Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-02-05
waved his floating hair, wonderfully

Justified the young girls choice.
Giving Il fresh impIlse to the horse
which was painting and disconnected
by this unexpected resistance, Bcnito
allowed him to take the direction Of
the forest. We bchcld him for few
seconds shaken like a reed by the
furious bounds of the animal, but We
soon lost sight of him.
A few horsemcn followed him; but
his course was so rapid that they
soon returned to the stand, giving W
the pursuit as useless.
He returned in less than an hour
bringing back the hitherto unm.n
ageable horse completely mastered.
A Eaids for a Beautiful Young Lady
One OF the most novel rs well as
exciting rafiles that ever took place
in Seymour, came off on Saturday
evening last. Miss Minnie Clarence
made the novel proposition Of put
ting herself up to be ratified off at fif.
ty cents a chance. AT first the mat
ter was treated as a joke, but when
it became known that the offer was Il
! bona tide one, chances went rapidly,
and in less than one hour every
chance was taken, and heavy premi-
ums were paid by young men anx-
ious to win the beautiful and lovely
prize.
Miss Minnie is most bcwitching
beauty Of eighteen summers, an or
phan, of respectable parentage, and a
member of the best society Of the
State. She was decidedly the belle
Of Seymour, and was loved and adj
mired by all who ever became ac-
quainted with her, and probably Ell
wed just the least bit by the young
ladies She is a bright blonde, per
feet in form, fair complexion, and
has most ravishingly beautiful eyes.
Ever since she came to Seymour she
has been the center of attraction and
the admiration Of the men. In JUS
tice to Miss Minnie we should state
that size gave the winner the prlvl-
lege Of accepting or refusing her,
and reserved the same privilege for
herself There may have been sew
cral in the crowd whom she would
have refused, but there were none,
we venture to say, who would have
refused her. How could they?
The hour set for the rattle came.
and found all ready t try their luck.
Miss Minnie was there in person,
dressed in the height Of fashion, to
lend a charm to the scene. She
stood leaning against a showcase,
never speaking word nor betrayiny
the least emotion, or showing the
slightest preference for any OF the
contestants, excepting there was a
perceptiblc twinkle i'll her eyes when
some young and handsome 'loyier'
would shake the dice.
Name after name WAS called and
each one in turn would shake the
box with nervous hand until all but
three had thrown and nothing higher
than thirty-eieht had been thrown.
Then came Lynn Falkconer's turn.
Lynn is blonde himself, and a clev-
er, Woodworking young man, and
perhaps the twinkle Of her eyes nerv-
ed him to the work. AT any rate, he
tossed the ivory with steady hand,
and the scorer called forty-siX. The
other two throws were made amid
too much excitement to be counted,
and the prize WAS awarded to Lynn.
Minnie came forward and took
Lynn's arm, and the two went out
together amid the cheers Of the
crowd. She accompanied him to his
father 5 hotel, where she was present
ed to his relatives, who had not had
the pleasure Of her acquaintance be-
fore, after which she was escorted
home. We Of course do not know,
certain, but us Lynn is 4 good, clcv-
er young man, and she would be an
honor to any household, we are III
clined to think neither Of them will
back out.-SeJmou' (Ltd) Stn.