Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1875 — “Come and See Me.” [ARTICLE]

“Come and See Me.”

A writer says: “ Never take ‘ Come and see me’ as a phrase meant in earnest unless it be accompanied with a date. Such afi invitation amounts to nothing at all. If a lady or gentleman desires jour company he or she will appoint a time tor your visit. ‘ Call on me when you can make it convenient,’ ‘ Drop in as you are passing,’ ‘ Make us a visit whenever you have an hour or two to spare,’ are social ambiguities by which men and women of the world understand that they are not expected to do the thing requested. When people wish to be cheaply polite there is nothing like this kind of vagueness. The complimentary small change- of society must always be taken at a large discount. It is nevei worth its face or anything like it. Yet it is a convenient medium of exchange, and heavy debts of gratitude that ought to be requited in better coin are often paid with it.* People who have more polish than principle use Slavishly—plain, blunt, honest men sparingly or not at all. Whoever makes a friendly visit to a fashionable house on the strength of a mere ‘ Come and see' me’ will very often find that the family circle he has dropped into by request is as uugenial as the Arctic circle, and lie will probably leave it with a chilly feeling that will prevent him irom venturing into the same high latitude again. But when a wlio’.e--.soidtd.mtm,..whom...you.kßOw--to~be-.y«mr.. t'figud, grasps you vigorously by the hand and says, ‘ Come, and dine with me to-day —dinner on the table at five o’clock — be sure to come—we shall expect you,’ you can take it as certain that your presence is warmly desired. It is pleasant always to make or receive- a visit from a friend, but a nod on the street is allsufiieient from a fashionable acquaintance.” • - A correspondent in La Grange, Mo., has told the latest and biggest snake story of this year’s crop. He says that on Saturday last three men! near La Grange killed 240 black-snakes on one ledge of rocks. Tlieir bodies would Lave filled a wagon-box, and weighed over 1.200 pounds. The extreme of allowing only five pounds to each snake shows a commendable desire to refrain from exaggeration.—s Chicago Times. Five world’s fairs have been held in Europe. In 1851. at London, open during 141 days, visited by 6.030,185 persons; in 1855, at Paris, 200davs, 3,162.330vi5it0r5: in 1862, at London, *l7l days, 6.211,103 visitors;in 1867. at Paris, 267*days, 8,865, -‘ 960 visitors. Total 33,019,087 ~visitors, fielding $7,940,821.