The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-09-05
THE JOURNAL.
From tie Rochester Aareriiser.
Dandy in N "Eix:-

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Sometime 10 June last, respectable and
thriving farmer, having an unexpected call
TO the city, did DOT stop TO "clean Up ill
other words 10 change his dress Ior Sunday
fixlngs-baI hurried off just as he Sas, not
apprehendIns that he was likely TO disturb
The more refined oliaciores of any body by
the neglect much less subject hlms9H 70
The rldicule OF any OF the city biPeds' II
SO happened that BIS daughter, beautiful
creature, of more good sense Than PRIDE,
was staying here a, friends, at the time,
hui did not expect TO see her iltaer on lha1
day, nor did he intend calling on hsT, Inc
farmer, after having performed The more
important business tina; called him 10 the
CITY. wen, into a store, where nc was lmme'
diately selected by one OF ihe clerks as The
sublec, OF sandry small poiaIoe quizz'ngs,
bul o! which The victim appeared most mar
yellously unconscious.
As good or III luck would have il, al the
time this interesting sport vas being ENJOY
ed By this vender OF fancy articles, the
daughter Of the qu,zzed vas 10 the store
with large group OF her sex, and soon De
came conscious not only OF the presence Of
her father but also OF the very laudaGe
experiment being essayed on hlm. In
aIoneni her face was 10 glow, while her
eve flashed unwonted bgll!iAncy out these
we're immediately succeeded BY marble
like paleness-hel nou,A became more rig
IDLY compressed-a glance half pluiul, hail
scornful, was directed towards the CLERK,
aud Lucinda T. was herself again. The
father passed on; without having discover
ed his daughter, nor did she seen DESTROYS
of making hin conscious OF her presence
WHY, was best known TO herself.
The esetin1 following the incidents al
ready narrated, there was gay and select
party assembled at the dwelling OF one OF
our Citizens, among which might have been
seen the beautiful LUCINDA, and the mag
unanimous expeItsnenler on the supposed
cseinay OF her father. IL would not have
lax. even a casual observer long TO have
disc cred that LBei0da's beauty oi feature
and no less beautiful figure, had made a
most dangerous assault on The heart OF the
aforesaid clerk. Indeed, before The COO.
clusiou of the party, he seemed, and decl
dedy was, gone case--aHi the chances
were ninely-nine TO one, but tor the permls
sion some day subsequently, granted TO call
on her a, her fathers in the country, We
should have been called on TO chronicle
another /" San Patch catastrophe"
We viii just skip over the occurrences
OF two loag weeks, and quietly seat our.
eeives where we please. provided the place
selected gives rs a tArr view OF our clerk
aud hrs charmer. Wei, there they are
seated each at ,he window Of the fine dwel-
ling of farmer + Oar hero Of the
scissors and Yard stick is looking The On
utterable at Lucinda. while sarcastic
smile PLAYING round her lips, makes hir
deem himself " monarch Of all he survey $
II was a moment of deep Inleresi-bu'
suddenly the silence IS broken by Lucinda
who. poin,iae sikh her lapor hnGer 'o~arc'
the road, exclaims-" See, Mr.. l., what
queer looking nan .heEe IS, making '0"a'a
the house.
Delightful !" rel1ined the lover, " tn
iaepucai old fellow who afforded me no iti
lie amusement in the ciiy the other day
Never saw slch laugbable old cOdser |
nv life AS | sm christian be Is con
inc t,ah, INTO The parlor r Sure enoug
he did come right ~, and no sooner had
entered the room than Lucinda rose, ar
ternin. to her lover, with overs'raint
uol,teoess, said, " Permit me, Mr.. L.,
make yo,l acquainted VITA my father, al
was so fortunate as to conduce SO grea,
TO your amusement 10 The city few wee
AGO" Had The waters Of Oniar'o con
booming up the falls, thus apPallfngy 2
yers,ng Tire order Of nature, the lover cou
not have been more completely siupih
than he was by thls announcement.
HIS neither Jaw fell down below las CT
val. his eyes became fixed, uod so Wild a
haspsrd was bis look, that even he HoD
not have knogn himssil had mirror be
held % 10 nature. This could not Ia
The triumph Of the beauty had come, a
the lrser was bul TOO painfully sensible
il therefore, mastering all bis courage,
rose, and without even nod, darted trt
the house-leaped into his buggy and II
moment raised such dus, as TO shot b
from view. Scarcely did he breathe 70,
first nile OF his a gbi but about MD"
Of the second, lie SO far mastered his +
ings as TO uuiter, 10 voc begone TOT
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