Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-26

eaptivste us BY unseen harmony from gro,to.
| or which the val OF my study was ereken
Town, firmly resisted the touch OF human I'm
ger during the slgbt, or gave signs OF life emily
n succession si slsrnste screams and groans
The Grove was enornous-,hs heat sitting
no noise deafening-- aud he crush harard
pss 70 lie and limb. TIE move. much less TO
lance. and least OF ALL to get glass OF vine or
fragment Of biscuit with far combat, be-
anne rapidly out Of the question Fixed, like
one sfmy own csndeiabrs, ~ the corner TO
shish HAD hrst worked my way, saw, 10 my
shnIte alarm, the crowd increase without
Measure. The mask had sanctioned every
hing and body; and I could soon discover,
through all its paste board, that q multitude
had made good their entrse who had no invi.
tsnen but their own. As the throng thieken
d, its materials seemed psipabiy to degener.
ate. The malice Of my village friends had
| mustered the rabble fer my fete. Nameless
figures. whose natural gsrb served them IS
| masquerade habits, and who play ed The clown
with the truth Of nature, fought their way
| through the mass Of han,hng and bruised
shepherdesses; U,snss, and sulisnss. To re.
sst was seen hopeless; and. in the act OF in
curing by what right tall Tuihan with
wstenHan's coat and rattle had made bis APP
pearanee in my house, | ct onoe received
| volley Of language tbs, made all my bellies clap
their hands on their ears; grasp behind, which
left my coat skir,lcss; and push before which
deprived mo of an old and tavorite repeater,
that weuld not have given for the fee sim.
| pie OF the corporation"
| new aprosr from below announced that q
reinforcement was at hand in the shsps Of the
footmen, coachmen, and grooms, whom The ia-
creasing storm had driven within the house
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this new interruption of barbsr,sns d,ovs for
| ward the old; disorder "sst umpire of the
night The temporary orches rs, left I'M
finished BY eur decorator, found itsslt unable
10 sustain ths weight OF we'll fed beauty that
ned to It's benches for refuge. and came down,
hdd'srs and all, with crash Of expiring har.
| mony. The grand suppostsble, after hav
ing been fought upon for sconsidst abis time,
at length gave way to grand assauk at the
| principal champions, and, after q heaye or two.
rolled the whole ba,talis to the ground, & itself
on the top of them. The sonhic, WAS doubly
revived on the rising OF the comoatants. De.
canters. ten guness pair, h~w, like metcors
against piet glasses hundred gaineas piece.
Ny ms'chless Hockhe,m tumbicrs ancient ~
! aiber, Durer, panied and cut with ali ind;s
crosbis grifins, virgins, and bears he ads, s'n.
| valuable TO tho sntiqussy and man ct taste"
and whose sails broke the heart Of the Land
grave that had drained them from his cradle to
his elimacterie; those my muniments and tres-
sures, that ! bad reserved tor an heir loom to
satisfy my remotcs, fensrs,poa Of the refine.
| Dent OF their ancestor, and that nothing should
or could have won from safe keeping but my
wlfe's begging and praying 10 have something
10 show on the table which dened Mr. Mo!as.
ses and al his money to have, and which would
consequently bow down 60 the dus, his and
his still prouder wrfe's heart; those exquisite
emblsms, that an ancient Roman would have
consecra,sd 10 the Temple OF Bscehus, and that
I oughtto have refused 20 all human threats
and 'sars, saw flashing through sir. ground
between teeth, trampisd under heels, and 4.
nslly tevigated into their original sand.
The supreme catastrophe OF the rout at
length ,oased me 80 sense Of my duty. The
chandelier. huge pile. whose galaxy Of
prisms. drops and stars, weuld have raised the
envy OF the Great Mogul, had given early signs
of to,tering. Our Decorator, tbs true, bad
pledged his neck to us for its security, and
aad rcposed On the pledge, from presenting il
the more valuable to fellow who had nothjHR
bu, bis mack TO lose He had even gwen hun.
self an experimental swing from its chain and
- neither its time aor his was yet come, he had
been suspended in safety. Hut the general
conclusion. in which the very walls danced, at
last veached the ceilings flying clsret-jug gave
the finishing blow, and down Numbered the
chandelier 10 wbiflwind of dust, plaster and
cgmuIa.
| In the real alarm, 7 entrusted nyseif from
the chaos to ascertain the fate Of my family, and
found my unfortunate wife doubly oyarwhelm.
ed by the general discount urs, and the fall Of
an immense screen, which ore Of our village
architects had, in the fuiness Of his ingenuity,
| onvsrtsd isto partition between the sGRe de
dance, as il WAS announced in our prog rosa,as--
tor We had programme too--and The supper
| room. and which, OF course, ths first intnda.
ton OF belle and beaux had swept away a n
it had been gossamsr.
| Ressuing the partner Of my joys and sorrows
from the rum, with The loss OF . whole revenue
IN lace, fathers, and gros de Naples undoae
forever, and leaving the ground covered over
with full crop OF beads and bugles, 1 bore
her. fainting and frightened, out Of all hope of
glory for the night, up TO BIER shamber, which
found already invaded by festive crowd.
whose Embarrassment was the examiasien Of
every little recess Of those shrinss in which
beauty keeps her secrets against the ravages
oftime.
| Dull as my glance was. even I discovered
some N, steEiss ofthe art Of perpetual youth,
which the last three months and q Fveech Ia
dy's maid bad communi Gated to my village
queen.
But. TO the rustic inquirers round IN. the 10.
yessigaticn was worth ball and supper ru, TO-
geiher Our nearest aud dearest friend, were.
az might be concluded, the mos, active in the
inquiry, and saw, not without some feeling
OF gladdened justice. tho preparations for a
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