The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-15

Friends Joke She Pasted a Note Under
the Sweat Band, aud Young Man IA
Utah Got It-OvcrruiinG AN Objection.
Only name il Amelia Kclcgcr. I trimmed
this hat and ! would i.lu to correspond
With the man who gets II, II he is young and
not married Address care Of tho maler''
namo found on tho hat tip"
Tho above lines wpro written on slip o.
paper aud pasted inside the swat band Of d
derby hat by a young lady hat trimmer Of
/ Newark, y. j. Amelia Kollegvr knew
nothing o. 10 until the cao containing The
hats had boon shipped on. Bertha Hafili
/ the writer o. the note was a shOpmate O!
/ Mis- Kellcgor aud inditod tho miss,yo as q
+ practical Joke. and s,nue tsmo aftor7vard told
/ her friend about H. As tho custom Of writ
/ ing their names inside tho hat hands WIS o
common ono among tho hat trimmers, tho
incident was forgotten IN few vuciS and
+ no more was heard about t.
AN ANSWER FROM MoRMoxnow
/ Tho matter was, however. brought forcibly
% m.rl On little moro Than mouth later,
when l1tfog addressed 20 tho firm INQUIRED
II a girl was employed there namcd Amelia
kellsar The writer said be was dstaut
Tei.lvo. and would like % know what sort Of
a girl Size was. whether sho ,gns o. good moral
character, ard asking II sho was passobly
good looking Tho initials "A. c. y. were
s.gncl % the letter, with the request that tho
answer 10 directed 10 Salt Lake City, Utah.
The s,uior member Of tho hat making firm,
without letting Ter know tho object of his in
quiry. asked Miss Kellegor It she
Rad any friends or relatives in Salt
Lake City Sho answered at once
Ia The negative Several othcr ques-
lions were lut 20 her, and IA answer to them
she slid that She Lad an unclo in Tho west
where sic did not know the family had not
heard from him for YEARS, beyond the rurnor
that Bee was either IN California or Oregon,
and was very wealthy Tho hat nanufac-
turr inquired no further but returned 20
tho office and wrote q favorable reply under
the uppostion that it was going 70 tho long
lost but wealthy uncle
s. week after tho reply was sent or a let
Ter came from The center of M0nnOnd0m adj
dressed 90 Mas Amelia Keleger 10 was
signed a. Crosby Young The writer said
that De 0os a young, steady working and
fairly prosperous man, and was unmarried.
Tie he'd been Tho fortunate purchaser of The
hat which contained the kind Invitation 10
address the trimmer lie wrote IN conclu-
sion
"PIhops you only wrote that IN The spirit
of fun have answered IL ia the spirit of SIN
certify and tho least You can do unlcr Ito
circumstances IS 20 write a few lines saving
That you dldnot mean what YOU wrote and
chat you do not desire The marter 70 proceed
further fyou do this. upon the word Of IN
honorable man, / win acknowledge tho TO-
cert oil your letter. and promise to drop
thc matter there
The writer further said that ho wus IS
years old, aad had a thriving carpentry,
and was anxious to procure an eastern wife,
as mono II tbe western girls he lad soon
suited him. Ii Miss Kcilc-cr would send q
favorable reply he would do al in his power
to convince her that She was dealing with an
honest man
Upon reading tho letter Miss Eologer con.
ided the ielfu and IFS contents 10 her friend
Bertha Haiti. who advised her. gust for tho
fun of tho thing o. answer tho letter
Amelia thcrsupon wrote n straightforward
iettcr. explaining al the circumstances but
added % postscript ia which She safe that
while She did not particularly desire t' c0r
tlnlC tho correspondence set her Curiosity
Aal hccn awaE ned by the writer's f.a11-
ness, aud she wcl.l- particularly ike TO know
Il boz happened 20 DO "a Mormon. A regis
tecl letter hearing tlerpl7 arrived carly
in tho following week IL Was "a long letter,
la which A. Crosby Young started o1 by as-
surfing DIS fair correspondent that lo was nQt
"a Mormon, but, cn tAe contrary, was NOM
Der Of The Methodist church. Ao flrl caye
o detailed history az Himself and li, family
The rest of The lciia was such as young
man very much 10 loro would write J.,
t0ll bow happy hs was o. learn tlot il was
not She WL9lad pllCed the note iu The bait IIo
begged lcr 90 allow him o. continue tlc core
dependence, telling Der That Doe would fur
ni.h evaiy proof Dcc-sary t1 slow tia,
lo was all and n.1p than De claimed TO DC,
and asked her to forward her Photograph
one Of bis was being finished for hor and
would arrive in q Gay on two.
ENDED HAPPILY OF COURSE
On Ito following day tho photograph or
rived II showed "a WEI built y0upg man,
with a Drank and pleasant Taco, and 4 pretty
curling mustacLo. Amelia sent on Cnoof har
photographs, and Bertha Haiti, who saw al
Che correspondence, says that lettIs were
written and received twice a week. lob,
obey were regular gushy love letters after
tie photographs Wego sut,' slo said 10 re-
porter Both CO them wcro elem gono. [
Tho boys ia tho Office thought that she was
writing ali the tiIas % her ul-le'
10 appears that the young nan ac.uaiydid F.
come al the way from Utah, arriving al f.
Newark Tie stayed for O time 20 lle United F..
States hotel in Bicad street Notified OF his
coming, Amelia aas prepared 10 ucc, him,
and did So with her ever constant Icrtha al /
her side. The opttoICry love was ratified at F
lL0 meeting.
Tho Young man was Tor 40 Onca Cping 70 .
tho girls house and making known 10 her .
parents the object OF his visit She negatived /
that proposal, Saying sho had not prepared /
her parents for IL, but promised TO dOsO in @ /
few days. She preached the natter, but met .
with an ulfavorablo reply. Her father and /
brothers Would not DO brought over to be- I
lsye that q man who lived ID tho land OF .
Normous could be q proper person b marry I.
Amelia, anc she was forbidden 20 hold future /
intercourse with him This injunction she I
Immediately disotoyod by meeting Crosby, /
and informing LIIn OF her parents decisQh /
Tho Young man said nothing, but on the .
following evening, introduced himself 10
Amclas family and told thom be had come
oil tho way across the continent 10 make her
lis bride
Tho family refused, and positively in
formed Tie young man that be could not
have Amelia for e. bride. Tho girl had
something 70 say In the matter herself, and
.aid 10 % her lover when she met him on the
following evening. She said she would wait
two weeks FOR her parents 20 change their
mind before sho would do anything declsivoly.
The two wceas passed, and as their consent
was not given sho decided for herself On
Monday evening she did lot retdrn home.
On tuesday Bertha Hafi showed a short
note from Amelia, IN which the Latter wrote:
i have tust been married and VIII start
Al evening Tor Utah with Cros. Tel maiand
.a. Yours ever, AMELIA
"P. S.-Wll write when / get there. -
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