The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-07
AIR idgct as She Was, ANA Bridget
nS she ES --niH .H r

\ square, solid form, innocent ~ cotscts;
shtck stuff dress, raised high above an.
kles which are shapod for use; stout loath-
er shoes; hands rcd and gloveless; u bon
net of obsolete shape and trimmings; u face
round as the moon from which the red
blood, madc of potatoes and pure air, seems
ready 10 burst; great, houest eyes, always
downcast when addressed by tllpso whO,n
the old country styles "superiors." Such
is Bridget when she first steps from the
deck of the good ship Maria at Castle
| GardGh ,e--. ft4 ID ,,-..t, /, ~. ~
! Bridget goes to "a placc.r The pert
| housemaid filters when she appears, square
aud, wholesomc like a human COW, Bldg
cts ears catch the word "greenhorn," aud
she might as well be a grandmother as to
he only seventeen Bridget looks furiively
At the smart, though cheap dre1s OF the
chambomaid, with its Inevitable timsy
Eruilled skirt an tiusel bltt)ns, all then 1T
jher despised Hb@st dress" which sIo has
been wont to keep so tily for Sundays aud
hol days. sac looks ut The thin, paper
sllal cutters of the criticd housemaid,
and then at her stout, tlcw-lyins brosars.
She looks at her own thick masses of hair.
fastened up with only one idea-to keep
it out Of the way--apd then at the house
maids elaborate parlor Imitation of pun
and braid and cml The view subdaes
her.
She is for tho Grst time ashamed Of her
own thick natural trcsses. She looks, 1T
her own peony cheeks. and contrasts them
with tile siclily but "gentecw pallor of the
houscmaid's, ana gradually it iawns upon
her why they whispered '"grcenhorn'
when she stepped into the Kitchen that
$ first day Bat the honsemaid, oyerpower-
ing as She is to Bridget suffers total eclipse
Wien the lady Of the house sweeps past in
lrul dress. Bridget looks -lnarvcls, adores.
,nd vows to initiate. THAT hair! Those
ljeweIsl THat long trailing skirt and en-
broidercd pettcoat. DID anybody
(oEll Bridget herself in any way reach
= such peifector2 She Diusles to think
that only last night iii her llonIesickncss
she actually longed to milk once more the
Old red COW in the cheriahed farmyard.--
How ridiculous! SHE doubts whether
i that sumptuous lady 'er saw a COW. The
= idea that she, Bridget, had been consented
9 all her life TO have only cones to look al
' her. sa ''se.lis h1y ua
il BY tho wy, why should that curly-hea'l
G ed grocer-boy talk so much To the hous,
d maid, aud never 10 her2 A light dawns on
= her dormant BRAN. She will fix her lair il
Il III, way to catch the grocer boys. She, too
J. will have rutiled skirt to drag through
G the gutter, though she may never owman,
e underclothes. she will have some brass
e ear rings and bracelets aud things, ant
g sone paper-soled boots, with her first wa
= yes; aud as to her bonnet, it is trne, sh'
o CAN afford only one for market and "massi
c for rain and shine; for heat and for cold
t. hut by ST. Patrick, il shall be o fourieeI
e dollar dress hat" anyhow, though shemay
( never own pair Of lnt.ia rubbers or
/ flannel petticoat, or q pockethandkerchiei
1or an nmnbrella!o Just las il this wasn't
IT. free country" bs!aB-ss sd rig 5a,.p,
'f Just as if that spiteful housenaid wa
u going t , have all the grocer boys to her
', self! Bridget will SEQ about that! q lie
! eyes are pretty blue; aid as TO her hair
If it is at least der o1rli; yes, nia'aT 'irttS
y viii be necessary for her; that win saw
4 And SO ihc brdgans and the dark rstnfT
h dress, aud the. thick stockings and shaw
Il Come TO grief; and in two months tim
J ifltsA is written all over Bridget from tn
l. crowi Of her Snowy hat 10 the tips Of lie
c crncifed toes, Squeezed into narrow, pa
e per-soled, fashionable, liighlheeiet gaiters
II And as 10 lrer 'Stq1eriot's,v gracious good
C ness! America il not ireland. nor I2nglah,
l. neither. I'd have y5u to know. fdrl hai
c better Just mention that word in lBiidget'
a hearing aote, and see what viii como of il
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