Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-10-03
SELECT TALE.
From tho Knickerbocker Magazine.
THE FIRST KISS.
~ An AMATEUR.


When I speak Of kissing, don't III
clude kissing mother, or sister, a"ntI :,
grandma, or the little people; tha' ."
the family. and q matter OF COURSE
mean ones wife, sweetheart, ana o'"e'
feminines. that arc no kin or blood Col"
nection. .That's the sort 10 call kissing
and that is the sort | am going 70 oe'
scribe.
There IS a beautiful village about TWEEN
ty.four miles Of New Haven, called IN 'he
Indian tongue Pomperany. "n" y
means in Indian don't know. was
net taught US i'm the district schooI up
there, where we learned our a c's, and
Afterwards progressed as far as b-a' ba;
k.e.r. ker: Baker; when ! was allowed 10
graduate and enter the youth $ SemIna-
~" under the charge Of the Reverend
Mr. Fuller. One Of my school mates IN
the latter place was a bright. Intelligent
hoy. Of the name Of Walter Marshall
loved him; so did every body else IN the
old village love him. He grew up to man
hood. but not there. No; New England
bows don't grow up at home; before they
reach manhood they are transplanted.
and are fourishing in all parts and ports
OIL the KNOWN WOTlu, "hc'N'''
craft has been. or the stars and stripes.
Walter Marshall, when he reached the
age of fourteen, arrived in New York
from his native village, in the destitute SIT
uation that is frequent among New En-
gland boys; that is to say. he had only the
usual accompaniments OF these unfled3ed
chips, who afterwards make the mer-
chants and great men OF this country.
and not unfrcquently of other lands. lie
had little wooden trunk, pretty well
stocked with ..hum mades," sixty eight
cent Bible his mother packed in for him.
fearful that he might forget il, three dol
lar New Haven city bank bill, and any
quantity Of energy. patience, persever-
snce and ambition. lie entered the
counting room of a large mercantile house
in South street. Ills honesty, activity.
and industry won him many friends. A.
mopy them was an English merchant,
who had "a large commercial house IN
Calcutta, and branch at Bombay. lie
was i'm this country on business connect
ed with his commercial firm in Calcutta.
and did his business with the firm W al
ter clcrked il with; and here the latter at
trac,ed his notice He was sixteen years
of age only, yet ttrs Bombay gentleman
fancieI him. made him a liberal offer 10
90 to India with him; which. after very 1t
lie palayer among his friends, Waiter ac-
ceptcd. New England boys don't often
start off on their unusually long, wander
inc excursions, without III ST getting leave
Of absence for few days preparatory eH-
ercise. which they spend IN gong where
they originally came from. and then, hay
inc a few good looks at the weather beat
en- old church. the high old s,ceP!c, which
has wonderfully reduced III size aud elc-
walton since they GrSt saw it. 10 notice II.
in school boy days; then they must hear
the old bell ring once more. even II they
have to take spell at the rope; then take
a turn among the white grave stones. 10
see if there are any very green mounds.
fresh made. and ii so. to ask who among
old friends has gone to his last resting
place; then to kiss mother and sisters.
shake hands with tathcr--anI the stage IS
a, the tavern door. and they are ready for
start To- go ''dHY'ctere.
Walter went up to do, and did do. all
this; but he did not get in the stage AT the
taycrn. lie walked down the road ahead
OF the coach toward the old bridge. and
told the stage-driver to stop and let him in
at the minister's house-at Parson Full /
er's. Mary Fuller lived there too. for she
happened TO be the parsons only daugh-
ter. She was the merriest, llvellest little /
witch that eve, wore long, loose trcsscs Of
auburn hair. and had blue ewes. She
was only twelve years old. and Walter /
was nearly seventeen. She did love him. /
though; he was almost all in all to her; he {
had fought her battles all through her !
childish campaign; and she had no broth /
err. She was W alters cousin too; a sor, !
of half first cousin. for her mother hal
been the half sister Of Walters mother
They were not too near related for pur-
poses hereafter to be named.
Poor Molly! she woul have cried he, .
eyes out on this occasion, had il not been I
that Walters solemn phiz set her ideas OF
the ridiculous in motion; and she made
merry ten minutes as Il wind-up 10 their
parting scene. Three DAYS aiterward
Walter was in New York; and Just four
months and twenty days farther on times
almanac he was making out invoices and
acting as corresponding clerk 10 the firm
in Bombay.
shall not stop long enough to relate
how many times he went 10 the exhibition
biting Sepoys. just for fun. and to show
how innocent the beauties were. and how
easy their bite was cured: how often he /
visited the far-famed Elephant caves; how
many times he dincd with good Sir Rob.
ert Grant, the Governor of Bombay. and
how he was with him. and wha, he said
the very morning of the day the old
scourge' the Cholera. made the excellen,
Rs,ha rt
shall leave to another time. and a moro
app ropriate heading. skip over ali
these. and six years OF time beside, and
land Master Walter at Staten Island. I
bring hum up TO the city in steamboat. +
and leave aim at Il respectable hotel. and
there let him sleep all night. and take
good 'shore-rest." after tedious VOYAGE
Of four months and more.
The next morning we awakened him:
make hlm get up, pay his bill. take hack
and ride down TO the New Have, s,