Democratic banner., 1846-09-07
E%EHOGRATIC bin I'D r.
PUBLISHED
ReraiayM on erery Monday Nurning
At LOUISIANA, PIKE County, Nc.
s, =. MURRAY, Editor and Proprietor.
From Noah's Sunday Messenger.
THE BACHELORS CLUB.

managers having been committed to mAtr:
meny long since, the club has become in a
measure extinct. There never was Il more
agreeable association, nor were any balls
got lip with more magnIiccnce than those
Of the old club. The first series Of balls
were held at the City Hotel, before TIA,
splendid saloon, with its numerous mirrors,
siIkcn draperies, was converted into sleep
ing rooms and the club driven tap to Nihlo's,
where their balls were still more costly and
crowded.
The Bachelors Club, it must be borne
in mind, was not established TO rcrPctuate
single bleSsedness; on the contrary, it was
intended TO bring together, youth, beauty,
taste and character of both scHcs-to place
them in the most winning social intercourse
where pleasure, gaity ana good manners
prevailed; and in \ few years not a manager
director, or even m":iber Of the c!uh WAS
single. Many matches we've made up from
the agreeable association at these lall$.-
Une exception still existed, and We believe
cn!v one. We called a Few weeks ago On
one Of the HIS: active directors Of Tic club:
sfamoas floor manager. as We called hi.n-
on, who took great delight III arranging the
cotiIiions, finding partners fnr the company,
saving soft ana complimentary things 10
tie %iaIics, aud Often mounting foar pair Of
stairs to lis lodgings. We found him with
a night cap Oil, looking as ii le Lad not
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sn Old fashioned pair Of specs On tie tip
of his nose.
wy, lax, what the devil are you al?
Elm sewing a button on nay PANTS. said.
l.e, in a low, gruff tone.
sWhy have yon no woman to do that lit
tie affair for you7'
sWhcre should | get onc3 Wien Iio:n'd,
t'tat swindling Bachelors Club, We aHS~ore
never to marry. Hang Int if There's asing!e.
one left but myself
You are the las, then, Of the sc2ckcG
hats"
sYes, Ttn the last, I suppose. On Sun
day I met Frank Faithful-hc who sworc
so often that no wife should curtain Ice
turc him-and what do you think he was
aLout:?'
Cant say
Gle was going to church, witt, his wifi
tucked under lis arm, and three or four
little 'uns walking before him. dressed in
silk frockf.' !,
"a pretty sight for a bachelor, to be sure;
well, why don't You get quiet, staid. i
clever woman for a wifc-onc who would
darn your hose, mend your night caps, and
rvb your back with opodcldoc. wien yon'
had tho rheumatism or lu'nba3o.'
tPooh! pooh.-nonscnse. What's all old i
fellow like me to do with a wife: My old
black woman makes my bed and my tea; l.
dine down town-go to the library to read :
papers, play a Rubber Of whist at Inc Pig
gery-come homc at ten, and tumble in for !
the night /,
We cast a %lurtivc glance around the room.
Everything looked wretchcd, dilapidated. q
The dust and feathers had accumulated {
under the bed-rusty old coats and pants
Sere hanging Oh pegs OR tie "dli-t"oit
chairs had lostthcir backs-a tray, on which
were the Dire e of black tea and a piece of a
clanny toast, were lying on the tablc-a |
bottle on TIE wooden mantlcpiccc Lad the I
remnant of a tall0w candle in 1.-THE en- "
bers of afre threw out a flickering glare !
from the Srate-a cricket was throwing
divers somcrsets in one corner oftEc room. @
Everything indicated carelessness, and an C
absence Of all that was neat, clean and :
comfortable; and yet Max was accounted |
rich, and in his time was quite gal!ant-afl
perfect beau Fash among the ladies; wore e
salmon colored smalls, silk stockings and {.
PuIaps, and was quite al Adonis at Hcw- ,
let's practising balls, which were then h
held in lifelong Room in William sire K