Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-05

ConH Surouu, IL was never Tree from d ndunL-
ing remembrance of the love of Percy Lee.
Hartford CO., Md.
For the Spirit of the Age. Il
Attention! THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.
PERSONAL.
MEssRs. EDITORS In your paper of the
10Th inst, there is a communication over the
signature of one Frank that does me
manifest injustice and as / regret having
to appear before tire public inRn explanato-
ry Card, the enormity of the offence and
SANDER renders this course imperatively ne
cessary. In the course of Franks milk and
water %efusion, with the most Impairment
effronte1y, he says: "Yes, Aunt Maui and
the Major were married that night, and
among the Bridesmaids there was Inez.
Matte and Kate" Sirs, my blood boiled
over when | read the SANDER. Here it is
calmly and cody asserted that l, even |,
Major Original, an tied up, hands and feet,
like a stuffed rooster for the pot, with Aunt
Maud, an old maid, who ''appears to be
about thirty five !" Blood, thunder and
bursting tombs | this is more than human
nature can brock. A man and a Major of
my calibre, to be gazetted before a fun-ma-
king world as being caught at last" by an
old maid! Sirs, it is past humanendurance.
Aunt Maud may be a very proper kind of an
t old body, for any thing / know, and very
: useful too about Magnolia in administering
; root teas and YARDS to the children for
: the hives, thrash, red gum and worms but
r by my epauletts and sword, I Q), she is not
e my wife, and Frank knows it. No, sirs,
+ Major Original has seen too much of this
! world to be caught by an old hen. Sirs, if
= he was compelled to settle down around the
domestic nest at all it would have to be with
g n tender, young pullet! For the life of me,
| can't see what possessed Frank to perpe-
+ trate such a palpable falsehood. If he has
! any soul, any conscience, he must feel mean
7 and sneaking about it. (He has not half a
| heart for he says he "more than half lost
r his heart" which, by the by, was no great
loss after ALL Married to aunt Maud! My
n blood runs thin with indignation. Sirs.
= Permit me to say, sirs, that I have very
little use or respect for this Social Circle
=! of yours. True you sometimes make an Ed
k ~itorial boast about its being quite a feature
In your paper. 1t is a feature a feature
a trap a party of girls have made to catch
husbands. Bah Mark what their course,
ID campaign and tactics have been. At the
very first, something was said about the
e. Major being one of their number. This was
simply a-not so my name was used with
out my consent to give the concern Tespecta-
bHity! [ don't know how many sly advan-
ces were made towards mel wouldn't bite
at the bait thrown out then they began tc
~ fout, ridicule and SANDER me. | know | am
a handsome, portly man, but where is the
~ use, the decency or the manners in a party
- of girls trying to catch me openly in a public
- gazette Their course should bring a blush
bo to their cheeks. Seeing they could not catct
:: a Mayor, they doubtless bribed this poor
miserable h%ireling, Frank, to say that I wa
N married to an old maid, and thus ruin m,
~ character. This is not the first time it ha
been tried. One of the Social Circlers, Lora
throws out an inuendo by saying she had
g. secret notion that the Major had made a re
30 cent investment in calico and muslin, ant
- that he would be so heppecked that he woul
or be careful how he " charcoaled +" in future
rns BAH! Wonder if Lora hasn't made an in
vestment in broadcloth and marsailles ?
Hey? She got what she was socially circlin
for, and now we have no more sentiment
whimperings about blue skies, silvery cloud
ng." limpid streams, golden flowers, twinklin
ia stars, singing birds and trembling moo,
beams from her pen! Reckon Inez, Flor
Flaville and some others have been spoke
to, aud are now doing up white muslins ar
" chicken fxens ;" for we are not bothere
l., with them of late. May they all go, one /
S ~ one, like Jacky Gingold's sheep, until the
laH' are all gone! But if all men were of n
oH notion, some of them, Aunt Maud forinstanc
; W. would remain a nest egg all their day
ih nm l say again, l didn't marry Aunt Maud, a,
ms whose sayeth it lies scandalously. Au
Maud herself will deny it for she kno,
UNI tho Mo;or ;s ro+ bor Trsbord ond sho
[ l@ doubt feels agrieved by Franks libel, for S
nc doubtless wants a man, old as she is, and
S""s this falsehold was not corrected, the Ii
~ beam of hope is shut out from her forever
.".o | have observed with regret, sirs, t
! !" course pursued by certain gentlemen in r
erence this same "Circle." There is w
'nelC lie, Reuh, Frank, and I don't know h
out many more, down on their bony knees b.
y a' ging to get into circle. Poor muslin W
ny shippers! Listen at their sickening whin
sue ~ won't you grant Reub. the pleasure of
ssmnnp terchanglng thoughts with you ?" eff
Urn Urn won't let me in, gals, mayn't l write to J
'o;u sometimes ?" won't you please let
q ~ in 2" &c. Gentlemen, DOM you feel asham
: he You want to get in the circle! Be asham
' Cne You want a wife. You want to feel |
97en pecks do you? Fie on you Don't let
: q as in, girls. Don't let 'em in!
ne Sirs, until this Circle to catch husbdi
!" ne was organized in your paper, l moved all
quietly and unmolested in my duties
sam Charcoal Sketeher but no sooner was it
neI ganized than / was made the target for Il
me a t;onoo rnt;l a. n-;eo nronEna FL 90;
an was married, yes, We Gods, actually mari
u see to an old maid! This is past the endura
70 Vi of a soldier, and l respectfully claim tha
""0 be corrected and my character re-establisl
To such of the Circlers as have caugf
clear, nv recont Chorcool. Sketcb Of g 1,,o,,
IN DIS Shanghai Rootra, Esq. and Lady" 1t
reSel, drawn for their especial edification.
10 uiu Hoping that / am now set right on
than ,1a,toJ No moro Isnhscr;ha mysolf
toacn Yours, originally,
lhno, MAJOR Original
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