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Show Valentines. Last evening Valentine parties were held in various wards of the city and eDjoyed by tbe participants. This evening there will be others, at which postofficeB for the deposit and delivery of lovers' billet doux and tender missives mis-sives will be in full operation. This morning, the taps on front doora will bo eagerly listened for and, and young and tender hearts will flutter with expectation of anooy-tmous anooy-tmous love letters, the import and ! writers of which will bo in moat cases j correctly guessed. Of course, the I "ugly" pictures and hideous caricatures carica-tures will be treated with disdain, aud uiaDy au "I just know the mean wretch who sent that" will be expressed ex-pressed as tbe contents of envelopes, directed in a forged handwriting, aro scanned with disgust. May the meives transmitted through the post this morning convey to fond hearts tho true feelinua ot the Benders. |