Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-10
[ From The Rol''mOy Monument. for OctOOer.l.
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-ns "What care l. maidens. though his name q .'.S
Be all unmcet for song or srOrylg Song.
- Ned +! brother Ned jus, listers here !
Married, at - on -, Jonas Jenkins,
Esq. TO Miss Helen Scott ;'-JOnas Jen-
,kims! Iva ha ha! who would have ever
dreamed that a girl Of Helen Scu,t's taste,
could marry a man with a name like that !!
Jonas Jenkins Mrs. Jonas Jenkins -
how il sounds !'3aa fl t2aas.,4 Sea, HH u
well Clara, what's in name?' ad
. Shocking LII there's any thing I do
de,est as much as 4, vulgar name, it is a
hackncyed quota,ionr .''i =,
Humph III was going to add, howev-
er, that ynur friend Helen has made what
her circle would call an excellent match.--
I know Jenkins well. i He is man Of
fine person, fine abilities, and, yet more fine
fortune.' l7.til aai y i'7s .it,a y '7S 3E-
'And what Of All that, with such name
I would not marry an Apollo, endowed
with Fortunes purse, il he. bore name
like that = r.i.f Is 3,,.. .,y.nasI str fee5
a.l' Ahem!' b. a.g54sgl8 a u y3a'a G,w
- Youineed not look SO quizzical.' h9saai
- So what go a15t o :HaH wa0 4fa9
You knew my notion about names, long
ago Edward " ''5t- 'l@ y r .l.- 3 :
Il thought had cured you of.hem long
ago, Clara ...., ...'..:.,.1' + 5,,o,.s.l..
= No, indeed !! ] don't intend to be cur-
ed SO long as have reason on my side.--
Such names as Johnson, Jackson, Thomp-
son, to say nothing Of Smith, Greene,
Brown, and Black, which can be SO readily
traced to their sources, are my aversion !
they are so very PayUena.' - 49,. "a:
. PGrUenM! what a word for an Amer
lean girl I suppose, then, that such as
Delmot, and Mortimer, and Montague. and
Fitz this, and St. that, would suit your FAM
cy better 2 eo.5 .'Ae e7-55li 9'ti ri aI@
Nonsense Z am not so silly as Ego to
trashy old novels for NAMES. would as
soon think Of selecting Belinda and Dorin-
tina and Melissa for. Christian names. i
like those that bear something consequent
,ial in them--somethipg respec.able-
someihing-something--'8 nsd-syrlbs .3 q,
= AristOcrGtic, that's the word you are
ashamed to let ont :---something like How
ard or Sidney, or Herbert would do 9-ha
la hap >~. a's gs'~@
4sExactly!' and Clara Calveri ran DOT Of
the room TO escape her brothers raillery.
r.s We must rid her Of this foible,' remark
cd Edward, gravely, TO his elder sister,
Gertrude, who was now Mt home for the
first time after leaving IL as o bride, and who
sat smiling at,the colloquy. h"i' - .5 'l'
II had intended, Clara said Edward,
ito invite my friend William Benson %
visit nue. this summer, but am now induced
to change my mind haeas sst5.. y.a ..a..
lyon mean the young man who took half
the ionOrs from You at college, and who
delivered that GRAFTON so foil of every thing
Sublime and beautiful, and original, which
admired so much when read il? ~ :. ~
e'The very same, but have concluded
that his common place name might prevent
yon from receiving him rs he deserves.
Your genealogical skill might make the
disagrceable discovery through it, that one
of his ancestors was the son Of a mao nam.
ed Benz adt ~ s9 ~. ,@9l 5aA @noF is graf
Clara looked little confused - YOU
know ! wouldn't mind that IN your friend
though IL s,'@ '..9. - t,s,,.g
Notwithstanding. ! shall not submit him
to your condescensioD ) returned Edward.
as he left hev. 81 8 da 4ar y, ~ -Js
| The next evcning Clara and her sister
were sitting together in the parIOr,---
elm dusk, ere stars were ill., or candles brought"
tho latter looking musingIy upon tho twi-
light, and the former thougbtlessly twang-
ing her guitar. III play that old drawl.
Days Of Absence for you Ger, said she ;
u know you are thinking about Henry,
ant you = 'l''s 20" .-''l97 d5,ds5 .@i''s +
AS she spoke, Edward ushered gentle.
man into the room, introducing my sis
tiers Mrs. Huntly and Miss Calvert, my
friend Mr.. Demijohn.', ~s,y so
Clara sat for moment as IL thunder.
struck, and then gave q nudge Of Unmista'
kable import 70 Gertrude, who with her
usual lady.like composurc had commenced
addressing the stranger. : ] wonder what
he can look like : thought she his voice
at all events, does not sound as IL it came
out Of n dsmvokn.' 1t was very n,elodious
and his reply to her sister particularly
graceful, yet still she feared 10 speak, lest q
word might bring her Unsurpassed laugh
altogether out with IL. aofoa'~
Al length the lamps were lighted. and
Clara eagerly surveyed the visitor. lie
was what her Young lady friends would
have pronounced, decidedly very excel
len, looking fellow : phrase Of course t"o
hsckneyed 10 be taken up by her fassidious
lips, His features were remarkably hand
son,e, and wore an expression which prov
ed tho bumps of mirth conspicuous ON bis
well developed forehead by no means mis-.
placed. mud which coaId not iail 10 be NJ
trac,ivo 20 damseI as viyacious No the ons
cneaged In the scrutiny. ...l, ,s.ia5r Fl
The conversation Of iho visitor was o.
fascinating that ClaEa's risbiliiy aoon yield
cd I" II, aud before an hour, she caught her
self regTetiing from the bottom OF her hcaF
that there should have been cause 80 Just 4