The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-09-12

THE HAIR-DRESSER IN LOVE
WITH HIS DUMMIES.


Here's the stery,' said Sam. 'Vuncc
upon lime there was smart yeung hair
dresser as osened VERY smart little shop
with four wax dummies in the window,
1--WE gentlemen and two lsdiss--the gen'l-
men With blue dots fer their boards, very
large yiskers, ou-IaciSus heads of hair, TN
commen clear eyes, and nosrils Of ana.
zin' pinknens---the LADIES' with their heads
O one side, their right fors-Gngers ON their
lips, and LAeir fSrms developed beautiful,in
which last respect they had the advantage
ever the gen'lmen, as wasn't allowed but
wely little shoulder, and terminated rather
abrupt in fancy drapery. He had also
many hair brushes and tso!h brushes bottled
up in the wnder, neat g lass cases on the
counter, 1oer-clothed curtin room up
stairs, and a weighin' machine in the shop,
right opposite the deer; but the great attrac
lioa and ornament Vos the dummies, "ich
this here yeung hair dresser was cen
staStly runnin cut iR the read to leok at,
and constantly Iunnin in agin to touch up
and polish; in short he wos so proud on
'em, tkat ven Sunday came, he vos always
wrstched and mis'rable 10 think the vos be-
hind the shutters, and leok anXiously for
Monday on that account. Vun o these
dummies vos a fav'rite Beyond the others,
and ven any Of his acquaintance asked i'm
as Wy he didn't get msrrisd, as the young
ladies he knowed in partickIer, efen did
he used to say, Never never will l enter
into the bends Of vedlock,' he says, until l
meets With young vomar as realizes my
idea . that Gaircst duniay With the light
hair. Thea, and not till then, will l ap-
preach the altar All the ysung ladies he
know'd, as had got dark hair, lold him this
YES very sinful, and taat he vos vurshiPpin
idle, out hsm as wos at all nsar lie
shade Of the dummy colercd up very much,
and was observed to think HIM a very nice
ysuns man. 'Samivel,' said Mr.. Weller
grayeIy, "a member o this assOsishum boiu
one o that ERE tender sex which is now
Immediately referred to, have to rekwsst
that yen will make no refsxions.' i amt a
making any, am IL inquired Sam, 'Or-
der, sir, rejOinsd Mr.. Weller with severe
dignity; then sinking the chairmae in the
father, in his usual ions of ysice, 'Samivel,
drive en- Sam interchanged smile with
the housemad, and proceeded The
youRg hair dresser hadn't been IN the habit
o maxim this avowal six months, when he
encountered young lady as wos the very
picter o the fsrest dumny. New he
says, tits all up, I'm slavs!' The
young lady wOs not enly the pictsr O. the
fairest dummy, but she yes wsry romantic,
as the ySuRg hair dresser ives teo, and h9
says, there's community o fselin'-
there's flow O. ssul = he says, 'hers's a
interchange o sentiment The yeung Ia
dy did'ns say much o course but she ex-
pressed herself agreeable, and shortly arter-
wards vent 10 see him With a mutual friend.
The hair dresser rushes cut 10 meet her,
but directly she sees the dummies she
changes color and falls a trenblin violent
ly. Look up, my lave says the hair
dresser, 'sehsld ysur image in my wind0r,
but not corgscter than ia my 'artr NY
imige (! she says. 'YepFn,' replies tbo