The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-10-12

open like cellar doors in a country town,
and lifted up my ears to catch tho sill
very accents of your voice. My tongue
refused 70 wag, and in silent alteration
drank in the sweet infection of love as a
thirsty man swalloweih tumbler of hot
whisky punch. h.~---------~----- ----
/ Since the light Of your face fell upon
my life, sometimes feel as if could
lift myselfup by my bootstraps 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, blushiug like bride, rises from
her saffron. colored couch; when the
jay-bird pipes his tunefui lay in the ap.
ple-tree by the spring.house: when the
chanticleer's shriIl clarion heralds the
coming morn when the awakening pig
arises from his bed and grunteth, and
| goeth for his morning refreshments
when the drowsy beetle wheels to dro-
ming flight at sultry noontide; and when
| he lowing herds come home at milking
lime, think of thee; and like piece
Of gum elastic, my heart seems stretched
clear across my bosom. Your hair Is
like the name Of my sorrel horse, pow
dered with gold; and the brass pins
skewered through your waterfall, fill
me with unbounded awe. Your forehead
is smoother than the elbow of an old coat.
Your eyes are glorious to behold. In
their liquid depths / see legions of little
! cupids bathing, like cohort of ants in
an old army cracker. When their fire
hit me upon my manly breast, it pene-
trated my whole anatomy as load OF
bird shot through rotten apple. Your
nose is from chunk of Parian marble,
and your mouth is puckered with sweet.
ness. Nectar fingers on your lips, like
| honey on bears paw and myriads of
| unfledged kisses are there, ready to fly
| out and light somewhere, like blue birds
out of their parent nest. Your laugh
! rings in my ear like the wind-harp
! strain, or the bieat of a stray lamb on
| bleak hillside. The dimples OH your
cheeks are like bowers in beds of roses,
| or hollows in cakes of homemade sugar.
am dying to fly to thy presence, and
pour out the burning eloquence of my
love, as thrifty housewives pour out hot
coffee. Away from you am as melan-
| choly as sick rat. Sometimes l can
| hear the June bugs of despondency
buzzing in my ears. and feel the cold
lizards of despair crawling down my
back. Uncouth fears, like thousand
~ 10 Of ,;,;tc
soul is pierced with doubts, like an old
cheese is bored with shippers.
My love for you is stronger than The
smell of Coftey's patent butter or the
kick of a young COW and more unselsh
| than Kittens first caterwaul. AS a
| song bird bankers for the light OF the
day, the cautious mouse for the fresh
bacon in the trap, as mean pup for new
milk, so long for thee.
You are fairer than speckled pullet,
sweeter than Yankee doughnut fried
in sorghum molasses, and brighter than
a top knot plumage on the head of a
Muscovy duck. You are candy, kisses,
raisins, pound cake and sweetenel tod
dy all together
If these few remarks will enable you
to see the inside OF my soul, and me to
win your affections, shall be as happy
as a wood pecker on a cherry tree. or q
stage-horse in green pasture. If you
cannot reciprocate my thrilling passions
| will pine away like a poisoned hedbug,
and fall away from n tlourishing vine of
life, ali untimely branch; and in the
coming years, when the shadows grow
upon the hills, and the philosophical
frog sings his cheerful evening hymns,
you, happy in another's love, can come
and drop a tear and catch cold upon the
| last resting place of yours, affectiontely,
H.
Verdict for plaintiff and $500
damages.
Discharges of Soldiers and Certifi-
Gates of Service.
The following copy Of a part of letter
to the Adjutant General of this State,
from the L. S. War Department. and
the papers and forms accompanying it,
give reliable information to soldiers
Friends of soldiers should see that their
soldier friends are informed on the sub
ject:
In reply your inquiry ofthe I'd inst,
whether the dispatch in the Chicago
Tribune of 3lst ultimO. viz: 1T has
been the custom for the United States
authorities, upon proper evidence to is
sue to soldiers who have lost their dis
charges, a certificate of service, upon
which claims of service were based, and
considered valid but to day Colonel
Hubert Dilger, Adjutant General of Ill-
nois, received an order from the War
Department to the effect that hereafter
copies of lost discharges will not be
furnished unless the applicant makes
oath that the United States is indebted
to him. is true, l have the honor to
say that the statement is not true: the
fact being that prior to April 10TH, 1871,
all applications for duplicate discharges
were denied underline provisions of Par.
l65 Revised U. s. Army Regulations of
1868, since which, in accordance with
instructions Of the Secretary Of War of
that date. Certificates Of honorable SER
vice have been issued to those entitled
upon receipt of evidence required by
circular letter No. 25S, copy enclosed
and upon condition set forth on the en-
closed blank certificate of honorable
service.