The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-01-31

Simmons was here when 1t came, and
went down with me to look at it. She
said all those little pigs running about on
the teapot and everything were sweet and
very appropriate. thought perhaps she
had reference to your business, so l told
her they weren't pigs at all; that the
wild boar occupied conspicuous place
IN the old country heraldry, and had been
the crest of your family ever since the
Conquest She asked me what Conquest,
and | told her l didn't know. She said
it must have been the Porcne War, and
told her quite likely. She asked me
the meaning of " Salre LGrdanl," for
Mrs. Fitz Simmons don't understand d
Latin as well as she docs French, and |
told her it signiGed that Discretion was
the better part of valor;" which she
thought was very pretty motto, and
very suitable to any body in the mercar-
tile line. Her husbands lawyer, but
he don't make a quarter the money YOU
do, SO we've very good reasons for being
fricnds-she likes my money, aud | like
her influence and il she says impertinent
things, once and a while, have my little
reveuges.
But if don't get about my list, I'll
never get all the names down Mrs.
Fitz Simmons says, if want to make my
self popular, and have my parties sue
cessful, | lnust have perfect suppers and
plenty of wine. The music must be good,
but the wiue must be better-that the
young men who give life and spirit to
such occasions only ask plenty to eat and
drink, and music to dance BY, and girls
to dance with, to be satisfed-if they are
treated well in these respects, they'll
praise me and come again. Very modest
of 'em :? Don't talk about modesty,
Rasher, if you don't want to be ridicu-
lous. Mrs. Clarence Cornell says it's
immodest to talk about things being
immodest, for, if we were all as pure as
we ought to be, everything would be pure
to US, which is the reason The very most
respectable ladies can dress and behave
as they do, which seems to me to be very
good reasoning, indeed, and | hope you
wont be going and making fool and a
bad man of yourself, and proving your
self to be full of evil thoughts, by being
prudish about matters that all fashionable
people know are proper. You're suited,
if the women are What's that tackled up
against those books, like notice of a
sheriff's sale against wall ? Read it and
see
WANTED. A Goyerness, for two full grown
people, who, having suddenly become wealthy
enough to purchase library, want some
body to xplain it to them. She must under
stand the history of Grease, French, Hog
Latin and Politeness, and be capable of CIV
ing the butler orders when the lady of the
house is up stump. Celery satisfacto-
ry.
Now, Rasher. that's your handwriting
and your spelling too: how long has it
been up there? That friend of Mrs
Cerulean's was here to.Gay, that literary
gentleman, that she thinks such lion.
What's that? see-lion, you guess, by tie
way she shows him up as if he were at
Barnum's. Oh, hush, lie was here this
very afternoon, looking at the books, and
| know now what he was laughing at,
though he pretended it was something
else. IF ycu will play practical jokes,
play 'em on somebody besides me Oh,
you needn't so to hugging me like a
pear; that's a certain sigu you feel
guilty.
Well, Cerintha, the party's over The
buffers putting away the things, and
there's plateful of grease on the dining
roolu carpet, saw this mo- ming, when |
went III to take cup of tea to clear off
my headache. had your and Felicias
breakfast sent to your bed, for [ knew
you wouldn't want to get up till noon.
It's twelve Eow, aud | couldn't wait any
longer to come in aud talk over the af-
fair Did you enjoy yourselves, girls, as
well as you expected? | think it was
splendid affair. Ifit hadn't been for that
accident, which really made your father
angry, and if it hadn't been for two or
thlee things he would say, and his atroc-
ious puns, | should think the party was
great success. Mrs. Fitz Simmons
congratulated me before size went away.
She said she hadn't been to a party this
season that cost so much-the supper
was exquisite-aud who furnished the
liquors You know | didn't let your
father see my dress until | was all ready
for the evening, and then let him in my
chamber to get his opinion. He said |
looked as nice as if Id been fed
What did you say? You think it wasn't
exactly in good taste for the hostess to
be dressed SO much-H0gcnta velvet and
white plumes? Why didn't you say SO
before, then, and would have altered
my style? You danced better than any
girl in the rooms, and Felicia looked the
pretticst. And l don't think you need
to be ashamed of your mother last night,
Girls. Everybody was complimentino