The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-12-29
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Tire iikess0Af Fabaslr atenuel in E@home
ofhik espeeAkls,ekterior "a young. lady,
the IrateJafr heypefher, and the joy of hsr
respect al 'attpaeRvaI sracsfdf, sna aeeoia.
| 'piished agifl; q 3houshs yeunsi Mr..
t'.-+s, to whom shat Isl engaged. andawho,.
lpeklng ias herS With the eye q, ri loYer;couqd ouqd
q bsHe dSSsss ns B|sRsa s i Jsset sss ot sa
impcrfecsioh, rwhiehH Hwass said to amhf the
ssynmetryiiof, tiseni6therwispo perfect .torm..
Mature had given hepa pair pf.. wonderfully
s%al 81 iset sut slteRpgh, ip lsRgth thfy were
I'they were just d1sstN taIf BrSaalir4 psr1pora
tion to theiu osisssd df}ib,dorathisali
sight OF NasnFe s,tbey Mould ,l.age, ,lssp itbe
mpst raylshing ReiE of little. feet that ever
tWlnkled bepe9fh a petticoal The goung
lady Often sigiiBR W The etbootfnaker took the'
measureaof shehgsant Thought how she
night shaKe daazled tAsIOy OyoFld, and ,yhyr
adorer particularly, III had Mature been q little
less liberal Sic 'adRS9pted Variety Of expe
dlents In order to pinch and squeeze those
urePellidus iittlentoes5 into a,pnpcr attitude
:, Lake ak Cinderellasasst@s she d,her best to
crush lhem l INTO ..the glass slipper, but the
wicked iairy always. put. the screw on and
? punished her sorely for tile attempt.' In
short her feet gave fher orest asyniglr or
| Say day Shewas abaskto tbesnafried, and IN,
SSi;h SiST o. snaE sEspt. sps rssplSed to make
ga few months aSssBah assGB sahe 44igsga al eminent
surgeon OF theheisy, ana made proposal,
Whlch caused the practitioner to shudder. He
az once refused to accede to her strange re-
quest, and there qthe matter dropped fbr a.
time. More Recently the Young lady renewed
/ herlproposito pressing her firm ideterm,
nation to haaye it carried out, and SO persis,
tently did she cling to her resolution that
the doctor was xf'ilaatf az laastf pfrRevailed pfrRe mon to
comply withii&DD wisho 4 This, was nothing
Iless lhap the.apRHtatign of ,tbesmall toe Of
each each t92tt, which,Youla reduce the number
TO size exactly Pfopbrtiofed to its length
The operation was ole demauaing thepieest
skill on the part of the surgeon, and a few 4
days sineetgas successfully performed, with
the consent of her relatives and friends The
Obnoxious taes have beeesnn1 extracted iust ike
teeth, leaving tLe FEET somewhat disRgured
for a tlmeg gbuu suited to fit into the smallest
/ and dalntlesti little ,b9pt1that can,be, FASH
Young a ng'l hs}yf }ygfFi IS nSv sSl IN IN BED waiting
patiently for the wodhd 70 heal The opef,
ation has caused herda pang,f perhaps, but
only think what,she has gained byitl Two
email tannttaastis lntas toesy Many q, victor has
nyed 1Yyed long, honored and happy, with
one foot iii sthe grave! This Courageous
little heTbinoahas achieved victdry which
Observation-Disclosures will tdelighf,to honor,
ana she can an now % walk abroad, in muddy
less she is aching FOR the nekt evening party
1wliere heplittiG idor iwilktb6 exhibited as d
OF sfthvcr natussea She, has boldly |
nut into practice the Scriptural precept, IF |
thy small toe offend thee. .cut- it off,
" The two little offenders should be buried
with great pomp and cetffsehohy' IN III ffie back
yard. Peace ltoitheir ashes and may corns
rp5ess lighilyiAaS tile survivors. Chicago
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