Year: 1868




part of town and then began to cas-
: about for the means of finding lady
ito place at the head of it


! There we're plenty of frivolous and
fashionable women about him, whose
idea of a husband was gentleman to
work all day in his counting room in
order to furnish them with money fOl
their dresses, and with house con
tainlng suitable parlors for their balls
and parties. But these were not his
kind. He wished for wife who had
some idea Of duty to be performed.
He concluded that he must seek one
among those who had beentrained to
the performance of duty.


"New Hampshire is a good State, F"
said he to himself. musingly.


So he went from his store round
the corner to the counting room of a
commission merchant, who acted as
agent for the sale of goods manufac-
tured 10y a large company at Dover,
and asked for a letter OF introduction
to the supertendent of the mills,
vouching for his responsibility.


The merchant Immediately wrote a
letter as follows:


1.-The bearer of this is Mr.. A. b a
gentleman thoroughly responsible.
and worthy of entire confidence in
every respect"


Armed with this missive he went
to Dover, presented his letter to the
superintendent, and asked premission
to 90 through the mills and observe
operations. The permission was
granted, and he commenced going
the rounds After a time he came
into an immense hall where several
hundred girls were engaged in
in weaying-or, in watching or sup
ervising the weaving done by the
looms. They were all active, healthy,
and intelligent. Many of them were
extremely beautiful, and they were
without exception, easy and graceful
IN their moyments. No awkward
nes can live among the looms and
spinning machines of a cotton mill.


"The finest assortment" said the
gentleman to himself, "that l ever
saw. If man cannot suit himself
here, it is no use to look any furth-
cr"


So he proceeded a. once to make
an examination of "the goods" lie
first, from a seat near the foreman $
desk, surveyed the room, and observ-
ed the countenances, bearing and
general demeanor of the various OPP
eratives. Then he walked about the
room ard held little conversation
with one here and another there
Finally hc made his selection. He
made some inquiries OF the foreman
IN regard to the character of one he
had chosen. Receiving very favor
able answers, he asked, incidentally,
as it were, what was her name, and
where she came from, and obtained
the desired information.


He took the next train which went
into that part OF the country, and
stopped at the village in question:
At the tavern he fell into converse
ton with the landlady about village
affairs, and from her obtained much
additional information. The girl was
the daughter of farmer, respectable,
though in humble circumstances was
well educated and bore an excellent
character He went to the farmers
house, after long conversation, for
which negotiations for the purchase
of apples formed the preteXt, but Of
which the real object was to give the
father and mother chance to become
a little acquainted with him, he bade
them good bye, after arranging to
have the apples-three barrels of
them--packed and sent to Boston.


To make :, long story short, the
gentleman went back that same after
noon to Dover. called at the young
woman's boarding house and asked
to see her on business; and he so far
succeeded in his negotiations with
her as to induce her to close her en-
gagement at the mill, and to go home
and consult her father and mother on
the ebusiness" in question.


In about month they, too, were
married The gentleman's friends
think he got a charming wife, but
they cannot imagine how he found
her in that out-of-t the way village in
New Hampshire. They live very
happily together in Boston, and she
attends faithfully to all the duties of
wife and mother, having been trained
to the performance of duty from
childhood.


In all the preceding cases the
matches were made in very business
like and matter-o:r fact way. There
is one story remaining to be told,
which is of a much more romantic
and sentimental character, so that
readers who do not fancy romantic
tales may perhaps pass over the re-
mainder of the article:


A student who had completed his
studies and was commencing his pro-
fessional life under very favorable
auspices, was on his way home late
in the Autumn to make visit to the
paternal roof. 1t was in old times,
when the only mode of conveyance
for travellers was the stage coach
Among his fellow passengers in the
coach was young.lady of very agree
able person and manners, who first
attracted his notice by her kind con-
sideration for an aged woman, who
was assisted into the coach at the
wayside inn. In the course of the
day he became pretty well acquainted
with the young lady, whose name he
he ascertained was Mary W.
He began to feel a strong interest in
her, and it would seem from the re-
suit that the interest was in some de
gree reciprocal. In the course of the
conversation they held together in
the stage, and also in walking up
long hills, where such of the passen-
gers as were disposed got out to re-
lieve the horses, they learned mutu-
ally many particulars of each others s
parentage and history, so that as the
day passed ON, they began TO feel
somewhat like old friends.


During the afternoon, rain storm
came on. The road became wet and
heavy, and the progress made was
slow. The sky was overcast and
darkness supervencd at an esrly
hour, while the stage was yet several