Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-02-16
WHOLE No; 67I.

10 nlng himself down on the nearest bench,
OF swing his legs from the top rail of a fence,
Oh the box "fa wagon We speak with eau.
'lon OF his rusticily, however. for lie had
printed card, "Mr. Ephralm Bracely," and he
was subscriber TO the "Splrll OF The Times"
we Shall hnd time to say u thing or two
about HIM as we get on.
"Eph." Bracey and Meg" Pfflt were en-
gagged" With The young lady il was, as The
FrensL cay. jauie de mieur, for her beau iieal
Tor, IN plain English, her ideal bcan) was tall,
pale young gentleman, with white gloves, in
rapid consumption. She aud Eph. were
second cousins, however, and as she was an
orphan, aud had lived since childhood wuh
ms father, nnd, moreover, had inhcrllcd the
Pifiih farm, which adjnineJ ihut Of The Brace
Iys, and, moreover, had been told 10 kiss her
lIIle husband, aud love hlm always" BY the
dying breath of her mother, aud (noleovrr
lhlrdl had been 'lct be" his sweetheart by tho
unanimous Consent of The neighbDrhood. why,
u seemed one Of those matches made IN hen
ven, aud not intended to be travesticd on
earth II was understood that they were To-
DC married aS soon as the young man's saw
lngs should enable him 10 pull down the old
pIlis't house and build cottage, and, with a
IaIr season, that might be done IN another
year. Meantime, Eph. was n loyal keeper of
hls iroih, though never having had the trouble
10 win the young lady, he was not fully
aware OF The necessity OF cOurlslIip, wh,tha
or no; and was, besides, somewhat uususccp.
iiblo of the charms o. moonlIoht. after b,,J
DAYS work at haying or harvesting. The
"e'ghOors thought II proof enough of hls Iovo
'ha' he never event sparkling" elsewhere, aud
as nc would rather talk ofhIs gun or his f,h-
'"g'rod, his horse or his crop, pigs, pollics, or
any hing else, than Of love aud ma,rinony
us co"PanIons took his engagement with his
'ous'n 10 be subject upon which he felt too
ieepIy to banter, and they neither invaded
lis domain by attentions to his sweetheart.
'or suggested thought by illusions to her. -
I was IN the progress Of this even tenor of
alled old iarmer Brucely to New York, and
ne young couple had managed to accompany
nm Aud Of course, nothing would do for
lIss PIffin but 'the Astor.n
And now, perhaps, the reader is ready TO
told whose carriage is at The Vcscy street
oor, and who sends up dripping servant 10
'quIrc for Miss PItfln.
II Is allotted 10 the destiny Of every couu.
grl to buve one fashionable female friend
The cIty-somcbody to correspond with,
'mebpdy to quote, somebody to write her
'e particulars oi the last elopemcni, some
boy to send her patterns Of collars, aud the
Sc and tall OF to,unures, and such other
'ngs as arc not entered into by The monthly
How these apparently unlikely
;qnnln'ances are formed, Is as much mys.
ry us The eternal youth of post. boys, aud
c eternal Duration OF donEeys. Far be It
om NE to pry Irreveronlly into these poker
corners OF lie machinery of the world
90 no farther than the fact, that Miss Julia
Ampson was an acquaintance of Miss
flt's
Every body knows "Ilonpson e. Co"
Miss llampson was good deal whit the
les had tired 10 make her. II she had
been admirably well dressed, it would
'e been by violent opposition to the united
Al und talent OF dressInakcrs aud mlllners.
csc important vIccgcrenls ufthe Hand that
crveo to itself the dressing Of the butterfly
hIy, make distinctions IN the exercise
heir vocation.
No be TO an unlo,eable woman, if sha
not endowed with taste supreme
: may buy all the stuiTs OF France, aud all
coIorS oi the rainbow, but she will never
from those keen Judges Of fitness the low
hlnt, the admlrlng aud sclccllve persua-
!, with which they delight To influence the
'eIHshmcni ot sweetness and Iuvclin, So.
~ who talk Of "dny things lookIug well
a pretty woman" have not reflected ON
lesser providence of drcssnaksrs aud
lncrs. Woman is never M rccnary but
ic fashions will sell taste or counsel; and
no superior style oi all charming WON ~,
see. moi The Influence Of manners ntnn
'S, bat The a1ecrIunatc tribute Of lhrsu
tn'efs ol elegance To the quallIcs llny
ire. Let Inm who doubts, go shopping
hIs dressy old aunt to day, and lu-mor-
with hl. dcur lIte cousin
Iss llalnpsUn, To whom The supplies of
ancc came as naturally Hs bread aud bat.
and occaslonrd rs luIlc speculation nslo
whence or how, was as uucousciously rlr.
, ct course, asa well dressed hly. she
nbstrnciy very beautiful grl. rhou.h
very delicate and unconsprcuous styh
by dint of absolute hrnrss M dicssiur,
merit of her beauty, by conunon ubsri-
at least, would be- lall gwen TO her FASH
Die arr aud uncXccptlunubr tulIctc.-
daoiscl had her choice array, indeed
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