Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-30

that card, o horrible on that fatal.card were seen the ominous letters P. P. C. most intelligibly written in bold round cap- itals. This card produced an immense deal of staring and dumb pantomime, ex- pressive of surprise. horror, resentment, shame, anger, AvondermeRt, and bewilder- ment--the disappointed ladies concluded by saying that there was no faitll in man.
 Now, 10 have been made the dupe of such very absurd parsonage as the fair, stumpy, rolIy-polly baronet, was an hu- initiation which drove the divine Georgi- aaa' almost to madness. But we must ex- plain the extraordinary condact of Sir Rob- ert. He was. a goose-granted ;. a man with only about one idea and half in his empty noddle-allowed: boor just let loose iron, the feasof Lincolnsiire-gran- ted again: ignorant of society, and, to all appearance, a most desirable flat for de- signing woman to practice upon. But for all this the baronet was profoundly versed ln the art of taking care of number one.- Like most persons Of weak intellects, he possessed good share of that sort of cum hing, which stands the owner in lieu of more noble qualities, and is.ofien of1great fservice in the world. Sir Robert had at first conceived that the 'divne Georgia na' had fallen in love with him: and when . good natured friend whispered in his ear that the fond lady was subject to frequent fits of the malady, and when another good natured soul gave him long and circum- stantial list of the divine Georgiana's' ad- Mirers; characterising the various shadows of filtration with which she honorcd them, the booby baronet thought it high time to continue her matrimonial assaults and bat teries against new corners.
 Time passed on, and the scheming dowagers, to their horror, perceived that in spite of the most assiduous. and skilful a. doption of all the rules of maneuvering no fish ofany consequence was brought to net. Moreover, the reign of the divine Geor- giana' was over. 1t is folly in beauty, of whatever rank and proportions, to inl- aglne that her reign is to extend beyond two, or, at the most, three seasons. New champions come to dispute the field. The arbitrators oI fashion and the young men about town quickly array themselves a. round the banner of new faces, leaving the old ones, like old acqnaintances, to take care of themselves. It cannot therefore be too much inculcated on speculating 8sRRpsI 8 IaRd Nk6te te GhaReeEoDa la s7A sia very first year of their bringing their goods into the market. It is surprising how things deieriora.e and lose in their origi- nal value, by remaining long on hand the continued display of a., fancy article in a shop window, or in ball room after cer- tain period, is highly injuriousBs it is to be expected that new fashion will come and throw the said article on the shelf. It is well known that among fancy aFticles, the most fanciful of all is a woman; it is quite as much exposed to fade, ,deteriorate, and lose it's charm, by remaining too long un- married, in the atmosphere of ball rooms, as any other article of finery by remaining in the shops. In both cases, the article To- ses its freshness by constant handling, and by being exposed to dozen little acci- And now 10 proceed:
 When the divine Georgiana' was in her twenty-third year, she discovered, to her great horror and consternation that all the weapons and ammunition of the flirting warfare had totally lost their power. Her most destructive glances were shot with out producing the least sensation.. Her smIcs--her sharp shooting of sighs-were all in vain. Nay, when she came to more decided and close attack, she had the nlor- tifcatiou to find that her impdssionsd. .pres-- sure of the hand-her languishing. fixed and determined stare, failed Is produce the desired effect, In fact, instead ofat- tracting, she repelled the selegibles,' and of course she had lost time enough in idle skirmishing with the unmarriageable firters and sdstrimentals.' She could not afford to lose her powder in mere sham fight.
 Lady Can.erhilI began to look grave on the subject, and she wandered prodigiously 1; yet her ladyship ought not to have wonder ed so much, either. If she had taken time to reflect that her divine niece enjoyed now the notorious reputation of 'desperate flirt trying to catch husband,' she would have found nothing very extraordinary in the 'elegibles,' taking their measures of precaulion against her matrimonial aggres- sions. AAdesperate fiirt of six years stand ing, trying to catch a husband, no go,' 'and ! unless a booby be trepanned into tlic moose,
 the said experienced veteran must shift her
 quarters, and try her skill in different
 scene of operations. The divine Geor-
 giana' was still very handsome, but then