The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-30
GOING HOME WITH A GIRL.

In q recent number Of that paper he gives
an account Of 'the first time he ever went
home with GIRL" which is certainly the
richest thing we have ever seen. AS he
though, proper 10 chronicle it for The eaifica-
lion of the public, we give il the benefit Of
our circulation:
We were between sixteen and seventeen
years Of age when the event about to be rec
lated lranspired and as a description of our
personal appearance of that time is absolutely
essential 10 the point Of our story, we will
give II as conclsely ss the subject will allow.
In reference, then to that period, 10 say that
we were green in the usual accepia,ion Of
that term, would give the reader but poor
idea of the. figure We displayed. Rather
imagine q tall, lean, cadaverous, swarlhy
looking chap, with legs like pair Of longs,
a counteaance about as expressive az plate
OF Dutch cheese, mouth that came very
near making an island of all the head above
it, face, covered with fiuzs that looked
very much like the down on a newly hatch
ed gosln, with gait that would lead the
beholder 10 conclude that we designed TO
travel down both sides OF the street al the
same time, and you have correct daguer-
reotype OF "Jeems" in the seventeenth year
Of his age.
One dark gloomy night in the month OF
December, we chanced 10 be a, "spelling
school," not thousand miles from Baldwin.
! vile, where our eyes fell on a "fairy form"
that Immediately sci our susceptible hea,t
in blaze. She was sixteen or thereabouts,
with brigh, eyes, red cheeks and cherry lips,
while the auburn ringets clustered in a
wealth Of profusion around her beautiful
head, and her person to our ravished imagi-
nation, was more perfect in form and out.
line, than the most :auless Statue ever CHS
eled by The sculpiorss art. As was gazed,
our feelings, which never before aspired girl.
ward, were fully aroused, and we delermin- :
ed TO go home sOith her that night or perish in
the attempt. AS soon, therefore,, as school
was dismissed, and our "lady love" suitably
bonnetted and cloaked, we approached 10
offer our services as contemplated, and we
then learned an important lesson, viz: the
difference between resolving and doing. AS
we neared her we were seized with par,i-
al bindness-red, green, blue, and yellow
lights flashed upon our vision and appeared
ard disappeared like witches in phanlasma-
gora-our knees smole together like Bel
shaZzer's when he discovered the handwri-
ling on the we'll, while our heart thumped
with apparently as much force as if it were
driving ten.penuy nails into our ribs. We
in the mean time, managed 10 humble over
something which is perhaps known 10 the
Recording Angel, but certainly is not to us,
at the same time polking out our elbow a.
nearly al right angles with our body as ouI
physical conformation would admit.
The night air blew keenIy which served
in some sort 10 revive us, and as our senses
returned, what were our emotions on find
/ ing the cherished object Of our first love,
clinging TO our arm with all the tenacity o
drowning man is said to clutch al straw
Talk of elysian, or sliding down creased rain
bows, or feeding on German flutes, wha
are sieh 'phelinks' in comparison 10 those
mighty ones that sweled our bosom nigh
unto the bursting of our waiscoat buttons
Our happiness was sublime, sublimity, sub
timely, s,iblimated, and every person who has
ever felt the divine throbbing of a fedgec
love principle, fully understands the world
of bliss couohed in the fourth, fifth, sixth
and seventh words at the commencement o.
this sentence.
Well, we passed on pleasantly toward
our Sally's home, talking Of 'love and dove,
and dart and par,' until, so courageous hat
we become, that actually proposed ito 60 ii
and sit awhile 10 which our Dulcine very
graciously assenled. Alas, for US! how
soon were we 10 be reminded that the course
OF true love never did run smooth
Sally had brother of some ten summers
who accompanied us along the way, ant
who was n wonderful hight spirits at the
idea Of his sisters having a beau, and hs
would walk around us frequently, gigglne
in the height of his glee, and eyeing as as
closely as if ourself and Sally were the world
renowned Siamese twins, and he was Ia
king his first look. Bill, by the way, was 6
stubborn, chuckle-headed boy, whose habili'
men,s would have made the fortune OF any
two dealers in mob.rags.
Al length we reached the bars, and while
we were letting Them down, Bill shot past us,
aud lore for the house as if pursued by 9
thousand bulls OF Basham.-He flung open
the door with bang, and exclaimed al the
top of bis voice
"NioiherI Mother Jim Clark is e,smin hun
srith Sal p
| sIs he p screamed the old woman in reply
'spal declared didn't think the sap-hsaa
kasw enough"
SIGNS OF RespERITY-The following is ;
very good evidence of good times:
Where spades grow bright and idle word
grow dull
Where iaiIs ave empty, and where barns are full
Where church-palhs are with frequent foot
steps worn;
Law court yards weedy, silent and torlorn-