Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-09-03

eye. You all want this y he exclaimed,
exul,insly. He augnred rightly (; all
did seem to want il, aud one lucky NOR
snl soon obtained it. 'L.et US 70 away
now said to my friend. She smiled
pi,ilully upon the blank disappointment
Lo evident. and ssid, oh no, We must
wait for the sweetmeat jars > they are
coming to them now. There were q
lot Of Jars, that before the auction be.
gan we had agreed to buy in some
paren,hesis of our purchases, and divide
between W.. Before they were set up,
my friend and ) got separated by half a
dozen people. The jars were started nj
u reasonable price {; bid upon them
Some competitor seemed determined to
have ,hem-bW her resolution was not
sloWer than mine. She as well rs my
SEX, had learpea the skill TO bid by a
roy, so the rival bids were only known
by ,hs announcement, Eighteen cents
~ bid, ladses, nineteen - nineteen each
twenty twenty -two-three, twenty
three twenty -four'-I turned my eye
To the jars f; did they cost so much ?
vaguely passed through my mind, but
this was my last chance for any thing
and the jars | would have so on 1t went,
"iwrnty ty.fve-six -tweniy-slx each
--twsn,y. n,y.seven-.going nj twenty seven
AT twenty seven going tweniy-eig
twenty eight !-ko.ng-gone The
lars we're mine. The suciioneer smiled.
"rbauk you iadies-a brave bid for the
.w-eimeat Jars A? felt myself the OBJ
,~ct of fhe rather contemp'uOus observa-
ton of my neighbors, and OF the rather
,h,,ll,ng suppressed laugh that was pass-
,ng round. Bu imagine my cons'erna-
iinn ~hrn my friend making her way to-
ne, ssrd, in a voice OF the most pitcous
depreration "My dear! that was my
bid :" Never were two women more
chop. lnlben. We left the auction togeih-
rr, allrE four hours lost there, and thus
ended our first and last bargain aspiIa-
"on u which the sweetmeat jars will
hong remain 4 iudicrous monument.
I have not done. This was not our
last appearance on an auction theatre.
We inverted the usual order, and went
from c"lneJy to tragedy. You know our
trend Mrs. -, IL still languishing
with illness 10 distant land. Her house
- i-t, and M her iurnilure could not be
otherwise conveniently disposed of, Mr..
- decided to have il sold by auction.
So INV friend, ('he joint proprietor oi :he
Swretmeat Jars, being the earthly prov.
,drncs Of all those she loves, determined
To preven, ,s far as she could, the sacri-
ice ol her abs-B u, friends pessrssions.-I
readily coose nted to NEE, her, and,
~s,Ly oa the ,no-ning of the auction, we
m-r NJ that threshold which our beloved
friends lnsp luofsieps had sanciifed. The
.,dious red flag was flying over it. Very
flung that 1t should be Of the piraiical
enior Strange and common faces were
,trongiug in that home which beauty
Ind graced, and cultivation, refinement,
md elegance bad emhellished, and af.
tect,on had ssnctiied. More than one
pale form rose to our i'na.inaiions, and
br,nned our eyes with tears. We were
unfit ncmbers of The motley congrega-
t,ow about us, and both OF W would gladly
have yun away from the sound of feet
rst--trry mp and down our friends
house and deserratins the places tina,
-h- and hers had made sacred TO us, bnl
~ul Sc niitncnt was to be turned to account
not lost in air.
The sale began. "Oh, hear them !"
whispered my friend, they are bidding
oT that China fop nothing y and visions
Of her G,end's hospitabe table came
swimming before her. 'Let US bid upon
~ -he continued, eagerly, "and then
clher of ~ can take it =" And thus by
= competition, unexampled at an auction
! l~lrve, we ran it mp, till late dawn
iua N prudence, forbade our going
further, and Tire China, to me al utter
super sn'y, was knocked down 10 my
hif Our absent friends, as yon know,
were "a, her remark able for their utter
'uchpnrry to possess anything that was
roi costly NOt from oste stentatiOn-heavenl
knows, there were never people farther
from that vulgar vfce--bW refinement
aud taste were an essential part Of their
composition. The art and taste OF the
astisan must be r"quted, and one cannot
buy Meok's rosewood chairs for the
price of a flag -bottomed one from Yam
kee factory and French OF India China,
Of rare dye, is far more costly than
"olue Liverpool" My fsiend and are,
~ YOU know, prudent women, but our
frrl,nss stimulated by the occasion were
destined to empty our purses chat day
The amount of my purchases was com
psratively small, and If bought cham
pagnc glasses with lille prospec, Of ever
using them, "6ne cut lemonades" for n
friend, who would look upon them as
osly suited for the orgies of the demon
ri dyspepsia, | was cousoled by the
sh~r,gh that they would minister to.
Pheasant memories, and were certainly
.aved from falling to The level Of other
household goods in the hands Of those
uho had never seen them maniing with
i"~ hospilalIies Of our dear friends
Vac -, you should know The ire
pressiblh warmth of her friendships, as
urli as the pnbounded liberaliiy of her
dIspos,,ion, To understand the seeming
reghlessness with which she bought on
lie right hand and on the left, TO save
her friends property from sacrifice or