear quill" OF a
''wifeist" by not much yet, but am still
on the track and am not much discOur-
aged. All these hyerOyigphics / shall
explain to you and the people Il GSIted
to dO 50, IN u yeiitjs HHIldorjlg manner.
Give this to anybody vino wants it
after you have perused it, Mollic, strGl-
gers not excepted. II any one asks you
whether you or | ever aDeTe or thDUghtOf
being married tell he or size the truth
from the depth of your understanding
or knowledge | mean. Have your Pa &
Ma to If they eyer heard or knew any
thing in regard to that matter. Speak
it plain out all IF goa, once for all.
Didn't tell you in the first letter ever
wrote to you at Reading, that l never
would marry my relatives. Sing it out
loud, once for all.
Please excuse this Ill begotten"
scrawl, for | am about half mad and
mean tusiness, but some time my nerves
will get at rest hope l can't tell when
/ can come TO Michigan dgGiU, l,cJidps
HeCcr.
With best respects and love 10 all, /
remain as ever, your coz, L. WARD.
Among other papers found on Wards
person was the following, written on old
slips of paper 1t is intended rs diary:
She left Driesback's monday apr. -,
and went to Henry county to work. Saw
her In court house yard May Sth Satur-
day (the day the rope was iast walked |
in Findlay). Also saw her sunday ut |
sunday school april 18th Saw her in |
Findlay at Barney's & Snydcr's corner
May 22nd, last time. come home that |
evening u wrote to her and told her to
stick to Bish and go with him to hell for
they were a good ways on the road | |
thought. did not get q chance to mail |
the letter Til about the middle Of the |
next week. mailed it at Findlay be-
cause she told me in her conversational
Ijarnsy's corner that she lived in iindlay.
had not received any letters from her up
to that time except the che With the pie
ture on which was written on the back
of my first letter, to her dated apr. II.
Only saw her three times after writing
to her first time, First time-at sunday
school at the Brick meeting house. did
not speak to her or she to me but she
looked flushed (Ted) in the face and
squinted QOokedl ut me several times
while sunday school was in session. |
sat with Bish. there was preaching af-
ter sunday school The minister during
his sermon said something about friend
ship, the substance of which was (aS near
rs / can recOllect) that ''if n person was
m tTOqble they would go to their best
friend for sympathy and comfort. he
also said it was IA great comfort to have
'Ome one to lean on-as n wife leans On
ler husband.
Bish whispered to me (just rs the min
ster had finished saying what l HERE
ayj and sa;d "that will hit al, leaning
IN her husband No more was said at
hat time The next time I saw her was
n front of the court house, first spoke /
md said, chow do you do allie, she an
wered and said chow oyou do?" said
there Will be meeting too morrow over
N the Ridge believe She said yes, |
lid hear them say there would.
l said Twill you be there! are you i
oming to meeting too morrow" she
aid ''nO, / guess mayby l will go down
lone TO Benton too morrow" (there
Tas another lady with her at that tiInee
he next said-''we was looking Cor SOM
elbow to take us ont home" | said ''I
ness Bish is in town, is'ent hel" she
ave me no answer but blushed scarlet
ed, and looked badly bored, so l said.
Il guess he is working to day" she said
is he!' that was every word that was
hid at that time. l left her and went
n about my business.
The next time | saw her was at Bar
ey's corner. l spoke first and said
ovid do! Miss TOmlinsOn, she answer
i and said How'd do, Ar. Ward she
len introduced me to the ladies whom )
had never seen before and whose /
ames | can't now recollect. / rccog- !
lied the introduction aud said to her