Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-03-15

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The day after saw her first felt S
exceedingly amiable that bought some
thing of every peddlar who came into tn
store-laid in stock of matches. pencil:
shoe brushes, boot-jacks, and blackine
which will last me q short lifetime-bough
so much candy that the office boy had III
collie every afternoon for q week --calle
the apple woman my own sweet love
and said, thank YOU darling when sh
give me pewter dimes in change.
/ Wrote spasmodic poetry 0bou; Calan
the's hair--a sonnet to her GLOSSY hair
lines to her raven tresses-verses to he
locks Of jat-odes to her ebony ringlets-
slanzas 10 her sable curs-rhymes to he
coal black ..halr, and commenced q poem
in II cantos, 20 her ebony topped head
but on reflection | was lei to doubt tht
propriety of the comparison. called
TO see her every evening-substantia
vicIuals didn't agree with me-a kind
word from,her has served me for dinner
many time, AMI when she pressed my
hama, couldn't eat anything for fort.
night but oranges. cream candy and van
lila beans. We went 10 the theatre. en-
dured the negro mins,rels ana braved the
horrors OF second rate Italian Opera
Company--in l..ct, where there was any
thing TO be seen, or heard, there were Ca
lanthe Maria and her devoted Ph;lander
For month l forgot my debts, neg
leclej business. ignored entirely this Nun
dane sphere. and lived IN perpetual rain :
bow Golored 5erial castle, of the most ell
egant fnish-surrounded By roses, at;en-
ded by cupids, aud just big enough for
Calanlhe Maria and the Subscriber. In
tina; happy place there were 10 duns 10
taiiors bills, 70 trouble, no debts. no get
ting up early cold mornings, M tight boots.
no bad cigars; nothing but love. luxury
and Calanthe Maria. came down occa-
sioualIy GU, of my airy mansion. TO sperk
few words of compassion 10 my com
paDinns inthe Office, who hadu't got ANY
Calanihe, butt went right back again rs
quick as could to that rose colored dream
land where love and Calanthe were boss
and oil hands.
At last, one fatal evening | was unde-
ceived. We were waltz.ng,ahd through
some cluinsi ncss on my part, her hair
caught in grs fx;ure--some my sterious
and lreacherous string broke. and those
glossy ringle,s,.hc object of my alteration
came of. leaving her head bald as q brick
bat. Relating this scrape OF the locks to
a friend, he informed me that the rest Of
her charms would not bear minute in
spectiou; for she wore false teeth, aid
bought her complexion d, Phalon's; and
that her graceful form was the result Of
skilful mbination Of cotton and
whale bone. This was too much, While
| thought Calan,he woman, | loved
her. but the discovery of the fshy ele-
ment excited prrjudice-as a female
she had my affection. and | contemplated
matriu, ony-as a land mermaid, had
no desire TO swindle Bsrnum and be-
come her proprietor.
Co ming as did from portion Of The
and where they don't alta mpt to deceive
masculine mankind with French millin-
cry strategy, was unprepered for coun-
terfeits, and had been easily deluded by
a spurious article. But find that in
New York, FORMULATING bundles of
dry goods not unfrequently pass as wom-
en-and the miliners now put their
eccentric inventions upon these locomo-
tive shams. to the great neg ect of those
revolving waxen ladies who used to per
form their perpetual gyrations in the
show windows. AS an advertising ne.
dunn. they possess facilities for publici
ty beyond any of the newspa pers, having
city circulatio which is unattainab BILE
By anything dumb and unpetticoated.-
the great staple Of the South has not only
made some of our first men, but has
been discoveredsto enter largely into the
composition of many of our first ladies.
Ny madness was now over-the intox.
ication of love was dissipated, and | was
once more able to 90 about my business
without having feminine name con-
stantly present TO my eyes. The stages.
the dry goods boxes, the streets, and
signs were once more lettered in sensible
characters was guilty of no more po-
etry. went to no more operas--in short,
exhibited no longer any of the signs of
insanity but relapsed at once into my
former unpoetical condition--the spell
was 5rcken-the blind fend was exercis-
ed--reason got back to her old bunk. and
Richard was himself again.
Yours, convalescent and thankful.
@. K PnILAN DER DoEsTIcKs. p. B.