The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-08-14

I.--YOUTHFUL "REMINISCENCES.
stBehoId the youth--by Natures kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with straw.
Pope
The earliest period to which the
memory of the writer-Justice Carr,
ladies and gentlemen, ut your service
extends, brings "reminiscences, and
not all pleasant ones, either, of GER
tain young lady, yclept Jennie Sell
bingham.
Our parents were near neighbors,
the farms joined, and we children were
always together, in babyhood, studied
and quarreled together, at the village
school, and firted and quarreled to-
gether, during our boarding school
vacations.
1t may be inferred from the above
euphonious sentence, that we were in
no wise remarkable for our amicable
agreement, and am sorry to confess
the absolute truth of this Indifference;
and to go little further still, l must
also confess, that, quite to the con-
trary, our perpetual disagreement
was a frequent subject of remark
among the good people Of N.
Jennie was faxen- headed romp of
four or five, at my earliest distinct re-
collection, black-haired urchin Of
six. Both could boast of decided
frmness, q trait most unfeelingly
characterized as obstinacy, by our ell
ders. Both, also, were gifted with a
highly inquiring turn of mind, dubbed
by the aforesaid elderly censor, with
the misomer, inquisitive mischief.
Between the two, however, and the
total lack of comprehension on the
part of. those in authority" we two
unfortunates did manage to get into
an astounding number of very aston
ishing " scrapes," and the scrapes >
increased in quantity and enormity as
We grew older.
/ still retain vivid recollection of
thorough spanking / received when
quite young (Jenn;e sharing the same
fate, for mixing cayenne pepper in
Mrs. sellingham's preserved cherries,
on the occasion of grand tea-drink-
ing at the Sellingham residence
But Notwithstanding our mutual
propensities for mischief, notwithstan-
ding our close neighborhood and our
resemblance to each other, in being
the youngest of our respective fami-
lies, we aoould quarrel. As one OF
my mothers pensioners, poor old
Bridget Conley used to say, Eve were
tiffn, and tifin', jist all the time, an
could niver be in pace, at all, at all y
At school, united, we were the tor.
ment of our sorely tried teacher, but
auarreled at recess regularly, and
threw defiant notes across the schoo
house.
If Jennie's books were missing, the
blame fell on me, for don't he carr y
them home every night, and back eV-
cry morning 2" she would say.
If my copy was blotted-" if you
please sir Jennie Sellingham pushed
mel
And if the question came, as to
what she was doing OH our side, she
would answer for herself, watching
his awkward writing, sir"
And so it went on, until / left for
boarding school
How well / remember the first va
cation / returned home, feeling
very tall and manly indeed, and with
al as conceited as boarding school
lads usually are. I had any humble:
airs, ready for my meeting with Jen-
ME, and to tell the truth, doubted Sc
riously if she were not, indeed, entire
ly too childish to be noticed by Lat
in student.
Alas for my hopes Jennie had
just left for a celebrated female semi
nary in an adjoining State She had
left thus soon, in order to visit, in
company with her Oldest brother,
some relatives residing on the roRte.
The next vacation spent entirely