The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Delightfully."- Piquant.

Mrs Eliza Smith. OF 30 ton, is try
| ing to bre slas, will and Testa-
/ ment" Of her very Own, Dear Be
/ .oSed father" because he didn't ''pan
/ "a, (>p TO speak, in a pecuniary
/ ense. dollars rather y so we'll as she
expected. On the witness stand, the
sweet Eloi~e," or Eliza, for short,
swore she had never had money loans
! from her parent: whereupon the Op-
| posing law! ers produced fifty or sixty
of her own lie ,ers written to the old
gentle man. and acknowledging re-
ceIpts OF loans
Concerning this, however, we have
thing to say. But Eliza was not al
Ways Mrs. Smith And she appears
III II younger days to have gone
DOVE from "B sting" to Washington
show the ks what a smart Yankee
girl could do with grave Senators, and
So forth and keep my room door
locked all the time-for fear of some
&c APP.
lne following letter will be interest
ng as showing how near ''old Buck,
as he was called or old Mr.. President
James Bucnanon, Democrat and
Bachelor, who brought on the war by
trying TO keep in with both sides
scaped having ''Boss"-ting wi e !!
The letter is but sample Of many
wr, ten from Washing on by the wit
ness concerning the seminary she vas
rs abIishl. < tn re -
DEAR FATHtR-G. .Orious news
called to-day Oh Senator GwiA, and he
., came 50 ace Ply interested III me ne
5oid ne to use ..I> name ali, how And
he would bring his wife to talk with
mo for he VA satisfied that 1 was the
very :. hool for his Caugh er, ana she
mu come More ana better still !. |
went 80 President buchanan as ap
pointpd saw hIin up stars II his sane
mn, s;,nctOrum All he vas SD inter
p fed he begged ne not to so home
vet + he anted t. see more OF me-
and any time | sem .p my card |
should be adlni ted I AIS p lvacy lie
sad was lhe swetteo ~ woman H. had
seen in a long in aud he must SEE
more q, me F! That he would see CIV III
am make htm and the send their
daughters That | Nigh u e his name
inst as | pleas and whenever
wished He. followed me down TO he
door chow un resid n iai y and kissed
his hand To me 1t vas ID ID hit.
hut of course he can do no fu,ther
good. as think he l. determined not
1o marry, though lie said nothing
aboui it ii all Ii anybody could make
him marry | am sure II would be me,
but | think H. never will. SO | give 1t
up. | wish to dine with HIM ana get
i'm to get some Senators daughf ers,
a. he saw he will. Thar s all; so dou,
expect anything more for know ne
never inten IS to marry. am progress
ing As well as can with my room door
locked. and, when knock comes, do
nol answer or know who it is for T. ar
of some scrape Nhen Carrie gets
here | shall do twice as much. and
Tom can help me great deal. Here
is the field llpe for the harvest. yon
are destined | think, yet o see the
glorious results of all your care and
toll i'm rte success of that seminary.
AMI perhaps In some other way .
f re- my .wn qualification, my dear
father | Shall rejoice in yours. Aftec
.ionately. your daughter. ELIZA.
There is something very rich in
ELIAS Joy at findi' & the harvest OF
stupid Congressmans 50 '-ripe Apropos
the subiec is the following editorial
from the Philadelphia Times: