Litchfield enquirer., 1869-03-04
Mtisfellanp.
CORNWALL

MR. ED1ToR:-I guess you folks in Litch- i field ain't much given to settlements, for it appears to me there's been considera-
 ble amount of fuss and featsers wasted on
 the fair correspondent of the SsntinA, late
 ly, We'll, now, there is that pa1 nsife, .nr, 7c.rsu1r Iur U uenI OI smarSn anu
 kuowledpe. and another of her odd ways is. that nobody has been quick enough 70 tell her anything new, or to surprise her 1 in any way. She generally knows t'Fs..a all about it, long before the thing ever nap.
 nens or is ever thought of. Now, l don't
 pride myself on being as smart as MISS Gertrude; but it strikes me she is mighty deficient in her knowledge of what some folks call etiquette. if I understand the
 word rightly, and guess the meaning IS
 the same in all the dictionaries. l hatter CT
 myself have found out her weak point,
 and am sure could teach her thing or
 two in that line that would be very service
 able to her: for she is awful ambitious, and SO dependent on the good opinion o1
 others. that it amounts to real weaknes: d with her. She is mighty polite, however
 and it is only now and then that she al 1ov. won to take advantage of her. It am
 my vay. as general thing, to run dow
 or .buse the eweaker sex. ."and1 shouldn' !. wonder, after ell, if Gertrude wasn't
 7 pretty good sort of a girl in her way oo
 auess she went beyond her depth whe ae she fried her hand on t Woman's Rights 10 10 She can't throw dust in my eyes, for an ana can see that her interests, heaas an
 I.oul. are with the men. It is likely si would have done better, if she hadn't
 her inclinations run ahead of her, eomm' ,.4sl sense; but the poor girl might have mist oprl ken her calling; for it ain't every one VI
 lean write good, fair article for the pap 4 lShe seems friendly disposed to both y a Editors. Now haven't either lof you (
 interest enough in her to try and persua -aa her to {" Lay her pen andipoetry by" devote herself to things more suited to al ox age. and station? She don't seem 'o lAA, musical, but something might be made A4 of that voice of hers. if she would O eH practice 8 little. Then the round danc
 ahe appreciates, and | am sure ther' a. room for; improvement there.ls Last'
 not least, those sUee 6als Kissing gd'
 the ,0ith and without the rope. that were as
 ,sautl only enjoyed by the .Congresahonau ;hdine, but lately have become more general q 'ea is don't doubt but she. lwonld do nIss ras 'nabls a filtration, but Ter game would bs !, ' one one, and she would only play for, me ia] winnings.r can tell lll her. however, experience. that these .lC[ .s Corner [ Lots In % facs not always to be. had for the asking. you at they are miahty apt to depreciase Tn ! !. after they are won. You need not s ' paired. anxious to turn the tables, yonng i. Ct. even if the luck is against ain yon. stl'
 your ",Tea, Toast and Tattling."s ;. : --7T chances are equally diy divided A h and the ..,b much more interesting as 1t tsa stands. ti nll Nov. MT. lditor, if l were in your ' . .'a a euess I wouldn't sit and lett let that iaa ss4aA -sspondent, as she calls heraelf, strlhl fl 0ia me aa she has been doing. tor some August three weeks back; or she VII sDsa .d., oflthink you haven't spirit snopsn ! - lena eadsas nsl 'Y D sPnaau1p5srIscr Isscr P c direo- aas59slsi3sss srItsss s..I4 sal