Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-08-20
A Kissing IIolyday.

York Commercial Advertiser gives the toll
lowing description Of one Of the Easter tioi-
ydays. which he passed al small town 10
the heart OF Stsfiordshire.
"On decending 10 the little patlor OF the
inn on Monday morning. perceived that all
the household were in their gsyest attife,
and that no one entertained any serious no,
tous of work or business. I had dispatched
my solitary breakfast Of ham aud eggs, ana
other country daiD,ies, and was looking out
with mixed feelings of delight and envy up
on the prospect before me, when the door oi
my room was SUDDENLY flung open, aud SIX TO-
y-cheeked, ring leted young women entered
ltterng very much, and looking very foolish
al each other, and then AT me.
am not vain--but TO give the devil his due,
am a rather handsome iellow--my mother
told mc so Thousand times; so, upon the
whole. was rather gratifed by this piece oi
adfniring attention. But TO be LEFT alone 10
a little roor1. with half dozen girls. requires
some nerve; and I confess ! began TO feel
rather qualmish. | am rather bashful be-
sides-very bsshful. sod. therefore, h9c
moral repugnsnce 10 being thus exhibited
gratis. aud so, to put an end TO the scene,
said, in as careless tone as could com
mand, What's the matter, Mary" "Well.
sit," she answered, Il see you don't under
stand our ways; but you must SIT Ia tins chaif,
! if YOU ulease." And she indicated chair
winch had not perceived, in the back slaves
! of which we're entwined laurel, ivy aud how-
ers.
! Anxious TO couciliate them, / complied
with her request, resigniDg myself 10 my
fate with desperate fortIude. Scarcely had
| ! taken my seat, when they lifted me up IN
( the chair, AS high as they could, three or
four times, laughing most outrsgeousiy at
my looks Of bewildered horror. ] gave my
self up for lost; an unfortunate young man,
who had sirayed into a rustic wilderness, idr
fiom his home aud his friends entrapped,
ensnared. and iorcibly carried away by six Vi
olently pretty girls. But il / was horror
struck at this proceeding, judge what was my
CONSERVATION when the leader OF the assail-
ants, that very Mary who had brought my
breakfast half sn hour before, and leered up
on me as only charming, wicked waiting
woman can leer, advanced, seized me around
the neck, and impressed, upon my hall par
ted lips, a ferocious kiss. This was the cli-
max. | deied destiny from that instant;
ard resolved TO meet my fate like naiiyr
LA, sir" said Mary, Il declare you are
quite alarmed; must have another, just to
bring YOU to your senses" Aud she had an
How soon one gets use to kissing! All my
terror had vanished at the salute OF the third
dam sell. and replied 10 the Zip service" ol
he sixth with interest. got so fond Of the
nance and YOU'D aisda S haze ssa nS % p1y gs%5
the day ia such pastitne.
Now sad MAJ, "ytu must koow
that this Is our 'heaying-day;' to-day the
young girls 'hesves' the young meU. whoever
they can catch, gentle or simple; and tO.mor-
row The young men 'hesves' we. II they can
} catch US; aud them as don't get Kiss, man
or woman, pays forfeit"
was also informed tha, it was customary
, 20 give some iriflng graluity to the ladies',
'ss keepsake;' practice TO which cODfor-
med by giving them riAe Of money, which
; they did no, keep long, and they left me well
pleased with the success Of their exploit,
while was 90 less so.
rode, in the mail coach, TO within two
miles of my friends house, and walked the
remaining distance. My road lay through
; narrow lanes, and across fields, until came
upon a small village.--Htheuo | had not
met a soul; but was walking meuily on,
whislliug or singing. in love with all the
world not omittirg the most important item
iu the aggregate-myselt. But as l enter
ed the struggling village. | could see gowns,
and many colored caps, fitting backward aud
forward, and had an 'ntutee cOnciousness
Of women resolved on heaving achievements,
living 10 ambush behind impervlous hedges,
which filled me with strange tepi1ation. l
proceeded, however, calling up look oi
magnificent stand-off.ot-rll bte.you express
sion; thinking, in the innocence OF my head,
to check to familiar advances by an assu-
med hduteur.
| was miserabl, deceived, for a strong.
built young lady, in state Of most barba-
rous health, came forward TO meet me, with
an artful carolessuess Of manner, evidently
wishing to persuade INC that was unnoliced,
and that she was only going TO the sprIDg for
a nail Of water; but when she arrived within
graphing distance. she flung her pail, clas-
ped me rudcy around the waist aud before
| could say alas she lifted me from my feet,
and kissed me with vioIenc. She offered no
apology Tor thus assultlng me on the Queen $
highway, but laughed 10 my isee immod-
erately, aud called out, "Sukey. I've got
himw Oh dear! scarcely had she spoken,
before Sukey. and Bet. and Polly, and a
dozen others, sprang into being from invisible
places, and was surrounded by laughing,
shouting, group OF unfeeling, robusIious ie-
males.
/ expostulateu snu ebuea'eu 'n Na'u-i
was pulled about, lifted mp, and kissed with
out mercy: Till, making desperate rally, |
burst from their embraces aud fled along the
lane. at the top of my speed. followed by de-
risiye cheers from the baffled prosecutors
and shouts Of lsug ghtef from their husbands,
fathers, and brothers, who had left the Red
Lion TO see the sport. under Pelicoat Gov.
= The Tomb OF Lafayette.
l. A recent letter from Paris contains the FOL.