Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-14

nance. so far as Castle Garden knows
Inasmuch as they 60 to get married i
is presumable at least that it is reall,
the end Of the romance, Just as much a!
if they had been welded after a Ions
courtship and much hot love-makins. s
OCCASIONALLY CAUTIOUS WIFE HUNrEI
will come down to the Garden and pee
about among the girls with a keer
scrutiny, %concealing his fell design.
upon them until he has picked out tn.
one he thinks he wants. Not infre
quently, however, particularly when tn,
man lives at some distance away, b.
simply sends a ticket to the girl willing
to have him if her description suits hin
and orders her sent on, as he might 8
windmill Or package of screws. O1
course, Mr.. jackson does not know the
outcome of more than a small percent.
age of the meetings he promotes, as very
often after the first steps both parties
are SHY about taking him into their con-
tidencc, and the marriages are never
performed at the Garden. He SAYS,
however, that a very considerable num-
Der of couples found whatever happiness
is attainable in married life.
ONE OF THE LATEST MARRIAGES
of which he has definite knowledge as
occurring through his agency took place
in July of last year. James Norris
wrote from Newark saying that he was
an Englishman, thirty-five years old. a
widower, with a son and daughter
grown up and doing for th~emselves;"
that he was employed in the Newark
Steel Works, where he earned twenty
seven dollars per week, and that
he wanted to have supplied to
him as a wife 3 decent English
woman, twenty-five years of age. With
ms letter was q testimonial from
his employers, who vouched for his So
briefly, ability and good character. Mr..
jackson did not happen to have in stock
gust at that time the sort of English
woman that seemed to fill the bill, but
the reporters published MIR. Norris let
ter, and the next day woman, who APP
peared to meet the requirements, came
in and asked for Mr.. Norris address.
1t was given her and she went away to
hunt him up in Newark.
A week later she returned. wearing a
happy smile and a handsome new dress
and bonnet, to tell Mr.. jackson that she
had married Norris, who was a very
nice man and had given her a very
pleasant, comfortable home, and she
wanted to return thanks to the genial
Superintendent for his agencvin getting
her so %agreeably placed in life. Norris,
she said, was going to bring her old
mother from England, and she was full
OF gratitude for his Kindness. Since
then nothing has been heard of the Nor
rises.
SAMPLES OF LETTERS.
Some of the many letters with matri-
monial intent received by Mr.. jackson
are quite amusing. Only three or four
days ago two arrived in the same mail.
One Of them was from a Detroit man,
whose very specific and explanatory
screed seems worthy of reproduction in
full. He wrote:
please excuse me for troubling YOU in this
matter; II you know of any Lady that will fill
this bill Please send this letter to her. | wish
to marry an Eastern or Southern Lady lam
slncere) Wish her to be, first a woman of good
carlcature, % Overlooking with Love and
sympathy Sd Amiaale 4th Wealthy. do not
care how homely She is if She is White and
Will DO all she can to make Home Happy. Use
economy and not be Stubborn, always meet
one frankly and with a Kiss Gas l will herl l
eyes white skin stand erect five feet nine
inches weight l45 to l5Olbs even temper do not
drink strong drinks or use tobacco in any
form Gamble or use bad language am a per
feet Gentleman at all times dress good am
clean about the house and about myself like
TO spend all my leisure time at home or with
My Wife. ! am decidedly a family man
healthy cheerful and not afraid of work. l am
used TO good society am a business man would
90 an ! could to help Lady watch and in
q cannot enjoy the word without a wife of
ane above aescrlptlon, adore q good woman
me. and therefor have lost a good share of
this worlds comforts. ] nave Travelled con
siderable, but never knew a woman that L
perlence. the trouble is there is too much de-
ception preached by man and woman I will
come right on and show just what am and
years. if Il Lady will do the same and see if
we cannot forme a perfect union Of lasting
happiness.
~ should also wish her to be sober and en-
erge,t,ic-all correspondence strictly contiden-
The other applicant was a resident
of Lancaster County, Pa, who repre-
sented himself as a widower, with no
children, possessing q two hundred acre
farm, and sin need of a woman to fill
the position of wife" He said:
81 want a medium-sized woman, quite stout,
with blue eyes, light hair and good teeth,
rather stylish in dress, and not inclined when
VII wv Gt'SCN w iooh DuCh at every woman
that passes to see how her dress sets, for in
tend to dress my wife that she will not behind
any lady ia the land as to Modern Style of
dress.
NOW if Such a Woman can be found and
Will so promise not to initiate Lots Wife
and not look behind, ] will promise a good
home and q kind husband. ] am here at
tending the State fair, and will remain for one
week, so if you find what / want please ad-
dress ME here"
From among the mass of letters the
following are some of the most note
worthy:
Another Detroiter says he "means
Bisness," and offers the best evidence
of that fact in proposing to pay ten dol
lars if Mr.. jackson. will find .ssome
Deasent Girl who is professor Protest
tant) from twenty-five to thirty years of
age, who wishes to get married in
respectable to a Machinist who is thirty
years of age, and a German who has an
old mother living with him. A Red
hair prison need not aplye if possible so
from Saxon or a Macklbuge Mecklen-
burger) or Byran (B~avarian)."
A Cleveland CO., man is cautious.
He writes that he want a wife, but he
wants to conduct correspondence with
her for awhile first to determine if she