Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-01-20

starts from her coop in q summer morning,
there was not prouder woman in all chris
tendom. But they are gone, and we will
never look upon their like again. So we
return again to Christmas, 1874
On that day, the stores and workshops,
were nearly all shut up, few belong to
the Friends in Pearl-st. excepted. Then
men had time to worship God now they
have only time 10 worship Mammon-,hat
golden calf in Wall ST. Then we had on
ly two Banks, and not one Broker; now
we have thirty Banks and ten times ten
score Of Brokers. Then the foo-s were
scrubbed and sprinkIed With white sand
from Coney Island; now they are covered
with cloth from Brusshls and from Turkey.
Then the people were happy; now they
live in splendid misery. Then when the
ladies' go, the head ache they dipped their
raven locks in pail Of water, and cured !;
now they pour GU. Eot,ls. Of cologne wa
t,r to he cost of 80 CTS. yet the pain rem ms.
f fly years ago | never heard Of cologne wa
ter being in the city; now an, told that
two hundred thousand dollars is spent an
nually on this useless drug. Fifty years
ago, the daughters Of able merchants and
thriving mechanics would sing with the
spinning wheel, and weave on the loom,
like the daughters Ct men when Rachel
was girl and Jacob stood by his mothers
knee, now they sit humming French airs
and ginglng piano, until they &c. the va
pos in their heads and the megrms in their
bosoms. Then the lasses wore WOODEN
stockens and double-soled shoes, and lived
to be eighty; now they wear silk stockings
and satin shoes, and before they live half
their days, the doctor and grave digger riot
over their graves. Then if we took no.
ton TO get married, we finished cur days
work at 7 p m. as usual, got supper at eight
put on our Sunday coat, and the ass:e her
summer hat, and at nine we wakcd 10 Rev.
DR.. John Rogers, in Pine ST., or Rev. B:sh-
op Provost, in Vesey street; the Bishop, or
the Doctors man-servant and maid.seryant
were always dressed by eight, p. m. and rea-
dy TO officiate as BRIDES mid and proom,s
man and from their long experience in such
matters, they could act their part up to ma
ture. 4 spanish dollar was the regular fee.
We then walked home alone. Having
caught the bird, we took her TO the nest VS.
had prepared for her. Perhaps We began
with three rush. bcttomed chairs, at % cts
each; II was one more than we wanted; and
we had Our room, though small TO ourselvs
our hearts knew their own happiness, and
no Stranger intcrmcddled with our ioys.-
Now the bachelor of o takes his bird of
fifteen 10 the public table of Madame BIS.
h., that
in Towards Hotel, where she suffers from
the stare of some impudent, brainless block
head, or is put TO the blush by the insolent
litter of a set of whiskcred, most consum-
mate fools; and this is the rciinencn. of the
nineteenth century,
Now, my young friends, don't you think
our old soberslded mode OF dong this bust
ness was more natural, more pleasant, and
more economical, than the present bombast
and gingle fashion Why, have known
Parson to get a check for $500 for buck
Ing couple together. Fly years ago
we got married at night, went to work at
six IN ,Es morning, with al the sober reali-
ties of life on our backs, and at eight found
our breakfast made ready, for, the first time,
by the hands of her we love best. In tn s
there WIS pleasure unspeakable AMI sub
lime. On Wednesday, We changed our
neither trock, solled with brick -dust, coal
smoke, or the labor of the plane, and per-
haps rent in the sleeve, or u button gone
astray. On Saturday night we found the
shirt c.eln and neatly folded. the rent men,
ded, and the stray button returned to lis
place, and tho stockings neatly mended, ma
king them look GmoSt as guide as ner.-
This was the labor of love. A bachelor
has this done for money, but the wash-wo-
man embezzles his stockings, sears his col
lars and throws his vest to the wind, because
she is hireling. The money spent by our
young clerks and mechanics for board,
washing, mending, tear, wear and cabbaging
political clubs and smoking spanish cigars
is more than sufficient TO support himself
and an industrious wife. F.hy years ago
Mrs. Washington knit stockings for her gen
eral now there is NOT fifty lades in the city
who can play that part, and hundreds know
not how the apple gets into the heart of the
dumping.
On New Years day, as soon as service
was over in the Middle Dutch Church, you
might see whole company ct Elders and
Deacon's adjourned TO the house of the
worthy Dutch mayor Richard yarick, cor
ner of Pine st. and Broadway; there they
broke the first cookey and shipped the FIST
glass of cherry bounce for the season.
From thence they went from house 10 house
and broke their bread with merry hearts,
Dinner being ended, John with his wife and
Oldest children, would go to The house OF
James; the compliments of the season, the
customary salute, the bounce, (cherry-bran-
dy sweet and weak, and the cookey, with
the health of the family, being all discus
scd, they joined in company, and went the
rounds; they gathered as they rolled onward
and before the moon sunk behind the blue
hills of the Jerseys, you might sec score
of these happy mortals in one company. In
all this, the rules of decorum and sCbriety
were rarely infinged upon. To be sure
we had no temperance societies ir those
days. for every nan kepta temperance So
ciety in his own house.
Young folks smile when thoir prandfaih-
eTs tell of the happy day Of Auld Lang
Syac. But certain ii is that fifiv years ago