The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-10
She Talks Business.

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son streets, whose recent accession t,
property worth $25, 600 in Washington
county, Florida, was chronicled by tn
4 Globe few weeks ago, has, since tn
publication of his good fortune, been tn
recipient of numerous letters from wild
ows and spinsters in various condition
of life, each of the missives signifyin.
the willingness of the writer's to CORES
pond with Waltenberger with view tx
/ matrimOny. Some of these are writer
/ in an absurdly sentimental vein, ant
! from their only too apparent mercenary
motive are not worthy even passing no
! tice.
One letter though, the last of tn,
batch, is written by lady who means
business and talks it from the shoulder
Her epistle to the ST. Paul heir to Flor
ida real estate is utterly free from ths
maudlin gush which characterized mos
of the others, and, while she offers hel
hand in.lnarriage with freedom from
conventional modesty which some may
criticise, there is a. candor in the style
and wording of her effusion which rec
ommends it, The letter was as follows
CHIPLEY, Washington Co., Fla,
June 1, $780, T
FRANK WALTENBERGER, st. Paul.
Dear Sir In writing you this letter ]
perhaps am violating the laws of con
ventionality; but as we have never met
! in fact, AS you have never heard of me
until now, there can be nothing of senti
ment in the proposition am about to
make to you. To explain, first of all
how | know your address and name.
/ Last week the Washington county
! Times published story credited to a
| ST. Paul paper, In which 1t was set forth
that you were legal owner, by the pos
session OF an old deed, of section 36,
townships, range A. in this county l
laughed at the story at first, for I own
half of that section myself, though, as
it now appears, my title to the land is
imperfect. The other day received no
tice from firm OF lawyers in Jackson
vile of the true state of affairs. What
! now have to say to you is, after due
deliberation on the situation, have i'm
proved this property in such manner
that it is very valuable. | own a timber
mill. which employs twelve hands and
yields me fair income, besides which, /
have property i'll Pensacola giving me an
income of $1,000 year. | have also
three farms. railroad land, along the line
of Louisville and Nashville Railroad
yielding me a fair annual profit. The
newspaper account l read of your APP
pearance stated that you were good look
ing, poor and hard working. / am
widow, % years old, am called good look
ing by my friends, and by those who dis
like me | am said to be too stout.
have two children, Mamie, 5 years old,
and Elsie, 3. Their father died some
years ago. and was unable to attend to
business during the last few years of his
life, being an invalid, and / carried on
the business myself then as I do now.
Now, Mr., Waltenberger, you have the
title to this property which have labor
ed very hard to render productive. lam
attached to the place, and should dislike
to abandon prospects which seem fairly
brilliant. Here. then, is my offer: l have
growing business, a fair income, and
two children. You have deed to some
property, of which you know but little
except that it is said to be of value. Will
you marry me, share equally with me in
everything, and as my husband relieve
me OF the burden Of a business which
has grown to greater proportions than ]
successfully oparate alone. You may
HdFc ill tbbdCllucnU, IL SOs tuC ouDJCCu
is one to be dropped at once and we
must negotiate on different lines If, on
the other band, you are heartwhole,
and like my appearance from the photo
I send you, let me have yours in return,
together with your views on the subject
of this proposal. All other things being
satisfactory, can arrange to come to st.
Paul for the purpose of becoming better
known to you, or will make any ar
rangement you wish should you prefer
to visit Chipley or Pensacola with the
same object.
Hoping that you may regard this some
what unusual proposition in its proper
light, l am, sir, yours very obediently,
ELLEN M. WALDO.
Mr.. Waltenberger has been in cores
pondence with the firm of Jacksonville
lawyers who have his interest in their
charge, and in recent letter from them
was informed that it would cost several
thousand dollars to establish his title to
the property. Upon it were buildings
of all sorts, many of them being occu-
pied as retail stores, and situated almost
in the business centre of the town. In
referring to the letter he had received
berger expressed himself as an admirer
of a woman with good head for bust
ness and added that he was much pre-
possessed with the appearance of the
lady in question, Judging from her photo.
He declined to say what manner of re-
ply, if any. he would make to the prop
osition, but had stated previously his in
tention of going to Florida in d few
weeks on business.
Judging from the aspect of affairs at
present it seems not at all unlikely that
the st. Paulite may conclude to wed the
charming Washington county widow,
her dueats and daughters, and take up
his residence permanently amid the or
ange groves of the Southern States.
His W ife Suffered from Erysipelas.
Mr.. John 0. Rodgers, of Dana, Illinois.
writes as follows under date of March ~.
1890: "My wife was four years All invalid
from a blood trouble, and suffered ter
rble at times from erysipelas. She tried
many remedies advertised as blood
purifiers, received to benefit. A few
DOlIleS OF SWiIts SpeclAc Us. =. D. gufeu
her of erysipelas and other blood
| troubles From the first her appetite
increased. and her general health i'm
| proved in every way. She considers
s. S. s. the best blood purifier and tonic
| she eyer saw, and is willing for any one
suffering as she was, to be referred to
her.
HIS BLOOD POISONED By COW ITCH.
About five years ago my blood was
poisoned with COW itch, and every spring