The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-03
Romance Of a Nice Young Man.

| lace ana tnen my Dcdu Silellt business
was completed
Romance Of Nice Young Man.
An incident occurrel in one of the
Union ears in Philadelphia, so pointed that
even the most hardened wearer of pan.
falcons must acknowledge it conclusive
the exercise of her peculiar prerogatives
during leap year. Every seat was occ,l.
pied. Noticeable among the passengers
were two pretty, well dressed young
ladies. who. with the yOlubility Of the
grosser seX--when il gets chance--wero
conversing together upon some topic
evidently of interest to themselves. The
conductor pulled the strap. the bell sound
ed. the driver put on the brake. and the
ear stopped-sO did the horses. \ nice
young man stepped from the crossing,
and entered the already crowded convey
ance: the break was turned OIL. and the
tired horses consented to BE- again pushed
| forward. The nice young man. finding
no place in which to sit down, seized one
of the swinging straps in his glOved hand.
| leaned on his natty umbrella i'm graceful
repose. and with half clOsed-eyes compla-
Gently nIeditating Ofthe impression which
his spring Overcoat and sprfng-bOttOm
pants were producing on the minds of his
fellow passengers. Then hi. eyes caught
sight of the pretty young women, and on
the more b, autiful of the two he fixed a
steady. unflinching. patrOhiZing gaze.
such as has sometimes caused nice Young
men tn he kicked by unsympalheric broth
ers. The young lady was equal to the em-
crgency. She constituted her.elf her own
brother and administered punishment
and in manner ut once nOvd and deli
cate. Rising from her place she said:
Excuse me. sir. did not before no
| tice that you were standing. please take
| this seat
The nice young man opened his eyes
with astonishment. bnt speedily recover
| ing from this imprudent exhibition of
emotion. he smiled superciliously and de-
| clared that he rea-a-ly cOuldn', think oft.
The young lady was firm. She had made
| up her mind that the nice young man
| should sit down. and not forty nice young
men could have diverted her from her
purpose.
Pardon me. SIR" she said. and there
was a something in her voice and eve
which made the young r',"'' --ts'' ho he'd
waited for the next car. but Insist. Ii
Is my prerogative. and desire that Won
shall take the seat.
The nice young man tried 10 say some
thing. but his atom of heart fiopped
about in his throat so that he could not
speak: he experienced sensation of
weakness his knee joints became limp
and unreliable. and he sat down suddenly.
The Young lady smiled. and her little
hand took possession of the vacant strap.
The nice young mans face turned as red
as his cOrnrlan sleeve buttons. and he
tried TO read the advertisements posted IN
the ceiling of the car. He could not: the
letters danced before his eyes and the pic
lures turned themselves upside down.
Then his thoughts turned back to the
happy days of his earliest recollection.
and instinctively his mouth sought the
ivory knob of his umbrella handle. But
they found neither nutriment or cOnsola-
ton. and in the effort to suppress his
emotion. the nice yong mans swelling
throat burst the button hole of his glossy
collar. which flew wide from the restrain
ing neck stud. He jumped TO his feet.
and put his hand to his throat.
do not rise, sir" said the young lady.
with smile: "Oblige me by retaining
your seat
"Oh. must get ont. :" wildly answer
ed the nice Young man . must get out;
conductor, stop the cah! | want to get
Out!''
The grinning conductor allowed the
nice Young man to alight, just where
there was no cross-walk.
The famous DIR. Parr had wife who
used to quarrel with her husband for eN-
pending so much money for his books
while he allowed his library chairs to be
sadly out of repair. One day. meeting
him in the library. she exclaimed. "Mr.
Parr. we should have new chairs for the
library: they are in II very bad way. 81
cannot afford it. Mrs. Parr.' quickly re
sponded the doctor. Not afford it,
returned the lady. ''when you can give
ten guineas for musty book which you
neveropen!'' Il tell you, cannot at
ford it, vociferated the doctor, growing
angry with his wife's obstinacy. Not
afford it?" slowly said the lady. ''when
your rents are coming in so fast (point-
ing to fast widening gaps in her husbands
garments. when You are in as much need
of repair as the library chairs y The
doctor, who had expected scene, quietly
collapsed at his wife's mastery stroke OF
hum0r. and Immediately sent Tor the up
holster, and the tailor. completely van
quished by his wife's sharpness.
DR.. Lieber tells story Of Washington,
coming to him from France through La
boulaye. that if not true, certainly de-
serves to be. jefferson one day visited
Washington. and full as Jefferson was Of
French views and ideas Of politics and
everything else, he zealOusly attacked the
system of the two heuses of Congress,
General Washington replied that Jeffer-
son was much better Informed than him
self upon such topics. but that he himself
would adhere to the experience of Eng
lish and American history. on. your
SELF said the General. "have proved the
excellence of two houses. this very mo-
ment." ~" said Jefferson, "how is
thats" ~ on have" replied the heroic
sage. poured your hot tea from the cup
into the saucer to cool it. Ii Is the same
thing we desire of the two houses.
Speaking of royalty. the Empress of
Brazil, Just before her departure from
Paris, took little girl Of ten years old
from the founding hospital. Her intel
ligence and gentility struck her. ana the
Emperor adopted the little girl: She Will
become Sonora de aiao, as they say in
Brazil.
Gen. S. C. Armstrong, Of the Hamp-
ton Educational Institute of Virginia. is
in Boston. with view to entering u class
of his colored pupils for the grand jubilee
chorus. Gen. Armstrong was formerly
rebel officer on Gen. Lees stafi.