Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-09-02


with Brown Crash, were susceptible of
being dirtied by use. He liked clean
towel-he preferred an unused phrase.
But here stopped his peculiarities.-
Below the epidermis he was like other
men--subject to like tastes and pas
sions. And if he expressed his loves
and hates with erandiioauent imagery,
they were the honest loves and hates
ola weekday world; no finer nor finn
sier for their bcdecked plumage.
To use his own phrase, Brown fire.
q,ented but two ladies in Slimford,
Miss Harriet Diaper, and Miss Meena
Dimity. The first we have described
in describing her nose, for her remain
der was comparatively inconsiderable.
The latterwas " alove," and, Of course,
had nothing particular about her. She
was lamp--nothing till lighted. She
was mantle-nothing, except as worn
by the owner. She was a mirror
blank and unconscious till something
came to be reflected. She was any
thing, loved-unloved, nothing! And
this lit is our opinion, after half life)
is the most delicious and adorable va
riety of women that has been spared
to us from the museum of specimen
angels. "a remark of Brown Crash's
by the way,.of which no may as well
have the credit)
Now Mr.. Crash had an ambitious
weakness for the best society, and he
liked to appear intimate with the Dia-
pers. But in Meena Dimity there was
secret charm, which made him wish
that she was an ever-to-b handed out
lady-st passenger. He could have
given her hand, and brought in her
umbrella and bandbox all day long In
his hours of pride, he thong of the
Diapers--in his hours Of affection Of
Meena Dimity. But the Diapers look
ed down upon the Dmitys, and to play
his card delicately between Harriet
and Meena took all the diplomacy Of
Mr.. Brown Crash. The unconscious
Meena aoould walk up Sassafras street,
when she had his arm, and the scorn-
full Harriet mould be there, with her
nose over the front gate, to sheer at
them. He managed as well as he could.
Ha went on light evenings to the Dia-
pors--on dark evenings to the Dimitys.
He took town walks with the Diapers
country walks with the Dimitys.-
But his acquaintance with the Diapers
hung by the eyelids. Harriet liked
him, for he was the only beau in Slim
ford whose manners were not belttled
beside her nose. But her acquaintance
with him was condescension, and he
we'll knew that he could not hold her
by the nose, if she were offended. Oh,
no! Though their respected progeni-
tors were of no very unequal rank
though horologist and g. boss lum-
Der man" might abstractly be equals
tho Diapers had the power! Yes--they
could lift him to themselves, or dash
him down to the Dimitys, and all Slim
ford would agree in the latter case that
he was slab and small potato!
But change came over the spirit
Of Brown Crash's dream! The drum
mers were lording it in Slimford, and
Brown, reduced to Mecna Dimity, for
he was too proud to play second fiddle
to town dandy was walking with her
on a dark night, past the Diapers. The
Diapers were hanging over the gate,
unluckily, and their Pearl street admit
rers sitting on the top rail of the fence.
"Who is it," said strange voice.
The reply, sontupward froma scorn-
fully projecting under lip, rebounded
in echoes from the tense nose Of Miss
Diaper.
81 Mr.. Crash, and girl from the
back street,"
1t was enough. A hot spot on his
check warm rim round his eyes--a
pimply pricking in his skin, and it was
all over! His VOW was made. He cold
ly bid Meena good night, at her fathers
door, and went home and counted his
money. And from that hour, without
regard TO sex, he secretly accepted shil-
lings from gratified travellers, and
&" stood treat" no more.
Saratoga was crowded with the dis
persed nuclei of the metropolises.-
Fashion, wealth and beauty were there.
Brown Crash was there, on his return
from a tour TO Niagara and the Lakes.