The Nevada journal., 1855-05-11
Living in the Country.
BY MRS. SPARROWGRASS.

'We have an invitation to party
said Mrs Sparrowgrass, 'on Friday next,
and think party is very pleasant
thing in the country There is more So
ciability, more hospitality, warmer well
comes, less dress, and less style, than
there is in the city, Here Mrs Sparrow
grass handed me an engraved card of
rather formidable Dimensions, which /
must confess looked anything but rural
| took the missive with some misgivings,
for [ have natural horror Of parties.-
4 wonder,' said |, in the most playful
kind of bitter irony, whether we will meet
out there that young lady that never sings
herself, but is always SO passionately fond
ofmusic3' Mrs Sparrowgrass said she
thought not; she said she heard she was
married.
and that gentleman | continued,
who was a stranger to me, that always
wanted to be presented to some young
lady that [ didn' It know
Mrs. Sparrowgrass said size believed he
had gone to California.
"And that lady who priced confection-
cry above good-breeding, and went home
with her pockets we'll stuffed with notices,
in defiance of the eighth commandment,
and the laws of propriety?'
Mrs. Sparrowgrass said she knew the
lady to whom l alluded, but she assured
me she was yet in New York, and had
not been seen about our village.
'Then,' said /, Mrs Sparrowgrass, we
will 90 the party. Put my best shirt and
the white waiscoat on Mondays wash
Never mind expense Get me crumb
of bread, and bring me my old white
gloves. [ am going to be gay
4 think said Mrs. Sparrowgrass, that
party in town is nothing but embarrass-
ment' True said l. Don't you re-
MEMBER said she, what fuss I used to
make about getting my hair fixed, and
how put out I was that night when you
forgot the japonica , Certainly and
then, when we were all dressed and ready,
how we used to wait for fear of getting
there too early, and after We did reach the
house, how we always got in corner,
and made happy wall flowers of ourselves,
and some old friends'' EOf course | do
Where nobody took any notice of us:'
Exactly Then what difference did it
make how 1 dressed-whether I wore
Honiton lace or cotton edging:' 4 am
afraid, said l, Mrs. Sparrowgrass, if you
had made point of wearing cotton lace,
you would not have been invited At
this palpable double entendre l felt that
secret satisfaction which every man must
feel when he has said good thing 1t
was lost on Mrs. Sparrowgrass. Here
she continued, we expect simple, old
fashioned entertainment Then | chimed
in. No gas-lights to make your eyes
ache-no patent leather to make your
feet ache-no fashionable follies to make
your heart ache--and no overheated, i'll
ventilated rooms, boned turkeys, game,
ice-cream, Charlotte Russo, pates, cham
pagne, and chicken-salad, to make your
head ache next morning There will be
oysters and iee-cream,' said Mrs. Spar
rowgrass, obviously. 4 wish,' said [,
there was prospect of apples and cider,
instead. The moment l get inside the
doors, and breathe the mingled odors of
oysters and geraniums, it will carry me
back to town, and FOR one evening, at
least, l shall forget that We are living in
the country.
81 could be content
To other reG1t,tre than its own
To feel other breezes than blown
Through its tall wood :
but we must succumb; We will go like
plain, sensible people, won't we ,
If you were me, what would you
wear'' said Mrs. Sparrowgrass.
Something very plain, my dear
Them said Mrs. Sparrowgrass, l
have nothing very plain, suitable for a
party, and tomorrow / must 90 to town
and do little shopping.
4 am afraid, said 1, (after the second
days hard shopping in town. your dress