The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-05-17
Of Men and Things.
BY OUR GEORGE.

BY OUR GEORGE
Everything tells of Spring. l have a letter.
written by man signing himself "Amateur Gar
dener." 1t is written with the left hand. He
apologies by saying that he froze his right hand
the other morning, while transpanting lettuce.
When will people learn to be careful! He con
cludes his letter by asking, Glow early did you
ever cat a radish Of your own raisingr
| never was much of gardener as have fire.
quently said, and | never raised but one radish,
that remember of That was an early one however.
l was going home from dance, and stepped into
mans garden, and raised very nice one out OF
his hot bed. 1t occurred to me that twas quite
early for radishes, and looked at my watch and
it was ten minutes past twelve, A. NJ. That was
the earliest radsh that ever raised.
Our u. Can't you give me some receipt for pro
nouncing Russian and Turkish proper namesl
Yours, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
My friend you exhibit an amount of cheek that
is remarkable for a e. s. citizen Can't / qtte YOU
a receipt | hardly think that | can | have
some, but they cost money l bought them at the
Bazaars at the Centennial, and the amount of
money they cost is surprising, and since the war
quotations have advanced enormously As YOU
sign yourself Tear every thing to bits Judge that
YOU want strong 1e-seat, and would advise you
to either select leather, else No duck; cane
seat would be nowhere with you
Dear Sir; | ain sick and unable to do any hard
work, and | want employment of some kind
am bored by people telling me what to do sweat
good deal, and have bad cough Can YOU
recommend anythingl l..
Go into the undertaking business You are all
fixed for it. You say you are BOARD and a man
that sweat good deal" certainly has all the
lumber he wants, and you can start coughing
shop, just like a mice.
Fireman writes: believe YOU are an OK mem
Der of No. >, VIII you tell the boys what kind OF
hose you consider the best
If had the purchasing of them, | should either
get striped, navy blue, with silk clocks on the
sides.
Observing that you are familiar with Scripture
| would like to ask il you can tell me who Cain
wife was. The conjecture has caused me much
trouble Please let in ray Of light
Respectfully yours, DoRcAs.
You want to know whose daughter she was
though you do not ask that question Dorcas
you'd ought to know, without asking " hen sh,
became Gains rife of course she was Adams
daughter. Why didn't you ask me who Gains wife
was, before he married her Then should have
was either woman planet, AS they are thu
only two things that have suns
Student a 4t;.rS
are spoken of as gentlemen of the cloth
Having carefully weighed this query on a pair Of
Fairbanks scales, answer that presume it is be
cause they are cassed in amongst the text -chewers
Our George: Do you believe that "a soft answer
turneth away wrath" always TEMrER
Well, Temper, you have struck one Of those
moral golden rule problems. | must say that il
is not what should call dead sure thing; vet il
mothers dealing with her children have oh
served that "a soft hand sir turneth away wrath
very often when nothing else seems to work
Knowing that you pretend TO distaste 4
poetry, | ask you if you have ever read the milk
maids song from Tennyson's Queen Mary If 50
isn't it just as sweet as it can be and isn't the
sentiment pretty! | enclose one verse MAUDlH
Robin came behind me,
Kissed me we'll, | vow
Cuh him. could |, with my hands
Milking the COW
Swallows fly again.
CnckOoS cry again
And you came and kissed Inc,
Milking the
Maudie, would not hurt your feelings for the
world, for | think you must be charming girl
| never have read the song lou want 10 know
if it is net sweeti | presume YOU refer to the
milk, and | judge it was sweet. COW seldom
gives sour milk it is one of the pecuharities OF
the animal Now, Maudie don't mind telling
you in confidence that the milkmaid need moi
have been kissed unless she had wanted to be
She was just as safe on that milking stool IL
though she sitting beside loaded krupE
gun. When Robin came behind her all she haG
to do to prevent his kissing her simply Il
give her wrist little turn and instead of letting
the milk 60 into tho pail just play small stream
over her shoulder into Robins eye. with little
extra up his nostrils and she would have seeI
Robin prancing out of that COW yard as lively a:
if he had sat down on hornets nest in full bloom
Mr.. Our George, Esq Won't you tell me what
makes the best kind of bow 7 \ SMALL Boy.
as a case of collie, and | infer from that that you
must be suffering to have your question answered
50 will answer it if have to mortgage my store
to do it. The best thing know Of to make a beau
of is a young man about my size, disposition and
general appearance. He is elastic has lots OF
spring in him, and you will find it hard to break
him. would suggest that you submit this Dues
-,
Fannie wants to know
"ls it proper and polite to ask a young man in
when he has escorted q lady home from place OF
amusement after Il at night y
Your questions are mixed up as if they had
been written with Dover egg heater. Is proper
and polite to ask young man in In where! 1t
depends on the place. 1t wouldn't be proper to
ask him into barroom or a gambling saloon
Then again who is going to do the asking in
The lady, or her father. or her grandmother, OF
who! That you see, has a good deal of bearing
on the subject. If it is the lady, why it depends
on circumstances. If the old gentleman's sleeping
room is in a suitable place, where he won't be dis
turbed and the young man knows how to whisper
without being heard ull over the neghborhood
why, that has heap to do with it. too. Then you
ask latter he has escorted her home from a place
of amusement after II at night" - what Dc
you mean after going home that night with Il
Others or l. miles or behind II couple, or do YOU
mean after II o'clock, or what! trust that you
will see the proprety of making your composition
rs plain as possible 1t is sometimes harder to ask
question correctly than it is to answer ii.
VIII Our George inform me what the definition
of courtingis And also where somany surnames
originated, if they all Noahs after the food
|. O. L.
Why, regarding names they originated Just us
they do now. AS the population increased us fast
rs the men got into scrapes, failed i'll business or
were successful AS the case might be- they changed
their name to suit themselves. Do you blame some
OF the young Hams for changing their name to
Dur ham or Ham -ilton! Then when chap left
his wife and went west he changed his name. He
might start ont rs Smith and the next that would
he heard of him he would be Smythe A good
many did not know how to spell their names, and
many more got drunk that they could not re
member their name when they got sober.