Year: 1878




Sons Ante -Nuptiai Dangers.
Bad spoilers are sufficio ntly COM
mon in this country not to be in
very great demand and occasionally
to bring reproach to our common
school system. No position, public
or private, is wholly FREQ from the
person who misus tho photography
Of English language, and even the
school teacher is often brought
down by o we'll directed aud sudden
shot. There il some excuse in c,ses
OF this kind, aud O distinguished citi.
zen in the consular service of bis
country may be lightly dealt with
for his wretched way OF spelling
heart, as his business is not particu-
larly with hearts but there are
cases in which bad spelling is not
only inexcusable, but where it has
led to domestic trouble and unhap
piness such as few other things
could have instigated. It is re-
markable fact that no young lady
has as yet been heard Of who came
from school with any really valuable
knowledge either Of arithmetic or
photography, and particularly Of the
latter. They bring home from ex-
pensive establishments burdensome
store Of almost every other sort Of
learning, but they write letters and
do shopping--the favorite diversion
OF young women-without knowing
how to spell or cast Up half dozen
figures.


A shortcoming Of this character
has brought a young Ia ly to grief
She had q lover who dotted on her
aud prided himself on his learning
This young women was one Of the
most beautiful and accomplished of
the sex which is noted for it's beauty
She had been to boarding school,
and money had been lavished with-
ont stint on her education she
knew French and Latin and enough
OF Greek to be actually classical in
her literary tastes she read only
the very best books-not tho kind
which young ladies too much incline
to, but those from which most learn
ing was to be had. And all this
seemed like polishing the already
polished diamond. Besides this, she
was happy in possessing, to on emil
nent dogree, all those accomplish
ments which makes young lady
attractive in the society Of the peri
cd. She was brilliant and witty in
conversation. knowing exactly what
to say and where to say it she
danced divinely, dressed like q prin-
cess aud bore herself with the grace
and charm OF IA Juno. She was
more than lady, for she knew how
to cook, and once took the first prize
for best loaf OF bread at tho county
fair. In due timo the young women
with all these accomplishments
made the usual preparations o
throw herself away on the young
man who had monopolized the most
of ber time for a year or two. This
innocent aud confiding man little
know what terrible calamity lay in
wait for him. Business called him
from home o few days while the
wedding preparations were going
on, and he wrote and she wrote, as
young and enthusiastic hearts will
do under the circumstances. In q
little while tho neighborhood was
Mortified to learn that tho match
was of. The wedding preparations
lceased, and oil was solemn.


Then the young woman sought
redress in court moved by that
curiosity common to her sex, as we'll
as the other sex, she wanted to
know why he had declined to fulfill
his promise. II was such o natural
request that he was compelled to
give his reasons. and did 30 without
Iindirection, by producing one Of her
|glowing letters In which she des-
cribed her happiness in view Of the
looming 'nupshals." and incidently
referred to her "dimond" ring. The
stony-hearted wretch declined to
marry anybody who could not spell
nuptial, particularly within month
Of her wedding day. The young
lady brought her portfolio into court
and emptied his letters out whore
the light OF the law could shine up
on them. The fret one read was
in answer TO her gush about the
"nupshals," very brief and truly bus
iness-like. He wrote "This mar
ridge can never take place" She
not only found out Why, but she re-
covered damages the judge was .
human msn. aud eongrasulAtsd the
young woman on ber narrow escape
from . man who don't know how to
spell marriage within Q month OF bis
wedding day.


i Extensive preparations are being
made at Gettysburg to observe dec'
oration day. The oration will -bs
delivered by General Benjamin y
Butler, whose subject will be. "Th'
private soldier in the war Of the re'