The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-12-24
A COLD IN HIS HEAD.
Miseries of "Dab Fool" that wouldn't
Blow his ssD0se."
By DIR. @. W. BAGBY.

By dabe is Jodes-Daddle Jodes. j
alb the bost biserable bad udder the sud.
alb eterdslly catching cold; by dose is
everlastingly gubbed up, so that dever
cad talk plaid. l have tried every ting
i'd the world TO prevdt it, but the cold
will cub id spite of be. Subber ad wild
ter, it is all the sabe. breathe through
by bouth frob Jaduary to Decebber,
frob the begidding to the edd of the
year. I've tried Allopathy, Hydropa-
thy, Ho5eopathy, ad Tobsodiadisb; cv-
cry systeb of bedicid, but id vaid. All
kides of teas, drobs, ad old vibbed's
dostruds have bid tried; We swalloweh
edough OF theb to drowd be; butts do
use. Dothing udder heaved cad keep
my feet warb, dothidg keep be from
catching cold.
ab dot rich, alb dot poor; but had
rather be beggar, ad orgad orders
bldkey, the beadest thig you could
e-adythig-raLher thad be bad
with stopped-up.dose. an very fod
of wlbbed's society, but 1 dare dot so
idto cubpady; peoble are too polite to
evidce disgust, but ebery body becubs
udezy wnedever vedture dear theb.--
| wad't to barry but doboddy will have
be with by doze-dever dever. alb
idcodceivably unhappy!
Sub years ago | fell i'd love with a
charb,g girl. Her father was bad of
beads, ad she was the bost widding lit
! tie dubsel id de world. Ad she alods
| of all the world seeded dot to bide by
| bisfortude. Ad loved her with a love
of udibadgidable intedsity; every atob
of by beg adoreG her | deter bided to
seredade her. Accordingly l shut by
self up id by roob ad waited a log tibe,
udtil by doze got albost edtireiy well.
| At last wud tids Autub dight, ved-
tured forth, wrapped up to the eyes ID
| cloaks, over-coats, shawls, hadkcrchiets,
ad what dot; Cd by feet wore the thick
est kide of CUB shoes. A bad of busi-
ciads wedt alog with ME. Twas after
eleved O'Clock whed we reached her
residedce in fashiodable ad retired
street. After the bad had played dub
Der of fide tudes, edongh, l thonght tc
have walked her, ordered tkeb to stop
80 that blight sig. had studied sew
eral sogs, ell bore or less sedtlbedtal &C
beladcholy, udtil thought l was per
pect. But do sooner had l pulled tn,
hadkerchief off by dose ad bouth thad
had caught cold. l cobbedced,
''IWaS ted O'CLOCK Wuu DOOdllght d1gnt;'
it sounded very badly, SO thought
would try
"whed twilight dews are fallig FAST"
but that was albost as bad as the frat
But had cub there to sig, ad sig bust
So l sug at the top OF by voice.
"Cub, oh cub with be,
The hood is beamig;
Cub, oh cub ith be,
| The stars are glesbig,
! And all around, above,
| WITH beauty teabig:
Boodlight hours are beet for love
Ira la lala la, and so forth"
While was goijg on with "Ira la la
Ia la" codgratulatig byself hedtally
upod by success. yug fellow livid9 IL
the badsiod adjoidig by sweetheart
threw up widow and shouted, "Blo,
your dose, you dab fool bloao your dofe !!
Ad all the bad OF busiciads laughed lei
ad udteeligly. Fadcy by feelidgs !
Shakig by cledched fiat at the yu
, acoudrel id the widdo ", adathebatize
} hib with the bost awful ibbrecatiods
, could thidk of, udbIdeful who bigh
y hear or who blight dot, OF the iddeced
and udfeelig busiciads took do iurthe
9 dotice thad to hurl theb their pay upo
! the groud. Then barched hobe ad re
tired to by apartbedt, frob which ! di
dot eberge for budths.