Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-05-24
WHOLE NO. 1856.


| OF lhat city. IN the following silnp!e ais..
amusing manner: -, y,
I'VE received Yesterday co,rmuhi,
cation detailing how a very pretty l;ula
woman deceived aVesy crelulous geat!e.
man keeps store on Hauphia street. The
communication is wFilten BY the soate-
man. himself, and lis impor, runs ailer this
fashion. llarpears ,ha. The lady in cues
ton wanted scarf, and after overhaulinp
and tossing and .,ulnbliug variety of ali
sorts, averred tia. there was nov s Il,
SUI! her ;-she was 55Ising for black
scarf OF a peculiar fabric; she had been
IN every store in the city, and her labor
was all she had got for her pains. This
was said with the sweetest pom. OF the
sweetest lip IN The world. She appeared
fat'gued-she was veXed.-Sl.sS lad set
her heart upon black scarf OF a certain
fashion. and she vowed she would expirs
unless she go, ii. The s.orekeeper, be.
lieving no guile could harbor Nh err so
sweet an exterior and SO impuIsive man
ncr, was happy in assuring her, that, al,
though he had no black scarfs, friend OF
his. shor! distance of, had some w!,ic!,
he had just received from New Orleans.
The clerk was instantly despa,cied-the
scarf was brought, and the lady was in
ra?tuses. 1t salted exactly p il was love
OF a scarf. She had never seen saeh an
one III her waking moments, bat Lad often.
dreamed of il. She was now content.
and ali she asked aud pledged Of the store
Keeper was, TO preserve the scarf until She
could go home and get The money 10 paw
for ''--her present trip being more 10 know
II there was such scarf i'll the world,
rather than with any hope Of finding ii,
1.-The man, like gallant yoah as lie
was, insisted that 'r'9ney was ~ ohiecl'
that he was delighted to oblige so swee,
a creature, and that if she wonid lake the
long sought for fabric, he would sleep we.
until she could send the p,ice Off Tie
lady was overcome. She vowed tina, she
would be his good customer, ard, win
courtesy and smile SO spn-like ma, il
lighted UP the sio-e, departed with tia
treasure in her possession. Iais was
eight days ago, aud the lady has not been
seen sinca The store KEEPER is ready 10
be qualified that she looked exactly like an
angel. and he begins and ends his commit.
nlcalion with request to all people 10 be-
ware Of the sedLc.ions OF beautiful women
Ire DEATH OF a POET Sumner Lib
coin Fairfield. died in this city of Epilep.
sy. yesterday morning, in he 4lsl year
Of his age.
Poor Fairfield his was checkered and
bitter life. The child of genius and Of
song, he experienced more of the sorrows
han the joys Of this word. His sniff,
was attuned to The airs of Heaven, and rot
lifted TO contend will tie aa-ai~e---~TS
saru and era'lc as the winds, his Tyre yes
rave forth most sweet and iicL'ng meIo -
". The iron haad OF ps'ert{; f''""sn II
'ressed heavily lYiaiaions Of n1i'i tf fths
". u iHo56ier things; and though the heart OF
he Poet was dark and cold the while, like
he prisoned bird, il continued TO pour iorsl
trains Of wild and sad music, that will live
ong after this frail form shall have crual-
lied into dust :
He died in strange land, far from tie
rreen hills Of his early home, and we iIaa
almost said without friends. bl:. no;
here was one whose love passelh tina! OF
al o,hers--ouc, whose affections neither
poverty. gnislortune, or crime can alternate
His MOTHER was with him. She sas
Nv his couch through the long and silent
" a,ches of the night. She hoyered like
angel, over his dying BED. anu
counted the weary. hours as they passed.
until The fl,ckering lamp Of life Vas cx'in
guished forever Until tie golden bowl
was broken, and the spirit Of her gifted,
but erring son had fled 10 The God y
gave it sycrs,
May Heaven help the stricken moth
FOR grief such as hers, human sympa.4
powerless. The son in whom IVA ..a,ebes.
nered so much of affection. IS al - hoes.
last. The harp tia. responded TO biz
is broken. The hear ina: was the
Of so many wild dreams. SO many ;asss
aspirations, is palssiess. EATER LIES
full fever he sleeps well. IN. o.. i'rep.c
9 Is1PoRrs AND Exports Of SphcIA AND Buzz
IIoN.-Fsom asta,emenl in Hunts Merchants
Magazine, made on The authority cf the Sec
rotary of the Treasury. it appears that the In
po.,s and Exports Of Specie and Bullioa Tors
the period embraced between 1921 and 1913,
best years included, are as follows: Imports
500, 472 ,227 Exports Sl47,594, 764,-ieas-
ing surplus in favor Of the United States. OF
S6i .8s7 ,463, or an average for each year ct
twen,y,hree, Of So 690,75 imports over The
exports.
ImpoarANT FROM HAYTh--Advices received
from Charlestown, by the way Of ST. Thomas,
state that the negroes have- broken INTO ne