Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-01

tioo for weeks before and subject Tor
talk for weeks amer; their schoo; feasts,
where the pet parson of the district comes
out with his best anecdotes, and makes
mild jokes 81 long distance from Sidney
Smith; their periodical missionary meet
inep, where they have great guns from
Loudon, and where they hear uactuous
u1esies about the saintliness OF converted
csanibals. and are required to believe
N NE power Of . change Of faith to pro-
ducs sn chronological miracle; they have
thsr ffiends to stay with them-school,
gid triends with whom they excbahge
dep condolences, and 60 back over the
old days--so old to their youth! and their
brothers come down in summer, their
bro.hers' friends come with them, and aS
. llttle spooning In the shrubberY. But
thsfe is more spooning done at picnics
than anywhere else; and more offers are
made there under the shadow Of the old
fuln, or in a 9uiet leafy hook by the river
side; tram ~ any oshef gathering time of
the country. And as we are all TO q cer-
tain sxtsat Whist We ere made, these pleas>
urss being Tie oily ones known to them,
shs doves take to them quite kindly aud
gseasfully, and enjoy themselves in sims
plicity OF circumstances which would
give no pleasure ct, all to girls accustomed
somore highly spiced entertainments.
Doves know very little ofevil. They
ase not in the way Of learning Il; and they
do not care to learn 1t. The few villagers
Who are supposed to lead i'll lives are
spoken Of below the breath, aud carefully
sseided without being critically studied.
When the railway 10 carried down past
their quiet nest, there is an immense ex-
eitsment as the report goes that a knot of
strange men have been seen scattering
themselves over the fields with their little
white flags and theodolites, the measuring
lines and levels. But when the army Of
nayyies follows after, the excitement is
changed to ccnstefnation, and a general
sense of evil brooding over them. The
clergy OF the district organize special ser
vices, and tho scared doves keep away
frsm the place where the navvies are hut>
ted. They are little better than the saw
agee, the deputation tell them about twice
. year. and create almost - much terror
- - encampment Of gipsiss. They rep>
resent the iawless force Of the world, and
the unknow evil Of strong men; and the
widest stories about then, 10 not too wild
To be believed. Tho railway altogether a
great offence to the neighborhood, and the
line is assumed to destroy the whole scen-
ic beauty Of the place. There are lamen-
tstionsove the cockneys it will bring
down, over the high prices II viii create,
tie immortality II will cause. Only the
sons who are out in the world. and have
learnt how life goes on out side OF the
dove cot, advopate keeping pace with the
times, and few of the strong minded of
the doves listen to them with timid ad-
miration of their breadth anu boldness,
and think there may be two sides to the
question alter all. ~ When the dashing
csptain and his fast wifs appear In the
villages often happens in these remote
district-the doves are In q state Of great
moral complexion. They are scandalized
at Mrs HighHyer's costume and complex
ion, and think her manners odd and
doubtful; her slang shocks them; and
when they meet in the lane, trailing yards
of silk behind her in the mud, talking so
loudly with that horrid little man, they
feel a. 1uttersd a. their namesakes.