The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-04-19
LcoAMUNICATIoS.l
The Ingleside Circle.
CHAPTER
"Man's life is but u vapor,
Full of woes;
He cuts caper-
And down he goes


And down he goes"
The author, after the preparation Of the
following, finding by an item in the Echo
that he had been anticipated, awaited pa
tiently the appearance of a "History of
Ingleside," by an humble member ,and now
feels himself laboring under serious dis
advantage, for, as the earliest received i'm
pressions and ideas take deepest root, and
are longest retained, he cannot hope for
an impartial judgment Of his effort to res
cue the history of ''Ingleside" (reEowned
as it will be- from withering on oblivion 5
pallid margin"
If the author, however, understands the
production of his cotemporary, it is not an
attempt at history of the worlds great
circle, nor of part, even, quadrant or
sextant thereof, for although 'sye mem
Der" makes it part and parcel of our mum
dane sphere, l confess that I cannot see
points of connection, and therefore leave
this important problem to be solved by
some mathematician more curious than
useful in his tastes, confident that the
world will not care much when or how the
enigma may be fathomed
Like the "member," we have, after an
effort, introduced ourself and if the read
er Is not able to appreciate the mode of
introduction, or is displeased with the
performance, We can only say that he can
take the less of it.
BE it known, then, that in "our noun
tain-girt village" society was, to use an
expression more common than elegant,
'completely used up" Aunt-iquated maid
ems, Of unrecorded and doubtful ages, de-
mure manners and steady habits, found
themselves unwillingly yielding the want
age ground to maidens fair, upon whose
cheeks the roses Of eighteen summers
blushed and bloomed.
Beauty curtained from the sight" etc,
might be all we'll enough, but when it
came palpable and in the guise of balls
and parties, music and the night, the "old
regime" was forgotten, and male bipeds,
whose wont it was to bask in the sunshine
no, n,oonShine-of wrinkled smiles, turn
ed to worship the other gods. Like Arba-
ces the sage Egyptian, they knew the
shrines at which to kneel. Then it was
that the unmarketable "school-marms, y
who could not see
!EW hat ouardS he ri Of
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades, -
determining once again to be the ''centre
of attraction" laid their wise heads togeth-
er, assisted by "quill-drivers," climbs OF
law" Fishers, (not of men,) players at
"Monte," publicans and sinners, though
many .Suter wasn't in,-"Ingleside'
came forth "perfect from its makers
hands" And, on the gloomy night upon
which they came together, it happened
that bogus invitations scattered through
the land, brought many that were not of
IsraePs royal race. Then it was that books
and bibles, on whose dusty covers damna-
tion might have been traced, were seraped
and gathered up, and 'under arms" were
marched within the magic ''circle" But
soon they saw the ruse, and found that
hard-fsted gentry, whose horny hands be-
spoke them honest toilers on the "battle-
field of life" must needs find some more
common orbit in which to revolvc. Invi-
tations most politely given them to "va-
NOSE" started them the road they had
just come, leaving the bud of 'Inglcside''
(well-nigh crushed) TO blossom as it light,
uncontaminated by their plebeian presence.