Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
A WATERFOWL LADY
GETS A PROPOSAL
CAME FROM NILS P. OLSON OF
KENMARE, N. D.
Sturdy NOrSk Says Name and AID
dress Was Handed Him BY a
Friend of the One He Would
Wed-Nils' EloquenCe, While Not
Very Smooth, Tells the Story.

Girls, be careful when you go away
from home to spend the summer
months, lest you fall prey to love OF
one who wants to be loved-Who little
knows of the delerious delight of
walking the floor with an infant at
night. 1t might De we'll for them to
have a guardian, especially if they
have reached that period in life bor-
dering OH the "last chance" in the
matrimonial lottery.
This advice and precautions are
given gratis for the benefit of those
that are included in the adage "there
are none so blind as those who will
not see. AS Glove is bllnd'' there
are dangers threatening many, more
especially those of the older variety
of old maids.
A certain lady residing in Watertown
who is yet enjoying single blessedness
recently visited North Dakota and
during her visit there evidently caused
some friend to play a practical joke
on her. She is just in receipt of a
letter from Kenmare, N. D., from a
sturdy son of Norskland-Nils P.
Olson by name-in which he pou,s
forth in his best vocabulary of the
English language at his command
a proposal for marriage claiming that
her name and address was handed to
him by one of her friends How
ever, after reading the letter, the
Watertown lady has dropped few de-
grees in her estimation of friendship
and would like to have an opportunity
to be nearer the Dakota friend-Just
tor a minute. However, upon read
ing the epistle from Nils. she remain
ed self composed and did not even
faint. In fact the lady demonstrated
an unselfsh spirit and Immediately i'm
parted the news to her friends, feel
ing it was too good IA joko) to keep,
hence the publication of the letter in
the Leader.
| 1SoW lIoSI lCtCS1o 3 iNCll ~ Vic ~ Cos
are self explanatory, but in this case
it will be necessary for the reader to
90 slow, read from left to right and
vice versa, between the lines, upside
down and if their patience becomes
exhausted, they might for little rec
reation stand on their heads and read
it. At any rate, there is enough meat
in the communication to convince all
that Nils P. Olson has bad case of
| that disease love-and is looking for
the only cure known to humanity
matrimony--a remedy that invariably
brings a person to their full senses and
makes men and women of them.
The letter received by the Water
town lady, printed verbatim, is as
follows:
Kenmabre, N Dock, Aperil rs, 'O7.
Dear miss reserved yours name
and adres From one ofe youres
friendes and nj instrcukted mi to vii
you MOVIE her er menny ung man in
this kontry vern visses to mary if the
kod faind son code gereles that void
kurrospound witt them and gift kvint-
ed and then meek opp en- arly marty
now EN- in Kluslng you some blancks
one for you to full out witt your meme
and address, and returne to me and
hande the otter blanckes to some of
us ladie trends to full out and give
them mey adres to them so that du
kan write me. Move don't handle this
blanckes to emmy one excepting thos
that vantes to merry bekeoss thess is
not pastlme korrospoundens. this
men EN- spicking of all haze farms
and ar locating att preseont time.
the are old and ung.
Nils P. Olson,
Box 349 Kenmare, N. Dock.
The North Dakota Norsk has evil
IDENTIFY enlisted the services of
matrimonial agency in his behalf, judg
ing from the fact that he has IN his
possession "bancKes' for the ladies.
Now that the lady referred to has
turned Nils down and given the
marble heart" there is an opportun-
ity for some of the Watertown cold
girls to take advantage OF the
same for the quietude of North
Dakota farm life in exchange for the
hum drum and strenuous city life in
Geese Town" The questions that
Nils z. Olson exacts from these who
negotiate in this matrimonial bargain
are not few. They run like this:
Name in full, address, What is your
age? Height? Weight? What is the
color of your hair? Eyes? Complex
ion? What is your nationality? Re-
ligion? What is your occupation !?
Income? Have you common school
or college education? Are you &C
complished in music? Drawing?
Dancing? What is the value of your
property, both PERSONAL and real?
What amount do you expect to in
herit? Were you ever married? If
so, have you any children? What is
your disposition? Temperament? Do
you dress stylish or plain? Are you
considered handsome or plain? Do
you care much for society? Are you
fond of home? Are you in good health?
Are you crippled or deformed?