Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-04-11
An Episode in Soldiers Life.

A correspondent with the Tennessee Ex-
petition, sends back the following sketch of
how good-Iooking young Lieutenant fell in
love with a Dixie girl :"#. a.... a
While the boat was lying at Patriot,
town about twenty miles below here, many
Of the passengers went on shore and strolcd
through the streets, as is usual in such cases.
Among these was Lieut. Tidrick of Company
G. 3D. Iowa, who is something of an adnirpr
Of the gentler sex. During his walk he no.
ticed the door Of house standing open, and
a beautiful young lady, the daughter of Il
man who owns seventy negroes, in the door
way. The Lieutenant became suddenly
weary and invited himself to rest awhile, to
which the young lady made no objection,
but appeared to be highly pleased with the
attention shown her by the handsome Lin
colnite. .4 Hl eI b.. f@@ . f..
Their conversation embraced a variety of
topics, the tcte-a-tete was delightful to both
parties, and no one knows what would have
been the result oft ladnot the Iatan's bell just
then interrupted the lovers, for they had al
ready become such, and warned them they
must part, for time, at any rate. As the
Lieutenant was taking a sorrowful leave of
his new friend, she asked him sobbingly
whittier the army was going. ITO New Or
leans,' replied he. 81 have friends there;
won't you have them spared ior my sakc2"
Most certainly, Miss =; there, don't cry
but you must write your name on this blank
card (handing her one), so that can show it
to your friends aud let them know have
seen you" Yes" said she, :" would do
| that, but--but--I never went to school and
have never been taught to write. | shouldn't
wonder If could spell it ont for your lid
rick has been on the sick list ever since. ..
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GRAIN PROSPECTS. The New York World,
in recent article, sums up the wants of Eu-
rope in grain to feed the people till next har
vest. From this it appears that notwith-
standing the immense shipments of grain to
| Europe from this country, England still nee Is
about 40, 900, 900 bushels to supply her exist
| ing deficiency, while France on the lst OF
February needed S,000,0 900 bushels to car
ry her through the spring and summer
| And such is the wide spread deficiency re
sulting from the last European harvest that
were England and France out Of the ques-
ton, the Gcmand from other countries would
| probably overtaX all our commercial facilities
| for shipments.
| These figures say nothing Of the coarser
! grains, for which also there is an immense
demand, and high British authority says,
" America is ovcrdonc with Indian cora, = :
and so truly great a blessing will do much
for our further supplies" .--.--,
/ From this resume, which is apparently a
truthful one, there is every reason to expect
| high prices of grain the coming season, cs-
| pecially as the signs of the times appear to
| Indicate the early raising Of the river bloc
ade, giving us access by water to the mar
kets of the world, and freeing US from the
railroad monopoly which has cramycd the
interests Of the West for the year
POLITENEss. is nothing more diff
cult to maintain, or necessary to possess, than
| perfect good breeding, which is equally in
consistent with stiff formality, an mpcrti-
4 nent tforwardness, and awkward bashfulncss.
A little ceremony is sometimes necessary a
certain degree of iirmness is absolutely so,
and an awkward modesty is extremely un,
becoming. In mixed companies, whoever is
admitted to take part in them, is for the time
at least, supposed to be upon a footing OF
equality with the rest, and, consequently,
every one claims, and very justly, every mark
ofcivity and good breeding Ease is ai!!o,;a,1, 81,
but carelessn' SIS and negligence are strictly
forbidden. There is nothing so little forgiven
as seeming inattention to the person who is
speaking to You. We have seen many peo-
pie, who while you are speaking to them, in
stead of looking at and attending to you, fix
their eyes upon the ceiling or some other part
Of the room, look out at the window. lift a
book or newspaper, and read it. Nothing
discovers little, futile, fri, olons mind more
than this, and nothing is so extensively i'll.
bred. BE sure that the profoundest learning
4 without good-breeding, is unwelcome and
tiresome pedantry. Aman who is not well.
bred is unfit TO- good society, and is unwel
come in it. Make. then, good d-brcedng the
great object Of your thoughts and actions :
i Observe carefully the behavior and manner
of those ewho are distinguished by their good
breeding. Initiate and cndcavor to excel
that you may at least equal them. Observ.
\ how it adorns merit, and how often 1t c6scrs
the want Of it.
THE Cleveland Plaa Dealer gives the la
test definition Of the much noted Initials g r
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