Year: 1879




Redmond inserted the following


notice in New York newspaper:


WANTED-A husband; would like


to marry a gentleman of comfortable


circumstances residing In the South,


s. E. r., Herald uptown office


Shortly after the appearance oil


this notice Miss Redmond received


letter post-marked at Hawkins.


vile, Ga. The writer said that be


had read the notice and desired to


open up correspondence with the


author of the advertisement. The


lady answered the letter Immediate


ly, and an animated correspondence


was begun.


The lady wrote numerous letters.


She said that she was a brunette,


that she was an accomplished plan.


ist and vocalist; in short, she
thought that she could be a good


wife, and would try and make her
correspondent happy, if they should
become united in marriage. The
Southern man answered all of the
letters, and wrote that he was
farmer of middle age, and in com.
Portable circumstances. He said
that he had quite large farm about
fourteen miles from Hawkinsville,
and that he had plenty of every
thing TO support family. Some OF
The letters were very tender.


A few weeks ago Miss Redmond
wrote to her correspondent at Haw-
kinsville to the effect that she
thought the time had come for act
ion, and that if he would marry her
she would go to him at once and
have the ceremony performed To
this hint she received an answer,
telling her to come at once, and that
he would be ready to receive her
with open arms and make her his
wife.


Miss Redmond at once read to her
mother and brother the letter that
had made her feel so happy. A trip
South was hastily planned. The
other gtwo members of the family
said that they would go with her and
see the affair done up in the best of
style. No new clothes were needed. /
All that had to be done was to bun.
die up such clothing as was at hand.
Soon the trio were on their way to
Georgia. On arriving in Atlanta
they boarded a train for Hawkins
vile. Hawkinsville was reached |
without accident, and it was ascer-
yained that the farmer for whom
they were searching lived about
fourteen miles from that place, and
that the stage would not 60 until the
following day. The services of a
stage were procured at an advanced .
price, and the journey was continu-
ed. After drive of hours over a
rough road and through perfectly /
barren waste Of country, the stage
was pulled mp in front of log cabin.
It was midnight. When the travel
ers had knocked on the door for
some time, an old gray-headed mah
looked out and asked, "Who is
thereS' The response was. Friends
and a moment later the situation
vas fully explained. The old man
dressed himself and asked the visi-
tors to step in. The surprise of the
young lady when she saw that her
lover was an ancient wreck Of hu-
manity can be imagined. She turn
cd away from him with a shudder
and with a feeling of great disap.
pointment. The mother became
wrathy, sand the brother uttered a
few not very complimentary re-
marks with reference to the "old
euss," as he termed the farmer. An
invitation to the party to remain un-
til morning was Indignantly spurned,
and the young lady, much depress-
ed in spirits, accompanied by her
indignant mother and brother, en-.
tered the stage and were soon on
their way to Hawkinsville.


They met negro and asked him
how the old man stood from a
financial standpoint, The,old negro
looked up and remarked: /" Why,
mister. dat man hain't got a cent.
and his farm is so po' dat a ground
mole would starVe to def on it."
The visitors are on their return to
New York city.