Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-19

to IT. Bot, am OF all things ON sdrrirer of ant
rrfsa nature. my attention was dr. from the
cecorai:ons. beautiful they were. to the buoy Lst
hng scene IN winch l oi nal myself ,olvcd md
making my WY a., 'igh the crowd, with as mnc,
exp ditto a. coil the upp.r cad of tl,. room
then comn'cuc,d my observation Of the Fair rner-
chants themselves.
A. the first stall stood sevcpal yoana la,li.s wh,
With all those b..w eng looks and mi.n,lnbe psuc,.
Which woman knows well To- ass u,ne for the our.
pose OF stealing mems heart, IN The most civil
manner imaginable. pickin" the rockets of each
luckless youth. who came within their reach A.
they were dealers IN hardware as well "a in dry
goods, they hal for assistant most sIciliul and
gcnt Smith, and their customers ere moreover
waited upon by as grnoafi md sprisltly Poyr a.
ever nj ended 90 rovnlfy itself
A little further down the room, at the xeropd
atafl, M attention was att ractPd by pnir Of beau
tii dark eyes, and cheeks of the rrlr II but must
dehcoto hue Of tbc rose--tierr stood three Young
iad'es each b'sily engaged IN their work OF bepeyo
le"ce and WAS surprised TO discover tina, the n,r
chasers ~ this at ~ appeared TO be acusted by the
very revers" mt the principle which influences man
KIND generally, IN their dcangs-for the ladies' evil
IDENTITY sold more of their goods IN account Of the
rare beauty oftheir Price, than from their ch.auness
Al the third and as stall, that side Of the ROOM
were stationed four young ladies lat first tremulous
WIN youth and mod"s'y. but who in little time ap-
Pnnrcd. from the lively and sprightly manner in
which they putf.d of their goods a. of the best
quality. and extremely cheap" and their
solicitations tn whoevJT came va: bn heir reach 10
purchase thcm 10 have laid a. Idle, ut lea 81 FIR that
occasion. some portion of their nntui al Lfidcoce
The purchasers thronged 10 TINS stall attracted by
IN articie-not vcndahle, informed of the mos,
beautiful and spoi!e's UHHe. Immediately o;er the
way, at the upper end of the rocrn was the stall
where the eatables wore snd-cnke. custard creams
Jees and good things of every lRd and description
There might be soon Mrs. -. the PRINCIPAL and
one OF the most active members II the S"ccty with
her usual grace and dignity. cor,.an,ly and lebcr-
ousy engaged N the onos. irnp,s AJAX of satisfy.
ing The mportu'a.e demands Of the 6, aud lille chi.
dren " no tlironged around her conf eli onrry She
was assisted ny setern young girls and 10 crown the
whole there was pretty Paieniiae ready fer anv
gentleman w'o chose 10 come up--thcre was a,se \
Smart h'le lady constantly moving about tie room
and always ready to lend Der assis lance wherever Il
was wanted. ihe iuGies being great friends of the
temperance society, I'M reduced ardent spirts or
wine, and to remedy any Inconvenience which might
possibly result from this measure, in addition to a
large quantity OF lcmUnade. they had the wonderful
ingenuity TO procure for their room az beautiful md
pure F"nfnrne rs was ever in the gardens of
versailles. The dnuer was most excel, nj IA you
may well suppose, when you informed that the
ladies' had as an active assistant tho pr partitions
Tor their lair mos, excellent Cco,e and the pleasure
OF the whole scene was increased by tie u.ild and
placid appearance OF Good little maR " bo came 10
couneuance by hi presence aud his purse this work
OF bcneVolcDce. Between four and FIVE o'clock II,
the evening the company returned their resp. Give
hOIo"s, aud upon counting up the cash il was 1sr r.
tanned that nearly two hundred dclirrs had been To-
ceived. And thus gentlemen ends MY account Of
our country Fair.
HL1orer, Dec. IN, 1929. SPECTATOR