Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-01-31


the public with series Of letters, in which he
describes city life among "fashionabes" as it
appears TO him. Al a party given by his
cousin John Bebee, he became acquainted with
a Miss Miles, and he gives an account of a
morning call on her in the following language.
MORNING CALL OF MIR SLICK.
cooUETTE's DRESSING ROOM
Arly the next morning. got up and put
on my new clothes again, and sot afore the
FIRE, thinking of eenamost every thing on
auh, ill the clock struck nine; then jist
slieked down my hair little. and pulled
foot up Broadway again. kinder expected
every minute that should meet with Miss
Miles as ] did yesterday but somehow
there didn't seem 10 be any body stirring.
There warnt single one of them whisker.
ed chaps in sight, and all the womenfolks
that could see, upo down, seemed to have
on nothing but their everyday clothes
saw two or three rale homespun. modest.
looking young critters, but they warnt dress
ed up, and some on EN- were carrying
band boxes and SIGH things alore them
Once got alfred wrathy, for niger wo-
man stood ont on the stun sidewalk with q
great long brush in her hand, a scrubbng
the winders Of big house with il and jisl
as come along, she give the brush -four
ish, and sent hull thunder shower Of dirty
water all over my new clothes you black
niger you You'd better look out, and
keep your soap-suds for them that wan,
washing" seq l. But she hee. heed GU, q
larfin, and begun TO brush away again jist
as If hadn't said word TO her Think
seq |. it wouldn't be jist the thing for any
body to see me jawing here with niger
wench, so may as well grin and bear il,
for dom, know of any thing tina, proves a
Teller leetle soft in the garrei, so much as
keeping upa quarrel with person that is so
much beneath him that there aint nothing 10
be gained, though you do git the upper-hand.
So jist choked in. and took out my hand
kercher, and wiped off my coat-sleeves. and
went along but ii warnt no easy matter TO
navigate so as not 10 git second ducking,
for every niger in York seemed TO be out a
washing winders. come near slipping up,
two or three times. the stuns were so wet
afore all the houses. can tell you what,
this goingto make morning calls aint no Joke,
especially ifa teller happens to be dressed
up. The niggers will sponge his coat Tor
him 1.-THE lailors forgot 10, without charging
him for the trouble.
just afore got upto the great four story
house where Miss Miles lives, begun to
feel sort of anxious agin. Think, SEE |,
what on arlh shall say to her when l do
get there, SO kept thinking over nice
liulespeech that meant TO make, I'd read
in story books about lovers that always
went down on their knees when they talked
soft sodder.to such stuck up gals as Miss
Miles; but to save my life, couldn't make
up my mouth 10 it, the gal must be some.
thing more than common flesh and blood that
would even bring Jonathan Slick TO his mar.
row bones, I'm thinking so if she calculates
that I'm going 10 make such mean coot
of myself as that, why. she may 60 to grass
for what | care
Besides. seq TO myself how on urth would
kneel down in these new fashioned trow-
sers. if would ever so much; when arier
putting one thing andanother together,I made
up my mind that kneeling down to the gals
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