Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-02-05
GIENETED EEEENE.


Il is well known that The elite in our
large cities. eat large dinners, occupy the
most prominent places a, The opera. and
held in contempt and sheer at all who do
not possess an equal amount of sordid
pe,f. A New York Correspondent Of the
Lancaster Examiner details an incident in
which severe but deserved rebnka was
adminlsterad<,o fasIy under circGmssSn-
ces calculated TO impress il deeply apon
the tablet Of memcry. Referring TO the
opera in the great metropolis. and the
character Of many who attend, the writer
says:
a young lawyer, son Of merchant,
who formerly stood amongst The highest
and mos. eminen, in the city, bat like
many others, became insolven. in 1897,
was at the opera, in company with his
sister. The box they were i'll adloIned
that Of notorious Wall street shaver.
who has been The means of making more
miserable beings than any one IN HE
street. The wife Of ibis man, whose ge-
nealogv can he traced no farther than her
father, who kept a grocery store about
twenty years ago, in the 9Th ward, and
made his money by selling ram at cents
q gIass-this woman observing al level
ling their glasses towards the young cou-
pie, whose good looks we'll deserved the
compliment. became jealous Of her neigh
bors. Not knowing vino they were, she
became anxious TO find or, their names
and position Her husband TO satisfy her
left his box and ascertained from enc Of
his friends that it was young A.
On giving this Intelligence 10 his wife,
and adding that lis father owed ltIm 5I,-
C0o. she leveied her glass a, the lady,
and exclaimed loud enough for ali in the
Immediate vicinity to hear:
'Bumph! old 4. upstart! they had
better cave their dollars and pay their
fa,i.e--'s s,ei>44' --------- -
Ser husband demonstrated with her,
bit it was Of no use, she KEEP. on revliue
tie innocent couple. At langl,l;he glass
es we're turned and all eyes fixed on The
v:rago.
Who is she 2 asked several.
LIS E's. wife, srid young man, the
| greatest scoundsel in New York he
cheated my mother and self out OF my
fathers property
p. heard the remark, aud fairly qualed
under the rebuke.
An old gentleman who had quietly wit
messed the whole scene, inquired if ii was
=. the broker.
Yes answered The young man.
Why says he, that woman that's
with him is Sally Stops, that was, and
III bet the price Of an opera glass she can
wash a checkered shirt, OF scrub floor,
better than she can Tell note of music
This speech of the old gentleman crea-
ted such a tremendous roar Of laughter
tha; the broker and bis wife left the house
aud have no! been seen there since.
This is fair specimen of the general
lily OF those who compose the elite of this
city.
JoHN VAN DuRaN--l Portrait. - Mr.. Van
Bnren's manner is rather subdued. That he
inherlts from his father, who, whatever emo.
ton aai,aled him, never allowed it to nfn-
ence lis address. The snbtlety Of intellect,
whicl. has distinguished he older Van Buren,,
is not SO prominent in the younger. He does
moi refine SO much or play so ingenously in
10 his subject. lie nevertheless retains mucl
OF the parental fnosse Of logic. He speaks
soto somewhat afectedly SO; arlicuiates
his sentences with modulated voice aud eiab-
crate emphasis; voice soft aud low, that most
exc9lteat thing in a woman, he seems TO hold
81, 4 ,ia rSial In
Court he addresses, Oh TO the efficiency OF his
argument and the success Of his cause
Seemingly more flank than his father. he yet
relies like him, for success rather upon the
ingenuity Of his logic than the merits OF his
cause. In various requirement. 10 certain
erudtlon. 10 profound research, he Tags be-
hind the distinguished . author OF his days.
Sequiturqae potrem haud passlbus GqHes.
But then he has one advantage over his faith
er, which the Iarer can never recover, he Is
younger by some thirty years. The due IN
vestment Of such capital may give him, thlr-
ty wears hence, the enjoyment of as large
fame as his predecessor commands. In per-
son, Mr.. Van Buren, has also the advantages
of bis father; he stands in his "siocklng
feet " | shonld think. about five feet ten inch.
es; his head is set rather too close TO his body
for symmetry, and gives TO his figure the ap-
pearance Of slight stoop; his hair is light,
approaching to iinge of red, decidedly
sparse. and even entirely deserving the sum-
nit Of his head his counteuance is free from
the sinister expression that disfgured the face
Of his father; has more the appearance OF
frankRess--thoBgh that not so decidedly mark
ed as 10 remove suspicion that II may De the
result of continued stimulation. The example
Of his father has taught rs no, to trust incau-
tiously to the look Of a Van BuEen.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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