Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-03-03

mucn pains nave taken with that girl SlnCc sue
did1quit school. She's been curlcd and powder
ed, and laced and hooped, and 6ounccd and jew
elled, in fact, nothing has been left undone. Her
brother Natty CHATS my sony says that there's
been too much done. l do think in my soul that
if there is an unbearable nuisance on the face of
the earth, it is half grown boy like Nat, (his name
is Nathaniel, we can him Natty for SHORTY They
are forever in the way; too young to be counted
among men, and too oil 10 be counted o child-a
body hardly knows where to place him, or rather
where he'll let himself be placed. If there's the
fantest glimmering of n chance of Jemma James
catching beau, that boy is bound to stick him
self right in the way, and spoil everything at the
risk of his life; and hints aud winks are worse
than thoWn away upon him, fnp he'll either pre-
tend not to notice them, or nell biate right out
so plain that blind man can see what we're
about / once tried a hard pinch on him, but
didn't / repent it? for of all squaHing and dan
cling that ever was heard tell of, that limb carried
it on, till had to slipa quarter of dollar into
his hand to stop his mouth. People call him
smart, but declare to heaven can't see it.
Now suppose that You begin to wonder what
in the name of common sense and reason Pm
telling you all this for-what you're got TO do with
it; but just wait minute, and III make it all
clear enough, and in order to do so, may tax
your patience a little, and yet don't see that it
will be such heavy tax either, for what I'm 60
ing to tell you is very interesting and may be
very instructive 10 you. 81 wonder how ?" says
that Imp Of Satan, Nat who as sure as you're
living has been looking over my shoulder all this
time. Well, I've had many cross to bear thro'
life, and I'm bending under the weight of many
one now, but I do believe in my heart and soul,
that Nat is the eatdoingest one of all.
Mr.. Editor, I'm an afflicted woman. 1t is not
sickness, poverty or disgrace, that darkens my
life path. If it was, could stand it as others
have done, with the hope that time would clear it
all away, but it is more than that. Pm the mother
of ten living children, and as sure as you are born
seven of them are girls all old enough to be mar
ried, and no more prospect of it than there is of
my being so; indeed, not half rs much, for / do
believe that if it were not for that swarm of chill
dren, I'd go off like shot-but who'd want to
marry q moman so overrun? Not that care
aboutthat part of the business, for 1 never did
believe in second marriages no how, but let me
go oil and tell you how I'm fixed, and what want
you to do.
Jemima Jane is twenty y-nine, being as I told you,
the oldest.
The next is Rosdbel Eudora. She takes after
her father and, consequently, is not so handsome.
She is very tall and thin, and has light hair and
she is among US home folks, but when she goes to
church or is among pious people, she has q way
(devout she calls it) of rolling them up till she
looks like something dying and then when she's
in company with gentlemen, she's got another way
Sentimental she calls it) of dropping the lids over
them like she was about to faint. Now it's my
opinion that nothing is pleasing that is not natu-
raj. I've told her so ten thousand times, and I
believe in my soul that very affectaton keeps her
single
Next to her comes Matilda Ann, who is twenty
five. She is pretty and sprightly, and why she
don't take cannot see without it is because she's
got such an outrageous temper and lets it out be-
fore everybody. do think it is the outdoingest
thing in this world to see Matilda Ann getting
ready to 60 any where. Everything seems to 60
wrong with her. The bureau drawers get stuck
fast, and when she does get them open she can't
find what she wants, and when she does find it the
thing wont 60 on, and when it does go il won't
set, and she tears it all to pieces jerking it off, al
the time scodng the article as though it had life
and sense to understand her; but that is the only
fault the child has, and great many men have
jqstthe same. Hav'nt seen tight boot kicked up
to the ceiling, with caths enough to make ones
hair rise? Hav'nt seen shirt-buttons fly be-
cause man hadn't patience to put himself in the
garment properly? Hav'nt seen man almost
go into fits because single button happened to
be missing? And hav'nt seen him look daggers
and heard him cut his wife to the heart with Bit
ter reproaches about her unpardonable crime of
Matilda AIMS temper to me- I'd have to say TOO
much.
The next is Seraphina Aticia. She is twenty
three years old and is not beautiful, but if you
could just hear her sing once you'd never think
or care how she looks. She has not what is call
ed conversational powers" is not able to describe
things in glowing words as can, but the way she
can paint is really astonishing She is not like
the young lady who put horse and mouse in the
same picture and had to write ''this is horse"
and "this mouse" to keep people from mistaking
one for the other She painted my old no horn
cow, Molly, so naturally, that knew her the We
ry minute saw her. Seraphina Acia would be
a treasure to any man, but none seem to think so,
for she don't take.
The next is Angelina Araminta. She's twenty
years of age, and would be right pretty if she
wasn't cross eyed. How she came to be so I can't
imagine, for it does not run in my family or her
fathers either. She can de the most beautiful
needle work you ever did see, none of your COM
mon kind such as every body can do. No indeed,
she can't make dress, shirt, or pair of pants
to save her life. Her time and thoughts have al
ways been too entirely devoted to nober branches
findustry-embroidery crotchct, worsted, bead,
shell, and wax work. Isometimes wonder little
how she would get along if she had such family
as mine, who were daily and hourly needing plain
sewing or mending done, but suppose that there
would be O way provided This child has never