The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-05-12
VOL 5. Whole No. 4O6. No. AZ.

the heated crucble, pent up in CLASSY prisons; or
peerng out or gas holders and Florence TASKS but ar
rayed in their native beauty each as free air, and
acting as impulse prompted There were those pres-
Ont of every hue every style of Dress every variety
Of appearance. The Metals, the Gases, the Salts,
the Acids, the Oxides, the Alkules--al were there.
From the mine, from the shop of the arzan, from tho
mint, from the depths Of ocean even, they had comes
aud gaYer assembnge, more animating SC envy
eyes had never beheld,
Many Of the ladies' Of tho party were most tastefu-
ly alfred. Chlorine beautiful greenish yell
low robe, that displayed her queen like form TO good
advantage. The fair daughters of Chromium part ic-
uarly attracted my attention, with their gay dresses
Of the liveliest golden yellow and orange red Iodine
had but just arrived. and yet disencumbered
of an unpretending garment of steel grey tina,
enveloped her person: but The warmth of the apart
ment soon compelled her TO throw this aside, when
she appeared arrayed in of thin gauze of the
most splendid violet color imaginable. Carbonic Ac-
id was there, but not clad in the airy robes in which
expected to see her The pressure Of the iron hand
Of adversely had been upon her and nav her attire
was plain; simply dress Of snowy white; tho best
which the Strengthened circumstances to which she
had been reduced allowed her TO assume. Quite a
contrast to her was mother Carbon, whom you would
have supposed 10 be a widow in deep mourning, or q
nun who had taken the black veil, so sable were her
garments so gloomy her countenance, had not her
ear rings of polished JET and circet Of diamonds
that ghtered on her brow evnced that she had not
yet altogether renowned the vnnes Of the world.
The belle of the room appeared to be Nitrous Acid,
the graceful daughter Of Nitrogen; airy in all her
movements, and with dress Of deepest crimson, that
correspondent well with lip and cheek rvaing the
ruby in their redness.
Among the lady Metals too, there were many Of
bright faces and Respondent charms; hat must pass
on to description of the gentlemen of the party Sui
phur wore suit Of modest yellow plush while Phos-
phorus quite Disconnected of the more decorous
Of the matrons present, by making his appearance in
pair Of flesh colorcd tights. Phosphuret;ed Hydro
gen. he is nick -named will of the-Wisp,'
startled me by fitting by in a robe of living fame,
the dress in which the graceess yourgser is said
haunt church yards and marshy places, playing his
Pranks upon poor benighcd travellers.
The King OF the metals, Gold was arayed in truly
gorgeous APPAREL though il must be confessed there
was glitter and an air of haugh,iness about him,
from which you would turn with pleasure to the mild
sweet face Of his royal sister Silver, who leaned upon
his arm; bright-eyed ming creature or ster-
ling worth
Mercury was there, rs lively and rs versatile an
ever; most restless being;now by the thermometer
noting he subtcrrnnean temperature NOW by the bar
omcer, predicting storm in the regions overhead;
Orm-in-nrm with this metal, then with that; and thew
all, by the way, stern old Tron had hard work
TO shake him off. strange cha surely was he;
a philosopher Of uncommon powers of reflection; tho
vericst busy body in the world well 'versed in the
art ofheaing; practical amalgamaonst; in short,
complete factotum. Potassium, though a decidedly
brilliant looking fellow, manifested too much levty-in
his department 10 win respect, and pronounced,
by those who knew him best, to be rather son In
gravity, Platinum surpassed all the company, in MAJ
ura brightness, Tin was outshone ba few.
When Oxygen arrived, and his light, elastic tread
was heard and his clear transparent cOunlenance was
seen among them, murmur Of generalization ran
round the drawing room, and invountariy, all as
sembled arose to do him hoplage. fis was patri-
arch indeed among them; literally father to many
Of the younger guests. Ills arrival the signal for
nn adjournment to the banquc,ng-room, where or
right no took his seat ut the head of The table,
Touching the apartment had nosv entered, I
can only say that it grand beyond descrption!--
II was lighted up with the radiance Of monday, by
an arch of fame intensely dazzling, produced by a
curious apparatus which Galvanism, who excels in
hese matters, had contrved for the OCCASION out OF
ome materials with which his friends Zinc and Cop
ser had furnished him. Festoons Of evergreens and
vreaths OF roses encwcled the aabaser columns and
made the whole look like a Fairy Land. s..t
But must describe the table and It's parapherna-
ia. The prepare ton Of the viands-I mean the ba-
King, boiling, roasting, stewing and the hke--had
,een committed to Calorc, who has had long expe-
fence in that department The nober Of the Metals
lad generously lent their costly services plate while
carbon united with Iron TO furnish the elegant stee,
utlery used on the o"cason Alumina provided the
Of china that graded the table; and Slick and
'otash, without solicitation, sent, their joint contr-
luton, glass pitchers and tunbIer, of superior
attern and transparency. as .....s Ise
Among these Of Nature there is no craving
Or artificial excitement, Oxygen and Hydrogen.(who
y the way have done for the cold water socie-
les than DELEvAN or FATHER MATTHEW, 3were
commissioned to provide the turntables; and what
they furnished may easily he conjectured.
carbon. with Oxygen and Hydrogen, found most Of
he yepetnbles; and Nitrogen, whose assistance as