Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-05-24
California Gcssip.---No. 4.

I
"out of date p FL Dorado philosophy soon
brought me round quite comfortabIe-eyen
suggesting quiet laugh in my (old-fash-
ioned) sleeve as I gradually took in the
imposing and often embarrassing amplitude
of the then fashionable Grundy. Such
breadth of hoop-such trailing length of
skirt-such aspiring hight of head gear
really these departed glories ought to be
preserved in a fearful and wonderful "wax
fgger of the period" In this modern Ar
cadia we can if we choose wear last years
bonnet, cloak or hat with a good-as-my-
neighbor air; and in the interests of econ
omy one may even venture forth with q
date still more antique written plainly on
well preserved go-to-meetin' clothes, with
no risk of finding the good l-dressed-up"
feeling disturbed by rude or offensive scru-
tiny.
\ silly girl Or two may raise a saucy eye
brow and whisper to her chum that "Some-
body has just stepped out of Noah's Ark"
but as a general rule the girlish fun will
never be allowed to mar the serenity of
Somebody"
All through the trial of trails l walked
in freedom; nobody took it to heart" or
limited even by look that I ought to drag
my dresses to please trailing public.
But to the longtime homesick and joy
on, home-going California woman. your
gossiping, scandal loving Grundy is the
most hideous, unrelenting Gorgon that ey-
/ err tortured human hearts with AFFECT fear
In these former years the expense and
time necessary for the journey rendered it
impossible for husbands and wives to take
the trip together Women suffered most
from homcsickness, and the hopeless dis
lance often lay like a grieyous weight upon
loving hearts. So it was often-"Go my
wife and look once again upon scenes and
faces SO dear to- you. Cure this sad heart
ache and come back content" And thi,
was the invariable rule--Hey came Jacl
r5ateut.
Lips hitherto tremulous with yearnine
affection came back frm-set in stern re.
solve never to 90 again where busy gossip:
+ are so ready with their sncer at 'Californis
/ Widows \ very contemplate, common
place udeness, is it not? Yet the sharp
sure sting of it has cured many a homesicl
soul with a cure 50 radical it suffered NJ
danger Of relapse. The bitter injustice o
this covert insult is apparent when one re
members. that there is no conventional ba
upon the woman who goes short distauc
alone or with her children to visit tn
Gathers house, But when the BRAY
F. California woman took her life in he
hand, enduring the peril and hardship 0
= crossing two oceans at such expense tina
her way must almost be paved with dol
= lars-she, forsooth, must be Knocked at b
cold-blooded gossip, as Grass Widow,
e and hardly can the affection of her neares
and dearest prevent the hurt from hurting
One author has said-"The people of tn
, Golden State are warm and demonstrativt
: One Of them going back to the East IS SUI
\ prised at the general GOODNESS and formali
0 ty. He fancies that his old friends hay
n never thawed out from the freezing thei
fathers got on Plymouth rock. Accordin
to Emerson, great cities take the nonsens
n out of Us. So does frontier life. 1t teachC
= practical sagacity, rare Judgment of meI
i quick detection of shams, ready weighin
: Of a strangers capacity, and generous tru.
S in the trustworthy
A righteous verdict in which "all whoI
it may concern" will concur.
d Our social life, like our people. Is som,
what mixed and various" Wehave bee
overdone and underdone by observal
Eastern visitors, each one probably an,
ious to make the most and the best of VIII
q he saw. But what could he see? VIII
does any one see who goes for little Wis
to his new neighbours house? Certain su
y, face indications Of character and name
Il are easily made out but whether there
u more of sunshine or storm in the domest
: atmosphere-whether the skeleton in Il
Il closet IS little or big, will remain forsom
8. time yet profound mystery. The touris
l. who put us in books may of course with Il
3, wealthy and fashionable tip-top of ci
g life, who toll not, neither do they spin
y yet Solomon in all his glory was not ARA
d ed like one Of these And all the hints
|. have seen in reference to California socie
!, have been given from this point of visio
l. whose glamor of splendid, reckless extra
d agance has completely hidden the sob
d back ground, filled with common-pla
J. lives and labors, and social en0ymen
q suited to these more humble spheres. Ju
# now l suppose our recreations are very sill
n liar to those in vogue among yourselvt
n except-as in all new States-dancil
n Stands at the head of popular favor al
n supplements nearly everything else of a g
-, and festive nature. Even Methodist chur
. festivals have sometimes finished of
II with dance-the young folks would ha
it and who shall decide whether ri
- cake, grab bag or a quadrille is the bett
- morality? More than a year ago I W
I" invited to 4 Tin wedding" and found tn
10 card playing facilities had been provid
% for the guests.
~ \ brigLteyed young lady just "ou
nc from the State of New York shuffled /
CT pasteboards with all the skill of yetera
u and when | expressed surprise that far
~ cr's daughter should excel in such an a
Is she gave me the look that Young Amer
=. casts upon old fossils, and declared, "W
iii we have cards everywhere now-I C
Is hardly remember an evening party withC
w them. Is it possible you don't know h
is to play?"
TX, Our festivals, surprise parties, christn
as trees, glorious fourths, singing jubile
RS etc, are so like your own as to require
ge special description,
IS. Musical conventions are of recentgrov
IN, and will, l hope, multiply and prosl
Is. gloriously.
en- WOman's suffrage associations are also
nd cidedly modern, the majority dating BIZ
nv to the Anne Dickinson advent, Ammo Do
mo mi eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. FIR
81 all accounts they spread and flourish lik
IA green bay tree, and the end thereof is
. . within the scope of prophetic vision.
H. Just here have the greatest dificu
~ in restraining my pen from tilt at
- woman question. Ifyou particularly n,
a. any little sermon from that text, just
az me knows
mo As May day approaches we hear of /
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