Show 1 Gloomy Wedding Proposal 1 Martin J Littleton of Brooklyn who e won national fame as an orator In the ll Democratic National Convention ot f ul 1902 was seriously considered as aj e fusion candidate for mayor of New aim York this autumn but he refused tot t g allow his name to go before the convention e con-vention no The situation reminds me of the v manner In which a Scotch beadle proposed pro-posed marriage explained Mr Little ton to a friend He led the maiden of his choice to a churchyard and pointing to the various headstones said My folks are all buried there N Jennie Wad ye like to be burled there tooUnder the Spreading Chestnut Tree Everybodys Magazine Maga-zine of January |