The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-21

| An, MT. LutOT, thlS u TOO great an uoHoT
walk in. my dear sr---John, chair for the
editor,---wheel up that selEactor, ---another to
put his feet on, his hat and cane---'
DON'T disturb yourself, Mr.. Short don't
disturb yourself. see you've got your wine
and meershaum-- just in time
Egad, sir, and I'm glad Of il. John, a
meershaum for the editor, or stay, won't you
have my East Indian hookah l---i's delicious
to smoke through. --tellthe butler to bring up
a half dozen Of that Madeira that was corked
in 'S3---do sit down, sir, and be coy likc.--
Wen have glorious night of it,---egad, sir,
but Pm honored---my dear sir, your health
Yours Jeremy, ---and another for the Blue
Stockings
Ha! ha! and how did il take, ell, my
boyl
Made a terrible noise, Jerry,
them like hive Of beesr--buzz, buzz. buzz,
! we had il for fortnight. anonymous letters
by the bushel. I,vouldn't have cared though
il they'd paid tho postage. Bless the dear
souls, here's to them again
With all my heart---and wish the sweet
! angels we're here to pledge us---I kiss my
hand to them
i Talking Of kissing, declare! why Jerry,
you're as bad as eyer---you're second only to
Johannes
'Ay IA rare fellow, glorious chap was that
same Johannes---he treated of il like science
---but egad, sir, he didn't go through his sub
ject, he never expatiated upon kissing ones
cousin! We are old men now, at least am.
and can speak advisedly but high or low. far
or near, in cups or out Of them, there's no.
thing like kissing ones cousin affirm Of
all it's the most delightful. Others fight, or
scream, or pout, or grow sullen, but a cousin
= the dear things---always take it half coyly
half kindly. And then they do blush so BY
the bones Of my ancestors, it's the cream Of
them---Pve story about it II convince you---
but do fill up your tumbler, while knock the
neck off this second bottle---'93, glorious.
Your health again, sir 7
Have you ever kissed your cousinl No!
Do II, beseech you, sir, before you say your
prayers to-night Kissing Egad, sir, Pve
Ibeen used to it from boy remember
when went to school, little sandy-haired,
pig-pated shaver, with head full of mischief
and pocket full Of nuts, how used to have
some little blue-eyed favorite whom always
gifted with kiss and gingerbread, as regu-
larry as eat my breakfast. There were two
sweet little grls---one was my pretty cousin---
who sat each side Of me in school, and when
the old redagogue turned his blind eye to-
wards us---he had but one blinker as the sailors
1 say---l used to steal kiss from the blushing
little creature on one side, and so make the
opposite little fairy pout and look half Jealous,
and then when he'd turn his back, I'd kiss her
in t,lrn and all would be right again there,
but wrong on tOther side. II was nice
matter to keep it balanced---but then there
was the excitement oft A merry time had
| with these little angels in that old moss-co-
yered school house, God bless it! / must
drink tumbler to its memory.
Well, but there's as much in the time and
manner, sir, as in The rest Of this amusement
It's not so much the kiss as the way in which
| you get it. / wouldn't give sous for kiss
at party, or in company, or even playing
pawns, unless behind the screen. Pd,a little
girl once to say : If 90 comes here, I'll kith
| co. but it hurt my feelings, agonized them,
penknife. No, no to be priced, it must be
got by tactics, regular scarp and counterscarp;
trench, bastion, mine, and then carry il by as
sault at last. Oh !! how used to love, in the
summer evenings, when the old folks got nap
ping in corner, to get their sweet little
daughter in another, and there, all in the dark,
kiss her so deliciously-and she afraid to say
| anything, lest the noise should wake them up
and show what pickle she was in. That's
kissing for you! Or, when rambling on the
river side with party Of young folks, to lin
ger behind with some pretty little partner, and
when nobody was looking, to kiss her so sly
ly! Or, to apple gathering, and when you'd
filled your merry little fairy's apron, and she
couldn't resist, just to put your arm around
her, and to kiss her ruby lips All there's !
nothing like the freshness, the purity, the sin
gle-heartedness Of youth. As we grow older,
and the ladies', too---dear, lovely creatures
lose their FIRST heaven-born modesty, and get
in its place the forwardness Of the holden, or
the afectaton fthe prudc. Modesty is the
sweetest virtue of woman,- --and so the devil
counterfeits it when tho pure coin is lost. All
don't be modest, Mr.. Editor---fil up---this
fourth bottle is delicious. Here's to the Cas-
ket, my boy
A bumper.
By Wooden! there's be soul though in you
only you haven't kissed your cousin. All! ii
took my little cousin I'd always bit Of
time to get to kiss her. She was a sweet lit
tie angel! And then she was so modest
and when she grew up she never altered bit.
saw all the rest losing their first freshness Of
SOUL some getting prudish, and others get
ting wild, some giggling when kissed as il was
a treat, and some setting still as statues, and
signing III scream = some tearing and
shouting so, and some actually slapping one
the hoidens! yet most Of them too glad to get
a kiss from any one. began to scorn their
hypocrisy, and at last 10 despise them ALL II
was only my pretty little cousin that kept up
in my bosom a good opinion Of the sex. She
often got really angry at my capers; and as
for kissing me she would moi have done il if
all the prophets from Moses down had fore
told il, or the President Of the United States,
or even the good old pastor Of the village had
gone down on their knees before her. don't