Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-05-28
MRS. CHALONER.S VISIT.


g have pleasant news for you. my dear said
Mr.. Gilmore, as he came to dinner: -" vour old
friend Mrs. Chaloner is in town" 'What
Cornelia Adderly that was p exclaimed Mrs.
Gilmore. Z" We were intimate enough when
girls, our families living for several years next
door but since Cornelia uurr.od and ro,no .cd
to a remote part of Virginia, we have lost sight
of each other We correspondcd for while at
first, but our letters gradually became less fire.
qucnt. and at last ceased entirely, for you know
| was married soon after Cornelia and then
lost all inclination for lcttcr-wr,ing; as is gem
orally the case. believe, with women that are
settled in life, and have no longer anything to
write about"
Well said Mr.. Gilmore. " you will no
doubt be glad TO renew your friendship with the
ci-devant Cornca Addery, whom rccollect as
an uncommon fine girl.--You know we heard of
the death of Mr.. Chaloncr eight or nine years
AFRO, She has been spending most of the winter
in Washington. having had business with Con-
gress on account of "A claim of her late husband :
against the United States. She is here with
some friends from the South, and they leave
town for Boston in few days" " But, who
told you all this ~ asked Mrs. Gilmore
" Herself was the reply. stopped ut the
United States Hotel, to inquire if Mr., Atkinson
had vet arrived, and saw her name on the
book So, believing it to be that ofour old friend,
made lcra visit and introduced myself Mrs
Chaloner and her party have a private paror at
the hotel. | was glad to find that she recognized
me. even before mentioned my name, nolwith-
standing the lapse of more than sixteen years.
you know her marriage took place about three
months before ours"
How long will Mrs. Chaloncr remain in
town p asked Mrs. Gilmore. Only two or
three days. OF course. YOU will call and see her
81; bnr all tl,. ,t.
tention you can. during her stay in Philadelphia,
am Just thinking how that is to be managed
What Il pity she did not arrive in town a month
before, and then | could have had her at my
party. That would have been nothing SAID
Mr. Gilmore. Nothing my dcar-how can yor
talk so What better could have done fol
Cornclia Chaloner than to inyivc her with my
other friends ? Friends : exclaimed her hlts
band why will you persist in calling crow,
of several hundred your friends 2 So the,
were, said Mrs. Gilmore You know it wa
l not meant for a general party j. it possbl,
, that YOU were acquainted with even the names O
) all the people | saw here that night = asked Mr.
e Gilmore. know not what Won call genera
r party if that was not one Well it was not
), resumed the wife. A general party is whel
e we ask every one with whom we are on visitin!
l. terms ; and invite by families, even when som
e of the members are not exactly such "a we lik
to show TO the elite of our circle. For instance
| did not ask Mrs. Liburns sisters. though the
live in the same house with her, nor Mrs IaidIy'
neither nor Mrs. WilkinSon's cousin Margaret
nor Mrs Bramiield's two step-dauehters thoup
had all three of her own nor the Miss Ile
bert aunt nor Mrs. Dandy sister n-law NJ
Mrs Ashton's neither also invited none mort
n of Chestnut street. Now, il had not take
v care beforehand to have it understood that
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