Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-01-21
From the Boston Post, .Dec.2s
Spicy correspondence. True
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IN -EalE a7,eT 81 Wife, eyiIyrf
Mt Weare assured by friend who is pei
If sonaly cognizantr of what he sta:es, tha
,e the following pfquant correspondent
O is genuine" "A gentleman whose busi
q ness calls him good deal from homie
y is accustomed to give the custody Of hi
. . correspondence, to his wife, an intel,i
y gent lady, who in obedience to instrut
y tons, opens all letters that comes in he
: husbands absence answers such of then
;, as she can, like confidential clerk: anC
: forwards the rest to her liegc lord a
fsueh 8dcSs % Nm may lsEE 7tiR1AiI
. at his departure. During recent ab.
E sence of her husband, the lady received
, a letter, which the following, (omitting
names, dates, and places, is a true copy :
/ "My dear Sir. I saw a fine picture Of
you yesterday and fell in love with ii,
as. ] did with the original in W---laSt
winter, when saw you more than an
hour, though 1 suppose you did not see
me among SO many. 4 fear you viii
think me forward in thus addressing
you; but trust you are as noble and
unsuspecting as you are handsome aud
brilliant. Perhaps you would like to
know something about me-your ardent
admircr Well am not very good at
description, but1 will say I am not mar
ried, (though you are 1 am told 81 My
friends tell me that l have not pretty
face, but only good figure. I am rath-.
er petite, have black eyes, black hair, and
dark complexion-that is am what
is called brunette" I am stopping
for few weeks with my brother-in law.
and sister in this. town, and dearly
wish you would meet me there before I
return to W At any rate do NOS
fail to write me at least few words to
tell me whether shall ever see you
again, and know you more intimately.
Forgive my boldness and believe me.
70 '''-'s7' Your friend ---" p"
Tp this letter the wife, who, by the by,
has not the least knowledge of the per-
son to wi n she was writing, made tho
following answer: '+ ''.'
"Mademoiselle Your letter of tho
inst. addressed to Mr., was
duly received. MR., who is my
hust and, directed me, when he left home
some days ago, to open all his letters,
and to answer any of them convenient
ly could. As you seem to be rather i'm
patient, will answer your letter my
self. do not think your description
of yourself will please Mr.-----. =. 1
happen to know he dislikcs black eyes,
and hates brunettes most decidedly. 1t
is quite true Gas you seem to suppose)
that he judges of women as he does of
horses but think your inventory of
your points is notcomplete enoughto be
satisfactory to him. You omit to men
80 bain oh nd
and (here the word is illegible.) Taking
your charms at your own estimate,
doubt whether they will prove sufficiently
attractive to draw him so far as B
merely for the satisfaction of comparing
them with the schedule. You say you
trust my husband is sunsuspecting. L
think that is his nature, but yet he is
used to drawing inferences, which are
sometimes as unkind as they are suspi-.
cious. You say you are unmarried
My advice to you is that you marry
somebody, as soon as possible. In most
cases, l would not recommend haste:
but in yours, 1 am convinced there is
truth in the proverb which speaks of the
danger of delay. Should you be SO fortu-
nate as to get husband (Which may
God mercifully grantD my opinion is
that you would consider any woman who
should write him such letter as this of
yours, impcrtinent, and perhaps, i'm
modest.
81 will deliver your note to Mr.. -
when he returns, and also a copy of my
reply which am sure he will approve.
l am with as much respect as you per-
nit! Mrs. -
This was the end of the correspond
ence."
~ Julius Caesar Hannibal" let's
off the following at Greeley, through
the columns of the The Elephant. -
We make the extract from an article on
s:The Hard Times
"It's 'hard times, sez de Tribune, in
sebril long croaking artikles ull cut
an dried to lay way an appeal to two
years hence, whom dc presumdential
lection comes on, as prof OBJ de hard
times an mismanagemont under De-
moncratic gubbermint. De teers dat
brudder Greedy sheds now he am in
sartin hopes will turnout berry loud
smiles den.
rEa, A married gentleman, every time
he met the rich father of his wife, COM
planned to him of the ugly temper of
his daughter. AT last on one occasion,
the old gentleman becoming weary of
the igrumblings of his son-in- law, said,
you are right; she is an impertinent
jade, and if hear any more complaints
of her, will disinherit her. The hus-
band made no more complaints.
nA- At a late wedding in town in.
Massachusetts,, the bride, who had just
espoused her third husband, requested
the guests to sing the hymn Of which
her first husband was $50 fond" COM
mencing, "Hark! from the tombs =
Phancy the phelinks of the happy bride
groom. '!5a
B@F The Press, the Pulpit, and the
Petticoat. The first spreads the news,
the second the Gospel, and the last