A Lonely Lover.—You might try to learn a concertina or an accordion. The latter would be the easiest to play. The name Mildred is from the Anglo-Saxon, mild and red, or mild in counsel.
Inquirer.—We should think you had better get one of the new Encyclopædias, which will answer all the questions on the very varied subjects in which you are interested. There are several published at moderate prices.
E. Wahall.—Swinton is in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 10½ miles from Sheffield. Here the Rockingham porcelain manufactory was established, so called after the Marquis of Rockingham, on whose estate it was established—not in the village of that name, which is in Northamptonshire, on the river Welland.
Ignoramus.—The Mormons owe their origin to one Joseph Smith, who, in 1830, established himself at Utah. He pretended that in his boyhood he had visions, in which he was told that all existing religions were false; and later on, that at a place indicated he would find gold tablets, and inscribed with the inspired instructions of the ancient prophets, buried in the ground. Also a pair of spectacles, a sword, and a breastplate. The inscriptions were in the reformed Egyptian language. Eleven persons were said to have seen these things besides Smith, which were all, he said, returned to the Angel, and were seen no more. Afterwards, he and his coadjutor, Cowdery (a schoolmaster), had a vision of St. John the Baptist, who consecrated them priests of the Order of Aaron, and commanded them to baptise each other, after which the “Holy Ghost fell on them, together with the spirit of prophecy.” Smith was succeeded by Brigham Young, Smith having been murdered by Indians who broke into the prison where he was confined.
Lucy Waygood.—We do not quite see on what point you need advice. From your own account you seem to have behaved badly enough, as you (being engaged to one man) appear to have encouraged another lover to pay you attention, and to visit you. No wonder the first became angry and jealous. Now you seem not to know your own mind, and “don’t want to pass your life with either of them.” You are very young, which is your best excuse, and our only advice is that you should wait for a year or two before accepting any lover, as you evidently do not know your own mind.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] An expression used to denote the quantity of bees in the hive. The bees are said to be “so many frames strong,” that is, so many frames are covered by bees.
[2] Afterwards Lord Hardinge, Governor-General of India, and Commander-in-Chief of the British Army.