Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-11
A MODEL LOVE LETTER.
A Breach of Promise Case-The kul
turaa of CIsnfd.

those rare and peculiar cases--breaeh oil
promise of marrlage-and occupied the
greater part Of the forenoon. From the
evidence it appears that the parties both
| live in or near Onondaga that Harris
had been frequent visitor for about two
years and half at the house OF the
plaintiff widow woman nearly thirty
years of age, with three children. 1t
seems to have been the opinion of the
friends OF the plaintiff land no doubt she
thought HERSELF, that Harris would mar
nv her but he (Harris), from some I'M
accountable cause, g few months ago,
suddenly discovered that he loved an
other young lady better, and verified
this belief short time since by marry
ing the other lady. Hence this action
was brought by the plaintiff to recover
damages, to apply as a salve to her
wounded affections. The following ten
der epistle, sent by the loving swain,
will interest our readers, and we recon-
mend it as model love letter:
any DEAR Mrs. M.-Every time |
think of you my heart aops up and down
like churn dasher. Sensations OF un-
utterable joy caper over it like young
goats on a stable roof and thrill through
it like Spanish needles through pair OF
tow linen trowsers. As a gosin swim
meth with delight in a mud puddle, so
swim / in sea Of glory. Visions Of
ecstatic rapture thicker than the hairs of
backing brush and brighter than the
hues OF humming birds pinions, visit
me in my slumbers, and borne on their
lavish wings, your image stands before
me, and / reach out to grasp it, like a
pointer swapping at a blue bottle-fy.
When first beheld your angelic perfec-
tons / was bewildered, and my brain
whirled round like bumble-bee under a
glass tumbler. Ny eyes stood open like
cellar doors in country town, and l.
lifted up my ears to catch the sllyery ac.
cents of your voice. My tongue refused
to wag, and in silent alteration ] drank
in the sweet infection of love as a thirsty
man swai1oweth a tumbler of hot whisky
punch. tt.,
"Since the light of your face fell upon
nv life, | sometimes feel as if ! could
| lift myself up by my boot straps to the
top of the church steeple, and pull the
bell-rope for singing school. Day and
night you are in my thoughts. When
Aurora. blushing like bride, rises from
her saffron-colored couch; when the jay
bird pipes his tuneful lay in the apple
tree by the spring-house; when the chan
ticleers shrill clarion heralds the coming
morn; when the awakening pig arises
from his bed and grunteth, and goeth for
his mornings refreshments; when the
drowsy beetle wheels its droning fight at
sultry noon-tide; and when the lowing
herds come home at milking time, l
think of thee; and like piece of gum
elastic, my heart seems stretched clear
across my bosom. Your hair is like the
name Of sorrel horse powdered
with gold; and the brass pins skewered
through your waterfall fill me with
unbounded awe. Your forehead is
smoother than the elbows of an
old coat. Your eyes are glorious
to behold. In their liquid depths |
see legions of little cupids bathing, like
a cohort of ants in an old army cracker.
When their fire hit me upon my manly
breast it penetrated my whole anatomy,
as a load of bird shot through a rotten
apple. Your nose is from chunk OF
Parian marble, and your mouth is puck
cred with sweetness. Nectar fingers on
your lips, like honey on a bear s paw;
and myriads of unhedged kisses are
there. ready to fly out and light some
where. ike blue birds out Of their par
ent's nest. Your laugh rings in my
ears like the wind-harps strain, or the
bleat of a stray lamb on a bleak hill
side. The dimples on yOHr cheeks are
! like bowers in beds of roses, or hollows
| in cakes of homemade sugar.
II an dying to fly to thy presence,
and pour ont the burning eloqnence OF
nv love, as thrifty housewives pour ont
coffee Away from yon am as melan-
cbolv as n aick rat. Sometimes ] can
hear the June bugs Of dependency
buzzing in nv ears, and feel the cold
! lizards of despair crawling down my
lback. Uncouth fears, like a thousand
minnows, nibble at my spirits and my
soul is pierced with doubta BIKE an olu
cheese is bored with shippers.
Ny love for you is stronger than the
smell of Cof'ey's patent butter or the
kick of young COW, and more unset
fish than a kitten first caterEaul. As
a songbird bankers for the light OF the
day, the cautious mouse for the fresh
bacon in the trap, as mean pup hank
ers for new milk, so ] long for thee,
You are fairer than speekled pull
let, sweeter dian 2 Kankee dough,-nut
fried in sorghum moiasseS, brighter
than tOp-knot plumage on the head Of =
muscoyy duck. You are candy, kisses,
raisins, pound-oake and sweetened toddy
together.
nIf these remarks win eneJla you to
see the inside Of my soul, and me 70
win your affections, i shall be as happy
as woodpecker on a cherry tree, or
stage horse in green pasture. II you
cannot reciprocate aaF thrilling pas
SONS, | will pine away like 8 DSisqped
bedding, and fall away from a hourishing
vine OF life, an untimely branch and
in the coming years, when the shadows
grow from the hiils, and the philosophy
cal frog sings his ehserfql evening
hymns, you, happy in another iQyei
can come and drop tear, and catch q
cold, upon tha last resting place Of,
Yours, afeoti0pately, ID.
Verdict for the plaintG. and $500
damages.
stonewaII JaeIsOn's sunday school
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