The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-08-10

IHs tfsI Is iHW clerical gentleman, Wha
describes hlm@lE es being te3 latrad
green eyed. tooHlc,s. suH uIgH ane lang
gone, Certainly tbe picture tm eaaior
td up Haes nat remind e8e al aa Adauie,
bat 7 caasoled myself HlJa tte thaaaht
of lhe araaes of Jhe m.ud especially as ho
apa1y quoted the gaat. taat Solomon the
wise, was uot handsome, yol ibr Queen
of shcba was snH,cua ag his wisdom. Ills
namr paol.UIo, aud age i1rtF-avo, we,e,
ta ba me, slight .mpydImcntss however.
thiuh I shou0d have accepted him af
onoe, had not the lsuu hegn wrllteu ou
@ baIf sheet orraper else other half bc.n
reserved for q snmau! which liue piece
ofecouomg @yergd Too stronghold narrow
|mtu3cjae-s TO suit my views, aud bike
The pious PASTOR stIgsius, m that
uugodIy bo !, PmkWirk Papers" hc
hoped to find favor by the gugcs of
mgokucss aud humility would mot iu-
jucc mc TO tbink further of Mm, go /
turned to NO. q. This was remarkable
efu,ian The writer, Crop.ev MeShaue
expressed himself O., being entirely blH
with love for me, and GOO, so far a. taur
+ fer TO select HE " kuIikef" for my wed.
( ding gown, suggesting lhat "graRe
stripe, ON red ground would be seafe
and la these hard times that isrcaIly very
generous. Bat although dread the e.
feet oruy rejection Of bis suit upon his
ardent and mpetuous disposition, stil
there is really one insupemblo objection
to accepting him, as, after signing his
mark, he append- in a postscript, that
his first wife rit this for him." and !
have always, as you know, been opposed
to bigamy.
My third reply was of a different dc.
sciiptjon, being from Il young Licuten-
ant, aud written in terms ofrapturous ad.
miratou, showing his heart TO be in the
cause, as he processes himself to be uai-
lorm-ly mine, and bids me fly to his arms,
I think certainly woud have respond
cd lavorably to this ardent appeal, had
not taken up letter No. 4, when all other
thoughts were pat to flight by the splen-
dor of the signature, Victor Mirabeau de-
Contours, and could not help thinking
what an elegant visiting card it would
make with " Madame prefXcd, but as
he so toucbiDgly expresses ia broken En-
glish that he is only a paUyc Fraacais,
and my uD,ble adoratcta, | think that
perhaps his name would be all the adj
vantage should obtain from the alliance
so | turned with a sigh of regret to No. 8.
This was from that much abused, and most
forgotten individual (2) viz: the once
famous "27th street ghost.' Now | Icon
lcss that however spjritualig inclined
might be, or desirous Of gboaig counsel,
the sight Of his face as depicted in the
photograph that came with the missiye,
would have been sufficient to dispcl the
Illusion, so, though he says that no per
son on earth nor in the land Of shades
could suit me better than himself, and
touehingly concludes bis letter with n re- 4
quest that win not give up the Ghost!
signing himself at the same time, as my
respectful spectre!" still | think that
some one little more mundane would
suit me better No, 6 was from Yankee
gentleman in the retail notion line. lie
proicssed to have good family counec.
tons, as his Aunt Salic keeps a store in
this town, and his mothers uncle's wifes
father kept a hotel down in "Bosting,
woust." The letter was written in blue
ink and savored Of peppermint aud the
spelling was most unique. No. z, from
Broker in Wall Street, was very business
like in its character TIE style was
rather precise, but his age 50 3.52 as he
puts 1t, and bis consequent near approach
to old bachclorship may account for that
but he actually required me to send cE-
act statistics Of my height, age, weight,
and number Of teeth. Such minute di-
rectious rather Disguised me, but whcu ]
came 10 the postscript, can you cook,
and mend socks; / positively almost
tainted in contempt and indignation at
the old fellows impudeucc, aud threw il.
aside at once. No. s was a great con-
tra.l being from a youth recently ont OF.
College, but there was much iu rs lam
guage that / could not understand.
Among other items, he says the Cover
nor has lots Of tiHl Now how it can con
Germ me that the Kitchen Of his ex.
cellenty, the Governor New York, il.
well furnished with cookiug utensils. /
cannot SEQ, and when bc came 10 talking
Of getting piieed, gave up IH de.pairof
bis meaning, aud shall not further notice
Mr. Dick Burbago's episllc, No 9 wa.
from an crquia.te, a Murray Hill dandy.
The seal aud eoat.oEarms were quite su
pctb. A six months tour abroad has
however, unfortunately caused him 10
forget almost entirely his native tongue.
and his letter was filed with foreign
terms, This name is very impressive
Ferdinand AdoIphe dc Coarcy Bakerl
( Poor Niclors coguomeu sinks into the
shade behind ils magnihccnee. No. 10
was a poetic eiusion. II was signed
Tennysou Tiukle; but feel sure that 6,
nam dc plume only, for the poet
Laureate himself But poverty. De
arows 20 bo bis lot aHi love in a cottage
is pleasautcr ia theory than IN practice
But tie lost and ef9waiuq letter was
from no Ices pcrouagc than Jefferson
Davis, late President G. S. A. There
e9nid be no doubt as to iis eanuiueue.s.
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