Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-05-02
She Was Smart.
UNDERWRITERS.

A dispatch from Cleveland, o, dated
lsst Saturday, said, Joseph Fox, said to
be wealthy oil operator, of Petersville,
Butler county, Pennsylvania, has had an
experience here that will cause him to be
little shy of feminine correspondents IN
the future, besides costing him consider
able money and no end of trouble.
Six months ago there appeared in a
West Virginia paper an advertisement
from Cleveland widow, asking for cor
respondent of the masculine gender, who,
if he were up in years, a a widower or
bachelor might consider the correspond
ence as likely to culminate in a matrimon-
ial alliance. The advertisement conclud-
ed with the address of the woman as being
on Dodge street, Cleveland.
Mr.. Fox saw this advertisement, and
concluded that he vas the very man the
woman needed. Accordingly he replied,
and for six months the mails have been
carrying enough sweetness between the
two to start sugar refinery on a large
scale. But this did not shtisfy the Butler
county man, and upon April Is. he con-
cluded he would go and see his fair cor
respondent, as she represented herself to
be. and her four charming daughters.
This he did, and arrived at the Kennard
hotel, where he registered and sent note
to the lady.
Now the ladies name was Smart, and
she proved that the appellation was right
ly given her. She called to see him, and
then he went to see her, at her home on
Dodge street. The first day she borrowed
$40 to pay over due rant. The next she
got 500 for new Dress and the third she
received So for a new bonnet. By this
time she thought it good thing and re-
solved to push it along. so the next day
she borrowed another So to buy pair of
shoes Then being rigged out, she show
him the sights of the town.
All this proved too much for the old
gentleman to keep to himself, and so he
poured out the secret of his heart to Chas
Buckley, the hotel clerk. The result
opened Mr.. Fox's eyes, but he was not as
foxy as the widow, and the old gentleman
was out about $85. He wrote her a note
and asked to borrow $40 to get out of town.
The smart widow replied that she would
not lend it to him and that she did want
not to see him again. Then he went to the
police and told his story. The police went
with him to the widows house. Then
there was a scene. She was indignant
that he had brought policeman to her resi-
dence and refused to marry him or return
one cent; and as the police could not en-
force collection, the party retreated, while
the widow aud her four daughters, Who
are all above l6, sent after the discomfit-
ed invaders shrieks of laughter.
Mr.. Fox's troubles were not over, for
be had spent all the money hess had with
him and was compelled to telegraph to su
attorney of Pittsburg and ask enough
money to pay his bills and get home He
and the gentleman he wired are associated
in the oil business.
Mr. Fox has a family of four grown
children. He is about 60 years old. He
said in regard to his exploit that it would
do him good, as he had been sticking close
to business for many years. BE also said
his Butler county friends would not learn
of it, az he would tell them he had been
to Cleveland to visit cousin who was
about 10 sail for Europe