Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-09-10
WOOES, Wins GIRL
OF SOUTH BY MAIL
PROSPEROUS LIVINGSTON BACHE-
LOR'S LETTERS BRING PEACHY
ROBERTS FROM KENTUCKY
HILLS AS BRIDE.
PRESS PLAYS CUPID'S ROLE


Nestled among he hills just five
Johnson, Wisconsin farmer, and his
2O-year-old mountaineer Kentucky
bride, IL years his junior.
Arm in arm they stroll over the 100
acre estate, through the wooded
drives, across the pretty stream
which winds its way in and out
among the acres of pasture.
For nearly a month the happy pair
have lived together, planning their
future home, the foundation OF which
/ is laid, and still few have guessed the
picturesque romance which brought
THE rosy checked girl to the icy win
ters of Wisconsin from the southern
hills.
Won BY Correspondence.
Johnson, after years of bachelor
hood, saw the double responsibilities
on the farm, saw the lack of a wom-
ans hand, the half cooked meals, and
the unmended clothes. He enrolled in
mail order correspondence club,
whose business it is to find lonely
hearts responsive to its members.
While Herman continued his work
at home, preparing a nest for some
one, little Peachy Roberts, living in
the mountains near Winchester. KY.
was stirred by vague idea that some
where her Prince Charming was wait
ing. Her name through the press
reached Herman.
Letters followed, and Of the many
willing to offer their heart and hand.
Herman was favored because he wrote
ITO her frequently, and because of q
substantial photograph of hogs on his
farm, which in these days rank high
in personal assets.
s'Matt" Comes Too.
Herman was no trif1er. Arrange
ments were made for Peachy to leave
her mountain homes and journey
northward She was reluctant to
leave without her 17-year-old broth
er, James Madison Roberts, Matt"
for short, so Herman cheerfulIy for
Warded travelling expenses for two.
and leaving their father and three
younger sisters and brother, the two
came to lonely Herman and his Bach
elor Hall. Peachy's own mother. who
died three years ago, has been sup
planted by a step mother three years
her junior.
Because of a misunderstanding as
to time of arrival. Herman, whose
identity was dependent upon a pic
ture which by fate was left back in
Kentucky, was not at the station to
meet Peachy land "Matt."
But all the world loves a lover. and
interested friends located Herman
that Saturday morning as he was
driving home after delivering his
cream. Peachy and her brother
awaited his arrival in a fiutter Of ex-
element, lunching upon a box Of
crackers which Matt" carried in his
pocket.
Peachy was more interested in the
real Herman than in the farm. She
told those about her that although
she aimed to be married." she had
not yet seen the man she could love-
and although engaged to Herman
since way back yondah," she
wouldn't stay unless she loved him.
Persistent WOOing Wins.
Two hours later Herman arrived. 1t
didn't take long for the first moments
OF embarrassment to pass. Sunday
they spent with Herman's sister, who
lived on an adjoining farm A visit to
Herman's farm that same day together
with his persistent wOoing captivated
the heart of the mountain maiden On
Monday the couple went to Galena
where legal arrangements for the
marriage were made.
Peachy was overcome with thrills.
Not until she signed her name Roberts
and the magistrate corrected it to
Johnson did she realize that she was
Mrs. Herman Johnson. One of Her.
mans wedding gifts to his young
bride was a brand new $4.5e Disoue
dot which made Peachy happier than
she had ever been in her whole life
A motor car took them SO miles to
their new home where they are now
busy working out the details of home
making.
Matt" has obtained employment in
Livingston delivering ice for j. j. An
drew. He has decided to remain in
Wisconsin rather than be separated
from his sister.-State Journal