Show we were infinitely amused three or four weeks ago ao by a p joke ir washl neton city upon a number of the nice bice men of congress it was too good food to be left unpublished A couple of merry fellows one of them a ti distinguished disi digi member of congress Cong resi tesi from a southern I 1 I 1 state and the other a distinguished ex editor I 1 from kentucky concocted a letter purporting to I 1 be addressed by a young lady to a very finer looking gentleman it was got up in first rate i style the pretended young lida set forth therein that j she had several times seen the gentleman she sho was addressing that she was captivated by his fine I 1 face and manly form that her heart was deeply touched by all she heard of him that sh she must oust make his acquaintance before bhore his big departure from the city that she hoped and prayed be would i forgive her seeming holdnes bold boid nes new a aa it was the first imprudent lct set of lier her life ilfe that the always moved and a was still moving in the chest b circle zircle of the capt ital that she would be upon a certain square of a certain street at precis precisely pl 12 on uie the following day in a dress which w ich i dole odle she flie described I 1 with great particularity and that she hoped ani ari trusted he would meet in beet her and thus afford her an opportunity of a brief personal intercourse with the idol of gerheart her heart the two wags had fiad between thury thuly gna fotty forty copies of thi sletter written by a female friend of it theirs and they sent these copies to about thirty members of congress selecting those of course who were known to entertain a very exal exalted ted opinion of their own personal perso hial fial fascination f asci nations everything being thus arranged the two jokers called upon us and another young gen ger illeman explained rial ried what they had had bad done and invited us to get into their carriage ride with them to the point of assignation and see the sights we unhesitatingly consented and we saw sights sure enok enough enough gh riding Viding upon the designated square we beheld the whole of thirty or forty members northern men and arid southern men whigs demo brats and know nothings walking to and fro all gazing earnestly in every direction and at every female figure to discover the object of their anxious search se arch louisville journal |