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NEWS & PLANTERS’ E AEETT E.
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n. G. COTTING, Editor.
No. 36.—NEW SERIES.]
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Li” Office in Mr. Barnett’s new building, North
west corner of the Public Square.
Washington, Willies county, Ga., )
December 22, 1842. [ 17
CUTTING & BUTLER,
ATTORNIES,
HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of
Willis & Hester’s Store.
January, 1843. 29
\EW GOODS.
Hie Subscriber lias just received from
New-York, part of his
Spring Stock or
Gooms,
{ 10NSISTING of: Calicoes, Muslins, Lawns
and Cambrics, and an assortment of Goods
for Gentlemen’s Summer, wear—all of which
will be sold at the lowest rates for CASH, or on
credit to those who have been punctual in pay
ment of their last year’s accounts.
A. A. CLEVELAND.
Washington, Aprii 13,1843. 4t 33
The Subscriber ,
Wf ISHING to close business,oilers atßedu-
* ced Prices, his present STOCK, consist
ing in part, of the following :
*Tf*] Ladies’ Kid and Calf walking i
f | Shoes, just received.
Misses Calf and Seal do. do.
Children’s Shoes,of various kinds j
Boy’s Calf and Kip, sewed and peg’d. Shoes,
Men’s Shoes, sewed and peg’d. a variety,
Women’s sewed and peg’d. Kips,
Women’s fine Leather Bootees,
Gentlemen’s fine Calf Boots,
Coarse Brogans, men’s and boys, bc-t quality,
Do. do. extra size,
Men’s Leather Slippers,
Men’s Calf and Seal Pumps.
ALSO,
Ladies’ Kid Buskin Ties, and a case of Gentle
men’s sewed Shoes, soon to arrive.
Factory Oznaburgs, at 9 cents per yard,
and woolen Linseys, nearly a yard wide, at 28 to
30 cents, which article was sent-invoiced at 45
cents, and cannot be bought at. the Factory now
at much less than 40 cts. by the quantity 7 .
ST Persons wishing any of the above articles*
m will do well to call at the SHOE STORE oi
A. L. LEWIS.
I N. B.—Persons indebted on account will please
I call and settle at the earliest possible date.
I . January 12, 1843. A. L. L
EVERY VARIETY
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THE PARTNERS.
A Story of New-England Village-Life.
liV H. HASTINGS WELD.
Neyy‘ Store —Smith & Brown respectfully
inform the public of Ccdarvillo and vicinity, and
their friends generally, that they have taken the
Store on Main-street, a few doors from the
Meeting-llouse, where they have on hand and
for sale, every description of goods, at prices as
low as at any other place, in city or country.
The above, with the customary abundant
sprinkling of italics, capitals, and full-faced
type, was the only new advertisement in
the columns of the Cedarville Universal
Advertiser, on the morning of the sth of
May, 18—. “ Who is Smith & Brown ?”
inquired the old ladies of the village, as
their eyes wandered from the record of
the deaths to the advertisement below ;
and “ Who is Smith & Brown ?” echo
ed the young ladies, who, after study
ing the Hymeneal Register, glanced also
at the advertisement. Methinks the reader
is inquiring too —who are the Smith and
Brown, introduced by you so abruptly ?
Patience, gentle sir.—if sir you be ; if
madam, it is of no use to preach patience ;
patience, and you will in proper time, be
come acquainted with The Partners.
Smith and BroYvn had decided to con
nect themselves in business, and astonish
the natives of some country toYvn, Yvitha
store a touch above any thing of the kind
out of the limits of the metropolis. Cedar
ville happened to he the place pitched up
on. and so rapidly Yvas theij- migration ef
fected, and the business of opening perform
ed, that, until they. Yvere ready for custom
ers, not more than half the women Yvithin
ten miles of their store kneYv that such a
thing Yvas in contemplation. The Cedar
ville Universal Advertiser hail the merit,
■for once, of containing something of which
the universe yvqs not previously advised ;
and the gossips of Cedarville Yvere nearly
distracted ; such a march lied been stolen
upon them ! They fell in readily with the
opinion of Old Pimento, at the old stand,
that, as the hcyv store “sprung up like a
mushroom, in a night, it would disappear
too, betYveen two days.” Commence busi
ness Yvithout making six months preparato
ry talk ! the thing Yvas preposterous and
unprecedented. But they succeeded, nev
ertheless. The young Yvomen had become
‘tired of shop-Yvorn commodities, especially
Yvhen sold by a crusty old Benedict, and the
temptations of neYv goods and the new faces
of Iyvo young bachelors Yvere irresistible.
All the influence of the editor of the Uni
versal Advertiser Yvas on the side of the
neYv store, for the “ trader” at the old one
never could he persuaded, that in a tdYvn
Yvliere there was hut one store, there was
any need of advertising. Even noYv, that
there were tYvo, he yvouUl hot he provoked
into a paper war ‘vith the iicyv comers,
whose advertisements added some ten dol
lars to the annua! income of the Advertiser
—no inconsiderable item, by the Yvay, in
the receipts of a village editor. For this
sum they were alloYved a square, which,
in the means a page of the paper.
1 AyyTul was the .iiism created in Cedar
ville by lho new store ! Old Mr. Pimento
stopped his paper, because he liked an in
dependent press, and the Advertiser had
had the impudence to publish Smith &
RroYvn’s advertisements, to his manifest in
jury. Such is the general idea of newspa
per independence—subscribers wish to see
j an editor untiammellcd, and therefore re
! lieve him oftheir names, upon less grievous
causes than that Yvhich induced Pimento to
discontinue the Cedarville Universal Ad
vertiser. The old ladies sided Yvitli Pimen
ton, the young ones belonged to the other
faction, and the men stood neutral, or moved
as driven by Yvife, daughter, or Yvife inten
ded. Such Yvas the posture of things in
t! e town of Cedarville, the parties alter
nately going up and doYvn, as Old Pimento
sold the best molasses, or the other house
the best bargains, when affairs began to
come upon the carpet more directly inter
esting to Smith & BroYvn, and therefore to
the readers of our veritable history. The
star of the young firm had been some days
on the ascendant. After a good day’s work,
both partners Yvaited in the store, as ifeaeh
| had something to tell the other, Yvith Yvhiclt
j it Yvould not ansYver to trust any Yvalls hut
| their oYvn.
Each made awkward Yvork of his com
munication ; but Yve shall omit the stam
mering preface, and state only the substan
ce of both their confessions, Yvhich Yvasthat
each bad como to the conclusion that when
if was said “it is not good for man to he a
lone,” partnerships in business Yvere not the
associates deemed necessary. Though Sa
tan is ever fond of rebuking sin, yet neither
party could condemn the other for the in
tended crime of matrimony, in the abstract;
hut each thought his disapprobation of the
other in the choice of an accomplice.
‘Humph !’ said Smith, to himself; Brown
is determined, then, to throYv himself away
on that lowbred dowdy. She is as poor as
she is avaricious.”
‘Well,’ said Brown, with a shrug, ‘Mr.
Smj;h may yoke himself for life to purse
pride and expectation:-, if lie chooses. It
is no Business of mine. And so they par
i ted for ftic night.
*-\ * * * *
’ Married. hi B ,Gy Rev. Mr. Thump
cushion, Mr. John Smith, in Cedarville, of the
firm of Smith &. Bro Y-. il, to Miss Ann Matilda,
only daughter of the Hon. Crtesus Ingot, of B
In E , Mr. David Brown, of Cedarville,
of the firm of Smith & BroYvn, to Miss Mary K.
Tidd.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) MAY 4, 1843.
| Another feather floated in the cap of the
editor of the Cedarville Universal Adverti
ser, —for iho above interesting item of in
telligence beamed first upon Cedarville
through its columns, so silently had every
thing been conducted. In dilating upon the
square inch of cake which hacked the re
quest for insertion, Mr. Editor ground out
tho only original article which had appear
ed in his columns, since, six weeks before,
Mr. Allen’s hoy supplied a ‘Narrow Es
cape,’ by cutting his finger with a case
knife.
The effect of the announcement upon the
inhabitants ofCedarville, was the breaking
up, in a great measure, of the party divi
sions. The old ladies were indignant that
this news had hurst upon the community,
without their having had so much as a nib
ble of it in advance of the general promul
gation ; the unengaged young ladies, each
of whom had,secretly, and in her own mind,
appropriated one of the firm to herself, be
gan to have a manifest leaning to the Pi
mento party ; and the married and engaged
vonng ladies, who stuck to the firm in hopes
of being invited to their parties, were in the
minority. Things began to look squally,
when, as is often the case in emergencies,
a somethin!; was found to stem the current,
and save the falling fortunes of the house
ofSmith & Brown. Faster than the slow
heels of the carrier hoy circulated the Ce
darville Universal Advertiser about the vil
lage, the intelligence flew orally, t hat
Smith &. Brown were “livin'!; a treat.”—
This at once formed anew accession to the
new store party, as every man in a New
England village, in 18 —, would drink,
where liquor ran without money and with
out price ; and every boy would be on hand
to eat the sugar from the bottom of the tum
blers, suck the toddy-sticks and long to he
men—that being as near drinking as boys
were permitted to go—their elders sagely
backing their own examples, by warning
boys not to drink spirits. They manage
these things better now-a-days. The edi
tor gained such credit hv an impromptu toast,
concocted during all the night before, in
which he hoped the ‘house ofSmith & Brown
would fare none the worse for having taken
sleeping partners.” Pimento, who found
his way into the store for the first time, went
home growling that they “would spoil the
trade, if they did not reduce their spirit
more.” Upon reaching his own store, he
put another gallon of alcohol into each of
his bar-casks of water and alcohols swept a
peck of flies from his windows, and some of
the dust off his shelves.
‘Will they give a party, I wonder ?’
Here the Cedarville Universal Adverti
ser could not forestall the women, who are
the exclusive venders of this sort of news ;
and the women soon got hold of circumstan
tial evidence, that at Smith’s house some
thing was in preparation. Mrs. Smith
had sent to one neighbor for eight quarts of
milk, and her‘helps’ had borrowed anoth
er’s heart and rounds. ‘Shall I get an in
vite?” vvnsthe next question—hut the wor
thy foil; were kept hut a little while in sus
pense. ‘File shop hoy ofSmith & Brown
soon left printed‘invites’ at every house in
the village, not excepting those of the Pi
mento-ites, and that of old Pimento him
self. Business like, these invitations were
issued in the namcoftlie firm.
* * * * +
It was over. Old Pimento who had lin
gered, the last of the guests, as if determin
ed to do his full share in eating out the
substance of the young men, had at last
taken his hat. Mr. and Mrs. Smith sat
alone.
‘My dear,’ said the lady, ‘I do not see
why you would invite all that canaille to our
house.’
‘Policy, Matilda l wish to become popu
lar with the Cedarville people.’
‘Well, I don’t like to be bored to death.
I hope you have not so soon forgotten my
feelings and my standing in society My
father, Mr. Ingot was never so anxious to
please the rabble.”
‘Mrs. Smith, I hope you not so far forgot
ten my interest as to stand in the way of
my business. The distant gingle of your,
father’s gold will not support us.’
Mrs. Ann Matilda Smith sobbed hyster
ically'.
* * * * *
‘David,’ said Mrs. Brown to her hus
band, as they walked home, ‘I am afraid I
have done you no credit to-night; 1 always
told you I was unused to society.’
“Why, Mary, I thought you succeeded
to admiration with the villagers—mothers
and daughters.’
‘Oh, yes, and I have many pressing invi
tations to visit them. But lam dreadfully
afraid of Mrs. Smith. She carne and sat
by me to night, and said something about
the Great Unknown. I didn’t make any
answer, and then she said that Waverly
alone is enough to set him up. What did
she. mean David? Is there to be anothet
store in the village? !am sure I’m sorry
if there is. I told her 1 did not know Mr.
W averly.”
Brown gently explained her mistake to
her. It was a bitter evening, in conclu
sion, for both partners —one had to drive
away his wife’s hysterics with volatile salts
and promises of indulgence—the other to
console an intelligent, though unculti
vated mind, for the lack of that information
which one evening had convinced her was
al! essential to her creditable appearance.
On theMiorrow, Mrs. Ann Matilda Smith
went hack to the house of her father, to
recover, as she said, from the effects of ail
excessive infliction of rusticity. She was
not missed exjeept by her husband, for truth
to tell, she did not win many hearts at the
party.’ Weeks passed, and simple Mary
Brown grew daily in the good graces of the
dwellers in Cedarville. The parson’s
wife ‘thought it a pity site had been ne
glected, hut deemed her an intelligent lady
like young woman, nevertheless. Some
others might have made the same remark
hut all loved her; and through her popular,
ity, added to pre-existing circumstances,
the tide set sadly against the store of Mr.
Pimento. At the end of a few weeks, Mrs.
Ann Matilda Smith returned.
‘My dear 1 have brought you a present.’
I thank you for returning yourself, Ma
tilda, before I open the package, lest you
should accuse me of selfishness, in thank
ing you afterward. The direction was in
the compting house hand of Mr. Ingot.
Smith broke the seal, and found instruments
possessing hint of a large landed property,
and a check for several thousands.
’Matilda, after tlie unthinking and cruel
taunt I gave a few weeks since, I cannot
accept this.”
‘Mr. Smith!—Mr. Smith!’
There was something hysterical in her
tone, —and Smith hasily interrupted,‘allow
nte at least to secure this to you, l— ’
‘No! no! take it as I offer it, or— ’
Poor Smith! He plied his wife alter
nately with volatile and sugared words;
the latter of the two remedies brought her
to, because they imported an acceptance of
her father’s present. It is said of his Satanic
Majesty and the wight who accepts his fa
vors, that the latter becomes bound to him.
I do not intend to compare Mrs. Smith to the
devil, —huther present was the purchase
money of the—inexpressibles. Smith was
sold to her from that day.
* * * * *
‘These people pay a great deal of atten
tion to your partner’s wife, Mr. Smith.’
‘They would pay you the same my dear,
if you would accept it.’
‘But I shall not. Who can endure to
drink yepon tea, out of earthen cups—and
hear disquisitions upon sage-cheese, stock
ing-yarn, the price of eggs, and the raising
of poultry,—l cannot, Mr. Smith.’
‘M rs. Brown does.’
M rs. Brown! It is herelemont; the hate- j
ful, ignorant creature. I desire you will
not ask her or her husband to the house a
gain.’
‘He is my partner, my dear.’
‘I dont see why you need such a part
ner. You don’t wan’t his capitol, certain
ly.’
•His capitol is experience. He owns no
thing, but receives a share of the profits for
his services.”
‘lndeed! Well, lam sure you can hire
a good clerk cheaper, and not he obliged to
court Brown or his ignorant wife. I wish
you would dissolve, Mr. Smith Ido not
like the idea of finding Mr. Brown capital
to trade upon.’ Foor Smith!
* * * * *
Dissolution. —The connexion in business,
heretofore existing under the firm of Smith &
Brown, is this day, by mutual consent dissolved.
Mutual —Yes, that is the word, when a
strong man kicks a weaker out of doors;
and the aboveisa litoral transcript from the
Cedarville Universal Advertiser.
One of the sleeping partners had upset
the house, thus making our editorial friend’s
toast as mala propos as were his editorials.
.Mr. Brown and his poor ignorant wife
made their round of calls; stepped into the
stage with light hearts, and a purse which
honest gains had pretty well ballasted, and
hade adieu to Cedarville. Nothing wor
thy of note occurred at their departure, ex
cept that the Editor of the Cedarvile Ad
vertiser stopped the stage before his door,
to ask Brown if he might not send him the
paper; to which he, the said Brown, mali
ciously answered, that he would pay him
the price of it, if he would keep it away.
Mr. Editor as a guardian of public morals,
was not profanely inclined, but upon this
occasion, he could not refrain from giving
his opinion that Brown ‘was ad and un
civil fellow, and as illiterate as his wife.’
Everybody in the village regretted their
departure except Mrs. Smith, Mr. Editor,
and Old Pimento. Tho latter had reason
to he pleased, for Brown’s withdrawal
would, he knew, essentially weaken the
new faction.
The tide turned into its old channel, and
Pimento soon saw all the old faces back to
his counter, —except, perhaps, a few whose
wives trimmed their bonnets and caps like
Mrs. Smith, and esteemed it an honor toget
a nod from her. In proportion as business
lessened, she, thinking the portion she
brought inexhaustible, increased her ex
penses. She figured in the streets of Ce
ilarsville, in dresses which would have at
tracted notice for their expensive quality,
in Washington Street or Broadway. Clouds
of the family connexions, connexions of the
Ingots, settled on Smith to rusticate, de
vouring his substance like a swarm of lo
custs. And every city carriage which rol
led to his door, rolled away the patronage
of some villager, who preferred purchasing
sugar of old Pimento, to being hurriedly
served by the now exclusive and genteel
Mrs. Smith.
*****
As Pimento was spelling out the Cedar
ville Advertiser, —for sincethe editor had
returned to his allegiance, ho had again
subscribed; he chuckled over the following
notice.—All persons indebted to John
Smith, are notified that his hooks and ac
; counts are assigned to Croesus Ingot, to
j whom immediate payment must be made,
j Creditors may beeome parties, by signing
i the assignment.’ ‘Holloa! neighbor,” he
] shouted ton passer-by who been one of
i the new store party, ‘why can’t yon tell me
how Smith & Wife sell London and French
Prints!’ ‘Smith & Wife’fj Store had be
come the cant term.
* * * * *
Years had passed away. Two persons
accidentally met on Change. There was
a look of uncertain recognition.
‘Brown?’
‘Smith?’
A hearty shaking of hands followed.
‘How is your-lady. Brown?’
‘Well. She is now acquainted with Mr.
Waverly.”
, ‘And mine has forgotten her hysterics.’
The four met at the city residence of Mr.
Brown, who had, by industry, become pos
sessed of a handsome property. Smith, al
so, taught wisdom by his reverses, had re
trieved his. pecuniary affairs. The hus
bands came from the library together.
“Ladies,’ said Smith, ‘we have again en
tered into copartnership. Matilda do you
thinkyou can now invite that hateful'Mrs.
Brown to our house?’
‘Mary,’ said Brown, “are you now afraid
of Mrs. Smith?’
It is unnecessary to say that explana
lions had taken place. Mrs. Smith was not
naturally vain, nor was Mrs. Brown ever
dowdy, though once ignorant. Both were
placed by marriage, in situations for which
they were unfit, and each had learned to
adopt herself to her situation. Mrs. Smith
learned the thrift and pleasant manners of
Mary Brown; and if the latter did not ac
quire all the shining accomplishments of
Mrs. Smith, she at last became deeply read
enough to make her an agreeable compan
ion for her husband and to place her above
the danger of appearing to ridiculous dis
advantage. Ofthetwo, Mrs. Smith had in
her education, cost her husband the most.
One partner married above, theother below,
his station in life.
In the last connexion in business, the
sleeping partners have proved such valua
ble auxiliaries, that their husbands’ paper
is quite as good as that of any Ingot on
’Change. Old Pimento buys his goods of
the importing house of Smith & Brown, who
advertises to country traders in the col
umns of the Cedarville Universal Adverti
ser ; and the editor of that respectable pa
per carries his head higher than ever.
POPPING THE QUESTION.
One of the merriest fellows of the day is
the gallant Col. Carter of the Lycoming
Gazette. The following are his grave and
profound remarks upon the important sci
ence of “Popping the Question:”
Girls are queer little animals—angels,
we intended to have said : and we love ’em
all, in spite oftheir faults, folly and flirting-.
We have “popped the question,” at least a
dozen times, and a dozen times have we
been refused. The frequent r*erses have
not engendered a feeling of despair ; and
strange as it may sound, yvc are on as good
terms with ourselwes as ever. We rather
attribute this want of success to a want of
taste and discernment on the part of certain
fair ones ; and dark as the prospect now is,
we entertain a faint hope that, perhaps at
some distant day, we may yet woo and win
some young, middle-aged, or even old lady,
worthy of our small means, hut extensive
prospects ; worthy ofour high standing, (six
feet in our socks); and worthy of those gra
ces of mind and person which we are sup
posed by many to possess. But this is an
episode—only indulged ir, loshoYv our dear
“Maria,” that the decision of tin’s momen
tous question has been left to a person who
has had some experience in the wayward,
strange, queer, puzzling, provoking, per
plexing, incomprehensible and capricious
wavs of lovel v woman! Now to the text.
If a gentleman should meet with a re
pulse—a refusal—it is wholly and solely
his own fault. It is in his power to ascer
tain the state of the lady’s feelings before
he “unbosoms” Tiimself. But how ? Os
course, she will never make a tender con
fessions in tender words or tender looks.—
Olt, no! She will use every little artifice
to convinW: him that she docs not care two
straws for him, hut if she really loves, she
betrays the existence of the tender passion
in a hundred different ways in the presence
of the “dear object.” If she meets the “ob
ject” in the street, she tries to look cold and
composed, but blushes to her temples. If
they should he left alone, and are in close
proximity, they become excruciatingly em
barrassed ; have a sort of choaking sensa
tion about the throat—trembling of limbs
—faltering of words—changing of color,
&c. If he admires any peculiar mode of
wearing the hair—any peculiar style of
dress—he will discover that she innocently
and unconsciously enough acemmodates
herself to his fancy. If, on entering the
room, she is the last to greet his approach,
he may set it down as a very favorable
symptom, ad injinitem ; hut we have furnish
ed enough for all useful purposes.
If, then, a gentleman finds a lady in the
state Yvhich Yve have attempted to describe,
he may propose with perfect safety. But
lie must be careful as to the time and place.
The season of sunshine and flowers is the
j time— Yvhen mountain and hill, plain and
j valley, are clothed in the richest verilur.—
: Yvhen the birds carol forth their songs of joy
and love— Yvhen the balmy Yvinds of the
South give color to the cheek and life to the
step —YY-.lien the SYveet murmuring of the
brook breaks upon the silence of the forest
—when the rosy goddessofthe morn bathes
the smiling landscape in one bright stream
of golden effulgence—when the eyes ho
M. .1. K APPEL, Printer.
come soft, tender, dewy, and the low ing of
herds proclaim the close of day—when
each field speaks df jov and plenty —when
every tremhling’lea'Kyvhispers of love—Oh,
then is the time !
As to the place—in some secluded walk,
where there is no pos ihilrty of interruption.
Tremblingly place the del\iitV, white, soft
hand within your own mutton ..fist, pop tb/e
question, and murmur into hei expecting
ears voyvs of love and constancy ’. If she
is a sensible, candid, off-handed sort of a
girl, she will say “Yes,” and thank you.—
If she is a timid, loving girl, she will pro
bable burst into tears, hide her head in yOur
bosom, and refer you to her “pappy.” If
she is a foolish girl, she Yvilt say “Yes,”
eagerly, and jump up and kiss von. If she
is a coquettish girl, she will look pleased,
but pretend to be astonished, and it Yvil! re
quire many succeeding interviews before
you are able to make Iter “define her posi
tion.”
True love, yvc all knoYv, is diffident, and
the question is frequently “ponped” Yvith
out the “popper” knowing wlat the com
plexion of the answer will he from the
“poppee.” Ifthe lady hears vou coldly
and unmoved—betrays no alarm no em
barrassment, no soft fluttering oitle heart,
hand and voice—and blasts your hopes Im
polite utterance of the terrifically terrible
monosyllable “No,” we advise you imme
diately to get on your feet again, careHlly
brush the dirt off your knees, take vour jat
in your hand, how politely and indifferent
ly to the lady, as if the disappointment yv
not so great as she expected, Yvalk yoursel
oft’to your lodgings, light a cigar, cornpu.
yourselfon a soft-cushioned chair, specu
late upon the. future, the caprices and im
perfections of the sex, the blessings of a
bachelor’s life, and it is probable you Yvill
soon forget her. It must he evident that she
don’t care a copper about you. It is true,
by dogged perseverance you might eventu
ally obtain her consent ; hut, in nine cases
out of ten, hearts do not accompany hands
Yvon in that Yvay. But if the ladv savs
“No!” when all her loolts and actions say
“Yes,” do not, we beseech you, tear your
hair and fly oft'in a tangent. The hook
has caught, and by giving her plenty of litn ,
and playing with her delicately and scien
tifically, you can, in good time, draw her
to your arms, as she blusliingly confesses
the power and potency of your charms.
A booby of a fellow, now, may spoil all,
in this stage of the proceedings, by his haste
or tardiness, and let the fair one escape
from his unskillful hands, to be caught in
the net of some old sportsman.
Sensations in a Trance. —The sensations
of a seemingly dead person, while confined
in the coffin, are mentioned in the following
case of trance :—“A young lady, an atten
dant on the Princess , after having
been confined to her bed fora great length
of time with a violent nervous disorder, was
at last, to all apperance, deprived of life.
Her lips were quite pale, her face resem
bled the countenance ofa dead person, and
the body grew cold. She was removed from
the room in which she died, was laid in a
coffin, and the day of her funeral fixed on.
The day arrived, and according to tb cus
tom of the country, funeral songs and
hymns were sung before the door.
Just as the people were about to nail down
the lid of the coffin, a kind of perspiration
was observed to appear on the surface of
her body. It grew greater every moment,
and at last a kind ofconvulsive motion was
observed in the hands and feet oftlie corpse.
A few minutes after, during which time
fresh signs of returning life appeared, she
at once opened her eyes, and uttered a most
pitiable shriek. Physicians were quickly
procured, and in the course of a few days
she was considerably restored, and is pro
bably alive at this day. The description
which she gave of her situation is extreme
ly remarkable, and forms a curious and
authentic addition to psychology.
She said it seemed to her that she was
really dead ; yet she was perfectly con
scious ofall that happened around her in
this dreadful state. She distinctly heard
her friends speaking and lamenting her
death at the side of her coffin. She felt
them put on the dead clothes and lay her in
them. This feeling produced a mental anx
iety which is indescribable. She tried to
cry, but her sou! was without power, and
could not act in her body. She had the
contradictory feeling as ifshe were in the
body and yet notin it at one and the same
time. It was equally impossible for herto
stretch out her arms, or to open her eyes,
or to cry, although she continually endea
vored to do so. The internal anguish ol
her mind was, however, at its utmost height
when the funeral hymns were begun to be
sung, and when the lid of the coffin was a
bout to be nailed down. The thought that
she was to be buric-d, alive was the one
that gave activity to her mind and caused r.
to operate on her coporea! frame.”
One of the papers states that the Bostor
ladies are holding lemonade parties. A
large punch bowl of water is provided
which is sweetened by the young ladies all.
placing their lips to ihe brim. The old
maids then look into it, and the lemonade i.
“ done did.”
A man in Springfield, G., thus announ
ces himself as a candidate for constable.— ,
He is certainly a candid man.
Phillip E. Barnet, Loco-foe;:—has a wi e
and 13 children—poor—afraid to sioul
loo lazy to work—and would like to be o
lectcd constable.”
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