Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-09-07
THELap1Es AND NATURALIZATION

article under the head of the editors Easy
Chair" on Gen. Cass' Leclerc and Hofer let
ters. which it cuts up completely, and theh
relates the following -
The Easy Chair knows that ladies eschew
| politics, but he not help thinking that they
will have certain interest in the conversation
he has just recorded held by the sea at New
port. Because who knows what is in store
There was Miss Bel Jodd--not a gayer girl
| on all the American sea-coast in the month OF
| July. What on earth, said she, can men hnd
to talk about politics Always politics and
wine. Who shall be President. and how old
the bottle isl Men, said Miss Bel. Jodd, are
the most trif1ng and lght-tongued of human
| beings, 1t is now not two weeks since it came
out that Miss Bel. Jodd is engaged to young
| Gruyerc Lager. Sly fellow! he was always
! slipping out from those political and vinous
| debates and agreeing with Miss Bel. Jodd
driving her in the dust; riding with her in the
| dust; walking with her in the dust doing cv-
cry thing, in fact. as every thing is done at
| Newport, in the dust. Scarce was she engag-
| ed, the wedding day appointed, the bridal
| tour in golden September to the banks OF the
Rhine, to the Hartz, to the Danube, to all de-
| lightful spots in dear Vaterland, arranged, than
! young Lager comes to her with dismal face.
S'Schatz," he says.
"What do you mean ?'' says she.
! ssMy sweetest Lebchen!'' he eSclaims, with
! clasped hands and look of agony.
hat IS your leebshen 2; she asks in con-
sternaiion thinking it was some precious thing
! he had lost.
my dearest Bel"
sAh now l understand. We'll"
ssOh dear me! list so schwer - he said a.
! gain, with such an air that Miss Jodd ertreat-
! ed him to compose himself.
| "Oh my Gruyere, restrain yourself! Are
your horses lame 20
He shook his head negatively.
ssIs the wagon broken !''
| . He shook No again.
''uaye you got to go into mourning for any
bod2 20
! No.
ssHave you spent all your money ?''
! No, shook the wretched young man.
ssYou haven't lost my diamond engagement
ring ?''
No.
s.Oh we'll then,'' said Miss Jodd. with a
relieved aspect, sit can't be any thing very
serious - and she grew calm again, for she
had been really distressed for moment, think
| ing that the horses had fallen lame, that
some other catastrophe had happened.
'.We can't gol" said Gruyere Lager, bitterly.
ssWhat - shrieked Miss Bel.
ssWe can't take that European trip - shou-
ted Mr.. Lager.
| ssThen won't be married. said she, sui
lenly.
go web - said he, sadly.
| At last it occurred to Miss Bel. Jodd, who
! is lady of great intelligence, TO ask why.
| Then Mr.. Lager replied:
because l am Prussian.'
''Fiddle, diddle; you are naturalized."
'sIt makes no difference. Here is General
| Cass'S letter.
And saying, Gruyere Lager put copy
of that document into her hands.
ssPooh - said Miss Jodd, who is lady of
great energy, ''if General Ciss says that, Gen
| eral Cass is an -
She said something which sounded as the
Generals name might if you didn't c it.
But it was all in vain. There was, there is,
the letter. Gruyere Lager pleads vain for
matrimony. He proposes going to \ ova SEQ
tia, and quotes Mr.. CozzensS charming GA
cadia''-he proposes the Havana, and quotes
! Mr.. Dana-he quotes many places, and quotes
! Bayard Taylor. The obdurate Miss Bel. Jodd
shakes her head at all. The obdurate Miss
! Todd who has grown immensely political with
! in few days, and no longer laughs at gentle
men who talk politics, but, on the contrary,
has teased Mr.. Gunnybags TO tell her what the
| Easy Chair was saying to him upon the rocks,
has, as she says, communicated her ultimatum
| to Mr.. Gruyrre Lager. 1t was, in fact, only
| last evening that she said
ssMy dear Gruyere, | agreed to marry you
under certain implied conditions. Item, pair
of horses. lem, diamond solitaires. Item, a
| new ring at least every two months. Item, two
months at Newport every summer. lem, two
| thousand year for my wardrobe, exclusive of
| lewelIy and other gifts from you. Item, and
TO begin with, a trip to Europe, and to go while
there where please. If you will conform to
these conditions, will marry you even before
| DR.. Taylor returns to town. | don't cale if
we have morning wedding at old Trinity
here in Newport, and a breakfast afterward at
Selma Gunny bags. Bring me, my dear Cru
yere, the certificate of passages swear that
you are dealing honestly and your fond Bel.
| is yours forever
That is the celebrated Jodd ultimatum,
which is now the gossip OF the selecter circles
| of the nobility and fashion. Miss odds ac-
ton is of course painful-very painful; but
what can she do General Cass has deliber-
! ately thwarted her inteution OF comforting nup-
| tal happiness upon Gruyere Lager. Until the
| Secretary withdraws his letter the Young gem
tleman's happiness must remain thwarted.
And what situation his is! 1t is now well
understood why he has suddenly become so
| Indifferent to the set of his trowsers, and why
! he has even been seen in the evening in a
frock coat Such reckless despair excites the
liyelest sympathy, and it was mentioned, as
! an added instance of the extremity of his con-
dition, that he had thrown % bit upon the
table at W-tson'S, and saw it swept away
without shudder. 1t was even said-but it
was evidently wild rumor, serving only to
show the excitement in.regard TO the matter
that he had worn the same morning tie twice
The thing is clearly impossible, but MS Situa-
tion is sad enough without that.
This is the way. ladies, in which you, who
| sncer at politics and wish men wouldn't be al
ways gossping about them, may be directly
| affected by them-in this way even the Secre-
| tary of State may become OF interest TO you.
and his letters be read by you. Innocent Sec
retary, How little he dreamed, when tossing
off that easy going epistle to Mr.. Hofer, that he
was keeping young Gruyere Lager bachelor /!
We are all interested, ladies'. Down with the