Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-08

AT was los lls Own "u'alloSe inc merit Il
not great."
Gle does not, however, fail to give hinselfl
airs upon it whenI received him To audience"
NV hat imperunence! il is in fact he who I
is in your debt. | should act more conscien-
uously. Please, my lord l,eep my coat and
examine it with care. will return to-ncr-
ROW for your definite answer"
II is we'll known that the delicacy of Brum-
mel was not excessive. Wholly without for
tune, he lived ON his position. All kinds OF
trades-peOple furnished whatever he wanted |
Tor the honor oi his patronage. Stuliz, know
ing this. had yentured step farther and left |
in One ot the pockets OF the coat hundred |
pound bank note,
Next day he returned boldly. Brummel !
received him gOciously, observing witha per- !.
feet d'piomb.
Il have examined tile coat. and IL cannot be
excclled; especially the trimmings please me. .
81 am enchanted TO meet your appreciation
my lord"
Decidedly, as you said yesterday Gibson
Is growing old; he has no new ideas now: he
would never have thought OF that trimming.
But, tell me- MIR. Stalu, do you intended To
make the same additions tn all your coas?n
| "ony TO those have the honor to make
| for YOU"
Truly; but do y0u know that require
many suits2"e-
II will furnish YOU every month a coat like
this in every respect. As to other clothes
you will order them at your pleasure ON the
same terns-as with my predecessors" ''Very
I well: accept your offer. From this moment
YOU are my tailor, and promise YOU the Gus
tom OF all my subjects"
In line, Gibson was dethronel. Stultz set
up splendid establishment at the West End;
Words and gentlemen rushed to his shop; his
fortune grew with the greatest rapditv; and
. he never failed To send Bummel every month a
coat furnished with the promised bank note.
thus paying him in money thirty thousand
frances year besides his cloths, which came
to at least as much.
This was not the only Ingenious Trait that
signallzcd the career of Stulz
ihe monarch OF Fashion is, no less than
Others, subject To revolutions Brummel.
ruined by his excuses, was forced To leave
Eng gland. Stultz, with the tact of a statesman
hnSw liow.to bend TO circumstances so az to
conc ,,ste the favor Of the new dynasty. The
monarch who succeeded Byustinel was a
youngford ei one OF the FIRST ltasr HES of Eng
land ffc<wou}ds not have endured having
ibank notes.put in riSe>oockets of his dresses:
nothing in the world would have Induced him
to make arf arrangement not to pay his bills.
lie merely'omitted 10 pay them,' which, as far
as his convenience was concerned amouted TO
the same thing.
! Unluckily his disci piles inflated him i'm this
also, and Stultz found himself creditor TO in.
young aristocracy for large sums. whose recov-
cry seemed lost in the shades of a doubtful
iuture. This difficulty became alarming: il
/ was necessary To put am end To it. SuIltz
found IN his fertile Imagination his expedient.
One morning the reader found i'm one of the
most respectable newspapers of London, this
notice:
AT the moment of setting out for Bath
Lord {. (thc name of the rcignina king nj
fashion was here printed in fulD has ordered
coats IN the newest taste and paid his taior's
| Dill. 1T Is the fashion now among our most
elegant men TO settle their accounts before
setting out for the watering places"
This notice excited to the highest degreee
the surprise OF Lord G. He sent Tor Stultz.
| hat does this notice mean?" said he.
showing il To the tailor.
1T means that | am paid, - replied stultz,
WITH hrs admirable German sang 1rOid
Paid! Has my steward taken upon him
sell to pay YOU without consulting me ~
NO, my lord, your steward is incapable of
oetrdyinS To such degree the confidence
| winch you deign TO bestow on hun"
Explain 10 me, then, this riddle"
| 81 Know not now TO reply, my lord, unless
That as the authority of such journal cannot
| he disputed, the notice is the same as a recent
i'll full to you'
How do you mean. sir? will, il choose
remain your debtor all my life, but to take
receipt without hating paid ~ DO you take
me Tor Brummel2'
Heaven forbid, my lord, 1had no thought
OF W )unding your delicacyi it is simply am In
nocent rusc which will do YOU no BARN and
me great good People will believe YOU have
PAID me; what harm can that do YOU? The
piece OF originality will, without iniuriug Won
lead all the men OF fashion TO do the same. and
shall be paid. Thus have ventured to use
your magic name TO call in my funds, and
hope you will excuse it,
The successor of Brummel was good
prince; ne pardoned. The stratagem succeed
led admirably. 1t was, afterward, the fashion,
TO pay Stulz's bill on setting out for Bath
Alter having realized fortune of twelve
millions, Stuln withdrew from business and
gave up his business TO one of his nephews
who bears his maine Re wished TO see once
more his birthplace, and returned seven or
eight years ago TO the village of Lair. The
Grand Duke OF Baden, who wished TO keen
tins great fortune in this dominions, proposed
TO Sculz to buy the estate of Ortenburg, re-
build the Castle, and assume its lordship with
the utie of Baron. The tailor would have
found himself nj the first rank of tic fobiity
Oh laden; Ills vanity urged him to accept
his wisdom said no, and while he hesitatcd
Ortenbng was bought by Russian, M. de
! berkholD, who has restored il to its magnifi-
cence OF the time of tile CrusadCs. when IL be-
longcd to the sovereigns of the country.
Stultz, more niodest, built hospital; he died
shortly aiterits completion, and his country
men have raised monument 20 his memory.
Ills nephew, continuing his work, has already
made fortune equal to that of the uncle; he
too has founded they say, hospital for the
old tallors OF london. The people of Lair
nope he, too will finish his days among them:
hood to rebuild, and the Grand Duke kecns
the title OF Baron in readiness for him.
CO. Here is something worth the consi,le-
ration OF the ladies'