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thing partioularly calamitous associet- j Blusldng such mineral bashfulness . ' A GhoPP04.Bllne• Tho irfskikanolexplanation
ed, with such an actioot ant nobody were carefelly scrutluized, ' 4 few years ago a Bible eoutribui- On (toe oocesiou a well known Irish
Seernecl to hear the muffled tones in Why did .1 blushU1Ohdroh or. while paeehig througli • village manlier of the British House of
, which I uttered this Wise eoreclutenn. Why did L blush hear o girls 1
Western Mass eilas(Vs, wa,P, bold of Coommons (Main by name) had
4.10 spi'1 salt,said Susan Joy, WhyWh i4 1 Welsh When connuandedt a family wimee home Were Ives !been speaking of the bad feeling,
'Yon can't possibly avoid this party,. have heard, is indeed a bad mete I Why aid. 1 •blush before everybody 1 not, even the cheeped eopy of the frequently ending in duels, which was
Frank ; indeed.. 1 especially desire what does it porteud, Mr, Theo ?' Why did 1 blush when alone ? . eueiptnees—se intrust,. wits the hostel- I ofteu engendered in the minde of
1. tAsklison lima very true and charm- . All this was made a matter for de- ity of the hush ant to Ohristieuity. honornb n nienibers in consequence ot
that yea should go to it. Besides,
is higli time. that you -Shauld rid your- rug env on the absurdity of such - liberate and. minute inquirer. .
The contribuior stoned at �'i to la cautomiception, not inerely of what
self of that lamentable bashfulness suporstitioues heavily remarked the Audi in course of time, the know., visit tho family, and found the wife ' WM14G WS ()nen of what was
that makes you blueb, and stammer,
. rector, 'I presnme you remember
and heroine as coutosed as a 80400L that excellent work, Thee
Attention directed to. me in this
marked marner, upset completely the
small amulet of equanimity 1 was
blessed with. What did I care for
salt, superstition br Addition? Instead
of replying, all I could do was to intim-
ble, at the same time incline my head,
as I felt cheeks, forehead and neck,
suffused with crimson.
I noticed jack Stealer's eyes turned
upon me with a euelonsly comical look
which told that my plight reminded
him of earlier Attys.
My tongue became parched, aria
great beads of perspiration broke out
on my forehead, when. S heard his
Iterrid chuckle and smv him bend to
girle—you, a perfect young Hercules
too 1'
It was my nother Who 'spoke,
Dear lady 1 her idea of- Herculea
went lengthwise ; for though*I stood
about five -feet -eleven ill ineestoceings,
otherwise had the proportions of an
extremely fasuitnable umbrella.
ith regard to the party, of course
I had to give iu ; but my acquiescence
bri„ught me many a pang of silent awl
'hitter mortification.
The miserable festival was the en.
max of a painfully bashful life. •
Although I ese the word hashful, I
know that it is impossible for any one
to understand the significance of the
evtrd in its application to my particular
-whisper something to the pretty girt
ease.
No ordinary comprehension of the
word can convey an, adequate notion
et the complaint..
The bashfulness, seemed to be an uu
conquerable horror, and eternal night
.mare, that existed only to overwhelm
me wherever I went.
Solitude brought ne relief, for when-
ever I sought its seclusion I was troub-
led by the reflections arising from the
weakness aud childishness °fray public
eamearance.
Tke party at the Nol.tos', to which
I was invited, was the &AI 'had gone
since, as a boy, I had been. dragged
to a, juvenile deem e.
My reappearauce in socieby was at
•
first auspicious..
That is to say, 1 only blushed slight-
ly es 1. Mumbled some sort of greeting
1 to the hostess, and stamped only on
one person's toes—those of irascible
old Bizzard, the lawyer—as I retired
into a shaded corner of the room.
• I noticed that Bizzard during the
whole evening looked at me with a
crossexamifiing expressi -in of counter):
anus that was vary embarntssing '
Front the secluded position 1 took
up Managed to tot a fair yieweet the
aompany.
It seemed a. very neighborly gather-
inge but much to my annoyance, there
was hardly a face that did not awaken
recolleetions of some awkwardness in
my behavior.
Bashful experiences were revived on
every hand.
There was that benign and good old
lady, Mrs. Babbage, before whom,
two days previously, I had visibly re-
treated round a corner becauee she
was aceompanied.by two young female
ecquaintances.
She evidently was justly brandint
me as a rude fellow. .
The severe Mrs Captain Trinnion
I had greviously offended years before
by making a blockhead, but uncen-
- scions, efusion to the doubtful esca-
pade of a brother of hers in 'Change.
The only joke I had ever attempted
to beftre the venerable Miss Dower
was a youthful fling at the age of for-
lorn spinsters.
Tnree pretty girls -especially Susan
Joy—were there, under whose eyes I
blushedregularly at church every
Sunday morning ; a blush that became
more vivid than the sun, through the
stained glass windows, brought a re-
ction of blue to my norm. Among
the men there was the lawyer, whobe
toes t had crushed ; the editor of the
local newspaper, the rector, who was
sure to floor me with some astruse
questions regarding classics.; and old
Captain Trunnion, whom 1 was posit.
eve 1 overheard o i ane occasion call me
a Milksop.
Fresh embarrassment arose when. I
beard an old school -fellow's name an-
. flounced. His tame WeB ,lack Stan-
. nee.
Jack was a lively, rattling fellow,
whom I had not seen for'ioug enough ;
1 knew he.. was a possessor of a, trti
mendoes 'slate of ridiculous reminds -
owes Of early days; when my un-
happy sobriquet was 'Lobster.' ‘.
srtienately, the young lady whom
1 hadthe honor of 'taking in to linner
was very distant and freezieg itt. her
elpsiar.
Bubethei relief prQceedhig from this
circitmetaace wee of short duration.
'1 heiljult &rind Mit, with no little
disceinfort, that the soup was intense.
ly hot, when the ancient, MISS Dowser
veho swept down upon Me and flushed
xny ,cheeks by a request for salt,
'64 !Mr. Theo,' sheetelaimed, after
seeing a little vitt, 'isn't it Very lin
lucky to spill salt?'
I muttered something to the efrect
• ;
athis side, who shook her head re-
provingly., lint seemed amused.
Jack was. occasionally very vulgar.
After that timeconfusion was coin-
plete, and self-possession impossible.
Miss Dowser demanded something
or other simultaneously with •the lady
on my hand, who requested a different
condiment.
Of course I gave the wrot; thing to
each and in the endeavour to put mat-
ters right 1 upset a decanter.
With a fearful effort to smile at •the
misfortune, I made a nervous and ex.
cited clutch at the thing to stop its rud-
dy flow from injuring the cloth. .
Thiaproceecling brought my elbow
in sharp contact with the nose of Miss
Dowser„ -who uttered a shriek as
though she had been shot, and startled
the a hole company, making every man
among them glare at me in indignant
amazement.
It was a mere trifle.
The injured party didn't even rise
from her chair, and Mrs. Nolan tried
to pass the incident Off as Pleasantly
ae possible. •
was speechless. • -
Annihilated by confusion'and dis-
grace, my whole body seemed •to he
burning ; my clothes became too small
for me .my :mouth became 'as dry as
In a sort of spasmodic way I kicked
out my right foot under the table.
Great thunder 1
I think what I had thcmght was a
smelt mat proved to be a Vile and vic-
ious tender ; called 'Snap,' which Lad
sneaked unobserved into the apart-
ment.
The little brute turned up one of my
legs and sank its teeth into it.
Giving a yell, such as my pent-up
feelings naturally strengthened, I made
for the deur.
'Snap' was after me with a deter-
mined hold on one of the tails of my
coat, which I ha4 to leave with him as
I fled to the hall. •
beeing old Mr. Nolan in pursuit, I
shouted an apology for my misfortunes,
seized a wrong hat that went down
over my ears, and in a moment was
out in the open air.
Oh, the relief given by the cold
night air 1
Even in the quandary in which I
was placed—torn, pained, ashamed
and disgraced—I found comfort in the
keenness of the rushing wind.
I could have broken a hole in the
ice and plunged in the Neva; and
would have •considered it a positive
tindery to be gradually frozen to death
alone on a drifting iceberg,
On reaching home, I managed to get
to my room swiftly and sweetly,
Removing my tattered garments,
• I threw my weary and injured body
upon the bed, and. moaned and ro led
about for hours, durint whiph I more,
than °roe was on the Yarn of weep,.
ing, in the acuteness of my vexation:
-Slowly, however, 1 dropped into a
troubled slumber, end dreamed that I
dropped from the top of St Paul's,
Cati anyone imagine it, to be pos-
sible that I eau now look back upon
that eXperience with indifference, yela
with amusement
Such is really the case.
The past, with all its awkward
memories, does not raise the sbghtest
blush, nor even ati hiware qualm
Bttt before telling how is was
brought about, t must romark that
my ignominious retreat from the No-
lans' didn't in, the least interfere with
the pleasure of their party,
Lulea& 1 have a oespieion that my
ledge gradually dawned upon me, as
it will under similar cirounastaimes to
nineteeeetwentieths of those who have
a kindred weakness, that tho fooling
does not spring from any' inherent
physical trouble, but rather from an
intense developement of a mental aff
option, known as self consciousness.
To EWA a reme‘iy, let us look at the
world as it unquestionably.tooks upon
us—with indifference.
Every man and every woman has
plenty to think about in connection
with themselves without troubling
thenseelves about other people's blush-
es.
A. blusher is important only in his
own eyes.
• It is quite an error to imagine that
!musing out the week's we slum:. In said by other honorable .gentlemen.
the couree of a pleatete conver, "Ancl, iir Spaker," said Mr. Martin,
sation, he Wielded tier a mealy bound with his rich Irish bregtie,' with your
Bible. • 1 pernossion, I will give yourself and
With asnuilethee seil,"Thitiik youe• the House a, case in point. That.
she field . rat her hand, but metantly ns e- Mr. Seeker, °floured to ineself,
withdrew it, boe.lies'ested to accept Yon know, sir, and the House knows,
the gift, knowing that inehusband that I Was opposed et the last elect -
would be displecieei If she took jL 1 ion for Gal way . by Dennis O'Sweeoy.
A few pleaseitt sv, folluwed, Now t•ilIgll )4ti
e iont
Sll):Ikei:b.eInS:iisa,
which tlitt man i'voke of the Iwoila
,: of 13134 by 311
the rabid of divine direotion. autl of ;flab Demlis said something aboi •
the Bible tol that, need, vete dio woman !nle. Well, sir, utter the election was
resolved to take the gift. Juke; then, I over, we met in a hoteleancl Bennis
her husband came frma behind tile; comet up • to tne, and 'says, says he,
house with the axe 011 his shoillelea - ; `Dieltidlcirtin (roars cif laughter)' you
Seeing the Biel:, in .is wifeee bend, I was alter saying samethiug, in your.
he looked threutealugly at 'her, and spaneli on the Intatins about me
egiett winch was incoosietent with the -
thee, said to the rontributor,
society is hanging upon our words, or I do you want , sir,'nth tay wife 1' character of a geittleinin.'
ions. The fra words of the Ohrielian
• • •
watching, with bated breath, our act -'Faith, and it's yourself, Dennis,,
A grand lesson to learn is how ut.
terly lost our insignificant lives are in,
the mightiness of the universe, or even
trate, circles of the social world •
AO -lough at first I had no slight
difficulty in giving practical effect to
the outcome of my reflections on
bashfulness, I ultimately did succeed
itt hanisning the trouble.
instead of avoiding company 1 be-
gan to go more freely into little coter-
ies of friends. and felt myself uncota
scionsly being drawn into Laving an
interest in their • conversation and
pastimes.
At first I used to blush very free
quently ; but then I remembered that,
nobody cared whether 1 blushed or
not.
The flush was a cause of discomfort
to myself alone.
At church and other public places,
1 might be frequently seen, but on
suchoccasions 1oteadfastly. endeavor-
ed...et, consecrate every attention , to
the proceedings, and not upon my per-
sonal aspect.
Blushing people may sometimes find
a difficulty in this.
espoiallyetried to keep in the
good, gams of agreeable and chatty.
members -of the fair sex.
I can truthfully say from experience
that 'I know of ho better company for
bashful. men.
For non -blushing members* of the
masculine frateroity such a remark
would go without sayins.
inta.n, spoken in a manly way.. so far my boy, is quite mistaken in that,
Battened his irritatioo that he replied same,'
to him with civility. But stepping • 'Don't you think to humbug nm out.
of my belief by any of your nonensee
up, to his wife, he took the Bible from
Dielt.'
her hand saying,: ,
" etre always have everything in " ' Then, what was it Via say 1 sayst
common. and we'll have this too," I. -
Placing the Bible on the chopping •" Xou know that as well as I do,*
block, lie out it in two parts with one said lie,
blow of the axe. Giving one part t - " • the powers 1 don't,' said Mr.
his wife and putting tinetaeltlamatitrii..seoei..,0..oes o„iaion:Iiileirrieeene.„.,.t.....ctus:ak ablv hicli-
pocket, he welkeeereereye e •-•-e
4' Order, order, Mr, Wiertin
Several ttageeter , the -division of , ,u
the Bibleethe iras3,11 the foreat chop. teedrtfhremBlIpaelalltrearr, taamoifdstehreoaHrsouoafe.lenglie,
ping wood. At noon he seated him-
self on slog, and began eating
dinner. The diseevered Bible sug-
ens auc'i'Itillioegpyaorudropoai dor
';.,111‘ilsr. 118o Le raakhelre':
gested itself. He teok it from his Honse, 'eel said anything improper", 1
coat pocket, and leis eye fell on the 1,
'By the powers you do, though.
last page. He began reading, and Dick," said Deunie. '
'Order, order.. Mee Martin, with, 1•1
was soon interestecl in the story of 1
the Prodigal Sole. Ent his part end grab eimpliciey, mingled with a won;
deft with the son's exclamation. eI derful shrewdness of manner, sit was;
- not myself that remark, it was Dennis e
will arise and go to my father."
At night he said to his wife, • with 01Sweeny.'e
affected parelestness, 'Let me have ' lelr. Spaker resumed:" Upon my
honor as a gent'eman. I &mit know, •
your pat of that Bible. I've been
reading ilbout a boy who ran away what your mane,' said I.
from home, and after having a heed • '" 'Well, then,' says he, 'didn't you.
time,decided to go, back, and I' want to skeY •
she mastered her joy and gnietly
The wife's heart beat violently but
Mwt:rttihT,164sicildhdeenlwyascec°k•linstrehainisleilrf.
"I need. not tell you, Mr. Spaker,
•see how the old man receive 1 hinv'
handed her her husband her part without w• itIlhetiaeuagghatieert.he House was convulsed
•
then re•read it. He read far in the. He read the story through • ancr,,vi'D: i‘ciskqpi'abskaoeyris7,hoeit,e'dy oifu Imut ,Teatitryascti:.
night. But not a word did he say te
".'-And you won't' retract, ,
to his wife. During the leisure
It took me some tiene to get rid a moments of the next day, his wife says Dennis.
the evil, but it has been accomplished . saw him reatling the new jointed pints. e 4I'd rather yon'd make a riddle of
at last.my body first.'
and at night he said abruptly, 0,Vifel
Company and innocent amusement (think that the led book I ever •'Then,' said be, '1 expect the sate..
have done i t.read.' faction which le. 41.„ to a gentleman ;
I can now walk into any. gathering Day af.,er day he read it.
•
His ard with filet, Mr. Spatter, he was in
in the most unblushing manner; and
cao talk with perfect ease to both ma-
mas end. daughters.
To such an extent, indeed, did I go
with the latter that I actually found
myself one day proposing to pretty
Susan Joy. ,
No, reader, she isn't looking Q.vev•
my right shoulder just now and wilts-
perine :
'You darling, stupid aid. dOlkey,.. Companion, • a '
what nonsense is that yein ax eglting
wife noticed his few worth which in-
dicted that he was becoming attached
to it. One day lie said, !Wife 1 I'm
going to try and live by that book ;
I guess it is the best guide fer a man.
And he did. A strong prejudice
against religious truth, growing out
of a partial conviction of its necessity,
is often followed,. by a changed life,
sod seal Was this experience .—Yo uths
She refused me pc:eat:144kt 4.1,1(.1
married Blithers of tlia Hoe'ea
lery, who has, two, tlioueahel i3/4,$itaaaand
a place called Pelitherty Het,
Nobody 10.)074( w%IVO IPA RV.
thers, if j wasn't foehianieteseya
He Wm as uglv are a tfotteeetteti and
hi wings a tlioeough Tahoe.
Siaseo rout have been a inoreetwy
oreettlerea and now fleet I ttiiink of it,
the tile egeesalt ese pretty as alie, was
said to, be,
X al* Minot sure she had a slight
scitnnt, autl ti turn up nose.
Hiet ildetan't matter at all, ler I soon
foual a sweetergirl who 'hadn't gat
f"
To Sou %vas Good.
Setme year3 ago the late Gov. 1xb.
bard, of Connecticut, was a member.
of a coterie while met periods:ally to
play whit. One of the par4ye who
wan locally famous for his slovenly
habits and soiled dress, astonished.his
friends on One occasion by appearing
etttle a beautiful white; erose iri his
buttonhole. '
Addressing Mr, tfubbard, be said:
ilftibbArd, did you ever see a finer
rose than, that ? Now, where do you
imagine X got that rose 1'
troubles only added, e, littte more to The cis Oovet•nor looked qnizioally
the fun cf the evening, •at the damer resting in the dirty loop
After that night 1: stihjeetel my, mi., hole and answeed;
bearable et nclition to avery searching lesoks as thought it mickt, bavo
lag I (ain't knew. that th,ro wro sriy- 4 examination," almti there,1
;wary Farm Work. '
• All farmers should kegs a record of
their work and "take an account . of
etock:'' at least one a year. The
Apt . Jonaary ' is an appropriate
• time. eo ',open new books," to be
followed by a daily and weekly re-
• cord of impottant transactions. See
that the farm buildings are welt - in-
sured in a reliable company at fair
rates, Many Ores result in care-
lessness with ashes. Build a brick
or stone receptacle at a safe distance
frone all handbags and keep the ashes
in it, They are well worth coeiefully
preserving as fertilizieg material, to
• be scattered' over the pasture or mead-
ow. Prepare the annual supply of
Ile wood and lot it become thoroughly
seasoned before used..,, Green wood
je not economical tn any sense, and is
a fruithil source of bad breakfasts and
*verso tempers. Do. not negleut to
Mi the ice house at she earliest oppor.
tunity. A delay of a siogie day may
witness the loss of the ice (lop. Let
the head help the hands in every
possible way therefore attend the
the very act of leaving the room.
'Dennis, don't let us misunderstand. e
each other,' says t.
"
Well, do yea er do you not retract,
ani no more blarney 1' says he.
'"No, I don't, says L dot if you'll
call on me to -morrow morning at
breakfast time we'll both explain. an
then I'll either•brecik an egg or crack
a tient with you—whichever you plase,
Dennis.'—(Lotid laughter.)
'Well, I will, Dick,' said he.
*Awl faith, sure enough, Mr. Spaker,
Dennis O'Sweeny did kape his word, •
and he explained, and 1 explained, and
we both exillainea, and he left my
room quite sattsfied, and bowing to
me as politely as the Masters in
Chancery do to you, Mr, Spaker,
when they retire from your honorte
table.'
Most people will approve of, the
aestion contained in the follow!
'Lyme
It is but a step -oh
Down to the dep-ho.
The way is quite steep -oh
That tends to the•deep-oh.
1 slipped on a grape oh
duet by theday-oh
• In a store by the doe -pot.
I bought this small tea pot.
• Pellets, to end the 'agitation
We'd Atter henceforth ca1 11Moo
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