The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-06-08
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A kiss Is like 9 seFu5oN = = ~
too kcnds and aa gPpIieatje &. -
with the hidden spirit BY Eesq
BILE symbols. II Is like Iaish. g. M 8 Il
"the substance OF things hop -
is the language Of aaectiea, - - ee
love and the cOneeulPAliUl i|tIz
Of "goOd report, apd plea4 = -,
ears il il elOQuence - dgelliae With eIlnee
accents upon the lips" Il. & bed Ftfhk
and instrumental I" haruioulss 81 N6il-,
gnagc and with sentiment tatsl in
all language and in I'll aessst dt y ne
"seal" of fathers blessing, the 9 Eitz
ness" of a mothers love, the 9 guayaA lse'
of brothers protection, the !. Sufety es
sisters devotion, the "gate"sOa Ievs,s
heaven, and something that mere ftieRes
have nothing to do With--1tis very NH,
ionable for misses Of certain age TO ipsIbe
that at is all (oOlishness, and decidedly
silly" We never hear such an expresbl0R
without thinking Of q circumstances mat
actually occurred somewhere In Imdtenss
if we rightly -EemembeF-A gentlemen-
stopped at a house by the wayside igr
information as to the route he was taking,
and found woman ironing, with herlittie
child trying to amusc itself upon the fpOr;
the little one was some two and 4 half
years old, very neatly dressed, eyidentIy
scrupulously cared for, and enIinS6tly
handsome. The gentleman. while talliiwE
to the mother, picked up the. child epd
kissed it: the little one looked up ip;spch
perfect aStonishment that the gentleman
remarkCd-"Why, my little dear, one
would think that you were not utt1'lO
being kissed" The mother answered for
the child, Is don't believe, sir, that shs
was ever kissed before in her life. I'm
sure never did such thing, and 'never
knew its father to do So" Lord have
mercy on that child and send It so9S66dy
to love it, was the gentleman's prayer; a.
he made sure that his wallet. waA u ;its
place, and took himself out OF the hbtss
as fast rs possible. Not 10 Know tk6 holy
kiss Of q mother, the 6ondliug embineo ~
q father, the earnest Iip-press Of krullegP
and sisters, is to fail IN the develbpment
ofthe soul in an essential and Vital degree;
and surely what is so wondefOIs hoy ih
infancy, SO refining in childhood. % Nl6v.
thy in parents, and SO prevalent upon the
hearthStOne, is not 4 matter to be diopoeed
of with q sneer, or dismissed With .
" Pooh!" kissing, like the marriage beIIs.
or the blessed Bible, never wears out, It
is like them, always new, fresh, and in.
teresting; and for the same reason; vix,,
it deals with the affections, which, unlike
the intellect, loves the familiar; deiighte
in the old, and is coy to the new and
strange. The variety of kisses q net
small. There is the kiss pateFnal, the
kiss cOnubial, land perconubial,) andthe
kiss prOmiscuous. The last two yaFintias
are the only ones to which we object We
have often thought, in references 70 the
kiss promiscuous, one Of the blcssiugb Og
the man over the woman consisted 80 ~
ing relieved Of this conventional dulys lk
seems to us, in very many instances Ike
casting pearls before swine; and 10 Illus
tration Of the old adage, " Familiarity
breeds contempt"-a man or q W00HAh
who makes himself or herself cOmInon in
this respect, must not wonder IL they are
not always appreciated. Notwithstahd-
ing all that we have said, We are not slow
to confess that 10 many eases The pFocties
is carried to unseemly and lri0ienlens
lengths. What sense is there in = lndgb
receiving every feminine caller with The
same expressions that she would greet
the return Of a long absent brother o. hus-
band Is it not . hypocritical He -
AIRS. Jones to thus express affection tpg
Mrs. Quidnunc, when in her heart, MEs,
j. wishes Mrs. Q. at homer 10 Il not
outrageous to be expected to put amothess5
lips to cvcrybOdy's baby, clean o. dirtye