The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-14

Undor the superintendebce of Mr.. Geo. Williams.
1t does not appear by these that the Connecticut
people are frozen up. Promenade all round
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st. VaIentine's Ray.
TIE SEASON OF LOVE AND LETTER CARRYING
BEAUx, BELLIES AND BILLET DEAUK.
will be to readers to inform them that
this is st. Valentines Day The shop windows with their
mutitudnous and gsudy amstory offerings have made
that fact apparent the least observpg and every
young eamsel in town, with any preenons to beauty,
has been the qu for weeks past what to-day
would bring forth in the shape of compliments their
charms from some favored lover or, perchance
more tender decal atoms, involving the possibility
psrson and wedding party 10 very diatant future.
The possibility of peace in Europe doubts interests
'houaands, and the give this morning OF the
doings Of General Walker and his government viii be
read by tens Of thoussn with avdiy after all the
great excitement Of toeay will not be Europe Ncara
qua, war or busteing but love- marriage and all the
delightful associations connected herewith
The stOre windows just well worth looking
at and the disciples of either tho laughing crying ph
losopbers find abundant materials therein to feed
their respective faDcss. There nsmbe, OF sad md
sentimental valentines that very funny, while
Der Of funny very melancholy and heart rsnd
ing performances Cupid is represented in garments
ALA mipgy slight considering the of the weather.
while that interesting portion of the human anatomy
known the heart, is lacerae ed esrfay by oar %,
lar ces, and other psn uficng Weapons By the
way, it little singular that the heart should bs
'eeed as the seat of love snd affection. Why
lver9 And though it might strange for lover
osr bis mistress his liver gzzad thees question
bat that these necessary organs have quite much
DO with le teilc Iassaon the heart.
There is nothing very definite known about st. yalen
tine, except that he teheaded in the reign Of the
Emperor Caudius. Archb ishop whateley informs US
| that
He was man Of most admirable parts, and famous
tor his love aud charity t,at the OF ch,o.ing
valentines upon his festival (Which still prss.iseo)
took it's use from them.
In oIden times appears valentines were chosen
by ct, ana Butler ia his Lives ofthe Saints that
T, abolish the beatben, lewd, supersttous custom of
boys drawing tie of in honor Of goddess
FebrpRta Juno jealous pastors subst uted the
rsmes OF saints in bllets given on that day.
But somehow this substitution did not answer and the
boys and girls keep Iawing lots for each other and
mention for the saints except BY
The custom Of keeping Valentines Day in England can
be traced far back the year 1476. John Lydgats,
Monk of Bury makes mention Of the day in poem writ
ten by him in prAise Of Queen Catherine consort Of
Henryv He says
Seynte Valentine. Of custom yeere by yeere
Mem have usAnuce in this regioun
To loke and serche Cupde's kalenders
And chose theyr choyse, by CRATE afeccioun;
Such as ben pIke With Cupde's mocioun,
TakyiDg they're chcyse they're sort doth faIle
| But l love oon which exeeiith all.
An old magazine publishes the following account of
divDation by young lady, practised ST. Valentines
eve:-
got FIVE bay and pinned o them the four
OF my pillow and the th to the middle and then,
married before the year was out But to make it more
sure boiled an egg hard, and took out the yol and
all without speaking drinking after it. We also wrote
cur lovers names on bits Of and rolled them upn
clay and put them into water and the first that rose 70
its Mr.. Blossom was my man. lay absd and shut my
eyes All the morning til be came to our house for
would not have seen another before him for all the
world.
So, remember the divination this morning, young
ladies and don't open your eyes young you do
not want for husbands.
To-day Is the postmans carnival He realizes the tru tn
Of the proverb that Ia i'll wind blows nobody
aooc. How the rngets and bright eyes win vanish
behind the lace curtains he makes his
the door How often the old doggrel is repeated:
Where the postman be, / say2
| He ought to fly on earth to-day,
Of all Gays in the year, you know.
| 'Tis mcnstrous rlde to be slow;
The fellows exceedingly stupid
Hark there he is o the dear Cupid
We 30 not wish to be captous, but surely St. yalen-
tine has one very heavy responsibility Spaug upon his
i memory we aluue 10 the vast amOvuD oil bad
poetry that is got off which he ia presumed - patr
casual glance at these precious illusions - the win.
dows win give any person Of inquiring turA 4 mind
an idea OF how execrably poetry be written, - the
| extent to which noble English tongue be ~.
tured and misplaced. But, fortunately, it is not alvU
necessary for lover to be either grammatical sens
in the expression Of hts emotions, for If IL there
would be precious few valentines love letters written
| We commend the following to all good lovers =
| This month bright Phebus enters Pisces;
! The maids will have good store Of kisses
/ For always when the comes there,
| Valentines day Ii drawing near;
| And both and maids incline
| To choose them each valentine;
And IL a man gets he loves,
And gives her first q pair of gloves
And, by the way, remember this:
| To seal the favor with kiss
| The kis begets more love-and then
| That love begets hiss again.
| Until this trade the man doth catch
| And then he does propose the match.
| The womans willing, .hough she's thy
! And gives the man this soft reply
/ "Ill not resolve thing o. other
Until frst consult my mothero
| When she says so, tits half q grant
| And may be taken for consent.
| Naval Intelligence.
The United States sloop Of war Falmouth arrived nj
Pensacola on the 1st ips and anchored of the Navy
Yard The higate PotomAc outside the same day,
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