Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-20
Loves Young Dream.

Loves 1Oung Dream.
The following gchoice piece Of sarcasm, which
purports to have been written by young
lady in New York to her prim, spectaclcd
maiden aunt in Boston, may, in truth, have
been indited by that amiable lady herself
with view to exposing the absurd iniatua.
tion with which gir.brilcs shut themselves
up in the delusion that their husbands are
embodiments Of perfection If the old lady
did write the document, it was hardly fair of
her to 60 aud palm it Of on the innocence ol
inexperienced bridchood
My Dear AuM - Although you told me
when invited You to my wedding that was
too young to marry, and not capable Of cho5s-
ing mate for life properly, and with due
Consideration. | know that You may now feel
that was wiser than you thought In select
ing dear Orlando | have gained most afec-
tionate and attentive husband and one who
has neither a fault nor vice. Heavens
What must a girl suffer who finds herself
united to a dis.ipated person, neglcctIu Of
her and disposed to seek the society Of uu-
worthy persons, who drink, smoke, and do all
sorts Of dreadful things
Thank heaven, Orlands is perfection.
To-day is my eighteenth birthday, aud wc
have been married year. We keep house
now, and can make pretty good pie, only tho
under crust will be damp However | think
that must be the oven. Once [ put pepper.
mint in the pudding sauce instead Of lemon
flavoring, but then Orlando was trying to lis.
me, right before the girl, who didn't Ike
either Of US going into the kitchen at all.
/ The flowers are coming up beautifully il
/ the back garden. We sowed great many
seeds, but hardly expected SO many plants
Among the most numerous is one variety
with a very large leaf that scratches onet
fingers, aud don't smell nice wonder what
/ it is? Orlando irghtens me by talking
about weeds but seeds always come up
don't they?
Dear Orlando come back to him agair
so excellent, temperate, and true. Tell al
the girls to marry as soon as they can. if the,
can find husband like mine.
have but onc trial---business takes him S,
much away from me. a lawyer must atten,
to business, you know and sometimes the,
carry on the case until two at night. Otter
and often he has examined witnesses unit
half.past twelve, and comes home perfect.
exhausted And the nasty things smoke, so iha
his dear coat quite smells fit And asst make
him as III as it does me, have 10 air it, AM
sprinkle the lining with Cologne water, helor
be dares to put it on again.
l had terrible fright the otner night
Orlando had told me that business thinl
he said it was case Of life and death-woul
detain him late So sat up, as usual, wit
a book, and did not worry until one O'Clock
After that | was little ANXIOUS couies.
and caught cold inmy head, peeping throug
the upstairs wiudow.blinds-to dear aunt
it was not until three o'clock that heard
cab driving up the street aud saw it stop
our door-then thought | should faint, {,
was sure some dreadful accident had hal
! pened to Orlando.
| ran down to open the door, and VI
Smith, a friend Of Orlando's who is not,
confess, very much to my taste-such rec
{ faced, noisy man-was just supporting N
! dear boy up the steps
"Oh, what has happened .' cried |.
Don't be frightened, Mrs White sal
! Mr. Smith. "Nothing at all--only White
, little exhausted. Application to busine
! will exhaust man. and | thought I'd bril-
, him home
. "All right Bella said Orlando, "smi
. tells the truth-lm exhausted"
, And, dereast aunt, he was so much so th
q he spoke quite thick, and couldn't stand ,
without totteriDg. Mr.. Smith was kind cnou!
to help him up stairs and be laid upon d
, bed so prostrated thought he was going to d
4 Then | remembered the French brandy "
- gave me in case of sickness. ran to get
If. " Have a little brandy and water, dear
g l said
a The very thing, Smith is exhausted, t,
Give some to Smith, said he.
o And so | reproached myself for not hayi
!. thought Of it before Mr.. Smith had goI
:, But | gave glass to Orlando, and uni
\. Providence l think it saved his life; for, q
N how bad he was
N Bella" said he, quite faltcriug in
10 speech, " the room is going round so fast Il
can't catch your eye. And besides ther
so two Of you. and don't know which is whicl
knew these were dreadful symptoms
10 Take a drink, dear" said I, "aud
- try to wake up Mary and send her for
10 doctor"
=, No." said he, I'll be all right in
,t morning. I'm all right now. Here's yC
. health. You're a brick l." And o'
., he fell, fast asleep.
- Oh, why do men think so much Of mon
90 making? Is not health better than anythi
? p. else2
gct OF course, as he had laid down in his b
Il .L.4 81 1
vest him Of his coat. But when it came
10 his boots-dearest aunt, did you ever take
-. gentleman's boots} probably not as you
10 single lady-what task How do Il
Mt ever get 'em on? pulled and pulled,
os shook and wriggled, and gave it up. Blu
h. would not do TO leave them on all night
h, went at it again, and at last one came of
:, suddenly and over | went on the floor,
,s into his hat, which had put down there
90 minute. | could have cried Aud
other came off the same way, Just as hard
a.. Just as sudden at last Then | put
~, blanket over Orlando, and sat in my sew
m chair all night. Oh, now heavily he breatl
,st And had, as you may fancy, the most dr.,
eli ful fears. He might have killed himself
nd his over-applcation to business, for all
,et l knew. The perfect ones go first, it is 5
Oh, how differently should l have felt
anything happened to my beloved Orlal
He has not had so exhausting day since,
think sees the folly Of oyerwork thoug
courts will keep open so late, what can
lawyers do! think it is very inconside
of of the Judge. wonder whether he h'
/, IA wife-the mean old thing
eat
Word to Girls.
'eu The woman who is indifferent to her /
'us is no true woman, God meant woman L
as attractive 10 look we'll TO please and 10 is