The Shasta courier., 1855-05-05
love- and said ..ttank you my derling.n when

love" and said '.thank you my darling" when
she gave me pewter dimes in change.
Wrote spasmodic poetry about Calanthe's
halr--a sonnet to her glossy hair-lnes to her
raven tresses--verses to her locks of jet-odes
TO her ebon rlnglets-stanzas to her sable curls
rhymes TO her coal black hair, and commenced
poem IN seventeen cantos to her ebony topped
head, but on reflection l was led to doubt the
| proprlety OF the comparison. called to see her
every yevening-substautial victuals didn't agree
with me-a kind word from her was a good
breakfast-a tender glance has served me for a
dinner many time, and when she pressed my
hand couldn't eat anything for fortnight but
| oranges, cream candy and vanilla beans We
wen, 10 the theatre, endured the negro min.
| strels and braved the horrors of second rate
| Italian opera company-in fact, every where
where there was any thing to be seen or heard
there were Calanihe Maria and her devoted
| Philander.
| For month forgot my debts. neglected nv
business. ignored entirely this mundane sphere,
and lived in a rainbow-colored Rrlal castle. of
| the most elegant hnish-surrounded by roses.
attended by capids, and just big enough for Ca
/ lanihe Mariaund the subscriber In that bappy
place there were duns. no tailors bills, no
debts, no getting up early cold mornings no
tight boots, no bad cigars nothing but love-
luxnry. and Calanthe Maria. | came down oc-
/ Nos'OHuiiN Outoi NY dlk mdustbu, 10 speak q lew
words OF compassion 10 my companions in the
Office, who hadn't got any Caanhe but I went
right back again as quick as could TO that rose
colored dream-land, where love and Caanthe
were g boss and all hands,"
| At last. one fatal evening | was undeceved
i We were walizing, and through some cumsi-
| ness on my part her hair caught in gas fixture
some mysterious and treacherous string broke,
and those glossy rinslets, the objects of my ado
| irar off L... 4 k,lJ
brickbat Relating the scrape of the locks a
friend. he informed me that the rest Of her
charms would not bear minute inspection. for
she wore false teeth and bou CHI her complexion
at Phalon's; and that her graceful form is tn
result OF skilliu combination of cotton and
wiiaebone. This was too much. While thought
Calauihe woman | loved her; but the diScov-
cry OF the tshy element excited prejudice-as
female. she had my affection, and contem-
plated nIatrimony---as a land meremaid | had
desire to Swindle Barnum and become her
proprietor.
Coming as did. from a section of country
where they have hnmrn women, and wheie
they don't attempt to deceive masculine man.
kind with French millinery strategy was un-
prepared Tor colntereis. aud had been easily
deuded by spurious article. But | find that
IN New York. perambuaiing bundles OF dry
goods not unirequcnily pass current as women
and mliners now put their eccentric inven-
tions upon these locomotive shams, to the great
neglect OF those revolving waxen ladies who
used To perform their perpetual gyratons in
their show windows. AS an advertising medi-
um they possess facilities for publicity beyond
any OF the newspapers. having a circulation
which is unattainable by anything dumb and
unpetticoated. The great staple of the South
has not only made" some of our first men, but
has been discovered to enter largely into the
composition of our first ladies'
My madness was now over-the intoxicatiof
of love was dissipatcd, and | was once more
able to go about my business without having
feminine name constantly present to my eyes.
The stages, the dry goods boxes the streets and
signs were once more ettered in sensible char
acters. | was guilty of no more poetry, went
to no more operas--in short. exhibited no lon
ger any OF the signs of insanity but reapsed at
once into my former unpoelcal condtion-the
spell was broken-the blind fiend was exercised
reason got back to It's old bunk. and Richard
was himself again.
Yours. convalescent and thankful,
@. K PHrLANDER DoEsTlCKs p. B.