The Trinity times., 1855-05-26
Doesticks Receives Valentines.
New YoRK, Feb. 90, 1855.

Fourteenth Of February time when
young ladies' expect to receive sentimental
poetry by the cord, done up in scented envel-
opes, written upon gilt edged paper and bla-
zoned round with cupds, hearts, darts, bows
and arrows, torches, flames, birds, flow
ers and all other paraphernalia of those be-
fore-folks-aughed- ed-at-but-in private learned
by-h eart-epistles known as Vale ntines, time
when young men let off their excess of love
by lack a daisiacal missives to their chosen
fair; praising in anonymous verses their to-
her-eyes-und discoverable-bu -their-vis-
on-brlliantly charms poeti-
Eing red hair into auburn Understanding
skim -colore6 eyes 'orbs, the hue, of
Heavens own blue'-causing scraggy freck-
led necks to become, fair and graceful as
Juno's swans and deifying squat dumpy
young ladies' into 'hrst-rate angels--a time
VIXEN innumerable people take unauthorized
liberties with the name Of venerable Ro-
man, long since defunct, laying themselves
under all sorts Of obligations, papable in
friendship-pledging any amount of love and
running up tremendous bills of affections,
making no solid man responsible therefor. but
only singing the over-christendom-o
Observation-Disclosures cognomen 'Valen-
tine
Most Of these communications are amatory,
some scksh, some nadseating, some satiri
cal, some caustic, some abusive, and some in
sultlng; for it seemed time which many a
nan takes advantage of to revenge some fam
led slight from a scornful lady, by sending
9r one of those scandalous nuisances, mis-
med comic Valentines; because he thinks
re will be so many foul birds upon the wing
his own carron fedgling cannot be
ID to its filthy nest.
Il Dogge, who is looking over my shoul-
emarks, that the man who would insult
by sending an anonymous letter, would
pennies from blind man, aud then
dog away to sell to the butcher BOYS
Ann II Dogge is right A time when the
penny postmaLs looked for with more in
terest than If here the glad tdings SO anx-
lously expected, Sebastopol not taken
Laura Matlloa IN !" parlOr, TO whom he
p brings Dut one, iooSs W. envious eyes upon
Blddy IN the Kitchen whe~rss two-a time
when men who haven't got &c wish thew
had, and those who are providSwith that
article Of questionable usefulness, sh thew
, had another; when maids wish forae bus.
. band and matrons for half dozena time
S when nunneres and monasteries go tn dis
p repule, and the accommodating doct,es of
E Mahomet, and the get-as-many-wis- s-as-
a you -suppOrt-and- keep-them- ASH
. they y-don't-fght principles of Norm ism
n are pregnant in the land. And above a
! time when Independent bachelors like thee
/. ponent, are beset with 50 many written ltl .
il ations of the married state, by unknown
: males that every single blessed man in !
e the land wishes he could take short nap an
y wake up with good-lookng wife and MI
S large-sizeo children.
n On the morning Of this traditional parin
: off day, the postman brought me sevente
e letters, all unpaid, and all from Valentine
5 Retired to my room--closed the curtain
c the gas-placed before me mug OF ale al
r two soda crackers, and proceeded to open a
+ examine the documents.
No. l was sealed with beeswax snd STAN
r, ed with thimbIe; and from its brown col
Z plexion, should think it had fallen into
e dishwater and been dried with bot q siirC
E | couldn't read it very weA-there vas