The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-08-22
A YOUNG LADY'S LETTER.
Written to an Aunt one Year After Mar
riage. i'n ih

that l was too young to marry, and not
capable of choosing partner properly,
and with due consideration, know that
you feel was wiser than you thought.
In selecting dear Orlando l have gained
most affectionate and attentive husband,
and one who has neither fault nor
vice. Heavens what must girl suffer
who finds herself united to dissipated
person, neglectful Of her, and disposed to
seek the society Of unworthy persons, who
drink, smoke, and do all sorts of dreadful
things
Thank hea0en, Orlando is perfection
To-day is my eighteenth birthday, and
we have been married year. We keep
house now, and | can make pretty good
pie, only the undercrust will be little
damp. However, l think that must be
the oven. Once put peppermint in
pudding instead of lemon favoring; but
then Orlando was trying to kiss me,
right before the girl, who didn't much
like either OF us coming into the kitchen
at all.
The flowers are coming up beautifully
in the back garden. Among the most
numerous is one variety, with a very
large leaf, that scratches ones fingers, and
don't smell nice l wonder what it is :?
Orlando frightens me by talking about
weeds; but seeds always come up, don't
they? "# '''.Is 7"l nu't tnln.d HN
Dear Orlando 1 come back to him
again--so excellent, temperate, and true.
Tell all the girls to marry as soon as they
can, if they can find a husband like mine.
l have but one trial-business takes
him so much from me. A lawyer must
attend to his business, you know; and
sometimes they carry on the cases till two
at night. Often he has examined wit
nesses till half-past twelve, and come
home perfectly exhausted And the
things will smoke so that his dear coat
quite smells Of it. And it makes him
i'll as it does me, 1 have to air it and
sprinkle the lining with cologne water,
before he dares to put it on again la.'..'
l had a terrible fright the other night,
dreadful. Orlando had told me that bu-
siness-I think he said case of life or
death--would detain him latey So sat
up as usual, with book, and did not
worry until one o'clock. After that l was
little anxious, l confess, and caught a
cold in my head, peeping through the up
stairs window blinds for, dear aunt, it
was not until three o'clock that heard
cab driving up the street and saw it
stop at our door then / thought should
faint, for was sure that some dreadful
accident had happened to Orlando. .,,
/ ran down to open the, door, and Mr..
Smith, a friend of Orlando's, who is not,
confess, very much to my taste-such a
red-faeed, noisy man-was just support
ing my dear boy up the steps. t grl..r
"Oh, what has happened? I" cried |.
Don't be frightened, Mrs. White"
said Mr.. Smith. " Nothing at all, only
White is little exhausted. Application
to business will exhaust man, and |
thought I'd bring him home"
"All right, Belize" said Orlando
Smith tells the truth--Pm exhausted"
And, dear aunt, he was so much so,
that he spoke quite thick, and couldn't
stand up without tottering. Mr.. Smith;
was kind enough to help him up stairs.
and laid him on the bed so Frustrated that
thought he was going to die. Then l
remembered the French brandy you gave
me in case of sickness. / ran to get it.
Have little brandy and water, my
DEAR" said |. ID ...r..u -.d Ii.4 .r,s,.a.
" The very thing. Smith is exhausted
too. Give some to Smith" said he. ,r
And so reproached myself for not
having thought of it before Mr.. Smith
was gone. But | gave glass to Orlan-
do, and under Providence think it saw
ed his life; for, oh, how bad he was.
Bella" said he quite faltering in his
speech, {" the room is going round so fast
that can't catch your eye And beside
there's two of you, and don't know
which is which"
l knew these we're dreadful symptoms.
"Take a drink, DEAR" said l, and I
will try to wake Mary, aud send her for
the doctor" ...
"No," said he, "I'll be all right in
the morning. I'm all right, now. You're
a brick, II" And over he fell, fast
asleep. Irn .tt.. .
Oh, why do men think so much of
money-making2 Is not health better
than anything else?
OF course as he had laid down in his
hat, took that off first And / man
aged to diyest him of his coat But
when it came to his boots--dearest aunt,
did you ever take off a gentleman's boots ?
Probably not as you are a single lady