Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-05-09

CAUTION TO LETTER-WRITERs in addressing
dJeatous WYe.--He 'crah.-The desire of Miss
Letitla NJ. Clark to improve herself in the art
OF epistolary correspondence occasioncd a very
unpleasant misunderstanding in the domestic es-
adjustment of Augustus J. Carpenter who re-
sides in the southwestern section of this great
city. Miss Letitia, who is a very young lady.
not more than fifteen had purchased one of those
admirable books called Complete Letter-writ-
eres," which contain patterns or models of let
tiers to suit all conceivable cases and circumstan-
ces. Wishing, Gas we said,) TO improve herself
in the elegant accomplishment OF letter-wrinp,
Miss Lctitia determined, by way of practice, to
copy several models of epistoary composition
and address them to different persons of her ac-
quaintance. She found IN book formula of
a letter 'From young lady to her married friend
This she Transcribed on fine sheet of gilt-edged
letter paper, and directed it to Mrs. Carpenter,
with whom she is on terms of intamacy. The
experimental eplstle happened, unfortunately, to
contain the following passag3,--"l am sorry to
hear that your unworthy husband has formed an
attachment for young woman of very bad char
acter in this neighborhood hope you will let
him understand that you have discovered his
buseness, and be sure to notify him that laov
of such virtuous sentiments as yours can bv no
means tolerate such baSe,and criminal conduct"
This letter was delivered on Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock At2 p NJ on the same day,
Mr. Carpenter came home to dinner, but found
nothing cooked In fact, there was no fro light
ed, except that which ragged in the bosom of Mrs.
c., but if that flame could have been made a.
valuable by any ingeniouslv contrived cooking
apparatus, there could have been enough caloric
to do all his roasting, boiling, stewing and frying
for the next six weeks. At The dninr-room door
he met Mrs Carpenter with an empty saucepan
in her hand. Her emotions were too biz for ut
terance, but putting Mrs. Clerks letter in his
hands, she allowed him TO read the interesting
document through; then, by way OF compliment,
she applied the bottom OF the saucepan to his
nose and mouth, disengaging two of his front
teeth besides leaving the impression of black
ness, which as Mrs. e. believed, corrcsponded
with the complexion of his soul and conscience.
Mr.. Carpenter endcavored to gain possession
of the offensive weapon; and in the struggle
for this object the lady was thrust into the street.
While she hurried to the police office with her
complaint Mr.. c., with the unluckv epistle
in his hand FASTENED to the residence of Miss
Clark, to demand on what authority she had made
statement so injurious to his character His
excitement astonished the young lady, who with
innocent simplicity, gave him an account of the
whole matter, stating that she copied it word for
word without attending much to the sense of it,
and supposed that it must be ''al right of course
if it was ''aCcCrding to the book" Mr. Carpen-
ter wiped the smut of the saucepan from his
face, followed his wife to the police office, salts
fed her with an explanation, and the reConcilod
couple, returned, arm-in-arm, to their place of
residence Pennsylvania.