Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-09-02
From Gfaham's Magazine.
MEENA DIMlTf;
OR. WHY Mr.. CRASH TOOh hio ioon'
ny n. r. WILLIE

.4rn,1do. Comfort me, o'9
have been in love!
Ssr1,aJo Mos, sweet Herclus. More authority,
s.ar nov, name more; and sweet my child, let
them be of good repute and carriage.
Nan. sampson, master; he was man Of good
carriage. great carriage; for he carried the town.
r,,es on his back, like porter; and ne was in love-
Shakespeare.
FASHION is arbitrary, we all know.
What it was that originally gave Sassa-
fras street the right to despisc Pepper
idge street, the oldest inhabitant Of
the village Of Slimford could not pos
itively say. The court house and Jail
were in Sassafras street, but the ortho-
dox church and female seminary were
in Pepperidge street Two directors
of the Slimford Bank lived in Sassa-
fras street--two in Fepperidge street.
Tho Diaper family lived in Sassairas
street.-the Dimity family in Pepper
idgc street; and the fathers Of the Di-
apcr girls and the Dimity girls were
wcrlh about the same money, and had
both made it in the lumber line. There
was no difference to speak of in their
respective modes of living-nonc in
the education Of the glrls--none in the
family grave stones, or church pewS'
Yet, deny it who liked, the Diapers
were the aristocracy of 'Slimford.
1t may be prejudice, but | am in
clined to think there is something IN
nose. Il am about to mention triiie,
but trines arc the beginning OF most
things, and / would account for the
pride paramount Of the Diapers if tits
any way POSSIBILITY The most stylish
of tho Miss Diapers Diaper
had a nose like his grace the Duke
of Wellington. Neither her father or
mother had such a feature, but there
was foreign umbrella in the family,
with exactly such shaped nose on the
ivory handle. Old Diaper had once
kept a tavern, and he had taken this
umbrella from a stranger for nights
lodging. But that is neither here nor
there. To the nose Of Harriet Diaper,
resistlossly and instinctively, the Dim
itv girls had knocked under at school.
There was authority in it, for the A
merican Eagle had sucha nose, and tho
Duke Of Wellington had such nose,
and when, to these two war-like IN
stances, was added tho nose OF Harriet
Diaper, the tripod stood firm. Am
visionary in believing that the author'-
ty introduced into that village by al
foreigners umbrella $50 unaccountable
is fatc.) gave the dynasty to the Dia-
pers?
l have mentioned but two families
one in each Of the two principal
streets of Slimford. Having little
story TO tell, cannot afford to distract
nv narrative with unnecessary ga
sides;" and, must not only omit all
description of the other Sassairassors
and Pepperidgers, but must leave to
your Imagination several Miss Diapers
and several Miss Dimitys. Harriet
Diaper and Meena Dimity being the
two exclusive objects OF my hero's
Sunday and evening attentions.
For eleven months in the year, the
loves of the ladies' Of Slimford were
presided over by indigenous Cupids.-
Brown Crash and the other boys of the
village had the Diapers and the Dimi-
tvs for that respectable period to thom-
selves. The remaining month, when
their sun Of favor was eclipsed, was
during the falling of the leaf, when tho
drummcrs came up 10 dun. The ton
nish clerks of the dry goods merchants
were too much for the provincials.-I
Brown Crash knocked under and sulk-
cd-owing, as he said, TO the melan-
choly depression accompanying the fall
of the deciduous vegetation--but have
not vet introduced you TO my hero.
Brown Crash was the Slimford stage
agent. He was the son of retired
matchmaker, and had been laughed at
10 his boyhood for what they called
bis airs" He loved, even as lad,
TO be at the tavern when the stage came
in and help out the Indies. With in
stinctiye leisureliness he pulled off his
cap, as soon after the whoa-up" as
was necessary-and no sooner-and
asked the ladies if they would alight
and take dinner, with seductive smile
that began, as the landlord said "to
pay" Hence his promotion. AT six
teen he was nominated stage agent, and
thence forward was the most conspic-
uous man 10 the village--ior 4" man"