The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-04
AN 1DYL OF wIsooNsrN.
a Widow Who Sought Husband
and Preferred Pills to Hay.
From the Chicago Tribune.

highly moral town nFed q uJtle WlCoW.
she was born there; the only child of we'll
TODD parents. In appearance she was not
exactly beautiful, but was bright and at
tractive. Her hair had saucy. independ-
ent way of curling around her temples in
an unexpected style. Her complexion was
clear and dark; her eyes coal black, with a
hewtldering turn TO Misunderstanding to
her admirers; ''cross-eyedn to some of Der
feminine acquaintance. She married a
renresentarive man, but in time found her
self not only bereft Of husband, but with
very small income.
Time went on, and after several invest
ynents that proved TO be failures she decided
there was only one thing she could do, and
that was To marry again. Marry in that
townl Where to be seen in public witha
mana widow with a real live man-meant
tn be ostracized by society at once. She had
not the moral courage to run the risk of So
cial condemnation. But this is progressive
age. and there was one way to matrimonv,
and the inhabitants of the little town need
not be informed of her determination. She
came in possession of the address of
Chicago matrimonial bureau, where hns-
bands are provided, satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. She opened corre-
spondence with the bureau, and finally be-
came d giving luShI 10 uuu
her husband. She did not care what he
was, if he was 'only white, respectable, and
had no bad habits"
In due time ''introductions" followed in
the shape of letters so numerous that it was
difficult to decide where to cast her lines.
but the correspondents finally narrowed
down to two, one in Nebraska, the other in
Indiana. The ardent lover from the west
was a druggist. and suggested that he
hnr rl,ara an =
they would be married, and return at once
to his comfortable home; the Indiana man
was a farmer and claimed to be worth sew
eral thousand dollars. She had no partic-
ular pencaant for farming, but possibly
farm lands could be converted into cash,
and they could live in the city,
Chicago probably. Now this little
woman had had sad experience, and
she vowed she would be more cautious in
her second venture; there were two birds on
the bush, and she would take her choice.
She wrote to the western lover to meet her
at the town mentioned, and also consented
to the request of the Indiana man that he
visit her IN her own home-with more mis-
givings in regard to the latter than the
former, for the oracles Of this moral town
would not appreciate these romances in
real life. However, man of 60 years of
age a widower, with enough intelligence
to amass fortune, would surely have a
little sense, she reasoned, and could come
and possibly go without anyone being the
WISER
One night party Of gentlemen were con-
gregated around the heater in the office of
the principal hotel in this moral town. It
was bitter cold and the train from the south
had just arrived. A man walked in with
the unmistakable stamp of Hoosierdom
scattered all over him. He wore a broad
trimmed hat, a new suit of clothes, no COL
lar black and white striped mittens, and
carried large square black enamelled
sacnel. He looked around the room with
the inquiry:
SIS this ERE a tavern"
Every man in the room answered in the
affirmative.
He said: "Where is the bossg'
The obliging clerk stepped forward.
81 reckon it's about supper time. What
might ye be asking for supper"
"rhirty-five cents.D
"Jehosephatl Thirty-five cents for one
NEAL Amt that an ALFRED high price!
What is it for three meals an lodgin's"
1.-TWO dollars
"B' gosh! It costs somethin' to travel.
but this is a special 'kashun, and it is all in
a lifetime, so here goesl Got TO have some
thin to eat, anyhow"
He planked his sachel down and was shown
the wav to the supper room. The words
special 'kashun" had caught the ears of
the crowd around the heater, and they were
kindly disposed toward the traveller by the
time he wandered back after the reckless
investment to satisfy his stomach.
The circle was broadened to admit him,
and he, nothing loath, joined III with a
friendly nod and the remark:
- up gosh this is an ALFRED cold country
Down in Indianny, where | came from, we
hain't had no such spell as this don't
wonder your wimmen folks want to get
married aud get away" IS
Are you going to marry one of themm
well, l reckon that is about the size of
it; but wimmen are mighty onsartin. Ye
see, | don't have time to attend to it myself,
and there's a man in Chicago that knows q
lot of wimmen that amt got much conf
dence in their own judgment, and they
leave it to him to find a husband for 'enl.
So jined the company or bureau about
two years agone now-but nary a wife yet.
why, what is the reasong"
Dunno, unless the gosh DENIED wimmen
amt got no sense. Now, maybe some on
ye know this one up here We hev bin sort
O hitching on through letters since last
August, but she's so tarnation skeery she
won't come to the pint onless she sot eyes
on me first You see, I've he'd right smart
lot Of experience in the past TWO years, and
was bound to make this go. So waited
until after killing time, and bought this
suit of clothes-paid $40 for it-but didn't
care dem for expenses; you see. wimmen,
the best on 'em like style, and wouldn't
let this one slip away. Maybe some on We
know" mentioning the name Of the
demure little widow.
Know herl OF course they did, and tn at
was enough to gain the complete confiden ce
Of the man from Indiana. He pulled out her
last letter aud passed it around for their in
spection. 1t contained explicit directions.
He could arrive on the $40 o'clock evening
train and call at the house about o'clock
p. M; information as to the route from the
hotel so plainly stated that it would not be
necessary to make any inquiries. 1t was
nearly tire appointed time. and the man
from Indiana started ont to hear his fate
with the good wishes of that crowd around
the stove, after giving the promise of tell
ing them the particulars of the interview.
They waited for his return until the "wee
sma' hours" Weary with waiting they
retired. The next morning when the usual
crowd congregated they found their
acquaintance OF the night before ensconced
IL chair by the stove. They asked him
what luck he had.
"B'goshl 1 got the sack again, but l
cont care cent. | couldn't tell whether
she was lookin' at me or somewhere else. l
suppose she thought / wasn't used TO
eeourtln', cause l only staid till 9 O'Clock,
OUT o gosh, the fire went out and it was so
tarnatiOn cold had 10 cum awaV am