The Trinity times., 1855-05-26

any capitals-the g's and y's had tails will
as many turns as corkscrew, the gs bore
strong resemblance to inky r-pins, the h'
resembled miniature plumb trees; every
looked like fish-pole, and every like
frogs foot; and the signature should judg,
had been made by the ink bottle, which mus
have been taken suddenly sea sick, and useC
the paper as substitute for the washbowl.
All | could understand Of it was my penr
is poor, my inck is pail, my (somethng) fol
yew shal never do something else, couldn'
make out what.
No. was in lace envelope-cucumber
coored paper, and perfumed with something
that smelt like humble bees; hand writing
very delicately illegibe, proving that it came
from lady-spelling very bad showing thai
1t came from fashionable lady-poetry very
unfamiliar, commencing come rest in this
the next word looked like boots but that
didn't make sense--concluded it must be
barn-yard' as it went on to say |'though the
herd have fled from thee, thy home is still
here Couldn't make out whether she was
in earnest and wanted me to come and see
her, or was only trying to insinuate that
was stray calf, and had better go home to
"'J oO'ihO palOut'
Bull Dcgge says he wonders the ladies
take such pains to render their correspon-
dence SO unreadable-the up-strokes being
just visible to the naked eye, and the down
strokes no heavier lhsn a musquito's leg
and why there is such universal tendency
to make the little fat o's and as just on the
line, SO that they look like glass beads strung
on horse har-and why they ,uiH persist
in making their chirograpby generally SO un-
certain and undecided that page of ordina-
ry feminine handwriting looks like a sheet of
paper covered with half finished web, made
by prentice spiders, and condemned as awk-
wardly clumsy by the journeymen spinners.
will somebody answer Bull Dogge)
/ soon threw aside No. in disgust and
went ON to the ethers-most of them pictur-
ed off with hymenial designs; plethorc Gu
pids with apostolic necks-howers, the like of
which never grew birds, intend
ed for doves, supposed to be billing and COO
ing, but which, in reality, more resembled a
couple of wooden decoy ducks fastened to-
gether by the heads with tenpenny nail
a heart stuck through with an arrow, remind
ing me of mud turtle on a fish spear-lit-
tie boy with feather duster (supposed to
by a dry goods box with marking brush
sticking out at the top of it, (put by courtesy
for an altar with flame on it, )--going thro'
some kind Of performance with young cou-
pie Supposed to be lovers intent on wedlock,)
who appeared as if they had done something
they were ashamed OF, and deserved to be
spanked and put in the trundle- bed--besides
vines and wreaths, bows, arrows, babies, and
otheI articles, the necessity of which to hu-
man happiness | have ever been at loss.
Some were complimentary and some abu-
sve-One was from the barkeeper, and hint
ed at egg nogg, insnuating that it wasn't
paid for-and one know was from Sandie,
for it accused me Of taking more than half
the bed clothes ON cold nights. But couldn't
find out who wrote the good ones, as the
boys all denied it; and as they cost me three
cents each, pve regretted ever since that
didn't sell them to the corner grocery man
to wrap round sausages, and invest the mon
ey in flannel night cap.
AS ever, remain yours,
The resolved never to takeoany more
Valentines -out-of- -the-office- hereafter unless
the postage is paid and there amt any
grease-spots- on on-th-envelopes.
q. X. PHILANDER DoEsTIcKs, p. B.