Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-04-08
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PROM THE TRENTON EMPORIUM.
TUE BLUE RIBBON.

OCiore ids"'"'l "'h ~ peN'deilhS dath
81 nameiess eieSancies, hau come a.
mons US, an all PERI adhS mama, ana
made many Hhe 3'rds i'ad as many lean
purses, our occasional intercourse
with tie cites on the coast, sometimes
produced effects, Inc progress OF which
might afford matter Tor 'nany interest
ing tales. Abe persevernS Dame was
iong shut Out OF cur assuming yiI'3se.
he father OF tue hainiet locked at her
with 80 jealous an eye, and excited a
sahSt her such powerful and vigorous
authority, that, Whenever She appear
ed, she metz whitening scowL They
preferred, and FOR good reason as eX-
peuence ha'h tadSai, The i'nsey Wooisey
OF the village loom; and al its plain
and simple, and economical accom-
paai7mehts. The Boys wore woolieh
mas, i'n barefoot; aud tie z us put "
taclf hair With horn combs, or LETT It
cur around Their necks' And very
WEI remember FIAT once, when a Com
necticut pedIar stopped IN town With a
parcel, Of jappanned and Powered tin
combs, tile ola aieG held council, and
ordered him TO decamP, considering has
merchandise calculated to demorailze
society, by breaking IN upon the good
old rules OF plainness and simplicity IN
dress.
Two very pretty girls, daughters OF
an honest industrious man, who lived
ON, and was pant ov ncr OF the Hollow
Farm, received, one Christmas day, a
neat little box, from their cousins in
Philadelphia, containing several yards
of fine broad blue ribbon, as holiday
gift. The news was soon spread among
Che young ladies OF the neighborhood,
and the fortunate girls, the Hiss Ches-
ters, invited all their companions 10
spend ar afternoon with them FOR the
end Of determining the manneriu which
this rare present had better be disposed
Of One Of the visiters had been to tie
city in her time, and had seen, she SAID,
the like used as sashes, by the fashiona-
BILE in the great world -Sashes it was
resolved the Blue Ribbon should be.
Next Sunday, the Miss Chesters were
carefully watched for at the meeting
which was held, and they came every
one of the young folks admired their APP
pearance, the beaux ere in an exta-
cy, aud twenty eyes were upon the ele-
giant blue sashes all the while,
The subject became a. common topic
Of conversation. The old folks scold-
ed, but the rest were ell delighted or
Jealous. The Miss Chesters happened
however, to rule the rest at home
Their kind father and mother never
crossed them in their wishes; and they
soon discovered that their splendid blue
sashes were entirely too fine even for
their Sunday calicoes. They soon
therefore made their appearance IN
pretty new muslins, as white as snow.
/ Chestcr's long sighted neighbors took
the alarm at this, and began CLOSELY to
inspect their accounts with the hitherto
th,iving tenant of Hollow Farm, end
to watch the progress OF this new danger
with peculiar vigilance. Chester's laai
will grow poor, said they, for it will soon
cost him more to dress his daughters
than to keep two yoke of oxen
II was cot long before the young Ia
dies saw, as they stepped smarfI> before
the glass, that their blue stockings look
ed shocking with the white dresses.
fine white cotton ones were procured
from distant store. The father was
delighted with the attention his girls at
}racted, and suggested himself that
Main check bonnttS appeared horrible