A WOULD-BE BENEDICT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1619, 26 July 1887, Page 3

A WOULD-BE BENEDICT.

— . * i 1 A. strange application for a wife was ' made known at a recent meethi* of the t Chester Board of Guardiacß. It appears that at a previous meeting the clerk read y a letter from Private Hall, ofLichfield. stating that be possessed £500, and offer- ' ing to marry a young lady, or even a ' widow, if tbe board would recommend one l He (the clerk) had since received a nuin- ' ber of applications from various young ' ladies, some of them enclosing their ' photographs. He would puss the letters ( and photos rouud. Mies Charlotte Knapp, ' Grove Road, Petwartb, was an applicant if Private Hall was healthy and sane. 1 This was thought unkind. She would like l to know all his bad qualities. She was J also carious to know if he conld ecrub, make beds, shake carpets, clean grates, make pastry, fry fish; and, lastly, whether ' he slept well at nights. For all these J qualities the applloant said she would play f the harmonium, and was thoroughly ' domesticated. 'My age, 1 she concluded, 'is forty yearß.' Pe^gy Smith, of Sydenham, who wanted a really good husband — ' a blonde with sweet blue eyes and no ' temper at all — wrote from Cromwell street, Gorton, Manchester, that aho would make ' a man with £SCO a dutiful wife. She ! thoroughly understood milking and was dying for a really suitable hußband, The board regretted they were unable to do anything with these confidential and em- ' barraaslng communications.