The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-01-22
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Fashionable follies Burlesqaed.


con Zephania Slick Of Weathersfeld. Conn.
from his son Jonathan on visit TO New York
ia which the fashionable follies Of high life iu
that city are shown oil ia graphic style. and
With much humour and effect. The following
is the fourth letter Of the series, aud gives a a
dicrous description OF Soiree al the fasonSbs
residence Of "cousin John Beebes," which will.
We think, afford our readers more amusement
than any tale We hate at hand TO give ;hem.
When | got to cousin Beebe's door, / pulled
the silver knob kinder softly, for felt sort OF
p1Ipiiaton Of the heart az going into room
choek full Of suality; and jist pulled up my
dlckey httle, and felt 10 see IL my handker-
cher hung out Of my pocket about right. afore
the niger opened the door. Al last he made
out to come, and when ] asked IL all the folks
was at hum, he begun to show his chalkies jist
as he did afore. and sez he, yes, but they hant
come down Wit
With that stitched in, and, seq /. Look a
here, Cuify, none of yoar grinning at me, but
jist mind your own bbness. I've come TO see
the swarry that Mr.. Bsebee's ben a buyirg 10
treat his company with; so jist shut your
darned liver lips, and show il TO me-
Oh sez he, a atryiD to choke in. tho swarry
is a going to be in the drawing there, walk in.'
What haint il come yit,' srz !. aud where's
all the folks IL thought he was going to
have party, too
Wal, so he is sez the niger but they
hant begun 10 come yit.' ...
WAL now, ssz ] TO myself, if this don't
beat all creation. Now, in Connecticut il
would ben esnamost time to GO hum agin
these Workers do beat all for laziness, and
with that went into the room. BY the living
hokey. never see any thing like IL The room
was enough TO dozzlc ono's eyes the doors
were slid back into the PARTITION, and il seemed
like one great ballroom; and, besides thxt,
there were two great winders at the further
eend, that opened into . place that looked iiks
a garden. didn't know what to make Of il,
for IL was chuck full Of poses that looked az
bright and as green as II il was the fourth of
July. and yit il was freezing like every thing
out OF doors j went down the room and stuck
my head through the windcr. and As true as | |
live il was little room all full OF bushes and
rhsrs sot up on bspehes IL. had a glass ruff. |
and the sides were all one ALFRED grea, winder
with little vines hanging down over il. and a |
great tree chuck full OF something that looked
like oranges, a standing up sgin it.-There
we're FIVE or six cages full Of little yaller birds
hanging among the bushes. and right back Of
he tree stuck over with oranges, stood mar |
Die woman holding up bunch Of grapes cut
out Of marble, with a lot OF green leaves twisted
round il 40 nat'ral as could be. Ii was awful |
but / swan If II didn't make me feel |
'treaked to look at her standing there among |
he bushes, for she hadn't the least rang Of
siverin on, and il rally was enough to make a
eller blush to see her holding the grapes over
ler head. as il she wahed to make people look
It her. Thinks, sez j. is this the swsrry that |
Bsebee has bnug lat to show his company. |
think he'd better have bought calico frock
'r something Of that sort TO kiver over il. !
couldn't bear TO look at il, and so jist turned
ibout and stood still by the winder with my
yes wide open, for at the iother eend Of the
oom was another garden with a naked swarry
Ind bushes in il, as much like the one I'D been
looking in as could be. | went toward il,
'ut stopped short, and burst out larfng all by
myself for il was nothing but the same garden
shining in the great big looking glass that !
'roie TO you about that bung up right afore me.
Aier I'D stole another sly look at the orange
rec and tho swsny. jist stuck my hands in
ny pockets as we'll as | could. considering they
,ere so tight, and sticking out one foot, leaned
gin The -inder frame abd looked round the
oem. A hot swelteriog sun in dogdsys could
here were two great things hung by chains
ron the middle Of both rooms. with hundreds
nd hundreds Of chupcks OF glass hanging all
yer them and they were stuck full Of candles
s white az curd. all burning snd blazing. till
hey looked like heap Of ice and snow hung
- TO melt in a fire and both ihe mantle shells
ere covered over with them things that told ?
ou about that look ed so much like gold some
u EN- we're lamps, and some had great white u
andes stuck into them: andrhere were lots on
rs Of flowers set 10 among them that smelt az
~eet as new hay. and such shining and glis- Y
ming I never did see. The best on it all was >
Vat the whapping looking glasses on both
snds Of the rooms made them seem twice az J;
ing, as IL they bad a great many more things j
them than they rally had. There were two ;
'uud tables made out Of some kind Of cloudy u
IN. about as large as msrm's cherry wood tea b
BILE, standing at both esnds OF the rooms, e
covered over with little pieters and all sorts a
plsyibings. besides heaps Of books with o
ofoeo backs aod sprigged of with gold. all G
iDs among them every which way, az if some y
'dy bad been in hurry, and had pitched q
em on the tables without staying to pile them "
?. Besides all that, they had brought whole al
zap more Of them footstools that told you o.
out and they had put square kind Of black n
N'' ~ 'o'he" on dul covered over WIN !.
'wers al the eends Of the two setees, besides III
good many other things that haint time to e'
nte about Wal ser Ito myself .if Cousin b
sebee don't take The shine of these New Yor. oi
rs an his party ] loose my guess; but won 10
Y where on srth he conirivss 10 raise money u
do It with these hard times. for al thi. must a
we cost him few I'm sarin.' III
Jis, az J vas thinking this the cufy came "
TO the room. and sez l. hi
Look here SNOW ball. when is the party %
ming. I've seen the srsuy al want 10. and 9
n seosrnost tired Of standing here and doing h'
fhing.' el
Wal SEE he. spouse they'll be here in at
houror t~o-it siot morn eight o'clock yit Sc
: j rather guess shsn't stay her. all alone n
y longer, sez ]. and With that butioned up NJ
coat and Jis' took walk into the Appollo nI
Defy 10 see The pictures ull u was time Tor 70