Show CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE Sweet Lore Epistles from Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Lovers in Ye Olden Times We have been kindly permitted by a Bedford gentleman to copy the following i I curious correspondence the manuscript of which is in his possession The paPer pa-per upon which the letters are written is yellowwith age The first note is directed by a gentleman to a lady and it runs as Allows MOST AMI BLE Miss After a long consideration con-sideration of the great representation which you have in your nation for my preservation I feel an inclination to become be-come your relation to give demonstra tion of this mv estimation witV my eStimationwithouut equiv ocation I am making preparation to a speedy navigation to remove my habitation habita-tion to a nearer situation to pay yon adoration for the sake of conversation If this my declaration may but meet your approbation it will confer an obligation in my estimation from generation to generation To this jingling love song the young lady replied in the following choice and charming language SmI perused your oration with much deliberation and a little consternation at the great infatuatioq of your weak imagination imagi-nation to show such veneration on so slight a foundation But after examination examina-tion and serious contemplation I suppose your animation was the fruit of recreation recrea-tion or had sprung from ostentation to display your education by an odd enumeration enu-meration or multiplication of words of the same termination though of great variation in each respective signification Now without disputing your laborious application to so tedious an occupation deserves commemoration and thinking imitation a sufficient gratification I am without hesitation yours MARY MODERATION Bedford Gazette |