The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-03-02

the reception Of the President; but here
and there yon will find thos rare and
naturally beautiful souls in the country
That always have feast spread for chanee
guests, and receive them with all the ma
tive grace, and ease, and simplicity, of
active queens and princesses.-Wh do
not such inhabit the green spots of Gods
earth altogether, and not chiefly they who
would desecrate, in too many instances,
the sacred eartl in which they claim
proprittorship
The farmers girls are up bctimes in
the morning, with window wide open
and bed early made In the summer
you will see them all about the house !;
sometim in the barn yard milking fa-
vorite COW or throwing corn to the hens
and ducks, or stufting dough down tho
Threats of young chickens. They are
gay creatures then-romping hoydens
with rosy checks and arms barred to the
sun and dew. One would fall in love
with them at such time in spite ofhim-
self. If cheese is to be made, they have
a hand to dip into it; or if butter, then
| their white arms are kneading out the
| buttermiik as far up as their elbows
They know all there is worth knowing
| about housekeeping, from kindling fl
on frosty morning to basting goose
and putting it upon the table as it should
be. They are up to all the tricks of Ii =
ing. You need not go among them
thinking to teach them how to make
improved bread and though it is true
that they may not be familiar with the
numerous arts Of such a caterer as Soyer.
yet they can set as many good, hearty,
appctlzing dishes before you as you can
ask for from one years end to another
Even when they pour the milk from the
| pitcher, as YOU sit over against them at
table. it looks aud sounds as it does not
seem to anywhere else. 1t gurges, and
troths, and toanS, and gushes, and your
very lips water for a tumblerful before it
I Is set down again and forever after that
you never think Of fresh country milk
and cream but you think at the same
time of country maids, with their far
arms and blooming, healthy faces
The two things will 90 together of ncces-
| sitv.
The country girl generally fluids h +
husband, however, at the singing school.
| These long winters, with their socable
evenings, are what 90 the mischief Then
| it Is t.llt Lucy gets q beau home pretty
regularly, and her less fortunate sisters
affect to laugh az her. And then. if the
Young fellow is inclined to make a seri-
GUS matter Of it at all, he commences a
regular course If visits And these Wis
its vary, IN length and frequency, irlm
once in two weeks to oltener. In many
localities that we might mention in the
rural districts, they occur exactly once in
| two weeks. and then only on Sun law
evenings. We have seen many and many
a light burning on Sunday night, at an
| hour when none bUt.thoso who were either
travelling or counting ought to have been
up. The best room in the farmers
house is open then, even if they insist
on shutting ont the sunshine all tue rest
of the week. One who took pains to
pass slowly by might discover the shae!-
ow OF a head, primly set up OF pair Of
shoulders, across the paper window cur
tain, which he wonl know at q glance
10 belong - some likely farmer fellow
not orera mile Of two off. Besides there
is u horse standing shiyering in the lee Of
the house, perhaps with blanket STREET
cAed over him, his nose dropping down
between lis knees III doorway m?dita-
ton.
In time, courtsAip comes to marriage
and this is the Great cr)Wning event of