The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-02
ROMANTIC MAIDENS 8.
A Floating Bottle in Charles River
and What it Contained.

Mr.. George r. Farrell is in a pleas
ant state OF anticipation just at pres
ent. for he is looking forward to a
visit from three young and charming
girls. says the Boston Herald. Mr..
Farrell is in charge OF the boathouse
on West Boston bridge, at the foot oil
Cambridge street, where he mas been
established for a dozen or more years.
A few mornings ago, while remoy-
ing from his raft rubbish brought
along by the tide. he saw a bottle
bobbing mp and down. lie had seen
many bottles there before, and this
one would not have excited his atten-
ton had he not, after several pokes at
il. noticed what appeared to him to be
something that glittered like gold.
Although mindful of tho fact that
s.all that glitters is not gold" he,
nevertheless, stopped and picked the
bottle from its wet bed in the Charles
River. and found it to be a common
pickle bottle. There were no pickles in
il. however; instead, there were sew
eral cards, a piece of paper and some
pretty colored bows. This he could
discern without careful examination.
Returning to his boathouse, treasure
in hand, and with not a little feeling
of curiosity, he removed the cork and
then the contents.
The first thing he pulled out proved
to be a white card, with the follow
ing inscription, written in red ink
Adelaide G. Sterling, eighteen years,
six months, twelve days; eyes light
blue Just below the writing was a
small bow OF light blue silk, attached
to which was a lock of golden hair,
bordering on the red. Over this
sample was a piece OF isinglass
sewed to the card.
He pulled out another card, pre-
pared like the first, and bearing the
naine:-"Phillis f.. Dutton, age eigh-
teen years, seven months; light blues
eyes" A lock of light brown nair
was caught by a bow OF dark blue
silk.
The next thing extracted from the
bottle was a card of the same size,
nicely incased in isinglass. 1t bore
the follow name:-"Miss Marga-
rete NJ. Moulton, nineteen years, one
month. one day, Boston, Mass" On
the upper left-hand corner of the
card were the following lines, cut
from a newspaper and attached by
thread
Be quick to praise; be slow to scorn.
For what the future holds, who knows?
Today the vine has but a thorn
Tomorrow brings the rose
Accompanying the three cards IA
q piece OF motto paper, which read as
follows
Romantic maidens three. This bot
tie was thrown from the Chelsea ferry
boat City of Maiden June 8, 1891, Ii
finder will publish in papers, the
owners will come and claim. NJ. NJ.
NJ, 2. +. d., A. g. S.
1t will be noticed that one of the
young ladies takes the pains to pre-
fix Miss" to her name. Perhaps the
others did not think it necessary, but
one preferred evidently to leave no
room for doubt. This latter also took
the trouble to add the little poem, the
first line of which suggests that she
had some apprehensions.
Mr.. Farrell is highly pleased with
his discovery, but the girls may not
be, for Mr.. Farrell is already married
and old enough to be their father. He
is ready, however, to introduce them
to several young men when they call
for their property. which he has safely
secured in mis- boat house, on the
Charles River.