The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-04-03

the toast to the ladies came after. Tha
gave him his cue. i would 60 int
the subject of Our Bachelors" h,
said, but / feel it is an injustice to tn,
gentleman who follows me. He has t,
talk of the ladies, and they embrsc,
the bachelors, you know So that oil
gag saved him and he came off witt
colors flying as a fluent speaker and
wit besides"
Private correspondence is you,
specially, l believePn said the reporter
and he regarded q lot of envelope,
pigeonholcd.
ut is said the other, pushing thu
emblem of wisdom into more marked
prominence in his scarf. ut is
There are a great many letters writer
in this city, and a great many peopl,
have occasion to have them neatly
worded. If they have not the facult,
to prepare them themselves, and hay,
not the means to keep a secretary, the,
find a bureau of this kind very service.
able"
is not this branch of the business
very delicate?H
VERY delicate" was the facetious
reply. at needs the best of care. At
the start l doubted if it would survive.
But it did. and lam happy to say, sir,
| believe it will enjoy robust health
hereafter. There is a big field open in
this direction. and once the public be-
come used to it there will be 4 goodly
harvest in it. And why should it not
be SOP A public letter writer is nothing
very odd or wonderful. You have
them in the east and in the south of
Europe. That is because few people
know how to write them. Very well.
There + a good many who do not
know how to express. themselves prop
erly here We propose to do their talk
ing on paper
but + not people backward in let
ting you into the secrets of their cor
respondcncc?'
why should they be? We are only
professional people. like lawyers or
doctors or ministers. Their secrets pass
through our hands in a business way
and we do not dctain Them"
"Havc You much sentimental CORE
spondence to attend top
"Tlorc is much of that kind to be
had. There are so many foreigners in
New York who can talk pretty well
but are at sea when they take up a pen.
and sa many people of both sexes with
little education who feel themselves at
a loss when they have to write. All of
them have need Of a letter writrr. most
of al whc" they attempt to dictate any
tender epistle. You know all young
and all young women pretend to
a culture they often have not got.
Well, when they want something high
flown they will hunt up some inter-
mcdlary to write it for Them
You must play a part in some odd
romances in that way2"
1--WE do and the speaker laughed
Zone has Just been brought to
| happy ending. can tell you about
t without lsing the names, as every
is now understood between the |
PARTIES. We will call him Smith, her
Zones. Well, Miss Jones called here.
She was employed in a big millinery
)azar, and had met Smith accidental
y. Sha posed as 4 refined young lady
If family and education reduced by cir
'~umstances, and all that. Smith was
impressed. Family and education
him. He wrote to her briefly,
oIlclting correspondence. She wanted
0 reply in a way that would impress
lin with her educational advantages.
showed his letter. 1t was brief.
)ut | saw that he needed a letter
writer too. and | booked his address.
he letter we prepared for her was in
way satisfactory, and BY the time
t reached Smith one of our circulars
# course accidentally was in his
lands 1t came out as | supposed. He
cit altogether unequal to sustaining
correspondence himself with 50 accom-
a lady and We took the contract
his hands. From that time we in
ugurated a courtship through the
States mails which, for correct
Of rhetoric. wealth of vocabulary
nd accuracy Of punctuation, has rare.
Y been surpassed.
"Wc made Smiths letters abound in
eat flattlries Of all kind, which ttcklcd
Jones immensely and made her
II the more eager to show her refine.
ient. And We showed it for her to
le full capacity of Webstcr's una
until Smith was lost in wonder
admiration. ! shall away rcmem-
ar that correspondence. 1t was the
job ! ever undertook and
lie occasions when Mr.. Smith dropped
to rave ovcr the beauties Of Miss
ones style II Miss Jones assured me
confidence that she had never be-
eyed Smith n man Of such rare cult
atom were moments of unalI0yed /
In fact, | became so absorbed {
the cpistles ! dictated to myself ,
II like bread thrown upon the waters t
always came homeland | deter I
ined to bring these two fond hearts +
and join them in indissolublc |
edlOck ere the nnietnlarv cnchnnt (