Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-02-24

\ NICE GInL-Therei is nothing :: half 50 sweet
in life, F." half so beautiful delightful or so low
able, as a 'nice girl" Not pretty, or a dash
ing, or an elegant girl, but nice girl One OF
those lovely, lively, good-tempered, good-natnr-
ed. swcet-faced. amabe, neat, natty domestic
creatures met with within the sphere of " home.
diflusing around the domestic hearth the influ
cnce Of her goodness, like the essence Of sweet
flowers.
\ nice girl is not the languishing beauty
dawdling on a sofa, and discussing the last
novel or opera the girale-hke creature
sweeping majestically through drawing-room
The nice girl may not even dance or play we'll.
and knows nothing about ''using her eyes. Or
ccquetting with fan. She never languishes ;
she's too active. She is not given to - scnsa-
ton novels" she is too busy. At the opera,
she is not in 'front.' showing her bare shoulders,
hut sits quiet and unoltrusiye-at the back Of
the box. most likely. In fact. il is not often in
such scenes that We discover her. Home Is her
place.
Who rises bctmcs, ana supcrintends the morn
in7 meal? ? Who makes the toast, and the tea.
and buttons the boys shirts, aud waters the
flowers and feeds the chickens, and brightcns up
the paro and sitting room? Is the languiSher,
or the giraffe, the elegant? Not q bit Of it ;
it the nice girl.
Her unaided toilet is made in the shortest pos
sible time, yet how charming it is done, and how
kisses she distributes among the family not pre-
senting n check or brow like "a fine girl,
hut an audible smack, which says plainly. II
love YOU ever much If ever coveted any
: thing. it is one of the nice girls kisses.
Breakfast over, down in the kitchen to see
about dinner and all day long she is mp and
down, always cheerful and lght-hcartcd. She
never ceases to be active and useful until the day
is gone, when she will polka with the boys and
sing old songs and play old tunes to her father
for hours together. She is perfect treasure is
the mice girl When illness comes, it is she
that attends with unwearying patience to the
sick chamber. There is risk no fatigue that
she will not undergo: no sacrifice that she will
not make. She is all love, All devotion. ] have
often thought it would be happiness to he i'll, to
be watched by such loving eyes, and tended by
such fair hands.
LINcoLN's ANxIvERsARY-Thc F}ag. OF the 9TH
Lincoln Birthday has the following pretty apos-
trophe to the dead martyr:-Let the nation be
proud. Let the heart Of Freedom be exultant.-
Let the national flag stream out in all It's victori
ous and untarnshed splendors, for this is the
Birthday of the great and good, and immortal
ABRAHAM LINCOLN the stalwart giant of the
praries who smote the fetters from millions
of poor black people and sent them out of the
land of Egypt walking and lcapng and praising
Con! Glorious OLD ABE as great nation still
love to call him in affection how many rnde and
tatering tongues there are to bless him How
illustriously he died amid the ruins of Phlistia' 5
temple, and how like an immortal he sleeps in
another Mount Vernon May Apollo come up
TINS morning with his quiver laden with golden
arrows, TO glitter in every point of TIE heavens
and make day radiant in its natural splendors
as IT VIII be forever glorious in the Calendar of
Freedom.