Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-12-09

'ASDAH, DECEM BEk y 1SS'
tof our houses. Our ladies bless their
hearts, are all musical, and we have
songs, glees, duets and instrumental
performances Of no little excellence.
Nor is the dance forgotten-nor yet the
luxury of occasional champagne, and
ice-cream, and strawberries in the sea-
son thereof We reckon among US two
unmarried beauties-lhe bellies Of our
street--and that they may not fail TO re-
ceive their due share of attention, we
have also two or three young gentlemen
bachelors. In consideration of the es-
pecial devotion and service which these
last are expected to render the ladies,
and the bellies in particular, they are ex-
onerated from any specific charge in
contributing to the general fund Of
amusement; but the rest Of US have our
particular departments, in which we are
Iexpected to be always ready and will
ling TO exert ourselves for the pleasure
OF community. One of US is an amateur
artist of far more than common talent,
andwe all claim privilege in his studio
and his picture gallery; besides he has
charge of the ladies' albums, for these
agreeable though derided repertories
are not out of fashion in our street ;
moreover, he plays good flute, and on
the drum his style may be called brill
liant. Another is bit of a philosopher
and has the most powerful electrical ma
chine probably in America; but his ex-
periments are reserved for long nights oI
winter. Yet another of US tries to create
amusement, now and then, with his pen
Ia vocation in which he is at this mo-
ment employed to the satisfaction, it is
hoped Of the ladies and gentlemen who
read the Mirror. His particular duty,
however is to read all the new books that
come out, and make report as to the
pleasure and profit that is to be gained
by the operation. sa. aaa 1e
There is one feature in our temporal
condition in which we esteem ourselves
especially favored--we have excellent
servants as we live too far away for
them to have visitors they "stay good''
with constancy that is edifying and ag-
rceable. They are all remarkably fond
of children, too; and it is delightful to
see them Of an afternoon, when their
work. is done, romping and playing with
the bevy Of little ones-it being no little
matter to say which are the most plea
sed. Five or 6 of them are Germans
the uncouth creatures we see parading
the streets now and then, in parties OF
fifteen or twenty, with short red petit
coats and little white skull-caps, and no
more figure than log of firewood,
these are generally Swiss, or from Bra
bant or Belgium-but tidy, well-dressed
girls with their hair nicely put up, and
trim waists, and fine eyes and teeth, and
altogether more than good-looking; they
are evidently the best class Of German
.peasantry and have quite genteel way
with them. They waltz, of course, as
do all the girls in Germany; and, as
with all the German girls, also, they are
SO fond of amusement that they will
never giveo so long as there is music
for them to waltz by. They have a
grand time of it Saturday afternoons
generally, when one of the Savoyards
comes with his little harpsichord, and
plays the Freischutz waltz for them by
the hour; and if the truth must be told,
we ofthc upper house are exceedingly
given to. stand round the door, and look
on, enjoying the evident delight that
sparkles in the eyes Of the dancers, as
much as they do the music, and the
grateful exercise oftheir father land.
But feer that am growing tedious
in reciting the praises OF our street, and
the doings enacted therein. Therefore,
with thanks to such as may have follow
ed my laudation to the end, for their pa
tience and their courtesy,I bring my
gossipping to close, and make room
for somebody who has better entertain
ment to lay before the gentle reader.
,MINERALoGY.--Diamonds have been
found only under the equator, in the