The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-03-23
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Humorous Niche
FILLED By
JENNY CRiTUS.
PEGGY NELLlNS
THE BOAST OF OUR VILLAGE.
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[Concinded.1
INTERLOCUTORY.

IL 10 due 10 true aud Impartial nara.
lion Of the events OF this narrative, aud al
so TO the readers feeings. Who Gldu't gym.
pa'hze with the manner in which Peggy
broke of the match as related in tho fire,
epoch OF her life. TO state, ,hs, James Pow.
er and Teresa Moore. both subseq uen'ly
discovered their enlargement, VAS wholly
o~!ag TO vile plo, Of Peegy's. assisted by
Gardner, became ,econclled 10 each other,
and we're at length happily married: Thus
proving that although the course Of "irue
love-" like brswling stream. does no,
always run SMOOTH" yet, ike the same
bra~ling stream which finally emp,,es It.
self into the bosom Of a silent lake, Il too
reaches some place where there 10 repo.s
and serenity.
EPnCH SECOND.
A, this era Of Peggy's erts,crce she was
much older than wt.rn We first introduced
her TO tho reader: sto had arrived at that
sge, " hen young ladies Ike TO have YOU to
lay on emphasis on the word " Miss" in
your address to them: her mouth from
wearing an impefious expression when 10
tho zenith Of her power and attractions. and
The contrary enc Of disappointment, like
half moon, since the wsue of both her al.
fractions and power, nov wore anything
but a pretty expression; her nose which
VAS once slightly "refrou,,ee and added
something 10 her chsrm., was now a deci.
ded ",ufn up" and heightened the lud.
crOcs expression around her mouth; her
ewes had still little OF mischief lurking in
them bu, i, approached awiu'lv near 10 q
squln', and they lacked something OF the
lustre that once held The College students
and store boys spell bound. 'rspuld have
required more than poets Imagination, or
an oratot's hypei bole, TO have addressed
some, 10 Psggy's ewes u, that time: We
are thus particular about her eyes, because
they used 10 10 her mos, dangerous YEA.
pons.-
"sed tsmrus fusit, tsmpe-a muisn;ur -
bu, time flies, and with i; oh wha, chang
esther hair was now carto,y red i,
the "golden age" had passed with it her
figure was more plump than formerly, or
rather thicker, wlthou, tho idea of beauty
associated VIII that nice word "plump, and
when she walked she ,oddled off like one
with rather too much obesity for grace.
Peggy dressed az finc md as gaud,ly as ever,
aud though she had not as much expec,a.
ton Of getting married, as she had OF yore,
We, she had az much desire to do so az
when f,sl introduced to the reader. Hone
therefore had only half expired in her DO.
SON. II is easy to explain Why she was
never marrtd. She had often been en-
gagged TO the students; bu, they would
graduate and go of. and IN the eyciremcn,
Of home, friends and new sc9uainisnces
soon forgot our contiding hetoine: Peggy
would then have new beau, from a newly
formed class Of seniors, and he would be en-
gagged. graduate. 20 ho,,e and forget, and
leave Peggy TO fi,rt ~i,t the store b'hoys
aud form these innocent liaisons with Other
students; thus things waved, until Peggy
approached this her second and mos, event
Iul epoch; then like "sngel. Visits" they
came, "fcw and very far between. ~
Peggy career had at ono time been pros
porous she had nearly broken some hearts
IN her numerous adventures, and she ha,
won the hearts Of some beaus but like ih'
= acquisitions Of a dream they had all slippe,
from hes grasp; and she vas now left IL
cold reality, without a sutton: her life va
J beautiful exempllGcaton of "mornin,
; and night" her morning had passed away
: aud now ga, in her night, but fot'uuatel
u for her. tina, night was to be illuminated b
a blazing meteor which was sbou, to ira
> verse the darkness Of her nocturnal hori
= son bu, mos, unfortunately tina, lumlnary
y meteor.lke, would become ex,inguishe
70 and leave the nights 10 her darker tina
" ever.
~ Az much as she desired to be married
70 she had no idea OF marrying any other ,ha
20 rich man her parents having died, ha
I'd Hope is made up Of sspecsa,ion and desire