New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-16

NJ Mr.. WEED, of the Albany Evening jour
nal. tells the following story Of pair OF Boots
u,h;oh :, o,o,gb to make the fortune Of their
manufacturer:
srpvrcEABLr PAIR OF Boors.-In the month
of May last preparatory to departure iof e,,e
0,d World, we addressed oursef to son OF st.
Cr;snin for a pair of new Boots, into which our
feet were soon duly insinuated. Not much &C
cnstomed to change of habit, we took with US
neither boot nor shoe except those upon our feet.
In England, where our companions htteo tfieii-
selves lashionably, we found too much comfort IN
our American Boots to think of changing them.
So after treading the pare OF London Tor hve
weeks, we returned to Ireland, passing over 70
Scotland, and thence back to England, walking
from Gve to fifteen miles daily. Alter another
weeks tramp through London, we crossed over 10
France and for six weeks these Boots were
stalking diligently through Paris. Here again
our companions booted themselves anew-but
ours gave no signs OF distress.
These Boots, let it be remembered, were not
doing holyday, but everyday service. They were
never changed, for we had no others. If we could
but borrow or seal moment Of poetic lnsplra-
ton from WILLIS or STREET, their merits should
be celebrated in song; but as it is, we can only
tell their story in plain, dull prose. Or If the
Boots could speak themselves, how Their history
would astonish the slight frail, perlshaole things
that are worn out and cast aside IN moment
Theses Boots could tell much of IRELAND and her
wrongs; of her People and of their devotion to
the cause of RgpEAL; Of Father MATHEW and
his glorious Reformation; Of O'CoNNELL and fus
equally glorious and peaceful Revolution. They
could speak glowingly of SCOTLAND, and OF the
intelligence industry leaning and problty OF her
citizens, for they raversed her Highlands and her
Lowlands-they trod inthe footsteps other Burns
and her ScoTT-they visited her Castles ana her
Colleges, her Lakes and her Rivers-they became
almost as familiar with Glasgow and Edinburgh
as they are with Albany. They could tell, too,
of the wealth, the greatness and the glory OF ENG.
LAND, for she is rich and great and glorious, amid
all her debt taxation and poverty And of FRANCE
these Boots could, if, more intelligent than their
wearer, they had learned the language discourse
eloquently, for they were in the Cottages of her
Peasants, the Chateaus Of her Princes and the
Palaces of her Kings they threaded the Rues
andthe Faubourgs, and rambled through the For
ests and Environs in and about Paris. They
walked about the beautiful Garden of Plants, OF
the TuilIeries, of the Luxembourg and OF Yer,
sailles. They visited the tombs of LAFAYETTE ana
of NAraLEoN From France they proceeded 10
FLANDERS where they explored the cites OF brus-
sells, Mechlin, Ghent, Antwerp and Bruges.-
Thence, via Ostend, to Dover, to press Its high
chalk cliff; and afterwards to renew their &C
quantancc, for fortnight, with the streets OF
London and Liverpool.
T. But these Boots are running away with U.S.
Let us return, as we did, in December, booted as
when we left home. Nor is this all. We are still
wearing them, unbroken in seams VI sole, and
as new as when we first drew them
on, nearly nine months ago.
The person 10 whom we are indebted for these
yery serviceable Boots, is Mr.. DAVID NELLIGAN,
whose Shop is at No. lSl, South Market street.
and who is not only an honest, industrious Me-
,hanic, but an intelligent, worthy citizen.