Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-15

furniture after all, and seem very little o..
liiied 10 be happy themselves, OF promo, 10
happiness of others have tiled therr. nm
and boy, for fifty years past, and fad Them
the same queer querulous Gisconlen'ed cr,,
lures. The other evening | got kind =.
family invite TO take lea hasy pfomer,G.
ing kind of spend the evening with ~,
from an old friend {; tea and mnfins--enolo,
and nuts, song and a tune on the piano
like them a!!---they are what Kit Cosev ell.
:. comfortable" mad my bat Goa, ,,.l
buckles brushed secundum urtrG,, an Je,,o,
ed my friends door just as The sun bad i;p.
ped his ever burning beams in the deem r.,
som oil the western wave. hate tea at ,,,s
hour, and as dine at two, have no fashion.
able predictions for tea at eight. Iw,.n
ceived by the host with the utmost cor;,.
ness; in one of the parours | was mr., ~,
three rosy checked romping girls smiled
on one, complimented the other and said
something very gallant to the third. for ito,
were all old friends, and | felt myseir,w TWEEN.
~ years younger in their presence. levpD
thought that could nave danced little +
was like ice in April, thawing gradually bv
their smiles. They introduced me- IA ,Ls
drawing room, where | was quickly conoe,.
led by the sight of four old maids" in hwcL-
RAM or rather dressed as stiff and poD6e-
rous as was the fashion in 1912. stoppaa
quite short, for The thermom eler OF my ,p;
rts fell TO freezing point old maids cum,s
in contact with old bachelors, is like comets
jostling each other. found that a dish oit.a
was due TO these ladies, and they had leen
collected from the four sections of the CITY 10
make but one JOB of it, and no doubt was
called in to keep them in counlenance Pa
tience thinks l. there is a punishment due
to all old bachelors, and must mead submit
to mine. AT length, the tea, that delightful!
harblnger OF social converse, was introduced;
the old maids slipped little, and talkeda
little. listened, expecting son c scanlai,
but found the order of the day changed
thew talked no scandal, but introduced an
entire new system of picking characters 10
pieces under the cover OF virtues and charita-
bic soliciludes. So, says Miss Bridget
southern lady has carried off one OF our city
besux she is very rich, and some say anna
bIe--but la A! there should be some good qua.
lites 10 compensate for the errors OF there
ducalion, ard their want of industry. The
husband, learn, is very clever aid interest
ing, but it was altogether piece Of specula.
ton in his part Appropcs, says Mss Tabi.
tina talking OF marriages, reminds me OF one
now under consideration in the beau monde
Mr.. Hargrave 10 Miss Myrtila Rosebud
What do you think of that Mr. Howard--are
you not astonished ? BY no means madam,
said l., with great gravity. Why should be
astonished at the marriage OF couple Sc eX-
tremely suitable by age, temper and fortune,
should indeed be astonished and distressed
beyond measure, if such unions were prevent
ed by any unforeseen event Trust me, ma
dam, that in life there ID 10 sight more gra-
tilyug, than yo1sng couple united by the
ties of love and religion, studying 10 make
each other happy, and each pursuing sys-
tenn OF economy and industry, calculated e.
yer to advance their prosperity, rearing upa
family of healthy innocent children in the
paths OF virtue, and thus exhibiting an nle-
resting spectacle 10 the world worthy of lml'
ta,ion and beyond all praise Why, Ia, NJ
Howard, says Miss Bridget, never believed
that you were an advocate for matrimony:-
pray, why have you not taken unto yourself
wife D. not remind me of my misfortune,
madam. said /; it was never my hapPInes;
to engage the affections ot any lady of sulta'
bic qualifications. Well, said she, some men
have strange luck: heaven be praised, that
women are SO well off, in the way of oferi,
that they are not justified in swapping ever
adven,urer. She hen brided up, shook Der
head slgni6c ntly, which went 10 say,
have refused more than one, though doubt
ii she ever had fair legitimate proposal III
her lie. Well, said Miss Caroline Matilda
the youngest of the Quartetto, who might De
about forty, have an exalted opinion Oh
Mss Rosebud's mind and accomplishments
though, to be sure. she does read such tTasu
of novels, and W i'll dabbe in poetry and sue
ysldeligLtully on the piano, said ! aO''
tla-but, then, Wilson has been instruc'inE
her for ten years, and .,sr practice has 0eeH