Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1902-01-10 | Page 8 | How a Man from Pocatello Landed Wife at an Employment Agency

HOW A MAN FRO POCATELLO LANDED WIFE AT AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY A pretty young oung woman n with rosy ch cheeks and coquettish etes a 1 good I looking old man roan with a full fun purse and amI matrimonial desires aal a a hu hustling tn agent formed the dramatis nae and the office of a Salt Lake ment meat bureau served a as the scene cene of a novel romance a few days since that has au undoubtedly ere ore now no readied iU its happy finale amid the merry chimes of wedding belle bellfl It is the story of ot a Pocatello landlord and how he converted an employment bu bureau bureau burena reau rena into a matrimonial agency Finding that single blessedness was not jut just what the poet t has pictured d It ft the elderly landlord landl rd whose name adorns the front door of a Pocatello inn fell tell a victim to the tender passion and straightway Journeyed j to Zion In of or a better half halt With the th of or a school boy about to recite Mary Iary Had a Little Lamb on Friday th the old gentleman appeared at the Salt Lake Employment agency ency and informed the clerk he wanted a good housekeeper He was introduced to several applicants who presented the best beet of ot references but butI I the tb landlord shook his head The same performance was repeated at other em employment ment agencies and with Ith a took look of deep disappointment on his face the landlord appeared again at the first firt t office Now Just tell ten us what kind of a housekeeper you ou want and end I am sure sues we can get you one ODe said the clerk in hi hihl his hl meat persuasive tones Well er I well I want a l wife stammered the landlord with a blush that would have made peach blooms look like six nickels You Y u come com back up afternoon said the clerk with a reassuring smile When the landlord arrived the young i lady was there and what took place is host best st told in the story books Suffice Sullies i it to say that the Pocatello citizen after a quiet conference with the young reappeared with a broad smile on his bis countenance and handing a tip to the clerk whispered in stage tones Its all an right tight going to be my wife when we get set back to Pocatello and the two went away happy as 1 larks They left on the 1036 1030 train that I I evening for Pocatello The employ employment employment ment agency Is now contemplating hanging out a sign Wives Furnished I No Extra Charge