The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-04
DOMESTIC.

NAsInssroS. 18th Jan ISIS.
some further remarks have BEEN made an the
miard world of the capital. Line current ut
politics i steadily rolling along. mixed coca
s'onalty IA TIE stream ct fashion. by way OF
reffe shinenf a. a broker takes a glass OF lem.
onadc ma Hhrm day IN June
don't thiuk | rser said a word TO YOU about
the iait Ne I'D here a lew weeks ago must
not iorget thai mad folic. for such must call
II IL wa QUITE altogether. All he fashion IN
the city participated ~ that piece Of aionsrous
benrvol,nce lis iorait was al place baptised
CaruSi's Assembly Rooms. 10 speak IN the
language ct thu topogfaphers vino haze lately
been II nins IN oil virginia, II Is bounded on
ihr "esi hy bed Of pulyerscd bfoscio. with
due proportion OF water, (vulgary called mud
sts iuchss dfep,) on the south by a similar bed
aud a creek called the Tyber, &c. &c The
room MS furnished with = Tange of stalls on
winch werr ali the TOYS the mullmers the hair
dresses aud foe sellers OF Washington could fur
nish. Behind these stood the fan Il yinites aud
Ia front the buyers TIE flopr Of tue apart
ment sas literally sprlnkled With sand which
assembled TO lac uostrils. and kept thai region
all altvr. The first day was most delicious
squeeze The tdcs were charmed. Dolls, pie
lures, bracelets sc. &C. went off at any price
asked. The fair creatures who sold fhe,n put
would sell you and there was no getting rld Of
them. Some of the fair tnpffeuis were dress
ed like French cottage girls, with white mus.
lin apron before. a j. ne sdlS gu0l behind
Chang the nomenclature of millners , aud a
bust deckrd out in the gaYeSt style Others put
ON the pfettiest airs Of mock gravity, while a
dmple or a smile would occasionally hetrav
them 10 their favored acquaintance. There
were picture dealers, booksellers, pocket book
manufacturers, fortune telers, and host of o.
theirs that defy memory and the vocabulary at
once.
II was most delightful to see the pretty little
wretchrs selling dolls most Wickedly to the
bachelors, aad the bachelors looking mos
notulls up IN their faces, like an old fox AT a
bunch Of grapes elevated on the archnrave of
an ionic column. In another quarter was a
black-eycd Charmer most .erlonsly whrling
a card, and telling fortunes at a shilling hand
Another, IN 4 Sort of sofia rOcc, crying out TO a
gfoupe atound her, buy do--buy a marie
who wants 10 bus very petty cherry checked
doll y \ little 10 the westward of that scene
up jumps young thing Of sixteen summers.
with moss rose IN hrr black hair and an arch
smile on her face " Mato g.ntiity, sir Don't
you want To buy what's grutitv, respected
SIT This wa a ticket with these words enera. |
we'd upon IT, emitting tn bearear to a book that |
was soon 10 be published by one of thu book !
sellers in the city, aud SAID to he written by a |
lady OF some literary p.rtensions =" WHATS |
gentlty - reiterated the gentleman III | |
ere 10 answer that question: continued he |
| would say it's very pretty yonng lady, with
black hair "A moss rose stuck IN it, Il white a.
prom, AMI a manner irfesisthc--and that's gen. |
ullty.' " thank you, SIR, for the compliment
It's only d ,llar--ony one bare dollar-hra.
Ian a. IA I'd that,
holding the tcketu up TO his eya that he might
see It,
On such occasions there was no retreat
ing. Similar events took place all round the !
Iopm, and during the continuance of the fair /
fhe girls got absolutely Wild before the oosr
All the precision and formality of regular par
ties fell from their manners as the scales from
the eyes OF a man born blind. The heart came
uui in It's natural colors They asked, they psc,s-
ed. they cntreated. the, prayed the politician,
the idler, the clerk, the dipiouat aud the states.
man To buy and who could resist
On the whol ii was pleasant piece Of bu
SlneSs and tac orphans have received the benc
fit of fashions caprice. WhatIari ofthe world
WIS t where the handsome women sold for so I
much rs they woui f tch. aud tie proceeds ap- |
propatcd as portions TO the ug, Here.
beauiy, too. put Itself out to rxhibnon-cleaed !
out the rubbish Of the capitals toy shops, aud
all Ia put bread INTO the orphans mouth. ging |
ham GA its back. and useful knpWlrdge into i ; |
mind. The event aud flirtatons ofthe fair. were ,
the talk Of three whole days. aud then it gave
any 10 another novelty.
Last week We coniured up an appendix to the
" Missouri question Il Is \ nnr talking sub |
iect. and admirable for the new members Tho |
cacrthe, io3aradi is desperate disease in th,
capital during the winter it attack, some OF