Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-13

details before the other sisters who examine the sim
ner and il they report favorably, she is allowed,
upon signing written confession, to come again to
the communion table. II a brother has offended the
church is called together, male and female, and he
makes an open confession and often confesses great
deal more than was suspected. He then starts a
new career of grace. These are luscious incidents
in a holy life in SO quiet city as Hartford. The
confessions are awfully severe.
They are now wrangling about politics here with
the utmost fury. Governor Ellsworth has been re.
elected however; he is good lawyer, deacon in a
Presbyterian church, and has two fine pious daught.
DR.. Niles the loco foco ticket-a SCI sh,
stingy unsocia ignorant man. who has ridden his par
ty very hard for many years, and made great deal
money out of the post Office and Times newspaper,
but gave cent for any good object in his life
He lives in a small, yellow brick house, on three
hundred dollars year, and raises his own small po-
tatoes His own party dislike him.
After the election, the pretty girls will come out.
You must come up, dear fellow, and them. They
would smother you with kisses; there would be par
ties and balls you would come and the female saints
would hold prayer meetings for your soul, and you
might be converted. The bellies of the longest stand
ing in Hartford, the three Miss Wonderfuls.
They board at fashionable hotel, and promenade
Main street in fine weather, like three Queens.
They constantly read the Herald, which they get
from the bar room after the gentlemen have gone, to
nav certain knowledge, though they constantly rail
against it, and wonder that any decent person can
read such vile paper =" The youngest is now
about twenty-three, and is rather tall If you would
come here, you would make them, and many other
beautiful ladies, get over their prejudices The
Misses w. visit New York in the spring and fall and
bring up the fashions, of which they the models
here. If bonnets are large in New York, theirs are
larger; if frocks short, theirs are shOrter If
bosoms cut low, theirs-O! glory! am getting
into a religious fervor, and must stop But they are
really splendid women full Of talk and fun, but
talk scandal They want nothing but fortunes to cut
a splendid figure at Saratoga or Washington. Here,
they take the lead in all circles and justly too
sideripg their beauty and brilliant ational
powers.
Prospect street the seat Of the decaycd arstocra
cy, and has many beautiful and accomplished ladies.
The Miss D-'s, the Miss VS., and others,
combine all the qualities of good New England girls.
There some others in the neighborhood little
passfI shall send you full description Then
there is Lords Hill, which has its bellies, who are
very lovely; and Washington street. made fashiona-
bic by the Governor. Then we have two hundred
school girls who sit in rows at " meeting" Sun
days, and write in the psalm books and read
stolen copies Of the Herald You shall hear about
them all.
Then we have handles, with soap locks, and i'm
perials, and big canes aud fiat fsreheads. One Of
these drives his buggy and $500 span, and one or
two others own gigs, but they chiefly hire at the
livery stables. Young merchants and clerks net
tolerated here in the best circles only lawyers and
doctors and loafers admitted. live at a capital
hstel, and live like king. Come up and try it.
The girls all want TO see YOU. God bless you, and
preserve you from the hands of Parson Knapp. o.
that dreadful print of the baptising! How the
Devil laughed! Yours truly,
a.