The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-01
From the Boston Miscellany
R0wN'S DAY WITH THE
PS0NS.


"our virtues
Lie in the interpretation OF the time."
We got down from an omnibus In Cha
ring Cross.
" Soyerpigns or ha'penny!" said the
cap, rubbing the coin between his thumb
and finger.
Sovereign, Of course!." said B,
confidently. pocketing the change which
The man had ready Tor the emergency in
a bit Of brown paper.
II was muggy, misty. London twi-
light. ] was coming up 10 town from
Blackheaih, and in the crowded vehicle
had CHANGED TO encounter my com-pairiot
b, (caIl IL Brown,l who had been
lionizing the Thames Tunnel. In the
course &c conversation IL came out that
we were both on the town for our dinner,
and as we were both guests At the Travel
lers' Club, we had pulled the omnibus
string al the nearest point, and, after the
brief dialogue recorded above, sirolled TO-
geiher down Pail Mall.
As we sat waiting for our fish. one OF
Us made remark As rs 10 the difference
Of feel between gold and copper coin. and
Brown. fishing in his pocket for money
to try the experiment, discovered that the
doubt Of the cap was well founded. for he
had unconsciOuly passed halfpenny for
a sovereign.
"People are very apt TO take your coin
al your own yaluationl' said Brown, with
smile Of some meaning, "snd when
they are in the dark as to your original
coinage, las the English are with regard
TO Americans abroad) il is as easy to pass
for gold as for copper. Indeed you may
pass for both in day. as | haye lately
had experience. Remind me presently
to tell you how. Here comes the sole,
and its troublesome talking when there
are bones to fight shy oC-the ao,c 81
sole 10 the contrary notwithstanding"
Il will take advantage Of the hiatus to
/ give the reader a slight idea Of my fliend,
as preparation for his story.
; Brown was the " mirror Of courtesy
, He was also the mirror Of vulgarity. And
: he was the mirror of every thing else
He had that facility of adaptation to the
society he was in, which made him seen
born for that society and that only, and
, without calculation or forethought--by ar
! unconscious instinct, indeed-he cleverly
,. reflected the man and manners before him
The result was a popularity Of mos
Z varied character. Brown was man o
$ moderate fortune and no profession. II,
. had travelled for some years on the cont
e nent, aud had encountered all classes o
= Englishmen. from peers to green gIecers
n aud as he had visit to England in pros
2 peci, he seldom psrtedlrom the mostchanc'
$ acquaintance without volunteer oil letter.
!. of introduction, exchange Of addresses
= and similar tokens Of having "picke'
a through his castle WALL" When he di,
Q arrive in London, at last, it was with
!, budget like the postman's on Valentine
:. day, and he had only to deliver one lette
+. ir score to be put on velvetin any stree
If or square within the bills Of mortality
IT Sagacious enough to know that the grada
% lions of English society have the facilit
;. of a cats back, (smooth enough from III
e head downwards) he began with mos
ir noble duke. and at the date Of his intro
duciion to the reader. was on the Dime
/. list of most of the patricians of Ma
i. Fair.
ID Presenting that You see your man des
20 reader let us come at once to the remov;
" Of the cloth.
N GAS was calling myself to accoul
the other day over my breakfast" sal
to Brown, filling his glass and pushir
&c the bottle, ait occurred to me that m
~ round arrangements required some lit
variation. There's .toujours perdriz
or even among lords and ladies, particular
rs when you belong as mneh 10 their spher
st- and are as likely to become part OF
h. as the fy revolving in aris,ocraiic d'
~ on the wheel of my lords carriage.