Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-09-02
OFFICE IN "JEFFERsON BUIDING.
Saturday, September 2, 1875.
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From our 0Wa C0resY0ndentl
WAsHINGTuN,
Sunday. Aug 20, 1876.
90 ! wrote YOU q letter, addressed to the house
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al wrote YOU letter, addressed to the house
o, dad you receive It, my sweet iitde mouse
The above Is a sample verse from an eIrsHLt
poetical compusitlou ionnd the other day III an
old newspaper which was published uut West.
The i,urial has since died. lis poetry killed
il. We fee disposed, perhaps, L. laugh at the
rhymcs-W hereof have given fair selection
but "soher second thought may change
rur laughter into t.ars-tcarS Of sympathy tor
rhe lover whose course OF true love ran not over
-month. and forced him to communicate with
MS fair one il printed pocsy, thus beautifully
cirrumveutiLg the cusscd WaichinlhesH OF the
old folks at hone. OF course, 1t Is presumed
that the young lady bad access to the papers.
Debarred this privilege, too, she was jailed, IN
deed and our congratulations (mlughhg with
our sympathetic tearsl 90 out to that young
man Lecausc he was the houored ~ recipient
of such a variety of attention from the old peo-
plel Perhaps. in addition Il feel highly imag-
NATIVE this afternoon, and intend to work up
a genuine love scrape, wherein not only pa
rents. but sisters aud brothers combine to night
the one, forlurn young man J perhaps the
world or, to speak more correctly, the goSSipS
wondered that the luvcr-it is to be hoped bis
love was Of better quality than were his
rhyue,-should persist in an attachment So
very Objectionable to the family" Reply
iur g. the nquisitveneSs Of prying gosslps ]
should suggest that perhaps my Infatuated
Young man, were he slive now and not yet out
Of the predicament, would snap his fingers at
them aud talk something like this: " iig Tor
the family Ia as great degree as am oo-
iettlousLlc to them, so are they TO me-and a
oood deal more. Ruth - We VIII sup
pose his darlirg's name is Ruth -" " loves
me and love Ruth, and that is sufficient
We are mutually satisfied with each other, and
can wait-ycs, five long years if need be. But
for Ms. IN this one matter, at least, parental
control is over forever How say you, now,
my ugly Q, ssipiug critics Are you answered
Pecause a lover-uot only loving hut 'ored
- is Objectionable to his SweetheGrt's family,
must the happiness Of two souls be wrecked
Whatif heis dlstast,fultoth the parents, brothers,
tie sisters tie uncles the auuts the couslus--d dd
inhaitumc To majority Of cases thcy-the
f,niy-are as di>tastelu to him. So 60 b.,
" harplug danes and, in words more express
sve than polite, mind your own business.
really do not wish To say anything against
the q" Elder Lady Of Asbury Church" but II
strike, ne as il her mind had become lit
tie ,i,aky during the process Of getting religion
This from the Personal column Of yesterday S
Star Listen:
NVRS. MATILDA LEXINGTON, Elder Lady
vi of Asbury Church, dcsircs the public 70
read the following chaptcrs.-JeremIah, chapter
xvii and lsaiah, chapter XXI.
--Cunosty never formed one Of my character
isiics True, il my youthful days was wont
t. scck-eary and often, everywhere and tor
everything: hut the propensity was born OF
Scripture aud carried out on the same piuus
basis. Nothing of curio ity mingled with 1t;
and besides, Ihs propensity itself was not "l
n,iue own Sc kug-but the mere iulhilment ol
a biblical INJUNCTION. However, | INDUCED
for once in TIE feminine weakness when my
c,cs rested ou the above advertisement Ar
rpsatlug to myself the Importance OF an ap-
uoiutmrnt as a committee # one on the part
# THE public AS therein mentloued-I
hunted up an old Bible, cucised in fine spun
cohwcb. aud proceed q read the two chapters
uau.cd il the AL They treated, found-oi
The Overthrow Il Pharaoh's 5 Army Conquest
# Egypt by Nehucnaduezztr-JAcoh Comfort
I'd 10 his Captivity, aud-reicrriug to the other
charter which an iucuuous public was desired
tortad Of The Folly Of Trusting to Egypt
and f1rsaking God" These two selections
from the good book read with attention aud
it is to be hoped-with reverence. Tie task
C included. | laid down the volume and the
advertisement with q sense Of entire entail re-
irrshueut. The connection between those two
chapters and the present times is perfectly
plain -- to Mrs Matilda For myself, am
laundering even now, in a sea If vaguenesS
anent the matter Wont somebody rise up
and explain? Or perhaps the younger -
leg pardon. Elder - lady may youchssie
US brief paper aualyzing her meaning. The
while, We all are waiting, especially a scion OF
the - SANDS