Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-01-08
To Correspondents.

from correspondents huiSu iSN"
wered Want of time prevented US from
answering them ere this, and now that we
address ourself to the long deferred task
We fud that for this week at least, We
we can only dispose of few of the most
important The balance shall be attend
ed to hereafter. As they are nearly all !
from Ladies, the questions asked are /
generally concerning such subjects as
poetry, love, courtship and marriage. |
Our attention during the last year has !
been so exclusively devoted to politics,
that we have had but little time to devote
to more genial or inviting subjects
While pursuing Brother Barker and his
deputies with a sharp stick, our avOcation
was but i'll suited for training us how to
weave = garland for the broW of beauty, or
| garner up such information would be in
! teresting to those Angels, minus the wings,
| called women. 1t is therefore likely our
| answers will not always be as full and sat
! isfactUry as could be desired. Our cores
! pondents must take them for what they are
| worth.
LoREHA.-The popular song, Annie
Laurie concerning the history CT which
you inquire, was written about the year
1890, by Scotchman named Douglas, up
Oh Annie, daughter Of Sir Robert Laurie,
first Baronet of Maxwelton, Scotland, at
is painful to record - says the author from
whom we have derived the above stated
facts. q" that notwithstanding the ardent and
chivalrous affection displayed by Mr.. Doug>
las in his poem, he did not obtain the hero
ine for a wife. She was married to Mr.
Furgcson of Craigdarroch-"
The song, as written by Mr. Douglas.
, contains but two verses, and differs slightly
in other respects, from the ballad which OBJ
, tained a world wide reputation during the
Crimean war. We do not know 10 whom
r. It Is indebted for its modern dress. The
e original by Mr.. Douglas is as follows the
song has certainly beer improved. but all
= we think, will agree, that the original Is in
e a stvIe wonderfully cbaste and tender f5I
e the age in which it was written.
= = Maxweltou's banks are bonnie.
Cd Where early fa's the dew;
? Where me and Annie Laurie
Made up the promise true;
, Made up the promise true,
i And never forget viii /
r., And for bonnie Annie Laurie,
4 I'll lay me down and die
Il Her brow Ills ike the snaw drift,
- Her breast tits like the swans;
d She's iimp about the middle:
It Her waist We weel might span
K Her waist We wecl might span,
Sc And she has rolling eye;
Y And for bonnie Annie Laurie,
Sc III lay me down and die"
u DOLLIE-Wants TO know if we wouldu'
+ like an assistant in the discharge of our edi
" torial duties. If 30, her services are at on
D. disposal. She thinks she would be frs
u rate hand at clipping choice extracts fror
Ie our exchanges Dollie, as it appears fror
u your own statement that you are a cjippc,
IS you wouldn't suit Us. s. fare the well. an
re if forever, still forever fare thee well.
h ANANDA-Asks on answer TO the follow
e. ing question = When is a man not 4 man.
Why, of course when his wife wears IL
- breeches.
II JEssE-The following lines are Shake.
Is, pears. They occur in the Tragedy Of il
~ ~ Illus Ceaser,' Brutus in addressing Portfu
e his wife, says:
lie "You are my true and honorable wife,
TX As dear to me as are the ruby drops.
nd That visit my sad heart"
ut AMANDA-Wants to know if small be,
-er is an Intoxicating beverage. Don't kuo,
,ty You must ask Mordecai or brother Bark
1re about that.
,as BLANcH-We advise you to rcmemb
len the advice of the Poet Cowper to young mi
lat ses
g Choose not alone n proper mate,
But proper time time TO marry
ses MAGGIE, in q note says-'I heard yo
ous brother Barker the other day, use the fj
0' lowing language I'll be darncd if I K,
the iUst red cent about literary crickets.
lo- BY golly, they can't prevent NE by til
, &. staggering, from making stump speeches
,,-e d" What did the old Mountebank mean
70 that ?" Why, we presume he intended
no. say literary critics. With this explana ii
i the sentence is as clear as mud.
Other correspondents will be attended
hereafter.
lys,
ing eJ-Certain individuals in this place.
llsi always very indignant when we chance
ime mitch into old Rarl-o- -. - Ill