The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-28

ana IN one course OF seasons | will have
more sutors than | otherwise would IA
S@cula s9culorum.
wish knew whom Masculus is.
can fancy him though, and oh! what tru.
~ interesting fancy itis imagine it to
be the eve OF storm in town. MascuIus
Is 'one oil the boys who is always on hand
at such scenes. Two or three hours be.
fore supper he commences to fix. See
how carefully and attenlively he works
with that stubborn hair With the as.
slstance Of X. Bazin's best, and much
labor, he at last succeeds in giving it a
glossy and attractive appearance. He
looks in his little ten.inch mirror, and
almost loves it for rejecting his lovely
features in hattering light! He primps,
he brushes, perfumes, blacks his boots,
draws on his kids, displays plated fob
chain TO its most conspicuous advantage,
and after awhile he is ready. But now,
| ought not to have told on you, Mascu.
lus' that you primp. Oh, | ought to
have been mute, without venturing TO
disrust the settled opinion that women
alone are guilty Of mirror destinations.
However, if hare told the truth, let it
be inter nos. | would really like to form
your acquaintance, Mr.. Masculus, not.
wlthstanding you assert that you wish 10
come no nearer to me than would satisfy
your anxious optics. | would like TO
converse awhile with you, and see if you
are really what think you are. | would
endeavor TO not go into Mysteries, or
laugh loud enough to shock the nerves
of an clephant,' when you made your
'clownish remarks or attempts at wit.
| think could hear you entirely through
without once betrayng a smile.
But unless dismiss myself from your
very agreeable company, Mr. Masculus,
| shall not have much time 10 attend to
Morris Memory, whom | Judge to be
powerful fellow. He caps his commun.
cation with the self,s,yled words, Answer
to Miss Female' | hardly know which
part Of his powerful and threatening epis.
tie to notice first. He evidently must
live rom here, as he says 'in our neigh.
borhood' the class Of young men de.
scribod are few and far between, and he
very reasonably supposes that other cir,
cles are as free from them as the one in
which he moves. Well, | reckon this as.
sorlion Of his is the 'answer' so boldly
paraded at the top Of his ea'usion, for the
rest OF it is taken up in telling me that
he hasn't lived in this cunning old world
this long for nothing-that he knows
precisely every inch of the ground upon
whicn he takes his stand-Q must con
tess the inches in this case, though, are
too few to be mentioned, and.too smallto
be seen that his eyes are open, and
but will quote the main part of his let.
ter, and it will answer itself, without
giving me the trouble.
81 havn't lived up TO this time in this
old world for nolhing--my eyes
have been open, and do conscientiously
believe that am in possession of sufi.
rient material TO frame several communi-
cations of impartial truth, and shall
certainly do so if friend Female con.
rludes TO continue her TRADE. And if
she is candid woman, ! intend, sir, to
make her admit the truth Of most shall
say" ..
Now, declare, this Morris Memory
IS really playing the wild with me. | am
afraid TO write any more.-
Now, amt he going it! He intends to
make me admit the truth of what he saws.
And if | continue my tirade, may look
out Tor 'several communications of i'm.
partial truth And those errors so gIar.
ng' will be told. Oh me- oh myl Nor.
'ls, are you in earnest? Are YOU going to
10 all this by yourself? Ugh. that i'm.
partial truth will consign me, | fear, to
some awful doom. You are so cunniup,
hat am afraid to have to do with YOU.
Oh, Morris Memory, Of Poverty Hall
What shall ! do? Your language is SO
threatening--so terri.
'ly prognostic OF evil. But go on. Je
Nis prt.
And now. Mr.. Editor, if you will ex.
use me for noglOctiDg the weightermat.
crs of the law, in order to partially al.
ude to Messrs. Masculus and Morris