Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-08
Alexandra Gazette


\ writer in Cassells Magazine thinks the art
o writing love letters is lost. Nowadays we
correspond or exchange friendly communi
cations, but We don't write love letters We
.all t. We are too businesS-like for it, There is Z
lavor OF AL complaints to be addressed to the
secretary, and Please quote this number il
yo,r reply in our best amatory missives and
lhay mainly acquire their distinctive character
lr being $ithout margin. We are too cynl
,..ntimen, in the face, much less TO make any
deliberate record on Us existence IN black ana
white We are also 4 Ii tie too cautious, 1t would
h h,rrble to lncome a s, ,rce vi amusement to
the Jury. " Our letters accorrcngly are written
with an eve to the hccontising of Sci lseant bnzfuz'
and precious things OF course thcyare. Inc over
age packet Of them returned nowadays a1ser i
quarrel, or locked up after marriage, Is at 'eal
hut kind Of withered apple. hardly worth the
trouble of preserving. y poor tale OF appoint
ncn for seven o Sundays. aud of inquiries Tor
missing umbrellas-age can give them no mel
lnwncss, and fading ink no poetry. And the
worst are often those that make pretention to
tenderness. The force of weakness can no far.
thcr 90 than in the documentary evidence
,"inctimcs cited in the breach OF promise cases,
a~ proofs of the warmth of the defendant AZ.
iachment Welcome. thrice welcome the formal
Madam. your obedient servant before the
,lctestahle Ever your l.ovey Dovey.
: : The only good modern love-letter
the present writer remembers to have seen was
one he wrote himself: This may seem like van
ity, but it is not So. The letter was the COM
position Of another person, L bricklayer, who
having to mend i copper in acertaln house.
asked the writer, who happened to be at home
for the holidays, whether he would mind do
ing a bit of writing" for him. as it was some
time since he had handled a pen. The writer
assented The brickayer produced a sheet Of
toolscap from the interior of his hat. The
writer, fetching ruler from the library, cover
I'd the paper with even lines The brickayer
with premonitory tap of his trowel dictated
Miss. The writer asked Miss what? The
bricklayer in someconfuslon answered Stokes,
but thought there was mo call to put that
down. The writer suggested Dear Miss.
The bricklayer fired up and declared he WASH
going to knucklc under like that. The writer
accordingly set down Miss in his best round
hand, with horizontal flourish that carried the
word to the end of the line. Your treatment
If me the other night continued the brick
layer, was too bad The cauliAower l gave
you at our last meeting was perfectly fresh,
though you chose to consider it not so. can
lie as proud as YOU. T did not pick it up after
YOU had threw it down The writer suggested
thrown. The bricklayer asked him if he was
certain about it. The writer gave him an as
surance to that effect The bricklayer went on.
Il ask to let bygones be bygones, Mary, and
| will take you to Greenwich. Why should
persons keeping company have wordsf The
lives Of the longest of us soon endsin the grave,
md what will be your feelings there when you
look back on the 18th of Angus" 7" Here the
bricklayer cleared his throat. ...:
Tbo xr;sbaa Lyorr ha zShn4i1H p0
%. The bricklayer asked how he was OF for
room and suggested that he should take a
measurement The writer said he could rule
the other side and this was done;
tha br;oklaver in verse; for where there's a
there's way. Let your heart be as light as a
leather- ~:
The writer asked if this was the beginning
Of letter to another person The brlcklayer
aid No, but his composition seemed to want
something to finish it off; perhaps the writer
could think Of a line or TWO himself? The
writer meditated The bricklayer resumed the
II dreamt said the bricklayer, after a
i" 1 clreamt that nd do, if could only re-
collect it.
That dwelt, suggested the writer.
That's it, said the bricklayer--
I'm marble halls,
With vassals and scrfs by my side:
But the only thing which pleased me most
Was that You was to be my bride
The verse was written, Yours obediently'
was added to it with the bricklayer'S name
and the thing Was done
The DIAMOND FlELDs-The following IS
from 4 new contemporary the Diamond Field
nt the 27th of October "A capital story has
Jus, been brought ill., 4 sweet looking Koran
III girl went out on the Pniel side dipping up
from the claim of party in bucket and go
ing down to the river and washing 1t tor her
own advantage There was only one white
man in the party, and he a smart young Eng
liShman He was too gallant to drive away
girl. although she did not belong to his own
fair race He allowed the girl to so on taking
zap ground from the snrface and washing It.
1t last she laughed and threw her hands about
and laughed heartily. Our friend, the Eng
Gshman, rushed over TO see what the matter
was. when he found that she had picked up Il
diamond and beauty too. The gentleman
did the proper thing, he made her IN offer on
the SPOT. He is of tirst-ratc family. and VOWS
that he'will introduce his wife to his family as
IN African princess of great distinction.
~~ryI STORE