The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-12-01

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KISSING UNDER DUREss. The follow.
ing incident develops mode Of enforce
ment Of the claims OF personal respect,
through the medium Of constrained at
Ieniion TO third party /, which, TO say the
least ii, is peculiar. Of iis perfect
success, however, in tho present Instance,
We have the proof in our personal cxps>
rience.
In the days when we were young-'Oh!
would were boy aguinv--wo made
one ofa happy throng Of gsiers, who.
after having Speu.a delightful afternoon
in the vaiious duties and aninscnnents
usually incident TO an old,fasbioncd
quilting in the couniry'-such as rolling
up, ,oting water, threading needles, G.
found themselves with the quilt oui, the
room cleared and swept, the chairs all
placed ugains, the walls, and everything
in readiness fox regular, ou!>s1d,out
quilting holic.
Our party, in addition TO the boys and
girls, included several married persons,
somc older and some younger, NEST Of
whom had jus, dropped in to see tho
young folks enjoy themselves, and to
partake Of the creature comforts which
usually constitute an important feature
in the programme on such occasion. But
among them were John B ----lnd his
news welded wife, the latter Of wbom,by.
the-by was scarcely sixteen, and decidedly
the pretliest girl in the room. Her hus-
band was man of about FIVE and twenty,
near six feet high, and wi,hal had The
reputation Of being The best man In Tie
district, und reudy ts''ot. notice to prove
| il.
After the usud preliminaries in the
way Of small talk and compliments, iasi
to wear off foolish enbarraasme nj, the
order ofthe evening commenced with tho
Epay called 'Conientmeni,' and many a
pawn was paid and faithfully redeemed
not by fepeating verses Of pOeiEyy stand~
ing FIVE minutes with the face to the wall,
walking three times around the soom
blindfoldcd, or any such tame performs
ances as are commonly practieed in the
more refined circles, which only serve TO
remind one of the better times in the
country, but in the primitive way, by
good old fashioned, honest kissing, that
sounded out cloar and distinct, like the
cracking Of a wagon whip, set the cid
folks mouths 10 watering, and made old
Mrs. Deal whisper 10 Mrs. Skeleton THAI
"she didn't Gee why married woman
couldn't ENJOY plays just as we'll as single
| gals; for her part, she didn't soc no diff.
ference; because she was old, i, warn't
no reason she shouldn't feel yoaue.'
The spoft continued for somslime, the
boys evefand anon slysy peeping a. sho
pretty face Of MRS. B, and inly wish.
ing they could select her as q partner,
but restrained by the fear that her stall
wari husband might think proper TO
rcsen. such liberty with his new bride;
lin consequence Of which latter inpress-
ison, she was, for the Tins being, a nero
wall flower. st,.E s4.5
This state of things was observed by
John, who constituting ,his lack of at,sn>
ton TO one whom he though. as dasefy.
ing as any, into want OF proper respect
towards himself, determined Il should
not longer pass unno,iccd. So, ,rollinR up
his sleeves, he stepped into The middle
Of the room, and in tone Of voice tha,
at once secured marked attention, said:
"Geb,lemeA, I've been a noticing how
things have been working here for some.
lime, and | uini half satisfied. | donN
want to raise fuss, but"
h "Wllut's the matter, John2s i6ouired
half dozen ofu i'Whatdo you meant
Have ! done anything to hur. yout feel,
tiugs" sa ls 7gss5i '5.1naa
"Yes, you have; all Of YOU have bu,,
my feeling; and Two Jas, 90. this 70 , s.,
abou. i.' Here's every gal in The roon
has been kissed mighty nigh 1 dgzon
times apiece, and there's my wiEs, who I
considelt as likely Os any of 'sm, has no,
| has. a single kiss io-nighii and 1 Just tell
you now, if she don't go. as many kisses
the balance Of the time as any gal in tho
room, tho man that Sights her has got
me TO Bght-ihal' all. Nov 20 ahead
! with your playsi" sers, er'rp
II Mrs. B ~ was sliehisd during the
balance Of the evening", we did not, OBJ
serve il. As. for ourselves, we know
John had no fault to find with US. individ-
uaily, for any neglec. on our pari.--Ce-