Salt Lake Herald | 1897-12-12 | Page 17 | Won a Wife with an Egg

WON A WIFE WITH AN EGG An Oklahoma Farmer Made Happy By a Random Love Message New York Herald Ross Williams of Enid O T wrote a lovelorn message on an egg ready for shipment several weeks ago and as a result he won himself a bride What the young man said on the egg was this On a farm in the Cherokee strip I sit a sad and lonely bachelor thinking sadly over my fate and would love to come off the nest and join my life with that of some comely young lady of not too many summers growth Should the message on this egg meet with the eye of a fair one who is matrimonially inclined on short accuaintance and who thinks she could enjoy a prairie life with a student of natures beauty address Ross Williams Will-iams Enid O TIn T-In due course of time this reply came Dear Mr Williams From the Quiet precincts of my boudoir I write thee I am lonely too and have often longed to cult city life and go west where the tall wild grass sways in the wind as if listening to the sweet songs of the chinch bugs After chopping wood to kindle the kitchen fire and after the lire was ready for business and the pan was sizzling in the sparkling fat I was about to break an egg into the pan when behold Your message meets my gaze It seemed like a dream of a lost unknown love I am I comely but not fair Age 23 no money I photographs but plenty of It grit may Let all end us in exchange another American union long to be preserved Methinks I know you now BESSIE CARROLL Chicago 111 Further correspondence resulted and a few days later the young people were married