The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-10-10

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ii, they happen. Ike a certain improper KIND
of verb, to be both irregular and defective.
and t." be as unlike pearls as her pale bps
are unlike fubics, and her frccklcd bulb OF
forehead unlike alabastcr. Hov should |
ike to be taken to pieces in this way. as if
We're manikin and held up before the pub
lice \ lady Of enormous probocis asked me,
few evenings since. if didn't think Clara
Vernon had pug rosc | was rude enough
to reply, NO more. madam, than you have
trunk" The idea of large nose smelling
out small one and bouncing upon it be-
cause of its size. 1t was like big boy pick
ing upon little one. And then Clara's
nose. though diminutivc. and coming to rat!l-
or an abrupt conclusion. is by TO means a
pug. as any man Of reasonable nasal proper
tons would perceive in moment; besides,
it's delicate fcxilc little nostrils are beautiful
enough to atone for any kind Of nose, OK
cept Roman one. which is bad enough
on a man. but OH woman is worse than &
wen.
Let me add. in the way of description,
that Clara has that rarcst of charms. 4 small
and wel-fornc1 car-two Of them, in fact
which would as soon kiss (rathcr sometime. s
on account of whispering privilcges) as he
defiant lips.
One word now about her movement, and
have done. 1t cannot be called dignifcd
for it is too spontaneous; too impctuous but
it must be graceful, for as SEQ her fitting
about-lighting, in the course of ten min
utes. upon every chair, sofa, lounge, divan
br;oehe, footstool, in the room-she always
reminds me of a bird-a bird Just escaped
from cage, and in no hurry to go back to
It, though having half mind to "a whole
mind, if elared) were it only for the dcviltry
Of the thing.
Now if the reader can't understand, after
this. why am in love with Clara Vernon,
and why the one rash aim of my life is to
possess her. the fault is not mine. But I
can seem to hear some veteran spinstcr OK
claim. well, sir, though | don't think much
of your belle, after all. and fancy she would
run You pretty rig (and serve YOU ri-ht
ifyou should happier to get her. still should
like to know by what right YOU, confirmed
old bachelor of forty. lay siege to yours
heart Of seventeen. | wonder how many
other women Won have been after, how many
mttrns there are i'll your WARDROBE ETC..
etc.
Now. my dear critic. listen.
A venerable aunt Of mine. now hqplv de-
furct, and. It is 10 be hapc,l. in Paradise.
used to say. in De decline Of Ecr life. TIA;
nobody was old hrt the devil; AMI l!.M
(and have held ior >ome years. to the SAME
opinion. Genius, sooC-naturc, wit. worth.
etc. are always Young like the stars: with
these no enc IS old. AMI without tn en- youth
is not worth having. Now. what q Girl like
Clara wants ii the vav of hushan..-and
of course she wants something in that WY
is man possessing these qualities. and
whose mind and heart are fresh enough to
understand and appreciate hers: and since
l en- about the only man of her acqua;rt-
ance who. in her estimation (and she is the
only competent judy in the mat:cl). does
possess them, why shCul. not labor to con-
vince hcr-as have already, without Labor,
convinced myself that they are the quail
ties which Shoui! decide her cho;cr9 \ re-
ular old bachelors question. l admit, hut row
arc YOU going to answer it
The above was written mere than wear
ago. The last line of it was hardly dry
when received the following note, which
speaks for itself:
"MY DEAR FETENn,--A little bird few in
my window last night, and whispered to ne
that yol ard l had froi:c.<cd Together long
enough. Mamma says its a shamc; and
Sally Maundcr. the col,l-hcartcd thir" (aaal
yet how coed she is y. says | ought to ask
you 70 'cxplain your Intentions Now the
idea Of your having I'll: intentions struck
me as so absurd that laughed in her face
But finally. after Il long talk. and esp. call,
after the visit of that little birl-which mus,
have been moclinG hi.l. for Il rcn2atcl al
that mamma ard %ly had said and :. s,rca,
deal m"rc--I concluded to dror Won a line
and tell You Just what pcopl" said about us
The fact is, they call me q ccqnette, and yor
u firt, and say that the way we go OH togctIl
er is ridiculous. Ii rcplv, I tell them tina
ever since that funny love affair yours Will
Miss Condor (Arna, think,hc name was)
you had been kind Of woman-hater, ant
that you took notice Of me only because
was mere bit Of girl, who never had
serious thought in her life Now, my dea
o. B. short for Old Bachelor, they tell M,
this is all nonsense, and that hereafter VI
mustn't be so intimate together.
couldn't bear to tell you this to YOU
face, SO thought would write you a littl
note about it, that youmight not misconstru
any change III my demcanor. In MY hear
there is no change, for still think YOU tn
best .tIiiend have in the world, and can ncy
or thank yoa enough for all your kindness t.
mr.
am half ashamed to think | have pai