Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-19

thereof and be forever honored. What,
You smile uptn me! All! forgot! l, too,
am a genius, although no: an "incompreben-
sible' one. Well, then, | shall put on my
dignity, and hold Up my ne ad boldly. Just
keep stili moment, will you, till 1 sPake
a word to Mr.. Daggers.
Aha, I. you're sharp fellow-bu: no. so
sharp but what grindstone might work m
pruyems Mt. Nov, want to know if you
really condescended to be subscriber 10 the
CHRONICLE. Or Goes you norrop? Guess
maybe that's the way you get TO read "these
sickening, schoolgirl. milk and-water efIr-
sions." infer this from the fact, maue
very evident, that you must have missed
some numbers. know you could not have
read the effusions Of "Eye On" and "QuiIl
O QUA" and said the CHRONICLE contains
ed ROfIiRg worthy OF notice. Go We to some
OF the LEARNED doctors" and beg from them
file OF this paper. S arch in them for the
"Glances and Scratches" of E. O., and the
grandioquent writings OF @, and say that
you were lorong. Behold there "ihe re-
markable depth If thoaght, the peculiar con-
centratiCn OF ideas, the great logic and the
peculiar beauty" you have failed TO find
elsewhere. We quote single paragraph
found in communication from the mystic
rious prsonlge, who sprang up SO uncere-
moniously in their midst published in the
CHRONICLE OF the 9th August:
"P. S. To Rustic, Has and others.
Keep Bp your spirits! Never say dle!-
Hurrah! No Popery! Polly put the kettle
on, we'll all have tea. Bow-wow-wow
l'm a--Poily ut the ket-hurrah-tle on
and we'll h We tea! Keep up yeur spirit!
No Psss.a s..72.s,sl-ss-.sLs, A Z -n1tas.,
Bow-wow- I'm devil. Polly pu, the
kettle on, we'll all have tea!"
Observe the unprecedented eloquence,
the remarkable beauty here. Hark to the
manly voice giving the advice that comes
straight trom the hesrt-"Keep up your
s2iri;s-never say die." Is MT This an in
stance worthy to be recorded side by side
with that OF tie gallant seaman, who, amid
the roar of battle, siukIng beneath his
wounds, cried-"Never give up the ship.''
Pass not by unnoticed the Independent
spirit that shouts-"No Popery." Bow rev.
erently to the generosity that invites ALL
to tea. Gaze wonderIngly upon this mira
Gle of Wisdt m that has gore deep enough in
the lore of the ancents TO spesk so familiar
ly of Barnaby Rudge! And, owe all, OBJ
serve the magnanimity of this prodigy who
deigns to come forth from his mystery, and,
standing before "the gaping crowd" pro-
claim himself, not mystiiyingly. but boldly,
openly, briefly I'm a deri!" There, sir,
is not the fact that this '.prodGcti5n{D" has
appeared in the CHRONICLE sufficient to
defend it from all your charges! Will not
the remembrance of the honor it has sus-
tanned, serve TO hide many defcenciesl-
Be lenient, dear sir. Remember that the
most OF the contributors are females. Sure
| ly you could not expect them to be logical,
to excel in argument, and to express their
proval of man. Be gentle. Look kindly
upon the failings Of the .'weaker vessel."-
Speak not SO harsi ly Of US. Of course we
never expect TO be the equals of "the lords
CT creation" but we feel very thankful for
the fen privileges allotted to us. And you
my dear fellow kitten, who have spoken SO
hastily and irreverently of Daggers, why dc
you sol 'Daggers labor to produce review!'
Fie. "Daggers d-r-a-w-lr' Customers toe
numerous for that. No, sir! Daggers is
some. Daggers gets in a "bro,en study
sometimes. All learned men do, you know
But shouldn't wonder if you would soon
learn ihat "a burnt child breads the fire, >
and a,cut kitten avoids daggers. We ap.
: precisae Daggers, .ge do. Sge're a genius
ftse. "Diannond stkong the rubbish!''
Certainly, certainly, Brevitas. .I'll give
my views oil any subject, an3 most Willingly
on this. ! am sorry to say that | do know
one or two who have the fault OF which yot
speak, and think they ought to labeled
that the lO!fe hunters may avoid them.
have been in homes whose presiding geniusel
had once been such as you describe. AM
always left, with the sincere hope tha
Fate would never lead me there again.
Everything out of place, carpet unswept
fires hall out, hearth covered with ashes
= breakfast dishes modestly hiding .her un
u washed faces behind their brothers and sis
tiers that had been used to adorn the Dime
table, and are perfectly innocent of water
= Mistress crOuched close to the fire readin
the last novel. Enter visitors. Up jump
Madame in dismay. Where are they to sit
,r One chair is iull o! books, another c
clothes, bonnet reclines on a third, tn
& coffee pot, likely, adorning tine fourth, an
6 the dish cloth lounging in the arm chail
8 "Dear. dear! Got interested in book
Didn't know it was SO late!' This kind {
home makes me nervous, and | keep O
!. far of az possible. Save me from dirt an
- disorder! You are right in disliking i
dear B. Husbands can't be Eappy in sue
home, and if girls do SO, the wives wi
W be no better. And here's a word to youn
men. Don't marry "stroRg minded" W,
man. Now it will do well enough for
OF woman to know SOM thing Of the "goinI
tn on'' in the world, but when hear womt
talking politics Ike a rsan, that's enoug
y. have heard women talking to a party
men about the affairs in Kansas, the pro
pect for the Presidency, &C., until | ha
y been disgusted. Find out if girl rea
&, the newspapers, politics and all, and if &
Is does-drop her. | believe it to be woman