The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23
HIGHLAND BOY
Writes of the 'sSOmething
More Interesting"
by Which He Evidently Meant
Tho Girls in General and Del
ware Girls in Particular,
In Such q Manner that Leads the
Editor to Suspect that He Con.
templates Falling In Love.
DELAWARE, O., Dec. 11th, 1886.

DELAWARE, w., Dec. llth, 1856.
DEAR NEWS -HERALD-In my last epis.
tie should have corrected slight mis-
take made in former article.
thought of it after the letter was writ
ten and might have added a postscript
and therein made the necessary correct
ion. say might have done that, but
after little reflection l concluded may
be that would not be best, for you
know, Mr.. Editor, Tor at least it is rea-
sonable to suppose that one Of your age
and experience would know that many
people think it very improper for a boy
to close letter with a postscript. If q
'gir, tacks on two or three postscripts, it
is all right and proper, but If boy does
such thing "Oh deah," they say "that
is puffectly horwible" orperhaps "widicu-
lo,s." Now I always did think good
postscript was kind O. ''cute" as the
girls say, and you had better believe it
was like pulling teeth to keep from
winding up that letter with P. 8. But
for fear / should shock somebody's
sense of propriety so severely that they
woald not recover I gave it up. n am
real glad did now, for there wouldn't
have BEEN half as much money in it (for
me, mean) and you see ] haven't got
near to the point yeti. Mr.. Editor,
whom folks get a. we'll acquainted with
me as they are with your Honor, (That's
taffy-Ep.) when feel assured that the
most fastidious reader will see no i'm.
,pfopriety in anything l do or say, !
shall certainly end my letters with P.
s. or an N. B., or both, just whenever
the occasion seems to demand it or as
1.-THE spirit moves me-" But this looks
a little like 'beating about the bush to
man up q tree" 80 will now come to
the point. I started out to say that in
giving the names of the Highland coun.
-ty students inadvertently omitted one
from the list. It was the name of Mr..
M. g. Evans, of Leesburg. This omis-
sion was not made Intentionally and I
gladly make the correction, for Marc is
the best looking man in our whole del
egation, and we Highland boys are
proud Of him.
In my last I promised to have
soMErHING MORE INTERESTING
To the boys in my next communication.
As time, space and circumstances will
not permit me to talk about anything in
particular to-day, l shall be under the
necessity of giving you q few items
about one-thing-another in general and
Of making this letter short. know of
no subject or subjects rather, of more
general interest to the majority of boys
(grown-up boys, of course is meant)
than the
This being the case, I shall therefore
call your attention to the Delaware
girls. Az you are all aware, this city is
noted Tor its schools, colleges, and
churches, ~ we'll a. for its business en-
terprise. While this is the case, it is
none the less deficient in the way Of
girls. The home supply is good, and
the foreign supply excellent. was
about TO say that we have female talent
and beauty here from the four quarters
Of the globe, but to make sure that am
not stssining the truth, ! will say from
,ths four quarters Of Ohio. II not Of the
United States. Some weeks since, one
Of your correspondents in writing from
. Kentucky town, seemed to be Of tho
opinion that that particular neck Of the
woods was not altogether filed to over.
lowing with asuperabundance Of female
loveliness; yet he left the impression
that the mair woods Of the bluegrass
State were full Of the aforementioned
article, vis; female loveliness. Now, In
speaking Of the Delaware sirls, q usual
present company (which is to 10 Esdsr-
stood to mean the Hillsboro girls) b ex-
eepteA Now to be candid With You, !
must admit that thpse Delaware girls
come nsarer "sprouting winos on their
shoulders and soaring away into cloud
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