Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-07
AN OLD JOKE RE-rLAYED'
An Amorous Young Man Saois
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warning 20 Boys ana Girls.

All AmOESOs 4OuAS 1loh
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HarnIns 10 Boys ana Giris' e.
.bou, three weeks ago Sir. A. J. Chapman.
a good-Iook ny young man, who Is sgent LOT
saw,pp.mRcnine company. and whose head
quarters are ut Lui. Igs' jrwsiry siose' A'een-
dad church. aud succee led In looking sevsfai Oh
the Nstnodtst college g'rls out OF c0untenanoe.
Hs til ,u.h he had msie g mash. and toto ees.
ersI Y III " men ab III nj, success IheS toi"
him the ~part,cul IT v ung Ia Y he had inia'ua-
ted wa,M : Anna Smell. who was rich ano
beautiful. Hs WAS ve-y de.iIous OF making hef
ous utanc., and Was overi 1ysd At receiving
the followi,s letter:
It. xINeroa Mo Feb, q. 1884.
MIR A ] CHArAAN-DEAn sIh:~My paI.t ~,
having decided 1 should attend coiiese ~
civ Tor tile remainder o. this aud next session,
/ have u gr .at d-s'rc to becoine arg lainu'a nv ,h.,
some young gen'irm Al. and have heard tna,
YOU are u niar and popular yoUns man ana
| would | he very much To make 'ur s'Suain-
tance, ANA |. you Will 'nawer this ou' n'?aa,n-
forxuttrn to state that 1 ume not q bOa7der ~ Tue
cnlieye. but am stopping with my re.a.sx'
RI We seen YOU pass Oft n AIxlou3'y SW@'-
ing an answer, 1 remain, hopeiu,ly yours
General Delivery. City.
To this letter he responded rs follows we
give. ye, bAtim. the correspondence on both
sides;
LEuNaroE Mo March l. 1885 :,
DEAR FRrEND:- / ours of zion was r-,eiv"o
In due time AMI "ontenis iual> cons1aefeu lou
vii, h. Kind Enugt to Wripe To M Whai part OIL
the cit, your live an I also Iher YOUR rel. ives re-
side / haven't any Objectiofis 10 forming tne AZ,
In cal, al the Earliest OPPORTUNITY 1 h"ps our &C
qualnce VIII be Mutual yoars rgsP III
Miss ANNA SHELL city
u-.r,, oot !, tnun when fh6n frat letter WPA
written, which accounts for hiS 4e:sJ Il" an
swe,ins. The next day he deceived No O.
which Is as follows:
LEXINGTON, 80, March 3. 's5.
DEAR FIJI answer received yes.
teriay am ny THANKFUL to you Tor your
: pIomptness in corresponding.
Am glad my desire ir max ,ng your acqutlnt-
. ance and soliciting you correspondence meet'
In reply TO your insertion In regard to where
, live / would comp with. but my rel 'tiVes are
, going to move aud as soon as located Will lei
A. 1 soon hope to meet you in person. 1t will be
8 difficult Tor me to dc 30. but as 1 have been 81
~ sue .essful in m skiing your acqua Mt ,inee by let.
ter. Ii Will be the height OF my ambition to NEE
'o' ANNA SMELL.
Excuse short letier for 1t is time for me to go u
F., college
To this soft letter be replied 10 tho following
, cautious manner:
LEXINGTON, MO-, March 1, 1883
I'll MISS Anna smell yours of the 2 Was lie
ceived In due time l am sorry you iorgottel
to tell me your relatives names hope 70
O. will be able to iniorme me in next letter VIII
x YOU and relatives 10 and hope you will be 10
n Gated / desire to know where You reside whe
YOU are at homo l think il is your duty to in
|. viii do thame in reply, 1 knowe you win sa
that wright aud with thanks for kind letter
will close for this time by saying ! appreasa,
will answer at once 1 dair say I can acompli
ment your letter very much your fIiend
N The same day he received the following love
sick note, which set his blood on 6re:
LEXINGTON, Mo-, March 1. 1855.
My DEAR FRIEND: For thus 1 know l Can at
r dress you rs The tone OF. your letter tells m
l. for not telling you my Relatives names an
z. place Of residence. ! could not rest easy IL
n heart throbs within me for fear You would b
Of before m. %rtialives u,s moving and i aim"
le cried for JOY. when thsy told me ! could eu
N at the C'ilege over night: The G ,ntr.l co
I lore or not. AID jennie win be my room mai,
NJ Jennie is my best friend and in whom l CO
r, 10 see you per so"aliy, and lms.ine my su
nt prise when che TO d me she could srrAr I
things SO l couli see you provided you Mou
IT come. assur, her that You would II "
It. could s,s me as l know you would IKE to Il
a, the foolish girl who has taken snsh liking
you ForgIvs me for this I did moi Intend t.iIir
you viii renrn 1t II you will come 10 Il
large r. e Dear the water tower hack ot the y,
ge will IN ct you thrre at Il qua { : 10 MI
n. L N '"-nigh'. l can not Q ay long Tor II
+ theY will III - me. but Can stay about Is mi
u, aI.s whom Is ,oss e"oGsh t. sr..i'y ny "
nj Hnd tell y..u all Your rueCtionately ANNA,
=. A J CHAPMAN. kso . u y.
And 10 the bose lie rep iei In the fellOwr
=, LANGUAGE. His writing being o ne oil he b.
IL LEXINGTON. Mo . March Is:
us will meet ,ou At th' Bug tree prompller
Io the on r you marion q uui We viii uran
thing to ne hest OIL oar couvennlsneeus u
to A. j.. CHAPMAN
,le In the afternoon of Wednesday he went {
is to the wai,r over, taking u friend along W
HIN, to g.t u vie \ oil tn. -p It where he " as
ch ce-I his fur Oh T mr. Tue big tree 10 II
10 large p slure, encio g by = barbed gre fer
,er and LOW he could exp CT 3 young lady to WI
;tb through the mud aud climb three fences. one
10 them male OF ba. hid wire, is more than
Can Understand. After viewing The spot,
W and his friend returned to town, and he /
=. patiently waite / fer the "ouer'' named.
III HIS iriei d told HIM he n Ii { be prompt,
w not too early; but he need,d more re .traint q
- urgirE, and ut 8 30 he was 81 The iryslinK pla
OF or c"urse the hollows and brush were iull
Ut young men and old men, who had gotten b
he OF The secret and had gone out to zee
OF iun. AS he rode up to the tree he saw W.
IN Young standing there, dressed in female
Il. p,rel. and looking az sw.e,,v ar anv ds,
err con q look. as il WAS cutie dark He All
rs this Miss sneli-' She replied; "Ihi
all MI. SnaFnan, l suppose ne answer
of Yes, what Is left OF me A talk ensued
which NJ .ss Smell told him that one of his let
had fallen into the hands of her father, and
the ,ns, n. ,r,b ~ bic. 49, h,, NJ. Gil
'9i cI,res he wa M, spccs.s,nl hon, ,b,s ,
a. d noise was heard. and Le exclaimed. ..Wh
- THAR" She said 81 suppose Its Father
=. bunting for me-" Just then Frank Tut Ca
ars cut &C ,ms ON Mr.. Sheriff. shd helu me
'hu my daughter and a pistol shot rang out In
teis air, followed by q rush of the crowd, and 81
the eight or ten more snots. Chairman ,rie,
pSe mount his n oree. but II had hecome fr,pbt.,
Q OF and would not land still. The crowd cam,
to him, ard ha saw ba had been sold. An,
re- told them ,hsy had wcrksd tho ,ob very MIC
.ity Hs did nat Row snv q, tb- srows, .ns s.sn
re. next morning he WAS OF The ouIuion that he
MIS- actu ally met a Young lady.
nds An Intsliigencer reporter, In getting tog
.nts or the above facts, interviewed Mr.. Chapu
Yho freely gave Up the letters he had
ceived from the girl, while persona stan,
fha around gave the reporter orders for several
at dred copies OF the paper, and gave Chapman
AWFUL ''guYing.o He said lie would not
~. had tic thing 20 happen orr hundred doll
- He thought these letters youS hu7e take
~" the smsrtes, OF Young men, He said If he e