The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-16
SWEETHEART BY THE SCORE.
Enterprising Young Men Lured by Lovesick
Maiden's Letters.
Chicago SpeCial.

Chicago Special
Some weeks ago Chicago paper published a
letter written by box girl in the Centralia fac
tory on the bottom of astrawberry box in which
the writer invited correspondence with a..view to
matrimony The young womans name is Bessie
May burne, and the number of letters she has
received in answer to her novel advertisement
prove her scheme an undoubted success. Miss
Mayburne is young and handsome and her idea
was probably inspired by the promptngs of a
fun loving disposition. Many of the replies
received are very amusing. One Of them Is
written on the letterhead of the clerk of the
United States District Court of St. Louis, ana
the writer invites the young lady to send him
her photograph, and signs himself Richard Ed
wards"
Another reads as follows
'KANKAKEE, June 10, 1885.
"Miss-With delight and pleasure ] should
like to correspond with you~ You say you are a
dandy skater and eighteen" years of age, and /
suppose you purity as you can be. How
should like to have your picture to gaze on
while passing away the lonely hours! If we
could only meet in the Park on the bank of the
Kankakee river. which you no young folks like
to do. What is more loving than too sweet
heartsl Yours truly. E. H. DOUGLAS"
Here is another, also given verbatim:
Spring GARDEN, ILL.,, July 10, 1885.
miss Bessie Mayburne-I saw your letter ad-
vertising for husban. /, in answer would say
L am young man of q; TT. and inches by,
Black hair. dark complexion. dark mustash and
dandy baseball player, and | am at present
working for st. Louis firm at rs month. You
please rite to me and may have pleasant
correspondence and if you mean business you
have struck the right man for l am man of
business. If you mean business it wont be long
before we settle and understand each other
Please answer Yours truly
j. A. ROSE, Spring Garden, ILL.,
Address ]. A. Rose.
"P. S.-As to my honesty and responsibility l
can refer you to Mr. William Browder, minister
Mount Vernon; Mr.. j. w Baugh, express
Spring Garden. Your friend j. A. ROSE"
A letter in fine hand is written from Chicago,
the writer of which claims to be a bOok-keeper
in wholesale commission house on Lake street.
He signs himself ''Royden Walters"
A youth from Bushnell. d. T. fearful lest he
may be known, signs himself Eli, lock box No.
l. Bushnell, d. Y. Joseph Bulifant, travelling
salesman, with l.. w. T. Bulifant & Sons,
peanut growers, Ivor, Va, invites Bessie to
write to him at his Chicago address, AZ South
Carpenter street.
An unfortunate writes as follows:
''SPRINGFIELD, H., June 10, 1885.
'Mss Bessie-Ths morning while perusing
the columns of the Chicago Daily News | by &C
cdent noticed your novel way of circulating
your address, and, hoping am not too late take
the liberty of answering it, and | expect am
one among the many who doing the same
thing: and | expect you will be busy answering
them-so busy that you will not find time to ans
wer this common letter any way. / will give
you my description: l am twenty three years of
age. FIVE feet ten inches high light com plexion,
dark blue eyes false teeth, and am at present
occupying cell No. 8 in Springfield jail, and have
pretty fair prospects of ten years at Joliet.
Now, if this should meet your favors, and you
care to answer it, my address is Charles Staples,
Springfield, H., County jail"
There is a huge pile of the letters that have
come from nearly every portion of the United
States