The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-19
PERSONAL.

what they Are, and Wbat They May Lead TO.
The newspaper is q household Kaleidoscope
showing day by day the combining and dis
solving visions of life about town. Each one
finds in it what he or she has the wish and the
power to see. The anxious trader notes the ups
and downs of prices, and his wife of marriages,
deaths, and butter. The cute wirepuller chuckles
to see how adroitly his leading strings are
handled near election day, and the young miss
delights in the news of toilettes andamusements.
Yet the column which of all others proves most
absorbing is that headed Personal" 1t is so
gossipy, tells odd things so innocently, and
gives such good data for guessing how other
folks are living, that VIC confess, for our own
part to takiug big interest in it, Having had
the curiosity lately to glance over the Personals
of the Ledger, the Herald, and the Nep York
Sunday Mercury, each peculiar in this line, our
readers shall have some of the experiences
gained.
Here are a couple of items taken from one
paper, the like of which occur often, and give a
good insight into the ambitions of boy life;-
T EFT SCHOOL ON THE - INSTANT--A
Boy, 13 years old. Had on brown mixed suit, dark
ton that viii lead to his recovery viii be rewarded at No.
street, Philadelphia.
T EFT THEIR HOMES IN TRENTON, ON
Is s lad fpa Sn dark ooc ssd
had marked hand Any information of their
stree Trenton 4s f''0''" " ''r
The first boy can easily be conjectured to be
an admirer of those famous strolers, Jack the
Sailor Boy, Robinson Crusoe and Rodericll
Random: and like young Roderick, he has
packed his little bundle, thrown it over his
shoulder, and set out on long tramp to see the
wonders of his country. Sleeping under hedge
or on a haystack with the stars and moon
~,
but a strong after-twinge' of the ''rheumatics
feels scarcely so jolly. The other lads, no doubt
have vowed together to run away to sea- have
cribbed in secrecy some of their old clothes, q
lot of cold meat and bread and by each others
aid having got themselves tattooed on arms and
bodies with all sorts of ''injun ink" figures till
they look as heathenish as they feel, have set
out to trudge most likely to this city, and in
all probability may find their romance drizzling
out in an oyster smack.
Such youngsters too often have their heads
full of romantic fances that have nothing to
match them in life, and tug hard at the restraints
! of the good mothers apron strings. Be patient,
boys, and get all the happiness possible out OF
home life; the time may be soon enough of itself
| when you will have nothing of it with you but
recollections. See how, when the time comes
for the young swallows to fly, the old birds push
| them off the roof of the homestead that they
may learn to use their wings by futtering in the
| air; and be sure the time of bearing your share
of the worlds work will come fast enough.
Then there is species of notices for goods
that have unaccountabiy strayed away, of which
| class few driblets are almost always in print
! They may be pretty accurately sorted into two
! general heads-one puts on the UirtuOus indigRdn
! tone, and trusts by loud talk to bring the un
known offender to his or her knees, like this:-
| THE PERSON WHO TOOK MY COLI
Spect9Siief of the table of my back room on Erda
| return them and spare their character Mrs. -.
The other phllosophically strikes the blanc
| persudsiUe key and offers an inducement mort
pleasant yet fully as effective as Paddy's pitch
fork argument with the bull in his garden-
| IF THE PARTY WHO, IN MISTAKE, TOOF
| a Basket from the - Hotel foot of - street OF
Friday. October returns it and contents - Mr. -
| questions asked.
AS human nature averages, ''mine host" will b
| apt to get more good ont of his advertisement
| than the old lady.
| Another piquant class of notices almost mono
| police the personals of the New York Journals
although we are glad to say, scarcely repre-
sented in Philadelphia papers. Those who ar
fond of cracking hard nuts may try their teetl
! on these:--
| pig INDIAN PINES FOR HIS LITTLI
| ~ sQUAW her silence worries him
YIN THE RAIN, SATURDAY NIGHT LATE
root fOt Of Third avenue car in the BDwe stanto
| dress TO NIL DESP, box ali Herald office.
| A lbs. WARM WEATHER. KEEl
A TRUE FRIEND"-HARDWARE
a can serve You, command in person or by lette
at y o'clock this 9th of October Why away SO
| hour Nhhed D-S
SSTlLL WATER,"-SIXTH AVENUE, IN
l e0Stead OF east side, at four. "QUIETNEsS."
All, however, are not quite so puzzling t
general readers Here are a couple which seer
to tell plain story the respective parties ca