Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-07-01
PECK'S IDEAL Giai.
His Prize for The Best Combination
Girl " In Rock County.
From the GAINESVILLE Gazette.


The following letter from George W..
Peck, OF Peek 5 sun, accompanies al a.
egant sewing machine, which is now on
exhibition at Kings book store:
Milwaukee, June Z, 1881. I.
Vankirk. Dear Van: Your letter iii
reference to my giving some kind Of
premium to somebody, at your
county fair, is received, and | have
been thinking over it. | have
brought my massive intellect to bear
upon the subject with the following
result: | ship you to-day, by ex-
press, Howe sewing machine, COM
plete, with cover, dropleaf, hammer,
tucker, Teller, drawers, and every
thing that a girl wants except cor
sets and tall stockings Now, | want
you to give that TO the best comb
nation girl" III Rock county, between
the ages of seventeen and thirty,
with the compliments of The Sun.
What | mean by combination GIRL"
is one that in the opinion Of your
committee has all the modern i'm
provements, and few of the old
faults, such as health, etc. She
must be good looking, that is, not
too handsome, but Just handsome
enough. You don't want to give
this machine to any female statue, or
parior ornament, who don't know
how to play a tune on it, or who is
as cold as Il refrigerator car, and has
no heart concealed about her person.
Our girl, that is, our Fair girl, that
takes this machine, must be .'the
boss" She must be Jolly, and good
natured, such girl that would ma Ike
the young man that married her
think that Rock county was the next
door to Heaven, anyway. She must
be SO healthy that natures roses
will discount any preparation ever
made by man, and So well formed
that nothing artificial is needed to
well, Van, you know what l mean.
You want to pick out a thorough
bred, that is all wool and a yard
wide. That is, understand me, |
don't want the girl to be a yard
wide, but just right. Your commit
tee don't want to get mashed" on
some ethereal creature whose belt
is not big enough for dog collar. This
premium girl wants to be able to do
days work, if necessary, and one
that there is no danger of breaking
in two if her intended should hug
her. After your committee has got
their eyes on a few girls that they
think would fill the bill, then they
want to find out what kind of girls
they are around home. Find if
they honor their fathers and moth
ers, and are helpful, and care rs
much for the happiness of those
about them rs they do for their own.
II you find one that is as handsome
as Nenus-I don't know Venus, but
| have heard that she takes the cake
Il say, that you find one that is
perfect in everything hut shirks her
duties at home. and plays II want
to be angel, on the piano, while
her mother is mending her stockings,
or ironing picnic skirts, then let her
60 ahead and be an angel rs quick
as she wants to, but don't give her
the machine You catch the flea.
Find the girl that has the elements
of q noble woman, one whose heart
is so large that she has to wear lit
tie larger corset than some, put one
who will make herself happy, and
who is a friend to all who would
walk farther to do a good deed, and
relieve the suffering, than she would
TO paralyze an ice cream saloon; one
who would keep her mouth shut
month before she would say an un-
kind word or cause 4 pang to anoth-
er. Let your committee settle on
such girl and she Is as welcome to
that machine as possible. Now,
Van, you ought to have committee
appointed at once, and no one should
know who that committee is. They
should keep their eyes out from now
until the time of the fair, and they
should compare notes once in q
while. You have got some splendid
judges of girls there in GAINESVILLE,