Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-05-12
An Editors woains.

If choolboys are the most cru.
el of all earthly creatures TO home
less dogs, drunken men and 9TH
er helpless objects Of their torment,
it is equally true that schoolgirls
know not what 1t is to feel rever.
ence for a raw and bashful profes.
sor, a lank editor, or any other
stately challenger of universal re-
speet. This, at least, must be the
final and severe conviction Of a
country journalist recently visiting
indianapolis, and there enduring
such irreyerence az the profession
al pen splutters Indignantly to
write. This journalist, whose per.
sonal beauty aud dignified simplio-
ity Of character are somewhat sim
liar to those of Nr. Greeley in his
younger days, improved his stay
at the capital Of Indiana by making
several calls at a popular female
seminary Of that city where taught
q certain attractive middle-aged Ia.
dy, whose love he was anxious to
place upon the list of his exchang-
es. His negotiations to that end
were fairly successful, and lie went
tn make the last call, before lcay-
ing the city, with such a sense Of
increased intellectual dignity as on
lv a successful editor can knoF.---
Just missing, in his lofty abstrac-
ton, the enormity Of saying "ten
cents a line" in response TO the ser.
vents inquiry for his card, be was
shown into the reception room of
the seminary, there to await the
coming down of her to whom he
would give revised proof of his adj
miration, and ask to follow copy Of
her picture given him. While he
sat there he was naturally startled
by the opening of the door about
every other minute, the intrusion
of chignoned young head, and
such innocent remarks as, "Oh!I /
didn't know there was any one
here" ''Really! l thought it was
Miss Simmons. Excuse me, /
thought the room was empty,"&o.
One or two of these little address
es would have been delightful but
half an hour of them made the uh-
happy man mediate such an es-
say upon frivolous young women
for his next issue as would have
made the Saturday Re0fsto die Of
envy. At last, however, his ex-
pected lady came to the rescue,
and in the sunshine of her sympa-
thetic presence he forgot the pre-
vious malice of her reptile cotem-
poraries. When the hour of part.
ing came, the lady brought him his
overcoat and hat from the hall,
and, as he looked at them, In aW-
ful smile gave ghastly counterfeit
mirth upon his intellectual features.
The coat was turned inside out,
and the lining it so sewed to-
gether in various places that right.
ing of it was impossible. The
crown of the hat had been burned
out, and around the brim were
stuck as many pins as ever brist-
led in an old maids cushion. The
editor wished that his tongue could
utter the thoughts that arose in
him; but, as there was a lady pres
ent, he merely took the coat over
one arm and the hat under the 9TH
er, and fed through the hall, under
a wild chorus of "tehees," from a
whole staircase full of the most
heartless young creatures that ev-
er giggled at the embarrassment of
genius. There must be many a fu-
ture divorce among such young
women as those, and utter forget
fulness of what befel the youthful
scofers at Elisha.