Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-09-09
HIGH LEE

"SN' SN0S N"e "'oWtlS as specimen
of wha; lie saw and heard nn recen, visi
to Cape May on the Delaware, a fdshiOn0
Ole re sort. The reader we hope will b,
pleased with the sketch, as the characters
are unworthy Of contempt:
The mother, who has several daughter.
OF manageable age, and for HON no one
has become obviously smitten, concludes il
may chance TO prove good speculation, ia
exhibit them at Saratoga, Niagara, the Vel
10" Springs, Cape May, or at some other
OF the fashionable resorts. Oftentimes,
not too well accustomed to society, neither
the mother nor the daughters have fixed in
their own minds how they shall appear
AS case in point, | may name 10 YOU a
conversation which accidentally heard a
portion Of yesterday morning. the party
walking in the corridor previous to going
down to the breakfast saloon.
Eliza, my DEAR said the mother, Il
think you were ii little too reserved and in.
attentive last evening with our new friend.
the Colonel. The Colonel you know has
travellcd-yes, l'm sure he has been in
Europe, because he is so free. It's the
way with travelled people. They don't
stand moping and making up mouths, as il
they wanted to speak, but had nothing TO
say. No, your real travelled gentleman is
never found hesitating-he's not afraid of
lady tell you and my girl, if you wish to
DC thought ct the ton, you must not be back
ward. It's no way TO win man of high
birth, I'm sure. Besides the Colonel is
very rich, they say ho is worth $4,000
year, and you might put on little freedom,
as il You had been accustomed to move
among very rich people all your life.-
Come, Eliza, dear, mind what say, or
youH never make an impression with SO
fashionable a man as the Colonel
The parties were seated at distant part
OF the table, and could not consequently
observe, at breakfast, how Eliza improved
ny her "ver-anxious mothers suggestions {;
but IN the evening, passed them at the
hop the dancing party at Miller's,) and
she was banging upon the arm Of tho Colo
mel, in the most languishing manner poss-
Die, and, as a waggish friend observed, talk
f,lng loud enough to run muck with stean,-
whistle. 1t the vapourness Of her lungs
would do it, she was fully determined, no
doubt. to make conquest Of the $4,000
year.
Affectaton is always disagrreable, in all
relations of life, and never produces any
other effect upon sensible minds, than that
OF pity or disgust. fla lady or gentleman
wishes to command the respect Of those
whose esteem is worth having, they should
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fashionable watering places. 1t is very
true you find much excellent society at all
these resorts-,he refined, the beautiful,
and the educated-but you, too, are also
forced to endure the stuck up, the affected,
the sentimental and The lackidaisical.
must say that none appear more ridiculous
to ny observation, than the young man who
tce hin, by tic fuss he makes-one of your
would be extra exQ"iSites, with mustaches
to match On Monday, an incident took
place, which | will hero mention, to show
you how ridiculous some Of these preten-
ders render themselves.
Just beyond me at the dinner table, were
seated a colerie Of three mushroomic up.
starts. The dinner bell had been sounded
the gentlemen had waited upon the ladies
to their seats, and tho signal for commence
ing tho feast had been given, when our at
tenlion was arrested with a drawing voice,
saying-'Wai-ta, bring me thG bill o. Far
It's on the table. SIR said the man Of
dishes and hook.
'Waita, du you presume TO make me
wait for that SYNOPSIS Of the di-narT
'What did you say, sir asked tho watt
ing man of the napkin, who was now called
upon from every quarter, for little Of
that beef "a cut Of ham, the bread, "a
bottle Of champagne, &c. &c.
'Wai.ta, your insolence is unbearable.
p-o-s-i-t-i-v-e-l-y oppressive. Ill not ell
jure il; no aOu-nt.'
'Can't help it, sir. Perhaps you'll dine
at the second table,
'Wai-ta, will yos order your master
without farther p-r-O-c-r-a-s-t-i-natio z
If the affected knew what ridiculous
fools they made Of themse Ives, do you not
think they would be- likely TO moderate a
little of their mawkish e1quisiteness?
Close Of the Sub Treasury IN Neo York;
The act repeating the Sub-Treasury having
gone into effect, the Receiver-General of
New York, Robert G. Cornell, Esq, yester-
day morning received instructions to pay
over all the money in his hands TO the Mer-
chants Bank, which has been selected by
the Secretary of the Treasury as the deposit
tory of the public money for the present.
The receiver-general was also instructed tC
furnish to the cashier of that bank list Of
such drafts as the Treasurer of the United
States has given notice of being drawn upon
the Office in New York. in order that they
may be paid by the bank. We are gratified
TO add that such was the condition of Mr.