The Dickinson press., 1889-03-30
\ HAT BAND KOMANCE.
ME STORY OF a MARRIAGE BROuCH1
ABOUT BY LETTERS.

a Hat Trimmer Made Happy by Her
frr"'l'> Joke SHE Pasted IL Note Undcr
the Sweat Band and "a Young Man in
Utah Got It-OverruIin: an Objection.
My namc is Amelia Kcllcgcr, trimmed
tins hat and would like to correspond
with the man who gets it. if lie is young and
ms; married Address care of the makers
name found on the hat tip"
ILL" above linrs were written on slip of
paper and pasted INSIDE the sweat band of II
derby hat 10y Il young lady hat trimmer of
Newark, n j Amelia Kcllcscr knew
nothing OF it until the case containing the
hats had been shippsl off Bertha Ilatll
The writer ot the note. was II slurnatc of
Miss kclcgrr. and inditcl the misslve as IL
practical Joke. and some time aftcrward told
her friend about it AS the custom of writ.
M, their names inside the hat bands was a
common one among the hat trimmcrs. the
incident was forgotten III few weeks and
no nero was heard about it.
AN ANSWER FROM MoRMoNpoM.
The matter was, however, brought forcibly
to mind i'll Il little more than a month later
when Il letter addressed to the firm inquired
II girl was employed there named Amelia
kcllescr The writer said he was IL distant
relative, and would like to know what sort ol
u Glrl she was, whether she was of good moral
character, and asking ii she was passably
good looking The initials IA C. Y."were
signed to the letter, with the request that tho
answer bo directed to Salt Lake City Utah
The senior member of tho hat making firm,
without letting her know the object of his i'll
quiry. asked Miss kcllcgcr if sho
lad any friends or relatives in Salt
Lake City She answered at oncc
III tho negative. Several other uucs
tlons were put to her. and in answer to them
She sad that sho had an uncle in the west
where she did not know, tho family had not
heard from him for years. beyond the runor
that ho was either in California or Oregon,
and was very wealthy The hat munufuc.
tuicr inquired no further, but returned to
the olico and wrote II favorable reply, under
the srpposition that it wns going to the long
lost but wealthy uncle
~ week after the reply WAS sent Off let
Ter cmc from tho center Of Mormun,lom ud
dressed to Miss Amelia kccgcr 1t was
signed "A. Crosby Young" The writer said
that he was Il young, steady working and
larry prosperous man, and was unmarried
lie had been the fortunate purchaser of tho
hat Which contained the kind Invitation to
address tho trimmer, He wrote in concu
sion:
Perhaps you only wrote that in the spirit
OF fun have answered it in tho spirit of sin.
ccilty, and tho least you can do under tho
circumstances is to write Il few lines saying
tlat you dli not mean what you wrote and
That you do not desire tho matter to proceed
lu!lhcr. Ii you do this upon the word of all
honorable man, will acknowledge tho rc-
ccipt of your letter, and promise to- drop
the matter there"
The writer further said that ho was 2S
years old, and had thriving carpentry,
am was anxious to procure an eastern wife,
as none Of the western girls he had seen
suited him. If Miss krlrgcr would send a
favorable reply he would do all in hs power
To convince her that sllo was tlcalin. with an
honest mail
Upon reading the letter Miss kcllcgcr con-
ldrd the letter and its contents to her friend,
Bertha llaili, WHO advised her, "j,lst for tho
fun of the thing to answer the letter
Amelia ihcrcnl"n wrote Il straightforward
letter, explaining all tho circumstances, but
added postscript i'll which She said that
"li'le she did not particularly desire to con
tile tho correspondence, yet her curiosity
La'! been awakened by tho writer's frank
ness, and she would particularly like to know
ii he happened to be a Mormon A regis,
tered letter bearing the reply arrived carly
III the following week 1t was II long letter,
III "lirh a. Crosby Young started Off 10y as
s,IrlilS his tar correspondent that hc was not
Mormon, but, on the contrary, was mem
bcr Of the Methodist church. lie then g:vc
n detailed history Of himself and his family
The rest Of the letter was such us Il Young
man very much in love would write lIo
told h"w happy lie was to learn that it was
otshc who had placed the note in the hat Io
l':.@sed her To allow him TO continue tho cor.
rcSondcnrc, telling her that no would fur
nish every proof necessary to show that
he was ell and moro than he claimed to be.
am! asked her to forward her photograph
Ono Of his WAS being finished for her. and
would arrive i'll Il day or two.
ESDED HAPPILY OF COURSE.
On tho following day tho photograph ur
rived. 1t showed well built youns man,
"ilh a frank and pleasant face, and a pretty,
curling mustachc. Amelia sent OH one of her
photographs and Bertha Ilafili, who saw all
tho correspondence, says that letters were
written and received twice n week "Oh,
they were regular gushy love letters after
tho photographs wcro sent" She said to Il re,
porter Both of them wcro clean gone
The boys i'll tho Office thought that sho was
writing all the time to her uncle"
ltappears that the young man actually did
come all the way from Utah. arriving at
Newark. lie stayed for time ut tho United
States hotel III Broad street Notified of hi,
coming, Amelia was prepared to meet him,
and did 50 with her ever constant Bertha at
her side. The cpistolary lovo was ratified at
the meeting.
Tic young man was for at oncc going to
tho girls house and making known to her
parents thcpbjcct of his visit She ncaativcd
that proposal saying she had not prepared
hcr parent, for it, but promised to do so in u
luw days She Lroaclcd the matter, but met
with an untavorablc reply Her father and
brothers would not bo brought over to be
evc that a man who lived in the land of
Mornons cowld be Il proper person to mary
Amelia, and she was forbidden to hold future
Intercourse with him This injunction sac
Immediately disobcyed by meeting Crosby.
and informing him OF her parents decision
The young man SAID nothing, but on the
following evening, introduced himself to
Alnclas family and told them be had come
all the way across the continent to make her
his bride.
The family refused. and positively i'll
formed tho young man that lie could not
have Amelia for bride. The girl had
something to say in the matter herself and
said it to her lover when she met him on the
following evening. She said She would wait
two weeks for her parents to change their
nlimd before she would do anything dcclsvcly
The two weeks passed, and as their consent
was cot given she decided for herself On
tlonti@y evening she did not return tome.
On Tuesday Bertha Euii,i showed Il snort
note fro:l Amelia, in which the latter wrote:
II have Just iccn married, and will start
this evening ior Utah with Cros Tel! ria.and
pa. IDur, ever, AMELIA.
"i' :" m writo when | get thcrc"-
Chcimra; I.niuircr.