Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-12-09
Ladies' Correspondence.
A Choice Letter from Jane Guthrie!
NOVEMBER 20, 1851.


that you had withheld from us, that
which was the source of SO much In
terest and amusement, to the readers
of the paper which you favor with
your contributions. Now | hope you
are not going to withdraw your COR
respondence. I think your plan Of
pointing out the errors Of our citizens,
will in the end, effect some good, for
some people, when told of their faults,
90 about correcting them; at the
same time, there are others, whom
no course of lectures can ever i'm
iprove-they seem to be predestined
to run the course they have COM
meneed. You spolae of the disre-
speot shown to our ministers and
pious people in the house Of worship,
by a class Of men who loaf about the
streets, puff cigars, spout oaths, pro-
( fame the Sabbath, and desecrate all
holy'things. Did you not know that
they were born to act that part in
the great drama of life? They were
j
never designed to stand any higher
in the scale of being, and we just as
naturally expect such conduct from
that class of people, as We expect
swarms of flies with the return OF
summer. It is their prerogative to
lact the ridiculous, and nobody expects
any better of them. Then let US
throw the mantle Of charity over
them, for they we're SO fated from the
beginning They are constitution
ally opposed to any regular employ
ment, unless you will call bufoonry
an employment. They consider in
dustry degrading, mental culture
needless, for in their eapacious nil IDS
/ ALI learning is heaped; religion use
slesB 5, for they Cd n knock down with a
walking-stick the mandates of God,
and considerthemselyes much great
er being ! don t object 50 seriously
/ to whiskers, for they are either We IN
Ito conceal deformity, or else having
too fair and eifeminate f,ce, res4 Dirt
Ito them as the only way-of having
a manly aPped rance; and with the lid
lof a stick, high-heeled boots, a I'D
quid Of, tobacco, imagine they ha We
Ireachcd the zenith Of manliness.
Save me from these miniature menE
But, my dear Sophronia If l md y
be pardonR ed for applying this sen t.
mental sdbriquet to one whom II
only know by the fictitious name pf
ophronia allow me to inform I'd "a
that there is a melancholy truth thht
you forgot to mention. It is, that
thef o are ladies, who, during divine
ser1 ice, employ themselves in making
shaf p and witty remarks about those
who BE coudtenanees beam with spirit-
ual light, i hose souls are capable @f
feel ng the delightful, yet awful pres
encd Of tho great Am. This is not
all While this or that young lady
isrelating her tart and funny sayings,
her audien ce-if We may SO LtermI
those around her-are swelling their
laughing 4 lculties to the bursting
point, and finally explode in the form
of a giggle Even while the follow
ers Of Christ are addressing the
Throne Of Grace, We see and hear
disturbance +, which cannot f,iI to de-
pfeciate tn pse who engage in them,
in the estir nation Of every one of
good judgm ent. The veryest infldel,
VITO had CORRECT ideas Of politeness
Il politenes$ which springs from a
benevolent and refined mind-would
at least trd alt the preacher with as
m pch respd et, as to aRpeqr TO hear
him. Let lhP here remark, that all
the wealth, BEAUTY, aceomplis hments,
an 4 learning That can be her ped upon
a single beihg, lose their power to
charm the q Je, or please the soul, if
lid i being bP Idefe Gent in true polite
ness.
Pardon NJ y DEPRESSION. Would
hat theSethd fghtless creatures could
,e bEouglit tqreilect, that they are