Smyrna times., 1857-12-17
Correspondence Of The Smyrna Tine.
Miss Bridget.
E. D. DALEY
SMYRNA, Dec. 10, 81.

HISS Bridget.
Weare under very great obligations to " Mis-
bridget for her complimentary notice Of ou
N familiar quotations." in the last issue of III
Times, but we are very certain that, with al
her claimed I" familiarity" with the "quota
tIon regarding the Irish, " Miss Bridget" is
and will be utterly unable to give US the nam,
OF It's author. We cannot be so unreasouabL
as TO demand it at the hands of the fair M
"Miss Bridget
We perfectly agree with "Miss Bridget -
"hen she says that the "accident does no,
even seem to illustrate the assertion, etc. We
VIII go further, and say, it has no more con.
nection with it than JriHiancy has with I" Bird.
get,"-(no better siniIe occurs just Dow.)
Our blunder in the heading" we discover.
ed long before the A" item " reached her, and q
Very tong time before she saw any mistake
still, 1t was too lutte to correct it. 1t was made
IN this way A friend requested US TO write the
" item as he told it; SO it was begun and
partly written with the iapression on his part
that an " accident " had occurred-that the MAJ
had been injured by the cars; afterwards DIFF
tereht CONCLUSION was arrived at, and the story
vas told accordingly. but, in the hurry of the
moment, tue original {" heading" was not
erased. Strange, isn't it, that, by omltting TO
dash the pen through that one aoOrd, Miss
Brldgets" feelings should be so much aroused
as to make her drop the dish. CLOTH, and with
her eyes IN " fine Phrenzy rolling" seize The
pen!! We are sure that Miss Bridget" is
the one who suffered all the "pains" and
Strains, equally sure that, unless she re- |
turns 10 her proper sphere (rather limited.
doubless,) she will be "affiIcted indeed.-tor.
the Ueakest portions being attacked first and
most violently, the affction." in her case,
viii begin at the point farthest aJOve her shoul.
ders. Her Use OF the above words (Which we
quote) only proves that she has judged lis BY
herseg "a very cOmmoG- place " conclusion.
by the way! "Peore who live in glass
houses" etc.
Speaking OF "siraining" " reminds us of thc
ImpossbIllty of"straining" the sentiment of her
last t'oo lines. 1t is altogether too common.
place " and too course to allow it IL we were ,
to hint, however, an application like the one .
she advised, we should soy. make it 10 vour
head. Miss Bridget" for it needs it SADLY. and =
ntHmh the strength of the plaster." One
OF "Can,hardes would probably do best.
We are sorry. indeed, that no panacea "bas =
yet been discovered, of sufficient DOVER 70
reach SO bad a case, else we would send /, -, ~
once, out of charity. We hope to be able, ere o.
long, to record something like the following al
for we are sure the effect would be so STARTLING p
as to make the community forget all about W
- hard times in their naiural amazement n, 50
the eighth wonder" OF the world. I'VE far
.hOugh, that il is" hoping agains, hope"):
WONDaOus BIRrH! 4
Miss Bridget" of +" the Alley." oear S,ovr-
IA, after Isng and ercruciatiag labor. has
,iyen birth" mirabile dictu to ar fdeaI- NJ
rhe council Of physic ans (for the case demand.
d one) have declared that the agonies were r,
errHe In the extreme-that second "ac E
ouchement' 0f it could occur) will be fatal. Wa
Q account of great mental NAL. formation and
We have been informed, however, that, copsid- =
ring the very trying circumstances of the casc
9th the mother and her little "accident" " are =
as well as could be expected "!o1s yea
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