The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-03-27
WHOLE NO. 1881
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The Yankee Blade tells tbs following
STORY of one Of our Quaker girls;
In the Old keystone State" they have
cspacious sIeighs. everything theie being
deslpged alter broad brimmed. Quaker
model. some what modified. perhaps. by
Dutch ideas Of Taste aud comfort. II so
happened that drmure little QuakeFess,
who concealed in her meek blue eyes a
world Of fun and mischief, had two ar
dent lovers, upon neither of whom she
had consented la bestow her hand aud
heart. A sleighing party was projected
IN the village. aud the two rivals coutriyed
Ia secure their seals. one on each sidetf
the c"qnrtlislI liule Qnakeress. their OBJ
Ject being, 10 .ubt. "tn prevent the
Winds olheaven from visiting her cheeks
too roughly"
This lady was provided with most ca
pacinus mUf, Whereby hangsa lale."--
Confidential conversation, must of course
have been rather limited under the cir.
cumstsnces. and il occurred to one ofthe
rivals. (Sho, by the way. was a firm be-
lever in magnetism and charming. espe-
cialIy where the htlle Quaker beauty was
concerned that If he could contrive TO
put himself in rapport" OF spiritual
Communication with his fair friend by in
Producing his hand into her muff, he
should have decided advantage over his
rival As his and limidiy approached tho
muf that enyeluped the delicate digitals
of the Qaakerrss. il trembled, as ifunder
the effects Of gal vanism There was, at
first, some preliminary toying, aud scarce
y percepiible approaches, then an al
most iudislinguIshable pressure. and in-
ally tremendous squeeze! The frst
kiss Of love has fred the heart aud hand
Of many pnet-Iover with rapturous en-
thusiasn. but the first, warm thrilling
pressure Of TWO hands which have met
for the first time ia loves embrace, seems
to complete The magnetic circle, and to
form a tecgraphic connection, which
transmits. from hear; to heart, the light.
ning nf love! The perfect bealitude of
nuT hern; we shall not attempt to de-
scribe suffice it tn say that his whole soul
was glowing in the tips ofhis fingers, and
there holding bIissfuI communion with
the spirii % the sweet little Quakeress.
But happiness is proverbially brief A
las! that knowledge should bring sorrow.
Our hero proved the truth of that oft
lguoted line
.'where ignorance is bliss, It's folly to be WISE"
| The little Quakeress put sudden ex-
tinguisLer upon the new born hopes Of
our hero, by saying, while her soft blue
eyes were sparkling with FIRE and mis-
chief. Friends if you have squeezed
each others hands long enough. l will
trouble you for III use Of my muff"--
The ludicrnus truth al once flashed across
, the minds OF the rivals; they had been
csressing each others ''Pars" for the last
! half hnm! The quicksilver of their
hopes feIIfer below zero. But they had
: been equally "doae" so that was some
= consolation at least. Right merily rang
, the bells, whose music mingled with the
Joyous peals Of laughter. as the party
rode home that night. "The spirit nev-
) er moved" either Of the rivals to meddle
With The muff Of Quakeress afterwards;
indeed, they were always mum whenev-
er the word was mentioned, and it has
been SAID that they even lost their relish
for muffins at breakfast. which they never
recovered.