Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-22
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From the Dauhury News

nov THE MATERIALs ARE PRODUCED W THEY
ARE usED-NAAr BECOMES OF the EEsCLr.
From the Danbury News
The family letter is written on Sundays. The
reason that day is selected is not a.ono because L
OF the leisure 1t pr essnts. Tho quiet ut the day,
1t relief from all iu fences that initiate agi
tate, frees the Find from irrelevant aud antag-
uuiztic matter, and makes It pre-eIni inuntly fit
occasion for communlng with distant toved ones.
In Line cases out OF ten the letter II written by 1
the head of the family and oi those zeu an equal
proportion IL addressed 10 his wlfes folks. We |
don't know why 1t ls that man 30 rarely writes
To lis own folks, but as it If not the province Of
sllls article to treat on THIS subject. Will
pretend We don't The hour being se-
ected for luditmg the letter, tue tieht thing ID
to md the paper. There is always drawer
in every well-reguated family for keeping
such things. II lF either IN the table or stand.
Here the writing paper aud odd screws and it'd
ule ztlings and broken lecks aud fish lines and
grocery receipts are kept There may be other
things. but If there are LIE will see them. The
sheet OF paper Is finally found, the fly stains
neatly scrapel OIL and the search commence Is
tor the ink and pen. The former IL invariably
found on the mantel. next to the clock, and i.
immediately lald on tue table convenient to the
lersplrng man who sarcasuCAllY inquiries II the
letter is to be written to-day or next Sunday
TINS inspires the wife with new zeal in the
sea,ch. She goes over tue drawer agaiu be-
cause she knows he wouldn't see anything if it
wBs night under Ills nose, but the pen Is not
there. Then she looks over the top OF the
bureau, and lifts everything ol the front
room table, and says 1t seems 70 sin
gular that it cau't be found, when she
saw it only the day before and thought about
the letter. Then she goes into the pantry and
after exploring the lower shelf IN vain, stands
upon chair, and carefully goes over the top
shelf, where the medicine bottles and unused
cans are stationed. After she has done this she
starts up stairs and pretty soon returns with
the pen, and takes it to the sink to wash the
grease from IT, kut does not succeed III quite
etiaclng the delicate scent OF bergamot. This
leads him to observe that anybody who takes q
psuhOder to lift hair grease from o bottle is too
pure and innocent for this world.
Everything now in readiness, good humor il
Restored, the wife takes seat opposite with heI
elbows on the table, and her chin in her hands
and assumes an expression OF cont tenance thai
is mysteriously calculating to both encourage
and depress the writer and lie stares q
the paper with intensity that ia en-
tirely unnecessary The date line starts OF glib
ly and then suddenly ceases as 1t reaches th,
date itself. lie puts the holder in his moutl
and Immediately rpits it out making up a fac
that IL in no wire suggestive OF bergamot ant
pettizhly asks her il she knows tho day Of tn
month. or course she does 1t is the l3th-o
1t il the-but mott must be- She hesitates
stares at him, and is lost She don
know whether 1t IL the 18th or 18th, but tn
almanac Will tell, and she at ouce starts
hunt 1t up. This occasions a delay OF som
fifteen minutes, during which he make
ninety-ive passes at one fly, The date hay
ing been satisfactorily settled upou An
the things which rolled over the tioor as tn,
stand drawer unexpectedly fell out having bee
restored to their place, the date line a complete
and Dear mother started. The pen is a hon
pen Of bashful mould and whenever it starts
line it requires half dozen passes to make
give down. All home pens do this And a
home sheets Of paper have weak spots which Il
ink refuses to cross thus creating some remarl
able divisions Of words, aud considerable conf