The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-11-05

meneed my walls The barber had dressed
my hair so much to my mind, that, fearing
to dis-arraage it carried my hat in my
hand, and made my umbrella perform dou-
BILE office. During my walk, / meditated on
the proper form of address, on being pre-
sented to the lady of the house, and after
various trials / hit upon one thought ap-
propriate. al have the honor of wishing
Mrs Kemp good evening"" This will do,
thought |, so / continued repeating it until
arrived at the door of the house.
! Have you ever called OH dentist to have
tooth. extracted? ? If so, did your heart
beat almost to bursting, as you touched the
fatal bell that announced your coming? But
you know not half lhe agony suffered, as
| gave knock at the house where | was to
pass he evening. The door flew open as if
by magic. | was within the house and my
fate was sealed Blu, all was confused; nv
fortitude forsook me, ana stood like a statue.
"Walk into the kitchen" said the servant.
This aroused me.
"The kitchen, sir was invited to come
and see Mrs. Kemp; is this not her house 90
"Oh yes, sir; l beg pardon. sir; really
mistook. Please walk into this room, sir, !"
showing me into basement parlor
/ mo" replied, II want to take off my
stockings before / see the ladies'" .'.
ooh, this is the only dressing room; will
you walk in, sir?"
In walked, freed my feet from their COW
ering, and prepared to ascend into the parlor.
j speedily arrived at the top of the stairs
opened the door--walked in-"I have the
the honor of wishing" not being was in
the room! Had / mistaken the house had
the servant tricked me? was / too early /?
each thought flashed through my mind
when female made her appearance from
the closet. 81 have the honor of wishing
Mrs. Kemp good evening" | said, stalking
up to her with prodigious stride
ala! sir, l am not Mrs. Kemp, am her
servant But what do you want of her, and
how dare you come up into the parlor!''
"Ma' am, / am invited here. Is not Mrs.
Kemp going to give party this EVENING"
30, then you are invited But, sir, the
company won't be here for these two hours
but sit down, and / will speak to my lady"
"Oh no, thank you; ! will call again
don't allow me to disturb Mrs. Kemp" II
lever get out of this scrape, thought |, will
not be caught again.
At this moment, a lady, most superbly
dressed, entered the room. She looked very
inquiringly at me, when informed her that
a was Michel Snider, but was very sorry
| had come SO early, and would cali again
"By no MEANS" said Mrs. Kemp. "Sit
down, Mr. Snider want to talk with YOU .
I. took a seat. The perspiration rolled
down my face as though | was under va.
por bath.
!, a"Well, Mr.. Snider, what is the news in
Salem? when did you hear from your pa
rents % .,.. g., .!s sn .....g...,t.... cd.
"Oh, there is nothing new, ma'am. ]
had a letter from father few days since
he says that Deacon Harvey's barn is burnt,
with three yoke of cattle in it, and that the
widow Nisbet is dead" .r+*
Indeed !" said Mrs. Kemp. .v......
But will not mention the variety of sub
jects touched upon by Mrs. Kemp, in order
to anuse me, but will pass to the time that
the guests began to assemble.
took my stand behind the sofa in the
corner Of the room, and with my eager eyes
watched the entrance Of each individual.
y In a few moments lady after lady continued
to flock in, until the room was nearly crowd
Z. ed; but, with the exception of elderly gentle
men standing by the door, and after running
their fingers through their hair, adjusting
their cravats, and screwing up their faces
into 'good evening" sort Of look, they
entere =, bowed to the lady, and then dis
tributed themselves among the company.
All was now noise and confusion; and
feeling little confidence | ventured to ask
young Kemp to introduce me to some of the
ladies. Kemp was evidently startled at my
request, but was too much of gentleman to
refuse Whether he intended to quiz me Oh
not | cannot say, but he said he would intro
duce me to Miss Scott, directing my eyes to
the lady in question. "
took his arm, and we made our way on
through the crowd !; but, unfortunately one
OF my huge buttons came in contact with the
lace cap worn by one Of the elderly ladies,
and from cause we were bound together. |
endeavored to pass on, and the lady endeav-
ored to free herself from such an unpleasant
union, but n vain. saw the difficulty,
Being wholly engressed by the thought Of
my introduction to Miss Scott, | had recourse
to my pen-knife, and the affair was soon set
tied. The lady screamed--caled me an i'm.
lpudent fellow, but / heard nothing until ]
found myself in front Of Miss Scott.
"Miss Scott, permit me to introduce you
to Mr.. Snider, one ofmy old country friends
1 Three times did incline my body to the
! ground, and three times did attempt I'd
speak, but my tongue clave to the roof ol
my mouth, and refused utterance. I chan,
ged my position from the front Of the lady
10 her side, and leaned my head against the
wall aat A344 @@ tj-a& #3p
4 The lady during this movement retained
1.-THE same cemposure and expression as when
| first bowed. "Must speak first, f" thought
ILL., made desperate push, and taking
4 hold Of her sleeve, I asked "what she gave
for that calico she had on
"Miss Scott started. "La, sir, don't
know you must ask ma"
! II hope you won't think me impudent
Una a'am, | replied. aa8 i4 % s
4 "0h, By no means. But pray Mr.. Snidei
how long have you been in town, said Mist
Scott, think she would quiz me little.
II have only been IN town about q month
|ma'sm, 90 | am not quite 80 genteel Is some
4 Of the chaps here. MIL ls II
stAh! you want me to fstter you, " an.
[swered the lady, but WON'T but tell me,
Ihaye You seen Rcb Roy, referring TO Scott's
last novel. S is e q
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