Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-27

were but two inside - myself and d
pleasant, talkatiye, honest-faced elder
" gentleman. Shy and timia il r.
malessociety, I was yet esteemed, ami
mated and agreeable thought to my own
sex. We had no trouble, therefore, in
making ourselves agreeable to one
another, so much so that as the coach
approached C. and the old gentle-
man learned that l meant to stop there
that night, he waived ceremony and
asked me to have cup Of tea with him
after I had dined at my, hotel. My
"fair engagement" was not until next
day, and as l liked the old gentleman
accepted his offer.
After my pint Of sherry, / brushed
my hair and went in search Of my coach
| companion and my promised cup Of
| tea. I had no difficulty in finding him
| out, for he was man Of substance and
somewhat Importance in the place. |
was shown into the drawing room. My
old friend received me heartily, and
introduced me to his wife and FIVE daugh-
tiers. "All spinsters, sir" said he !;
"young ladies whom an indiscrimina7;
ting world seems disposed to leave on
| my hands. %
eff we DONE sell, papa" said the
eldest, who with her sisters seemed to
reflect her fathers fun, sit is not for
want of putting, for all your introduce
tons are advertisements"
! At the mention of this last word, j
| felt little discompesed, and almost
regretted nay engagement for the next
\ day, when that very night, perhaps,
my providential opportunity had ar
rived.
i need not trouble my readers with
our sayings and doings during tea
suffice it to say that l found them "a
:; pleasant, friendly family, and was sur
prised to find had forgot all my shy
ness and timidity, encouraged by their
1, good tempered ease and conversation.
They did not enquire whether l was
married or single, for where there were
FIVE young minated daughters, the
question might seem invidious. !,
} however, in the freedom Of the moment,
volunteered the information Of my
bachelorhood (; I thought l had no soon.
I er communicated the fact than the girls
passed round q glance Of arch intelli-
} gence from the one to the other. Lean.
not tell you how I felt at the moment
MY sensations were between pleasure
} and confusion, as a suspicion crossed
} my mind, and helped, / felt, to color
my cheek. Presently, however, the
eldest, with assumed Indifference, which
cost her an effort, asked where l wa
staying. :,
cat the -- hctel," I answered,
with some embarrassment. 8 81 L
1t was with difficulty they restrained
a laugh they bit their lips, and lhad
no longer suspicion-1 was certain.
So, after having some music, when ]
rose to depart l mustered courage as J
; bid them good bye, to say aside to TIT
eldest,
: "Shall P. P. consider this the inter
view?''
A blush of conscious guilt, I Should
rather say innocence, told me that
had sent my random arrow to the right
quarter so I pressed the matter nc
farther at that moment, but l did hel
hand. -...a, .ssaI I
I remained at my hotel the next day
until an hour after the appointed time.
but no one made their appearance,
"Then," thought I, brushing my hai1
and adjusting my cravat, "since the
} mountain will not come to Mahomet,
Mahomet must 60 to the mountain p
so I walked across to my old friends.
The young ladies we're all in. The ED
est was engaged with some embroidery
at the window. [ therefore had an op-
portunity, as leant over the frame,
to whisper:
rs. S. is not punctual."
The crimson in her face and neck
was now so deep that a skeptic him
self would no longer doubt. Ineed say
no more ; that evening in her fathers
garden she confessed that she and her
sisters had conspired to bring me up to
c. on FOOLS errand, never mean
ing, Of course, to keep the engagement.
"Then," said I, ''since you design
ed to take me in, you must consent to
4 make me happy. 5szs
! sAnd what did she say, papa ~
asked my second daughter, who is look
ing over my shoulder as I write. rug
J. "Why, you little goose, she promis
ed to be your mamma, and she has kept
| her word" 4r. .,. ... !, s.r5 81. :.
| A New DIs1NFEcTINe AGENT. 1t is
| stated that a new, useful and cheap
disinfecting agent has been found out
and is now in use in France. The
French physicians speak very Highly Of
| it, and some Of the New York papers
think that if one-tcnth Of what is said
of it be true, it must soon come into
universal use. 1t is said that it is a
perfect sdeodorizer'' or destroyer Of
bad smells in sinks, water closets, hos
pitfalls and such places, and must be q
great desideratum toward preserving
the health Of cities in the summer time.
It is not an article which spectators
on human credulity can claim. the ex-
elusive manufacture and sale of, but
the receipt for its manufacture is open
to all, and every one can test it for
himself, and for this reason it deserves
q trial. ~@ .a s-5-@
| The New York Tribune gives the
following recipe for making it:
To enable any one to prepare this