Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-11-26
TEE AAlDEN's sraATEGEMS
a SIetamorphosed Farmer.

l have seen many pretty and lovable
girl In my time; but the protest and most
loveable one l ever saw was ELLA SMITH.
whom | met, for the first time at Pic Mic
last Summer. l will not say that she was
faultlessly beautiful, for faultless beauty is
gift which few women can boast. She
was irresistibly bewitching, however, ana
the most unyielding heart that came within
the influence OF her smile, acknowledged
its potency and power. She was girl to
inspire that style of the tender passion
which is rarely met with, and when met
with is called by the young people, "love
at first sight" When you first saw her, if
you did not instantly feel that You loved
her, you at least felt that to love her would
lie the easiest thing in the world. If il
were possible, would describe her. You
have doubtless beheld scenes or objects ere
now, that were said to 'beggar descrip-
ton" and il it were not that it would be
sacrilege to use such a common place ex-
preston in connection with so rare and
radiant Maiden" might be tempted to
say it If her. never saw such Iusrroua
hair as hers-unless, indeed, it was such as
claimed the source of its lus:re, thine in
comparable oil, Macassar."
Teeth that really resembles pearls are
often met with in possession of the heroine
of the novelist; but they are rarely met
with in the barren field Of reality. The
poets tell US of pearly teeth and ruby lips,
and We sometimes catch GIN nses Of rather
indifferent specimens Of each but never
saw them mixed 10 in such delicious real
ity as l witnessed when ! first saw Ella
Smith. don't remember the color of her
eyes, whether they were "black as the
driven charcoal" or darkly deeply beauti-
fully blue, | am not prepared to say, for
they were such eyes as dazel and subdue
you ere you have time to note their color,
and keep you so constantly bewidered,
with their wonderous beauty that you never
note it afterwards. Her voice was like the
voice Of thousand other girls you and
have met-but only insomuch that it was
the voice Of woman. Its tones were as
! sweet fancied as the tones Of ISRAELI. aud
when they fell upon the ear, they sent an
echo to the soul to haunt it in its waking
dreams forever. / heard them once in the
green spring of youth: / shall hear them,
like "the still sweet fall of music far away"
| in wintry age At least, | hope shall a
sound 50 sweet, ! would not cease to
hear.
said Ella Smith was no faultlessly beau
| titul. That was an exceedingly rash as
sertion, and l respectfully beg leave to
| withdraw it. l still maintain, however,
that faultless beauty is charm which We
| do not often see embodied in human shape.
But if the beauty which surrounded Ella
Smith, like o luminous atmosphere, was
not faultless beauty there is no meaning
in the term.
Mr.. Charles Smith, the father of Ella
was, and in fact, still is, flor write of
| people who have local hsbitation and a
name-aye name, despite the ill-natured
| declaration that Smith is no name at all J
Mr.. Smith was, and is, l repeat, the most
successful farmer in his Deighborhood, and
at the annual Fnirs of tho county. bore of
more premiums for foe stock and agricul-
| tural products than any other competitor.
Nor was the beautiful Ella far behind her
| father in domestic enterprise, as may be
! seen by reference to the published proceed
| ings of the State Fair. where you will see
scattered through the list Of premiums the
name of Miss Ella Smith.
Had you seen Ella Smith at party as /
| saw her last summer, a vision OF ethereal
beauty, you would hardly have believed
| tbat those delicate fingers had labored
morning and evening for many a day pass
ed, in the cultivation eff fruits and flowers,
and performing the thousand snd one do
! nestle duties IF a we'll regulated dwelling.
besides many little things about the house
and garden that went to make her home a
perfect paradise. Ella knew how to work;
rather singular species of knowledge for
! a young lady to find herself possessed Of
now a-days,-and what lie still more sinr
gular, she was not ashamed to be seen at
work.
Mr.. Smiths farm lies in fertile valley.
between 10 and 100 miles from this place.
IF you desire to see model farm, where
Industry, Taste, Prosperity and Happiness
are the ruling genii, give me call of one
of these fine days, and if not too busily
engaged, will drive you over to Mr.
Smiths. We will spend the day there !;
and when we have walked through Elias