The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-19
A valentine as is a Valentine. -

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How we happened to overlook the
following Valentine" as Mr. Weller
was pleased to call them, we do no
know. We humbly ask "Molla's" par
don for depriving her of its contents or
the appointed day" but trust that when
she and the "Gineral" make themselves
tower jintly," our carelessness will be
forgiven and forgotten:
Mr. EDIroR:-The following was found
"lying around loose" and not directed
to any post-office; | therefore send it tc
you, that you may advertise or publish
it, so that the owner may call and direct
it to the one for whom it was intended;
Nj deer MoHa:-I Good hardly waite
for Valentines day to cum, | was SC
anxus to rite to u. I've got such a
hankerin arter I that when Sunday
Gums and l kant see those yeler bunnit
strings tide under U'r purity bubble
chin, or them rosa lips that Good kiss a
nifty big place at onct, rush from the
house and lay waste the day with sise
that cum from the bottom of mi hart.
am now follern that noble profeshun
that made CRATE men out of Cincernatus,
and Washington, and Danl Webster, (and
Idont no but twill make CRATE man out
O me, and that is tendin craps Last
yere | had too acers of terbacker and
twenty barrels of slider, with numerous
other garding sarse. I've just ben and
gone and bot bran new pair of steers,
and three yere old Vaughn, sost if we
"make ourselves over jintly," as Capt
Cutie remarks, we shall hev somethin to
start on.
AS the divine samist, Widow Bedot
says, U "kant kalkerlate" the deap op.
preshun . hev made upon mi hart Mi
feelings so pray upon mi spirits that the
big jug is almost emty. The other day,
as | was meanderin about in a forlorn
mauer, | got suddent start that cum a
nigh THROWN me inter spasmodcs
There was suthin about the S or in the
expreshun of the cheeks of a spotted cafi
that reminded me of U'r lovely visage
Il stood and gazd, but tohOO Good pantt
that qaze?" That last sentence is moi
original, but its suthin that Mr.. Shake
spere sed. Did you ever see Mr.. Shake
spere? The last time was ter Cincin
natter, as | was goin by a big house, thai
had about 40 lanterns over the dore,
hern fdlin and drumin inside. l askt g
feller what twas fer, and he sed Shake
spere was playin in the theater there
that night. He also Civ me a newspaper
named Program" and told me to walk
in. 1 didn't kare q darn for the ex
pense, and in | went to a big meetir
bouse chuck full of folks There was q
big dinin room on one side, with table
and chars, and bottles and glasses
There want but one feller in the room
he was strutting about and sWareiI
orfuL Just then another feller cum
in arter has dinner The fust one sang
out: "Come on Mackduff and I'll bt
damd if U don't cry enuff." He ther
drew out sord longern Porters bowie
nife, and was pitcin in brash. l jump
up and hollered out: Put up them frog
stickers! We don't low no cuttin in thi:
ere country. If u want ter fite go in OIL
U'r mussel! Ent 'twa'n mt no use, they
didn't take no notes; but all the othel
fellers looked at me and laft. | ask
one on EN- "what . la6n at? He pint
ed down inter the room where the feller
was ftin and sed, "don't U see ii" ant
then rord agin 1 was gittin purity mat
when, very perlite gentleman, with blue
close on and with a big star on his breast
like wun of Bonapart's Ginerals, slept VI
to me, make a very low bow and sed tina
Mr.. Smith was down at the dore, ant
wanted to see me on very urgent bust
ness Now I no more u q dozen Smith S
and thinks |, I'll see which un It's, anC
what he wants. The man in blew clost
offered me his arm as hansum as if
had Jest ben chose speaker of the house
and he was goin ter conduct me to th'
char. When we got down to the entry
he sed, stay here mint and I'll cal
| Mr.. Smith, and off he went by one of tht
side doris / stade til got frosted, bu
he didn't KUN back; and when l went tt
60 back ter the big room, the felle
woodnt let me. I'd got purity coo
standin at the dore, so 1 thot 'twant bes
to make any row. When l got inte
the street, seen lotof chaps with blew
close on, all lain, and one on 'em SCI
greeny; but when they seen me, the.
were as still as mice, and bowed as per
lite as . plese.
Now, Molla, deer, it wood be unpossi
BILE for words or the CRATE Adam com
pany to express mi Low for .. Just sa
the happy woords, and I'll karry the pal
son down barrel of slider and 2 bushel
of turnups, to git his blessin on on
Union, which will be nifty strong if it
| like the slider. U and Granny can b