The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-06-17
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Wandering through the Southern country teach

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Gallant and gOdly ly-making love aud preaching,
Gaining by what they call hook and crook
And what moralists call over reaching
A decent living The Virginians look Hs
Upon them with as favorable eyes
As Gabriel on the Devil in Paridise." "t
These lines of Halleck were forcibly
recalled to our mind by an incident whicl
come under our observation recently
A wealthy planter of louisiana, who many
years ago emigrated from the Old Do.
minion to the land of sugar-being bless
ed with an interesting family of sons and
daughters, felt natural repugnance to
sending them away from home to acquire
their education-accordingly he deter
mined to advertise for tutor to impart
instruction to them at home beneath the
paternal roof, and Immediately under his
own eye. After many applications had
been received and rejected, the place was
given to native of the wooden nut
meg" State. The tutor was young, hand
some, we'll educated, and withall agreed
with the old gentleman in political opin-
ions. His duties were fulfilled to the
satisfaction Of the planter. AS time wore
on the eldest daughter budded into wo-
man hood. The tutor was indefatigable
in his exertions to render her one of the
most accomplished ladies of the State,
particularly in the study of astronomy.
The intimacy existing between them ri
pened into more tender feeling on both
sides. The old man "smelt a MICE"
and one evening as the couple went forth
from the house to take an observation of
the planets-he followed at distance,
and soon had the pleasure of witnessing
the remarkable proficiency of his daughter
in that particular branch. His astonish-
ed eye beheld the form of Mercury, with
! his.aru elasped around the virgin waist
of Venus, calmly looking towards the
glorious constellation of the milky way
while the Pleads
"Jolned III love their linked hands
Around the seventh who touched Lutte,
Till earth was wrapped in ectasy, q
And heaven mute"
The rage of the planter knew no
bounds, For years past he had indulged
the hope of beholding his daughter Civ
en- in marriage to the son of a wealthy
neighbor, the matter had been fully set
tied upon by the parents of both the
young people. Now the sweet dream
was broken, the happy pictures which
had been painted on his mind were at
once rudely wiped away, And by whom!
A poor, contemplate Yankee school
teacher!! Two hours were given to the
pedagogue in which to gather up his duds
and depart, with the pleasing information
that if he ever dared to set foot upon the
place again a load of buck shot would
greet him. He left, and the young lady
was threatened with a convent if she re-
fused to give up the passion which had
been instilled into her breast. She seem
ingly complied. The old man was watch
full and distrustful of woman's promises
in such cases, but the daughter seemed
obedient. On Friday evening last she
visited neighbor, with the intention Of
remaining week or two. On Sunday
she met the object of her affections, and
placing her hand in his posted away. and
obtaining license were soon made hap
py and one flesh. They crossed to Match
ez, and then took passage upon the New
Uncle Sam, on their way to the land of
Connecticut where We hope they may
pursue the study of astronomy without
interruption from any old Ursa Major.
May clusters of satellites make their an
nual revolutions around them.
20 A lady tells this story had been
out to Indiana on a visit, and while there
| found kitten, which brought home
for plaything for my two children. To
prevent any dispute about the ownership
Of puss, | proposed, and it was agreed,
that the head of the kitten should be mine,
that the body should be the baby's, and
Eddy. the eldest--but only three years,
should be the sole proprietor of the long
and beautiful tail. Eddie rather object
ed at first to this division, as putting him
off with an extremely small share OF the
animal, but soon become reconciled to
the division, and quite proud Of his own
ership in the graceful terminus Of the kit
ten. One day, soon after, / heard the
poor puss making dreadful mewing, and
| called out to Eddie: " There, my son,
you are hurting my part of the kitten, |
heard her cry" No, / didn't mother
/ trod on my part and yoar part Aollered."
az A theatrical company was play
ing in one of the interior towns Of the
West, Shakspeare's Othello ; and when
Othello demanded of Desdamona "the
handkerchief! the hankerehief!p green
'un called ilnpatiently: y" Never mind
the handkerchief, don't wait for that, blow
your nose with your fingers and 60
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