Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-31

have been introduced TO great num-
Der OF dolls in my time, but the one that
has impressed me most favorably as an
outsider was and is Qor she Is still In ex-
istence, although torso,) Topsy. Topsy
was never good.looking, nor, | am sorry
to add, even genteel Between ourselves,
and judging from her complexion, I doubt
wether che Is pdr sdRg--strictly European.
In very carly life she met with misfor.
tune that would have detracted from the
most beautiful being incautiously len ON
iootstool by her mother, (for TO nothing
less than TO maternity does her llt,
tic possessor lay claim,) the baby got
hold of her, picked her left eye out in
the profoundest silence, and then
with shricks of triumph threw IL
into the fire. With true feminine instinct,
her parent only seemed to cling the closer
| TO her dishgurod offspring, while the baby
| (her aunt when she came in time to un.
derstand of what criminal proceeding she
had been guilty, not only expressed her
sorrow, but made every reparation in her
power. She bought her another eve, but,
as was pathetically observed, ait was not
like the one She lost !" and indeed IL was
quite different color, and had a habit of
turning right around In the socket and
presenting to the astonished spectator It's
canvas back.
To attire Topsy with splendor was TO
make her deficiencies more palpablc. She
was not intended for high life at all. do
not say when unadorned she was adorned
the most, because, having once intruded
upon her privacy while she was being
Datht"-upon my word, hardly know
how to express myself with sufficient deli
cacy, but the fact Is the absence of clothes
did not improve her. A simple cotton
dress, with a kerchief of sober hue tied
round her neck, so as to conceal where the
head and body Joined, became her best. III
she had no bonnet, it was necessary, before
presenting her to company, to give the
back OF her head q sharp rap against the
moor or table, to prevent her hair falling
on, which was secured TO her head by what
| believe is called tin tack and II was
ten to one that the shock of the opera.
tion turned her loose eye round. How.
ever, when all was made right, her
mother would take her in both arms Just
as Punch holds his baton, and bring her
down to the drawing room with the ut
most pride She was firmly persuaded
that If Topsy was not absolutely beauti.
rul, she was perfect lady Upon this
idea hat and feathers was upon one oc-
casion procured for her; but the incon.
gruity was so glaring-Topsy had always
hitherto looked most respectable, but am
afraid to say what she looked like in all
this finery; very drunk, for one thing
the impropriety was so obvious, that this
head-drcss was at once transferred to her
iirst-cousin, II doll without any originality
or strength of character, but formed to
move in much higher circle, to recine
in the ring of the dolls Hyde Park.
Dear papa, poor Topsy has had another
mistortune-she is so unucky, you know.
Now, don't talk nonsense about fetching
the doctor; and you can't see her, because
she Is obliged to keep her bed. But want
you to take this to the shop, aud get IL re.
paired. It's her leg, poor dear Alice
and | both wanted to nurse her at the
same time, and It came off in my hand"
II was a case of compound commnuted
fracture of the knec-pan, and beyond the
aid of the faculty. But l bought her A
new leg, and then another and then an
arm. AS we humans are said to renew
ourselves entirely and become new crea
lures once in every seven years or so, so
Topsy has scarcely limb left which she
started with from the manufacturers
shop, Yet her mothers affection for her
remains unchanged.-CAdmbers' Journal.