Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-13
Loves YOune Dream.


MY DEAR AUNT Although you told
me when invited you TO my wedding
that was too young to marry, and not
capable of choosing mate for life prop
erly, and with due consideration, know
that you may now feel that was wiser
than you thought. In selecting dear Or
lando, l have gained q most atfectionate
and attentive husband, and one who has
neither fault nor a vice. Heavens !
What must girl suffer who finds herself
united to dissipated man, who is neg
lectful of her, and disposed to seek the
society of unworthy persons who drink,
smoke, and do all sorts of bad things
Thank heaven, Orlando is perfectionl
To day is my eighteenth birthday, and
we have been married year. We keep
house now, and l can make pretty good
| pie, only the under crust will be damp.
However, that must be the oven. Once
put peppermint in the pudding sauce in
stead of lemon havoring; then Orlando
was trying 10 kiss me, right before the
| girl, who didn't like either us of going
into the kitchen at all.
The flowers are coming up beautifully
in the back garden. We sowed great
many seeds but hardly expected 80 many
plants Among the most numerous is
one variety with large leaf, that scratches
ones fingers and don't smell nice. Won
der what 1t is9 Orlando frightens me by
| talking about weeds; but seeds always
come up, don't they?
Dear Orlando, come back to him again
80 excellent, temperate and true. Tell
all the girls to marry as soon as they can,
if they can find husband like mine
have but one trial-business takes
him so much away from me. A lawyer
must attend to business, you know; and
| sometimes they carry on the case until
two at night. Often and often he has ex
amined witnesses until half past twelve
and comes home perfectly exhausted.
Aud the nasty things smoke, so that his
him as i'll as it does me; have to air it,
and sprinkle the lining with cologne
water, before he dares to put it on agsn.
/ had terrible fright the other night
dreadful-Orlando had told me that busi-
ness-I think he said it was csse of life
and death-would detain him late. So l
| sat up, as usual, with book, and did not
worry until one o'clock. After that was
q little anxious, 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 a
cab driving up the street and saw it stop
at our door; then thought should faint,
for was sure some dreadful accident had
happened to Orlando.
ran down to open the door, and Mr..
Smith, friend of Orlando's, who is not,
l confess, very much to my taste-such a
red-faced, noisy man-was Just supporting
my dear boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened?" cried ].
"Don't be frightened, Mrs White" said
| Mr ot oil pt1x n RI
is little exhausted. Application to bus.
mess will exhaust man, and l thought
I'd bring him home"
"All right, Bella" said Orlando, "Smith
tells the truth-I'm exhausted"
And, dearest aunt, he was so much sc
that he spoke quite thick, and couldn't
stand up without tottering Mr. Smith
was kind enough to help him up stairs
and he laid upon the b, d 50 prostrateC
that thought he was going to die. Their
l remembered the French brandy you gave
me in case of sickness. l ran to get il
out.
"Have little brandy and water, dear p
l said.
"The very thing. Smith is exhausted
too. Give some to Smith" he said.
And l so reproached myself for no
having thought of it before Mr.. Smith hat
gone. But gave glass to Orlshdo, aut
under Providence, l think it saved his life
for, oh, how bad he wasl
bella" said he, quite faltering in hi
speech, "the room is going round so fas
that can't catch your eye. And beside
there's two of you, and l don't know
which is which"
knew these were dreadful symptoms
"TaHe drink, DEAR" said |, I" and II
try to wake up Mary and send her for tn
doctor"
"No," said he, "I'll be all right in tn
morning. I'm all right now. Here's you
health You're brick. l." And owe
he fell, fast asleep.
Oh, why do men think SO much Q
none making? Is not health better thal
anything else?
Ofcourse, as he had laid down in his hal
l took that off first And l managed to di
vest him of his coat But when it cam
to his boots-dearest aunt, did you eve
tske off gentleman's boots probably mo-
as you are single lady-what task
How do they ever get 'em on pulled an
pulled, and shook and wriggled, and CAV
itup. But it would not do to leave theI
on all night; so l went at it again; and 6
last one came Oft so suddenly; and over
went on the floor and, into his hat, whic
1 had put down there for a minute.
could have cried And the other came o
the same way, just as hard and just IS sue
den at last Then put soft blsnkt
over Orlando, and sat in my sewing chsi
all night. oh, how heavily he breathet
And had, as you may fancy, the mos
dreadful fears. He might have kille
himself by his over application TO bus
ness, for all that l knew. The perfeC
ones go first, it is said.
On, how differently should have fel
had anything happened to my beloved o.
. lando. he has not had 80 exhausting
day since, and think he sees the folly
overwoTk though if courts will keep ope
, so late what can poor lawyers do!
, think it ia very inconsiderate of the Judge
: wonder if he has wife, the mean ol
! thing!