Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-22
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1 Areporter of the Philadelphia Press,
q who has been visiting the Blocksley
i Aims House in that city, tells the fol-
lowing story: i7af liR5s,li i.fvcfa 9.sia .rIa
2 ga gentleman and his wife were re-
turning from their wee ding tour, which
: had occupied year, .. Before leaving
Il for home Massachusetts, they determin-
q ed to visit our Aims House. When they
entered the infants ward, the wife said
!, to the husbands: "Do look at that child
did you ever such resemblance to our
baby?" "Well, it does look like our
baby" answered the husband. There
upon they called in their nurse. with
their three months old baby, and the
Y pauper's child was placed by the side of
q it, when the likeness struck them all as
: most singular. The young mother whis-
Z pered something to her husband. '.Non-
sense,1 was the reply: "Oh, but I will r. !"
: she exclaimed. oa "Why, my dearq"
/, "Now, George" she urged, remember,
you said you would not deny me any
4 thing" "Well, well. have your own
way" responded the indulgent hus-
!, band. - + ~ .o.,.s,, e, -. -. ~, -.
i Thereupon he turned to the pauper
mother, and asked,I"will you part with
! your child 2"e The poor woman looked
! frightened at the question, replying
+ "No, no, no.! But consider L will take
it tola good home and bring it up as my
own! You are poorAI am rich. This
child will bea burden to you-to me it
will be a pleasure. 1 will give fifty
dollars for it." The poor woman looked
: credulous--hesitated a moment, and
I then. burst into tears as she handed her
child to the sweet looking lady, who
was bidding so earnestly for it. The
! amiable husband paid the money, the
baby was wrapped in a large shawl, the
mother kissed it convulsively, and the
party passed out of the room When
taking leave of the superintendent; she
:. laughingly said: IL wrote to mother
? that had a baby; but won't she be sur
prised beyond everything when she
makes the discovery that have twins !'
: aG-tle ga z Sc My lSear.'' e9'oY ul..
!, There are, as all know who indulge in
the luxury of letter writing, infinite va.
rieties of beginning and ending letter
There is the plain Sir" formal, official,
business-like, sometimes stern, When.
Secretary of State addresses foreign
, minister, it is "Sir." p, When a man
sends a challengeit is "Sir." If a mer-
chant RENTS to a correspondent abroad,
it is " SIR If an insulting letter, with
in the bounds of decorum, is writ
r ten,i it is "Sir"-and all such letters end
or ought to end with "your obedient SER
u want" Descending a step from the
rigid region, we come to RESPECTED
Sir" which only interiors use-and to
the "Dear SIR an adjective mildly
softening the stern noun substantive.
"Dear'' don't mean excessive affection,
, for we have known very disagreeable
missiyes come with this prefix. But
when a correspondent says my Dear
Sir" he is thawing and does mean
something. He then gets into the ge-
g nial region of sincerely, yours" and
j faithfully yours" But when he is .abso-
3 lutely melted and means his soul to flow
in a soft current of affection. it is "My
Dear Mr.. So and So'' and every truly
yours" There is no mistaking the re-
lations then. Dear-very dear friends
only write thus. These ideas occur to
I our mind in reading General Meade's
(. letter to Mr.. Forney, "My Dear Mr..
; Forney,"i ostentatiously published in
day before yesterdays Press.-PAizadez-
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