The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-29
for tgt Donlt Girtlt.
Country Beaux:
OR, TEE EDITOR, RUaB.


u BY EMMIE ELwooD.
/ What |! marry country ignoramous -
Unite myself. for life. to Jonathan Know
nothing-a tall, awkward clodhopper, with
huge, shove'like hands, feet like an elephant,
and lounging, counterfeit gait, in perfect
keeping with the general appearance of the
ungainly monsteri Marry a genius of this
description Fie, Cousin Harry How
/ thoughtless in you to shock my sensibilities
with even the bare mention of such ca
tastrophe l. 7s.z 1a :. g-s-.g tsz s=s -
Well, really, Miss Juliet retorted Cousin
Harry, with a merry, musical laugh, your
ideas of country beanx are certainly not of
the most elevated character. Youforget, coz,
that poor humble servant is himself no longer
an inhabitant of that combination of bricks,
dust and mortar, called city, and is conse-
\ quently proper target for your keen word
arrows-wbich, indeed, strike home with tre-
mendousforce be ad'ted, laying his hand upon
! bis heart in a tragi.comieal manner. 'Ah,
why did my much esteemed paternal parent SO
Shades of Green Land what an unciyized
step for man of his years I Juliet pity your
country cousin concluded Harry. with we'll
feigned sigh and an exceedingly ludicrous ex
preston of countenance. 7r
I Juliet laughed merrily.
i beg pardon, Harry although you are well
aware that had not the slightest, reference
to yourself You. city born and bred and
spending even now the larger portion of your
time within the limits of our great Literary
Emporium '-you. a Bostonian, and an edi-.
tor at thai I. Editors are always exceptions
to general rules, you know.) Pshaw Harry.
have no patience with you. You know the
coat will not ft, and it is really absurd in You
! to make such extraordinary exertions to en-
, large its proportions sufficiently to admit your
majestic figure 1t is mile too small for
: you, coz. -..--.-.----
. Indeed You have relieved my mind of a
), ponderous weight. 1t is the country born and
bred, then, whom the coat was made to fit !?
: Well, hope the ungainly monster who ac-
u cepts it from your hands, will not be forced to
carry tito the tailor's hands, there to undergo
: the process of expansion. These country chaps
--.E-ahem the gigantic size of many of them
u would most assuredly astonish you-of their
: minds, l mean, particularly tie latter, Miss
u Julet presume it would be useless. howeV-
0 er, to strive to convince you of the verify of
this presumptuous assertion and, as business
calls me to the city, as usual, 1 will not make
e the hazardous attempt just now,' he added,
: with playful glance at his rosy checked sis
& ter, who had sat an amused listener during his
!" brief colloquy. "A pleasant time to you Ju.
81 Iiet, during my absence. To relieve your en-
u nui, will induceAome city gent to return
with me to night who shall be the exact op
posite of your beau ideal of the country
VI And, with a graceful bow and smile, the
:. young man departed, leaving his sister to en-
4H tertain their city guest as she best might.
e, Very sweet and picturesque looked the
a young editors rural home, on the afternoon o.
50 that day. That long. range of forest trees a
H. the right-the blue, sparkling river, winding
OF gracefully through the green meadows ant
i fields at the left-that green old hill in tbt
distance, half in the sunlight half in the shad
TO ow-the azure sky, aecked with numberless
ne feecy clouds-the pretty Gothic cottage, il
OF the very center of the laudscape-and last
all but not least, the two comely girlish Figure;
quietly seated under the shade of the broa
piazza-ahiit it was scene too woo smil
ms from an artist = an exclamation of deligh
IN r u :
me Juliet. the hattered city belle, bent IanguiG
IS ly over her embroidery, while her Cousin Ma
IS ria, the vvaeious sister of the editor, was er
ed' gagged in the very unromantic employment
lhe pairing peaches. Twilight was fast approach
ere ing, when Maria, looking up for momer
I'm from her work, exclaimed, in animated tones
rue Look quick, Juliet Yonder comes m
'ne brother, attended by two as gallant caviIie
as ever set foot in Green Vale. Now, CO
look your prettiest, is the best advice CT
give you at present. Who knows what ms
see be the result of his dlsinterested efforts in yo
ass behalf?' 15s .7-5r'' s-a III
,od Juliet looked in the direction indicated |
Maria, and sure enough. her cousins wor
lich "e'' 'e'ineu W 'no' ie''er. For Tue 'nr
r;s gentlemen could now be distinctly perceive
and white handkerchf futterng in the bree
=. announced Harry to be one of the party.
WITS sOne of them answers my description
ner country clodhoppers, at all events thoug
at Juliet, as the little party entered the aven
leading to the house. Such gait and 81,
and a figure Oh. dear l.
rved And Juliet was already disgusted with
sed' least one of Harry,s friends With the OIL
,ted she was more favoraby impressed; and, in fs
y after an Introduction, and short time spt
N of in conversation with him, she mentally p
man nounced him to be perfect love of gem
the man > while his companion, on further
lquaintance, was to her almost ntolerable