The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-22

States. There was maidens, spinsters
and widows, in Indiana, Mexico, Louisi-
ana, and some even in Chicago, who said
they were anxious to become Mrs. w.
E. Hamilton. But the old soldier read
all the letters carefully and waited for
the ar ival of one which should, accord
ing to his own ideas, be satisfactory.
Those that were written by agents and
professional female fortune hunters he
tore up and threw away, but the missives
from what he considered good women,
and these, he says, numbered more than
fifty, he carefully preserved.
Miss Fisher is a daughter of Arson
Fisher, an old soldier. who served with
the Fourth Massachusetts, infantry. She
is a good looking woman, S5 years old,
and has been employed ever since she
was girl in Cation Brothers & Bixby's
straw hat factory at Foxborough. She
thought she would answer the adver-
tisement Just for fun" She had
| frequently sent replies to matrimonial
advertisements before. She wrote to
Mr.. Hamilton December 22d, saying:
1 saw your advertisement in the
National Tribune, and take the liberty
of writing to you. l am proud to say
that am a soldiers daughter, and l
think that 1 am what you would call a
good woman. l sholl not write much
this first time as you are but stranger
to me, but l shall be pleased to hear in
turn from you.
Mr.. Hamilton says he was very much
impressed with this letter, and imme-
diatelY sent reply. He told his CORE
spondent that he was wldower with five
children, and that he felt the need of
wife to take care of him and them. He
ended by asking her the color of her
hair.
The correspondence thus began was
carried on until February. By that time
Mr.. Hamilton had decided that of his
several correspor dents-for he had been
in communication with a number of
other women in different parts of the
country during the winter-Miss Fisher
was probably the one most suited to be-
come his wife. He wrote her to that
effect, and then took the train for Fox
borough. He stopped on the way at
Hartford to call on a spinster of that
city, who had been telling him of her
availability as helpmate, but he says he
found that she was too fat. So he went
on to Foxborough and introduced him
self to Miss Fisher. He remained three
days, and when he departed it was
in the spring. Hamilton was anxious to
have bis future bride come to Millerton
for the ceremony, but she insisted that
the wedding should take place in Fox
borough. Then he tried to compromise
on State line, but the young woman was
firm, and insisted that he should take
her from her fathers house.
Miss Fisher positively refused to meet
her admirer at any place for the purpose
of getting married. The controversy
ended by Hamilton going to Foxboro,
where the Rev. II. S. Davis married him
to Miss Fisher on June 30th. Hamilton
was in Providence the day before the
wedding, and passed his future bride
twice on the street without recognizing
her. He says he expects to become
better acquainted with her before long.
He brought her back to his farm with
him few days ago, and che is now hs -
at work putting things in order. Her
newly. acquired husband was not much
Of hand at keeping batchelor's hall,
and she found six weeks washing to do
when she arrived. But she is getting
along well with her adopted children,
Rnd they seem to be very fond of her.
There are four boys and one girl, the
eldest boy being IA.
Mrs. Hamilton says she likes her new
home, but she can't help being some
what homesick. She says, with some
pride, however, that she has only broken
down twice. Mr.. Hamilton is so much
pleased with the premium" that he
goes about his place chuckling to him
self all day. He has toiled in Duchess
county ever since he was boy. He en-
listed in the One Hundred and Twenty
eighth New York State Volunteers in
1862. At the mouth of the Mississippi
River in 1853 he lost his left eye by being
stung by an insect, but otherwise he is
sound and healthy. He draws pension
of $40 a month.-NeD York Sun.
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