Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-18
MUCH-ENGAGED MEN.
One Who Boosted Having One Hundred
and Fifty sweethearts.

One Who Boosted Having One Hundred
and Fifty sweethearts.
A few months ago there died IN
New York young man with unique
record. He boasted that within a
radius Of as many miles he had no
fewer than $50 sweethearts. That's
to say, he had engaged to marry that
number of girls. Of course, says Lon7
don Tit-Bits, he had really no inten-
ton iio Of m arryying any of them, His
sole object was to establish record
IN engagements, and in that he seems
to have succeeded. Moreover, he
claimed to have done all this in the
space of three years. This means that
almost every week during the period
mentioned he entered on fresh en-
gagement. s,..f. : .,,.a9.a, -. {
e. He was undoubtedly young man
OF engaging manners, and being a
traveller for firm doing most Of their
business with the fai- sex, he had ex-
ceptional opportunities for meeting
eligible damsels. In New York alone
he claimed to have as many as so
promised brides, most Of whom, &C.
cording to his story, required precious
little wooing. .s.'-. ~ y 49,. H.. ~.
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for him
that he was seized with a fatal attack
of pneumonia. After his death let
tiers were found amongst his belong
ings from various impatient fancees,
who were indignant at his delay in ar
ranging the wedding. One threat
ened to come along with six-shooter,
another to send her brother for an ex-
PLANTATION, and third to report his
conduct to his employers.
But the worst Of all was a furious
New Jersey lady, who threatened to
disfgure him for life and to commit
suicide afterwards. Fate consider
ately placed the trifer beyond the
reach of his threatened victims, or
perhaps the sequel to his numerous
engagements might have formed
somewhat tragi reading.
Curiously enough, the Bavarian
who was recently convicted Of de-
frauding 1870 young women. to whom
he had been legally betrothed. was
also commercial traveller. This mer-
cenary "masher" attracted his VIC
Tins by en- advertisement in the news
papers which read:
Ladies who are DESTROYS of marry
ing commercial traveller, of COM
manding appearance and heir to vast
estate, will please address, confden-
TALLY, x, at the office of this paper.
He confessed in the police court at
Vienna that replies came in by the
thousand from ladies of wealth, gov
ernesses, nurses, typewriters and
servant girls. He engaged himself to
100 of the most promising from the
pecuniary point Of view, and courted
each with the greatest success.
After obtaining several thousands
of pounds from them he deccmped
to other towns in search of fresh vic
tins: He was sentenced to p years
imprisonment with hard labor, surely
a lenient sentence for the theft Of so
much property and so many hearts. ed
There is in Liverpool a susceptible
1rishman who has entered apon up
wards of score of gagements, none
of which he has been in a position to
fulfill. No fewer than five times he
has been threatened with breach of
promise actions, to AVOID which he has
paid varying sums of money out of
court. <.~ Er
To one broken-hearted damsel he
paid e100, to another e70, and to a
third EGO. The saying that expert
ence makes fools wise does not apply
in his case. He fails in love with al
most every pretty girl he sees, and has
never been in a town for more than
few days without proposing to some
damsel who has temporarily enslaved
his all too susceptible heart. l..
To those who are acquainted with
his peculiar weakness it will not be
surprising if his love affairs ultimate
ly have the effect of landing him in
the bankruptcy court. I. AZ : II
Thinking Dinner Bell.
The useful table bell is seen in sill
yer Of quite a novel pattern. It takes
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