The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-03-07
A letter from Mary.
IVlILow GRovE, March

WlLLow GROVE, March ].
To the ECitor.-You must make Mr.. SEX
perience stop that rant about his perplexities.
| know that the world is very full Of annoy
ances, but parading these before people only
exposes us to ridicule, and does nothing to
alleviate our grievances. Thus might COM
plain 10 You of the yearly annoyance we
suffer from neighhor Trims chickens. Our
garden is sure TO look every spring as if a
professor of hierogYphics had been giving
lessons 10 troop of his pupils. mightte
how Mrs. Jones is continually borrowing lit
tie articles from our family and never return
ing them.
Yes, and there now, Peter has gone off
leaving The gate open, and the cows have got
into the garden destroying my beauiiful rose
bush. While | 20 % cail John 10 drive them
out, the batter for my cakes runs out over
the floor. While ] attempt 10 clean up this,
little Lucy, the ba,1e. gets my inksand and
apsets il over my new white dress ;-and
there, Oh, Gear what shall do ol-there
comes Ms. Burke, our most dignified and
prin Aeighbor, to catch me in this plight
Ii any one believes that ladies' are not sufii-
ciently "perplexed," they should learn that
fact from some more truth-teling experience
than your correspondent.
Yours in perplexity, MARY.
ASswER.-Aud don't you think that we
too have our share of perplexities? One sub
scriber asks for more politics, another for
more agricultural items. One old lady wants
us TO publish more horrible accidents. A
sentimental Missasks for more poetry. An
old paterfamilias Writes 10 us postage un-
paiu) that a deprayed son of his would no
doubt experience much good if we would
publish in our paper some moral lectures 10
young men, for; the old gentleman adds, the
young profigate still reads the papers Ii
he pays for them he will doubtless reform.
There is hope loft. Another letter before us
is rich curiosity, and runs in this wise;
mister edeiurs
iwish yu TO print mi wedden witch send
yu now and hope yu vii sa sumthing Mise
belo it jest as yu du sumtimes. yu mae put
it in vurses if yu like but don't take il from a
him ike il 10 sumtimes telo died yu mae
sa sumihing funne if yu like an viii tri an
du so mulch for yu sumimes wen kin
no more ii present - -
OF course we wish our correspondent and
his lady all JOY. Another letter before us is
III this strain:
gentlemen
iwish yu TO put iu yure paper wal with
ken kure mi hors Pete of the ringbone as
hes got it very bad also wat is gud for the
bots as my nabers hors is got ii also wen is
the best lin tn so Wele also how much lime
10 put on Aker also the best kure for ru-
metiz no more at present but rename yure
friend - -
II B. ken Sc yure paper at squi. - ev-
cry week if yu print the abuv i like the pa
pur very mutch an as sun as git married an
hav family of mi one will subskribe for a
paper no more at present
II thot ide Just mentin yu tu print the
buv recetes as often seen sutch thing in a
nusepape no more at present - -
Next comes an invitation to address a mee-
ting, then Inky calls for "copy''-and, III
deed, Mary, we shall endure this no longer,
the ball people are waiting, and we must
be off, 10 see the fair and the witty glide a.
long in the merry throng Of the dance
where fair forms entrance, bright eyes make
willing captives, aud loveliness and youth
make us forget ios time that care and sor.
row have ever been the attendants of our
life .s.a
Experience" closes his article today,
and we hope his amiable and philosophical
conclusion will make full amends TO you fol
anything that may have been deemed here.
sy in adys strict creed of gallaniry.