Year: 1877




FOR several weeks a column or so of
the COURIER has been under the editorial
control of Maud Mueller. pronounced
Miller an assumed name of course The
question "who was Maud Mueller has
been asked by many persons which has
led the writer of this to attempt to re
fresh his memory as to her origin and
history. But memory, that is clear ana
distinct, so far has failed to come to his
assistance. There is an indistinct recol
lection, or confused idea that Iaud is
the creation of some wild German writer.
That she was his beau ideal Of true
country lass Beautiful, as to he readily
supposed with rosy checks, auburn tres
ses, with curls dancing along her alibas-
ter forehead, aud falling behind her ears
gently swaying in the morning breeze
OF slight figure and elastic step wear
ing a very taking Gypsey hat, short
skirts, and tiny slipper, well la ell with
scarlet braid around the prettiest ankle
that peering eyes ever gazed on. That
she was given to out door employments,
such as making hay, driving home the
kline Of evenings from the green PASTURES
and various other light field labor-iu all
of which she took great delight, it was
her natural taste, there was nothing ar
tifcal about her As might be expected
she played havoc with the hearts of the
young swains with whom she mingled ct
the hurvest home festivals Anatl,ar,
ctr.in of thought, dimly ~
duces Maud as Pennsylvania girl, pos
sessed of rare beauty, and fond of the
same occupations as the dutch Maud-that
she made very serious impression upon
a leading Judge of that State, who in
travelling his circuit chauccd to call for
some water at the farm house of the ia
ther Of this Maud, where lie was waited
upon at the well by Maud herself; that he
FELL into n protracted conversation with
her and leaving with an almost fixed de
termination of returning aud reveal TO
the unconscious girl the great love which
from first sight she had inspired in his
bosom But absence and pride done their
work so we'll that the ambitious Judge
never returned and Maud pursued the
even tenor of her way, never knowing
that she had made any impression on the
notable stranger she had waited upon at
the well.


That Maud Mueller hal reality Of
some sort there can be but little doubt
that she was what has been said Of her
and in proof of TINS proposition, have
the evidence of u newspaper man who
gave an account of a young woman of his
acquaintance, who had read or heard
something about Maud Mueller and APP
preciated her ways-in fact this imiiator,
thought it would be very romantic to
make hay, fetch home the cows and per-
form many little chores that more prop
account goes this false Maud /arrayeJ
herself after the style of the genuine one,
and s,f2ulicring her litue rake, saunter
ell away to the meadow where the fresh
Novn hay lay in swarths. Size comUlenc-
ed plying her little rake, but, alas, Hike
ull earthly pleassures her hay making
was of short duration. After a,few pull,
ut her little rake there came a pause, up-
pleasant sensations ran all over her, ann
ia moment the little rake was dying il
the air, and the romantic Maud made
boun which carried her eleven feet away
from her starting place and when alight
eli ou term frma, she made the quickes
time from tirat spot 70 the paierual man
sion ever recorded by amy turf register
She had only stirred up nest of yello"
jackeJs with her litue rake, aud uutor
tuua,cly stepped over it. Her annals d,
not mention any thing farther about hay
making, or pastoral pursuits This Is
about all know concerning Maud Muel-
Ter, or her i,nitaiors, aud / think it suih
cieut to carry the be.iet to the most scep
tical mind tuat there did exist At SOM
time-some sort of Maud Mueller
myt4,c,l or otherwise. J.