Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-21
THE WEEKLY STAR.
LETTER FROM SALLY suNFLowER
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| AOaiOh ha'inB ocen good deal puz-
zled lately and knowing that You bsIe I,
kind heart, that pities ignerant and stunid
| people, and that you are always ready and
wiling TO give light to those whose wits are In
log, have made q venture TO write 70 you
ana ask your help, though don't know much d
ABOUT writing any how, especiallv TO the edi-
TOR OF such shining little paper as the Star.
Iou see was raised a way "out West" {" at
real jumping of place, where 1 saw nothing
but dark forests, and taI pine trees that
snook their sober-lOoking heads way up among
lne clouds; and great, grand, perpendicular
| walls OF rock, stronger than Sebastopol. ana
big lakes of deep blue lau Ching waters that
Peeped SO smilingly up at the sun on pleasant
days, and foamed and roared in angry fights
with the wind, on stormy days, and then in
FeXation, lashed the quiet pretty shores
SS1eIe my nome was) that were SO peaceful,
and had nothing at all to do with the strife
And now and then L saw q real wild Indian
| too, with his painted face, and fierce ewes. and
big tomahawk, and all sorts Of scarey things
and queer-looking squaws following so hum
bly, behind, in the tracks of their chiefs. And
L was used enough to big bears, and jumping
little rabbits, and pretty fast-going deer, and
"coons," and such like strange creatures !:
ana, uli 1 came to the create apital city, /
thought L had seen some curious sights. and
could tell pretty well any sort of animal.
Now, havn't much of what is called a. wo-
| mans curiosity" only little Of an induir-
ing mind, like some gentlemen I've known,
ana like to step out now and then and see
what's going on, as most folks do when they
| como to Washington; concluding very natu
| rally, there must be wonders at the head q ar
ters OF this great nation, so dignifed and -four
lshing L had read once, out in the backwoods
where L lived, about the "wisdom of Solon. 4"
and the "eloquence Of Cicero" and they told
me could have touch of both il I'd ge.o
washington but now that I've come here
they tell me that matters have got wound w
so tight, that they're actually come to a regu-
lar stand-still, and can't 90 ahead at all. So
feel KIND OF sorry that I've spent my money
coming so far, for nothing, and besides when
L look at that dear old banner that was frst
unturled by those glorious old heroes who had
"God for their bulwark, and truth for their
powr" L have sad feeling about nv heart.
to see its stars and stripes waving go uneon-
scious that the mighty spell Of the magic
words "H Pluribus Unum" is broken, and
their power lost, or forgotten. But you must
forgive me, Mr. Editor, for not remembering
that the world don't care for the sor,
rowful feelings that come about a poor
spInsters heart. / was only going on 70
tell you that as the great wheel Of the nation
has got stuck, did Mt care to do more than
just look out Of the window, and try and be
patient, hoping after a while to hear the click
/
Well, saw all the bows stop plaviuv handv
aud 1 knew something worth while must be or
foot, for i We been here long enough 10 find
out, that when don't want to miss a sight of
any sort, must look when the boys look And
then some fOrlorn, don looking fellows
who were driving old horses with loads Of
wood, atey roo suddenly seemed to think i.
worth while to turn their eyes; and, letting
| the horses jog on they pleased stopped
stock still and stared; and maids going in .
hurry with buckets to the pump, they stopped:
and little urchins stood on all the corners of
the streets; and shouted and wondered; aud
mere was my puzzle began 10 tell you about;
frst l thought il was nothing but two men
walking along, and could ut see anything to
stare at, in that; but when I looked again L
SAID " no, 1t amt two men, for one l. mt
man after all'-though it had on something
ike mans hat, only it had strings
to 1t; may be. says /, he's heard Of WashtnS-
ton tcinds. Well then il had on somethiuy
Ike an old-time surtOut, only not quite; and
real pantaloons though, and boots; and kept
step like general with the real man; and il
had fur like q muf women-folks use to
keep our hands warm; but then, thinks 1, as
the gentlemen have taken TO shawls, maybe
they're concluded Hsufs would be comfortable
too; and so L wondered and wondered till
quite forgot all my patriotic disappointments,
that L was lamenting about, and began to
lnlnk over all the curious animals had ever
come across, to try and find some genius to
which this oddity might belong, butt gave up
in despair
I'm certain never saw anything like il out
In my home among wild animals and Indians;
and as L may have TO stay awhile in these
civilized and enlighted regions want TO know
about all the sorts Of people may encounter,
and how l. ought 10 behave myself, for hear
you have folks from Siberia, and Patagonia,
and North Pole, and every little corner Of the
world, that L don't know anything about, a.
ways coming here. Well, so I've been looking
carefully every evening-for know that those
who don't read the Star get a great ways be-
hind the age-to see if you wouldn't say
something about this matter that would keep
me from exposing my ignorance; but as
perceive you didn't know there was anybody
in my dark state of mind right here in the
metropolis, / hope your kind heart, Mr.. Edi-
tor, will leXcuse me for oubling you now for
some light. did hear some one close by me-
say, oh, yes, it's the BLoOmer ?" but then,
you know, wasn't bit the wiser, for, thinks
1, what as Bloomerr 30 and that's what
want to find out.
L know you've as much as you can do, Mr.
Editor, with " Polittiekle Sarmints," and such
like important things, to put in your paper,
but hope you will not entirely forget you-
faithful friend, SALLY SUSFLowER.