Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-12

beetle? VIII somebody please tell me
the use of that many-millioned family,
the gnats? And will anybody tell inc the
use OF that terror to us all, the snake2 |
have known women who were saints
become like unto the worst of sinners
when having close conversation with
mosquito. have known women WHO
were brave as lady lions rush in terror
at the sight OF black beetle. have
known women who could endure all
kinds of petty troubles break down
when the gnat appeared, and those
who have nursed through frightful dis
eases, faint at the sight of snake.
Personally, do not like snake my
self. He has such mean way Of crawl
ing around, and then appearing with
suddenness and d hiss that is enough to
Brighten anything in petticoats. have
had certain respect for women who
could go into the mountains hunting
snakes, and then have the skins hung
up in their libraries at home, but |
don't think could ever love woman
like that She is too decidedly superior;
she is like those people that mosquito
never bites, who are not afraid to crush
the life out of black beetle, and who
"SbuSL NhSiS shS Shato alS Luat Ou
complain of.
THE PERFECT MAN AND WOMAN.
Superior people have tendency to
make the rest of the world SO wicked
that 1T will long to go where everybody
is on level and where ice water is not
served. | once lived in house with a
superior woman, and she downed me
about hundred times day. If gig
gled Just because | was glad about
something, would hear her talking to
her neighbor about laughs with no ex-
preston in them. Ii / talked over
novel with a man, she would put up her
glasses and eye me and wonder why
somebody didn't improve my mind. She
was so superior herself that she disap.
proved of everybody. But she rather
lost her hold, for she married minister
with two sets of twins, and he is always
spoken of as "Miss Baytree's husband.n
He told her he never knew what love
was until his head rested on her bosom,
and she said, mo, Richard do not speak
of it yet as love, but respect" And
then, Richard, who thought he had said
something very clever, began to realize
what he had taken unto himself. She
shaves him now and makes his ties out
OF pieces of her dresses. he has look
as if he had gotten used to it and didn't
mind. The twins are being raised in
superior manner, and from what / see
Of them l think they will all be gradu-
ates III crime some day
NEVER MET A SUPERIOR MAN.
once met very, very good one. He
used to play on the meloleon of a Sun
day afternoon until frisky girl told
him that everybody wanted a nap at
that time, and that his music disturbed
them. After this, be got to looking at
that girl, and though she bleached her
hair little and wore hats that could
not be called truly good, still he fell in
love with her and married her, and
believe they are very happy. So, you
see, even very, very good man can be
led from the melodeon to matrimony by
blonde.haired girl.
The melodeon is not o favorite instru-
ment of mine. 1t has sort Of lost-soul
sound peculiar to itself. And then, too.
the people who play it always come
down on it as if the keys had done
them personal injury, and they de.
sired to whack it ont. There may be
something very virtuous about the
meiodeon, but for melody it doesn't
compare with the banjo, while, as for
sweetness, even the piano is better |
say, eVen the piano; that is, BECAUSE |
live under much-worked one, which
is tuned up early in the morning, and is
performed upon for about three hours,
gives us another dose in the afternoon,
and then in the evening, about half past
10, starts in and does really hard work
until about l. | don't think we would
mind so much if the girl knew many
tunes, but she don't run to tones. She
knows three different opases. or what
ever you call them, and the Carnival
of Venice" The opuses, as far as | can
make them out, consist Of high thump.
then quaver, then three thumps in
rapid succession, and then a meander-
ing over all the keys Of the piano, as if
to see whether each one was in order
This may be high art, but | wish it were
on the floor under me instead of above
me- for then could appreciate it better
Curious, how distance does lend en-.
chantment to great many things,
MIDSUMMER WEATHER AND WOES
When your mail is delivered to Won
nowadays, don't most of the letters
commence, Il think, if anything, it is
hotter to-day than it was yesterday"
and then the four pages are devoted 10
the weather as it is, as It'll remembered.
and as it is likely to be? There is i
beautiful monotony about ones friends
opinion in black and white, and unless
there is a postscript saying, "rhe dog
died yesterday" when you have read
one letter you have read all. 1t is
| queer, but what else can be expected in
q country that is so wcather-stricken?
| We can't have a nice, amiabie summer
day with a cool evening; oh, no! We
have 10 turn in and run up into the
nlnetles, and then when the evening
comes, career up to about one hundred
and eight, which means no sleep. And
SO we 90 along. Well, you see am
just like the rest. My letter is about
the weather and its woes. The only
difference is that where the Others are
signed, "atfectionately" and faithfully"
and cordially" am, truthfulIy yours,
BAB.
The r., VI. & Ms EIkton Route,
| ELKToN, Mn, July Tt is reported that
| the Elkfon, Middietown IL Massey's rail.
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