The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-30
PORTLAND.
FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1871

novel written by Mrs. Stowe, in which there
is introduced woman bearing the euphonious
and graceful name of 'Dacia Dangyereyes
who, Mrs. Victoria Woodruff insists, is nc
less person than herself, and therefore she
sues the Union for libel, laying her damages
at S250,OOO. In the following chapter of the
story the words italicized have been indicated
by Mrs. Woodruff as evidently intended for
her:
| CHAPTER xxv.-(Continued.)
| At that moment our conversation was I'M
terrupted by the entrance of Jim Fellows
He seemed quite out of breath and excited.
ana had no sooner passed The compliments of
the evening. than he began.
| "Well," said he; 4Hal, l have just come
from the police court, where there is a prec-
ious row. Our friend 'Daca Daneyereyes is
| up for black-mailing and swindlins; and
there's a terrible wash of dirty linen going
| on. / was just in time to get the very earliest
| notes for our paper"
| "Goodw said Mr.. Van Arsdel. 81 hope
the creature is caught at last"
| "Never believe that" said Jim, "SAe has as
many kres as a cat. They neo'u get hold
] on her: She'll talk 'em all 'round.n
| "Disgustingp' said Ida - l.-4I
T"Ahp said Jim. TT, part of the world as
it goes. "She'l come off with flying colors,
doubtless, and her cocks feathers ,oiU be
Haunting all the merrier for it,"
"How horribly dsagreeable," said Eva, ''to
have such women around. 1t makes one
| ashamed of ones SEX"
| 81 Think" said Ida, "there is not sufficient
resemblance to real woman in her to make
much trouble on her account She's an am
| phibous animal, belonging 10 transition pc
| riod Ofhuman society,"
SWELL" said jim, "if you'll believe it, Mrs.
Cerulian and two or three of the ladies' of her
set are actually going to invite 'Dacia to their
| salon and patroniZe her."
"Impossblep' said Ida, flushing crimson ::
| "it cannot be ?"
sob, you don't know Mrs. Cerulian," said
Jim; S'Dacia called on her with her newspa-
| paper, and conducted herself in most sweet
| and winning manner, and east herself at her
| feet for patronage; and Mrs. Cerulian, re-
garding her through those glory spectacles
which she usually wears, took her up imme-
alately as promising candidate for the lat
| ter-day. Mrs Cerulian doesn't see anything
in 'Dacia's paper that, properly interpreted,
need make any trouble; because, you see, as
| she says, everything ought to be loue, every
| where, above and below, under and over, up
| and down, top and side aud bottom, ought
| to be l0re, LOVE. And then when there's
| general all-overness and allthoroughness,
and an entire mixedup- ativeness, then
| the infinite will come down into the
finite, and the finite will overflow into
| the infinite, and, in short, Miss Dacias
cocks feathers will sail right straight up into
heaven, and we shall see her cheek by jowl
with the angel Gabriel, promenadng the
streets of the New Jerusalem. That's the
programme. Meanwhile 'Dacias delighted.
She hadn't the remotest idea of being an an
| gel, or anything of the sOrtr but since good
judges have told her she is, she takes it all
| very cOntentedly.
| 'Oh," said Ida, "It really can't be true, Mr..
| Fellows; it really is impossible that such la
| dies as Mrs. Cerulian's set-ladies of family
and position, ladies of real dignity and deli
| cacy-are going 10 endorse the principles of
| that paper; principles which 90 to the imme-
diate dissolution of civilized society,""
"That's just what they are going to do"
said Jim; sand they are having high old
| glorious time doing it. Mrs. Cerulian herself
intends to write for the paper or the subject
of fOrtificatiOn, and Identification, and uni
fcdtiOn, and everything else that ends with
alton. And it is thought it will improve the
| paper to have some nice little hymns inserted
In it, to the tune of Il Want to be an Angel
l asked Mrs. Cerulian what if my friend 'Da-
cia should rip an oath i'm the midst of one OF
her salons-yOu know the little wretch does
swear like pirate; and you ought TO see
how serenely she looked over my head into
the far distant future, and answered me SO
tenderly, as If l had been two hour chicken
pee ping to her. 'Oh, James," says she, 'there
are many opinions yet to be expressed on the
subject of what is commonly called profan-
| ity. l have arrived at the conclusion my
self, that in impassiOned natures, what
is called profanity is only the state
of prophetic exaltation which naturally
seeks vent in intensified language. /
shouldn't think the worse of this fine vigor-
Gus creature if, in moment of inspired fen
| zy, she should burst the tame boundaries of
| ordinary language. 1t is true the vulgar
might call it profane. 1t requires annointed
eyes to see such things truly. When we have
arisen to these heights where we now stand
we behold all things purified. There is
| around us new heaven and new EARTH
And SO you see 'Dacia Dangyereyes turns out
| tiptop angel of the new dispensation."
"Well," said Ida, with heightened color,
"this, OF couise, ends my intercourse with
Mrs. Cerulian, if it be true"
"But," said Eva, show can they bear the
scandal of this disgraceful trial? This GER
tainly will open their eyes,"
"Oh," said Jim, you will see Mrs. Cerullan
will adhere all the closer for this. Its perse-
cution, and virtue in all ages has been perse-
cuted; therefore, all who are prosecuted, are
virtuous. Don't you see the logical consis-
tency? And then, doesn't the Bible say
blessed are ye when men shall persecute you,
and say all manner OF evil against you?'"
at doesn't appear to me-" said Ida, "that
she can so far go against all common sense
Common sensep said Jim MRS. Cerulian
and her clique have long since risen above
anything like common sense; al their sense
is OF the most uncommon kind, and relates to
region somewhere up in the clouds, where
everything is made to match. They live il
an imaginary world, and reason with imagin
ary reasons, and see people through imasIn.
ary spectaces, and have glorious good time:
all the while. All wish is, that 1 could ge
up there and live; for you see get into the
state of prophetic ecstacy pretty often with
this cOnfOunded hard grind below here, and
then, when rip out naughty word, nobody
sees the beauty of it. Mother looks glum
Sister Nell says, 'Oh, Jimv and looks despair
ing"
"But the fact is" said Mr.. Van Arsdel
"Mrs. Cerulian is respectable woman, of re-
spectacle family, and this girl is tramp
that's what she is, and it's absolutely impossi
BILE that AIRS. Cerulan can know what she il
about"
"Wel, deicately suggested some such
thing to Mrs. Cerulian,', said Jim; '.but, bles,
me, the way she set down! Says she, 'Dt
you men ever inquire into the character o
people that you unite with to carry your pur
you, without regard to antecedents."
"She don't speak the TRUTH" said Mr.. Van
Arsdel. "We men are very particular abont
the record of those we join with to carry our
purposes. You wouldn't find board of
bankers taking man that had a record for
swndling, or man that edited paper argu.
ing against all rights Of property. Doctors
won't admit man among them who has the
record Of aquack or a malpractitioner. Cer
gyman won't admit man among them who
has record of licentiousness or infidel SEN
timents. And if women will admit women
in utter disregard to their record OF chastity
or their lax principles as to the family, they
act on lower principles than any body o
men,"
'Besides," said I, "that kind of toleranc,
cuts the very ground from under the who'll
woman movement; for the argument for pro
posing it, was to introduce into politics tha
superior deicacy and purity which women
manifest in family life. But if women are go
ing to be less careful about delcacy and deco
rum and family purity than men are, the
quagmire OF politics, foul enough now, viii
become putrid."
"Oh, come" said Eva, "the subject does &C
too dreadful; l can't bear to think of it, and
move that we have a game OF whist. and
put an end to it. Come, now, do let's si
down sociably and have something agreea
ble."
How IT HAPPENED.-A charming youn,
girl was lately overheard con6ding TO a lad,
the fact of her engagement, which had takel
J place when she was walking Mount Pleasant
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