Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-03-18
Miscellaneous.
LETTERS FROM THE COUNTRY,
Ts the "Peoplc's New York Organ"

aspects of nature, and genial and
hearty sympathy with her in her mani
fold moods and manifestations, which
makes her letters fresh aud fragrant as
the breath Of the morning, waited from
fields aud gardens. Need we commend
the following delightful picture, with its
sly hits and its admirable moral :
a21o IMEsoPoTAMIA, Feb. Z, 1854.
Ny DEAR Ma. Hoover:
The frost is out of the ground, and
! a drizzline rain has left mud TO an un.
known depth. The walking is decided,
nv tempestuous, to say nothing of the
driving; but if you could see our pea.
cock during all this commotion of land
and water, he could afford you laugh.
able commentary upon the folly of Fl.
merry. His ,ailis as long as the train of
the Empress Eugenies court.dress, and
! in fine day as handsome; but Just now
he looks decidedly jaded with his vain
efforts to hold it above the mire.
He walks with the mincing, picking
gait of Broadway lady encountered
with o long silk dress in sloppy day.
But Mr.. Peady has the advantage of
Miss Promenade, for his green and gold
will come out as good as new the first
sunshiny day, while nothing can purify
silk and velvet that has once been de-
fled with greasycity mud. -
I wonder Nature, who provides SO
kindly for nearly all emergencies, did
not bestow upon Mr.. Peady, in connec.
ton with his troublesome appendage, a
train bearer, for bad weather and state
occasions. There is Mrs. Peady his
wife, a plain body in a bloomer dress.
She has neither household nor fnery to
look after, and if she possessed the du.
tiful spirit of wives in general it wsuld
be her delight to uphold the trailing
Iplories of her husband. But far from
RI, she seems to look with grees eye
upon his greenness, and sometimes when
Ibis plamage is particularly gorgeous !
have seen her step on it with her large
dirty feet ina very spiteful way d Her
temper is certainly unamiable when
he is walking about in the most inoien'
sive manner possible, she will suddenly
fly at him, and box his ears. AT sun
set, aflerhe has secured his favorite rest
ling place for the night, with his head
turned toward the East, just as he is
dozing into his first evening nap, W
comes Mrs. Peady-not to sleep quiet
Ily by his side and keep him warm, but
to crowd him of, and when by and by
he is meekly shutting his eyes upon
some other "roost" she will drive hin
thence, till it grows too dark for bel
prosecutions. think the consciousness
of her homeliness has soured her TEN
Tper. IA .5a.e
er he spends his time in an extraordi'
nary way. He selects some plain re
spectacle looking hen to bestow his at
tention upon, whether in admiration o
malice / have not been able to decide
but the performance is highly absurd
He spreads bis enormous fan and ad
vances to her with an imposing front o
shining plumage, then right about re
treats, presenting a forlorn, pitiful, ant
ridiculous rear, Of which he is blissful
ly unconscious. He takes every militia
~ ~ step in tactics, then dances chass
back and forth. piirouefe, and finally, IL
the highest excitement, kneels. Th'
old hen meantime minds her own bu
siuess, eating grass, supplying her giz
zard with pebbles, aud occasionall!.
giving the ground an energetic scralcl
with one foot and then, the other. Hel
indifference TO all this flourish of feath
era makes the exhibition more absurd
II have seen cen him follow the same hen ii
this way nearly all day, giving her NJ
annoyance but only amusing himself
He is tame, friendly bird, and whel
he sees little two year'old Katie at tn
window, comes up and receives the gin
ger bread she offers from her tiny hand
.,ltis privilege to live SO far fror
neighbors that the voice of ones pea
fowls annoys no one. For myself lik
the conching noise they make, itremind
mo Of wild geese in the spring; but
must confess they sometimes sQua'sk Il
there such word y too much like
diving hen to DO agreeable. II did no
know, till associated with pea-fowls
that they were soiroubledwith curiosity
No tea.Jrinking daughter of Eve eye
agonized tosknow,the scandal of A. 3
and C.'s family. as these idlc birds +
know the affairs of every poor settini
hen, ambitious rooster, or greedy duck
Ii have eli sometimes given q hen inlatuate'
with desire to "set," dozen eggs j
some private corner Of tho poultr,
house. Half an hour after, visiting tn
spo. steallhily to see if she was "al
richt,' have invariably found Mr.. an
Mrs. Peady standing each side Of tn
resenlful hen, peeking as only Peeh
cocks can, under, over, and around hei
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