The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-16
Is OLD BUT WANTS WIFE
COMMODORE" PERRY OF EMER
SON, NEB., SEEKS HER.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MATE
Woman Must be Musical and Not
Member Of Church 49, Has $1,000
and Old Fiddle to Exchange for Com.
panionship Of a Helpmeet.

Sioux City, la, March Though
10 years of life have powdered with
white the head and bent the shoul.
ders of C. w, Perry. of Emerson, Ncb..
his heart is as young as ever, and
while in Sioux City today he was hunt.
ing for a matrimonial agency in the
hopes Of getting n wife. He declares
he has 81 500 In cold cash, does not
care where he lives, and would do his
best to please the woman who would
honor him by becoming his wife.
Perry seems to be man on whom
the cares of life sit lightly. He has
a distinctly humorous face, likes n
Joke and Is extremely desrous of hav.
ing woman to share his laugh.
UnmindfuI of the Cold.
In spite of his years. Perry Is as
hale and hearty ms n man of 40. When
other people were huddIing up in their
overcoats today Perry was Drawing
the wintry blasts like n buck moose.
He looked the typical frontlersman
He wore broad-brmmed stockman's
hat, had handkerchief knotted round
his neck, cowpuncher fashion, and
sported cattlemen's gloves
He came to Sioux City this morning
from Emerson, Neb., and while trans
acting business in one of the stores
took fancy to a letter carrier who
entered the store on his round.
Say, fellor," said Perry, beckoning
with finger.
"Hullo, old wild and wooly," said
the letter carrier "What dye want?
A letter from your banker or one from
your best girl? We keep all kinds on
tap here"
Tackles Mail Carrier.
81 want Wife" said Perry, with a
serious face
"You do? Whose? Ha! Ha! Hal"
chortled the mail carrier, laughing at
his own Joke.
Don't get too gay, young man."
said Perry, frownng
well, I'll be -. Say, you're a
sport, you are"
Should say am. Boys to hum call
me Commodore Perry. I'm true blue
kind, | am"
"Well-I-should- Are you Sc.
rious about the wife? | know one or
two husbands that would like to get
rid of theirs. How would that do?"
Jaw! You're too fresh for a young
'un. You're so sharp, wonder you
don't cut yourself. You're a hollow
ground razor, that's what you are.
You don't need no grindstone. GO
away, young man; you make me tired"
Nothing Doing Anywhere.
After leaving the store Perry wan
dered round the town, taking side
glances under the hats of the femin-
unity in the hopes that one of them
might be stricken with a sudden and
everlasting passion for him. His
hopes, however, we dashed to the
ground.
What kind of town is this?" he
demanded. mot even a matrimonial
agency about the place. Guess people
are too busy looking serious to think
of getting married.
Say, want wife and want one
badly / am IS years of age, but | |
amt no dern rheumatic, so you might
as well quit helping me to walk" He
addressed his remarks to a Tribune
reported who accosted him.
No Church Member Wanted.
Look here, do you know of wo- |
man who wants a husband? If you
do, Pm the man. Pm tired of living |
alone and cooking my own grub an
cOokin' it bad, too; so | want woman
10 kinder chum with. | don't care for |
one who pulls a long face COZ the
kettle has billed over. / want one who |
Is cOngenial, who can laugh. I've an |
Did fiddle and $1,000 in cash an want |
to take life easy. Now the woman | |
want must like music and take a joke.
What's the use of always being |
that's what | say. Why, we
can have all kinds of fun, me playing
the fiddle and she sitting acrost from
me, knitting or sewing or some such
thing"
How old must the woman be-"
81 don't care how old she is. But
say, feller, she must not belong to any
church. No, sir; don't want any
wife of mine to belong to a church. | !
like to enjoy my joke, do, and take
laugh now and then. | don't want
long face all the time"
Perry has been a resident of Emer-
son, Neb., for the last forty years and
has often visited Sioux City, where
he does his trading. He declared he
was willing to live wherever his wife
elects