Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-06-05

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Us Girls.
NJ COUSIN ALA.
With gloves off We meet the ever-gal.
liant public. We the girls. We know we
have only to tell the public that It's the
public's most hopeful daughters who are
speaking, to have their entire attention.
We feel confident that the public would
stop the diurnal motion of the earh-were
it necessary-to listen to our merry prat.
tie. All the world is engaged to teach US,
dress US, fatter US. pet Us. and last, though
NOT least, to censure Us. Sweet fifteen
finds US dressed in watered silk and sur.
rounded BY bevy Of admiriag beaux, who
tell US that our eyes outshine diamonds,
our-but stop! a word now between US
girls. parenthetically. the gentlemen need
not read It, (nine. e.tenths Of these same
datterers never saw . real diamond
Whilst we are being caressed by the boys,
grandpa comes along, and looking very
grave, he exclaims, "Too fast - But the
boys tell US that he Is nobody but an .sold
'sfogey," and 'tisn't worth while to mind
him. Tho boys grow poetic and write
verses about our s.eye brows" and ''rose.
bud mouths )" we, in turn, grow self.con.
ceited, and how can We helPit? We look
abroad on the wild field Of nature, and We
see SO many more objects in the universe
of God, 20 much moro worthy the inspira.
ton Of the poet, that lis no wonder the
tangled web Of selfconceit winds itself
about our hearts when We find ourselves
the only deities. No sooner do the boys
perceive this, than they turn against Us /;
and now their poems are as bitter and sar-
castle as they were before tender and sen.
timental. We do NOT think Poe's heaven
Of poetic perfection win ever b reached
in any such way. This is my myprophecy-
= mere suggestion. Finding ourselves de-
serted By the boys, we are in that strange
predicament termed e foslorn hope" " or.
. Crockett has il, 80 quandary !" but in
the nick o time, q it were by Divine in.
|terposi,ion, = French Monsieur tells u Ii,
our day to look pretty. We accordingly
engage I'll 1.-THE mantaa makers in the world
to s.fx 10 up," J" and We become deep in tt
mysteries ofthe toilet; but just as Ne reach
that semi-angsl State, not angel not NO
man, only aageliteToks. : seEconceitsd
old baeheloe pops up his unsophissicated
hsad. somewhere in the city Of ~Brotherly
Love" and tells us that : lady looks bettel
IL ! neat calico dress than Aashy silk
We modesily tell Master Phil that his q
sserroneoas misrepresentation, y whereup'
On b dies into splintsrs, COOS into heroics
and raves. and crows, and salxams, AM
| quits ofF BY, writing IN essay at which 81
tho world woaders, and every body d
clares him hundred years in advance o
the ago in which be lives; he closes b
bidding u sgood-bye," and telling " t
mind our gramnar. Nov Ne know w
meaat inst what No said and said what w
meant, precisely !; and We quota tho ruls
in Kirkham to justify Ourselves, / &, "Tw.
neeatives destroy ono another, and al
eqnivaleut 10 an affirmative" !"
We ask glandma for ! decision, and Il
though efaodma never studied grammar
10 havs ths greatest respect for age.-
Grasdma abuses her gold spsctacles
shakes her hsad gravsly and tells u TIA
~ bad better miad our p's and q's 70
Master PHI b ono Who can make littl'
learning s. : great ~.y.. We obey. an