The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-09

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acidulous favor. that it affected my palate
for full twenty-four hours afterward, and
everything ate or drank in that time seem
ed to be Of the vintage of l6l4.
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Jeeins' First Experience - Gallant.
| "Jeems," of the Baldwinsville Gazette
that tall, gaunt, awkward, but clever-souled
mortal, who presides over the columns oil
that paper, and whose TROUBLES at railroad
depot" at Syracuse have gone the rounds
gives the following graphic account Of "the
FIRST time he went home with girl lie
says he "feels impelled to chronicle it for the
amusement Of the public, and the special
edifcation'' Of certain members Of the edit
orial fraternity, who are forever poking fun
at him. Hear "Jeems":
\ s"We were about sixteen or seventeen
years of age when the event about to be re-
lated transpired, and as .. description OF our
personal appearance at that time Is absolute
" necessary to the point Of our story, we
will give it as concisely as the subject will
allow In reference. then, to that period, to
say that we were green, in the usual accept
alton of that term, would give the reader
but a poor idea of the figure we displayed.-
Rather imagine tall, lean, cadaverous,
swarthy looking chap, with legs like pair
of tongs a countenance about as expressive
as plate Of Dutch cheese, mouth that
came very near making an island OF all the
head above it; face covered with a tnrze,
that looked very much like the down on a
newly Matched goslin; with gait that would
lead the beholder to conclude that we de-
signed to travel down both sides of the street
at the same time, and you have correct da-
guerreotype Of Jeems in the seventeenth
year Of his age.
One dark, gloomy night in the month Of
December, we CHANGED to have spelling
school," not thousand miles from Bald
winsville, where our eye first fell on fairy
form" that Immediately set our susceptible
heart in blaze She was sixteen, or there
abouts, with bright eyes, red cheeks and
cherry lips, while the auburn ringlets clus-
tered in wealth of profusion around her
beautiful head, and her person, to our raw
ished Imagination, was more perfect in form
and outline than the most faultless statue ev-
er chiseled by the sculptor's art. As we
gazed, our feelings, which never before had
aspired girlward, were fully aroused, and we
determined to go home cith her that night,
or perish in the attempt As soon. there.
fore, as school was dismiss ed, and our s.lady
love" suitably bonneted and cloaked, we APP
preached to offer our services rs contempla-
ted, and we then learned an important les.
son, viz the difference between Tesolring
and doing As we neared her we were sci
zed with q partial blindness-red, green,
blue and yellow lights flashed upon our Wis
ion, and appeared and disappeared like witch
es in a phantasmagoria-our knees smote
together like Belshazzars when he observed
the writing on the wall, while our heart
thumped with apparently as much force as
/ if it were driving tenrenny nails into our
ribs We, in the meantime, managed to
humble over something. which is perhaps
known to the Recording Angels, but certain.
ly is not to US, at the same time poking out
our elbow as nearly at right angles with our
body as our physical conformation would
permit.
The night dir blew keenly, which served
in some sort to revive us, and as our senses
returned, what were our emotions on finding
the cherished object ofour first love clinging
to our arm with oil the tenacity with which
q drowning man is sailto clutch at straw!
Talk Of Elysium, or sliding down creased
rainbow, or feeding on German flutes, what
are sich 'phelinks" in comparison with those
mighty ones which swelled our bosom nigh
unto the bursting off our waistcoat buttons
| Our happiness was sublime sublimity sub.
| timely su6lim0ted /; and every person who
has ever felt the divine throbbings of a
Aedged love principle, fully understands the
world of bliss couched in the fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh words at the commence.
ment Of this sentence 4
Well, we passed on pleasantly towards
our Sally's home, talking Of "love and dove,
and dart aud part" until 90 courageous had
we become, that we actually proposed to ego
in, and sit awhile" to which our Dulcinea
very kindly assented. Alas, for US how
soon were we to be reminded that the
"course Of true love never did run smooth.
Sally had q brother Of some ten summers,
who accompanied us along the way, and whe
was in wonderfully high spirits at the idea
Of his sisters having n beau, and no would
walk around us frequently, Cycling in the
height Of his glee, and cycling us rs closely
rs Il ourself and Sally were tho world-re.
nowned Siamese twins, and he was taking
HE first look. Bill, by the way, was stub.
bed, chuckle headed boy, whose habliments
would have made the fortunes Of any two
dealers in mop.rags.
At length we reached tho bars, and while
We were letting them down, Bill shot past
us and tore for the house as il pursued by a
thousand bulls of Bashan. He flung open
the door with bang, and exclaimed at the
top Of his voice:
"Motherl mother! Jim Clark Is camin
hum with Sal
us hep screamed the old woman, in re-
ply, wall, I declarl didMt thiNk she
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