Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-04-28

they can be done in any printing Office At rhe Sou''
ever beheld, by way Of proving its strength. S.
i sfed with this proof, besides admiring the col
/ and texture, my wife ordered ten yards TO be CO.
/ OF and lad aside. The yard stick was producrd
aud having cut or the requisite number, he lOok
I from his vest pocket neat pair OF scissors, an
as my wife was kindly preparing to hold the par
ucu to her that she might assist in cutting
straight he ils made the least BIZ Of slit At thu
point he had marked, and then twirng it
nimbly up and dropping the scissors, Jerked the
cloth asunder with sudden smash that started
every nerve in my body to work, whilst my wife
fnnicky and s,archy as she was looking, fairly
dueked her head for wonder In trioe more Il
was wrapped aud tied, aud then tossing il away
up, whirling over and over, he caught il aleTtty
| " one hand, to the delight Of my lule boy by me,
Hho watched these capers with every sign Of as
ftonshmenl. We next ntimated desire to look
at some croekery ware, leaving Hannah s. Char.
I ~ to finish our purchases of dry goods, and were
marched off 10 a different part Of the house, bill.
/ ed with crockery, cutleIy and various species Of
/ hardware Here this agreeable young man be.
I gan a round of cagroles, which convinced me
that he had set out to fulfil the hopes Of big bill
| sure enough. lie laid his right hand on pile
Of diiTarent sized dihes, and gave them such
terrible shake aud Jingle, that really thought il
had been his intention 10 break them to pieces;
but before the trembling motion into which he
! had thrown them fairly ceased he managed to
extract one from the middle almost without our
seeing 80 much even as the attempt, and, in an.
other instant il was balanced on the ball Of his
thumb, and being slung around at the rate Of halt
a dozen times the second. This slight o'hahd
work being over, and the requisite number OF
! plates dishes, treens, sop bowls and sugar va
,es duly set aside, all which he averred 10 be OF
The very best quality then manufactured, he nett
showed Us some tumbsrs. Here again he VEN
tured trial to prove the stoutness Of his ware
which thought wholly unnecessary, for seizing
one Of them he hurled the bottom down on the
counter with violence and isrocity OF look which
argued nothing short of destructIveness, But
my wife who was shrewd, sharp. witted woman,
although little too irickely on the score Of hui
moring our girls fashionable airs,) was not TO be
caught by such pretences as that, and luringly
asked the young gentleman TO try the mettle OF
his tumbicr in the same way on the other end.
This he declined however, saying, very proper.
", that the design Of making the bottom so hard
aud heavy was to guard the other end, as, in the
event OF fall, il was thus sure TO light on lie
bottom. treasured this remark, Mr. Rambler,
and have often thought since how many things in
this world were too top.hcayy tor the bottom they
carried.
When we got back to where the girls were
dealing, we found Hannah trying TO fit her head
to leghorn bonnet, assisted by one Of the young.
er clerks, who obligingly held small looking
glass before her face. Our friend, the head clerk,
seeing this, ran up to the girl, and declaring he
had saved one Of these bonnets expressly for her
to buy, took hold OF the sides Of the enc she was
trying On and bent it nimbly about her cheeks,
once OF twice managing to clasp il under her
cain, and then ended by saying that it fitted her
every way, TO which could pla My see my girl
was fully agreed. At the same time, Charity was
eDdeayoring to fit on pair oil kid slippers, and
was seated, in her stocking feet, on a trunk which
stood in passage between the counters. Our
accommodating friend had an eye also for this
business and saw him select out bronze col
orcd pair, and after expatialing on their beauty
and suitableness proceed himself TO take hold Of
my daughters foot and thns, il in the shoe, de.
cIaring that he never saw pair 60 on so 'mooth-
". lie then caused her to stand up, and him
sell Selling her irock and petticoats, with one
hand easped them tightly around her ANGLE:
whilst with the other, he pressed the shoe more
closely TO the foot, SO that she might see aad adj
miro the fi: fit, protesting that he never behed
ANYTHING more beautiful in bis life did not hear
any dissent, either, to any OF these propositions,
On the part Of Charity, and pit would certainly
a. utall "a tho Loo knr
bonnet both to pay for.
Glove. were next asked after, and Mr. Fred
Smiley (Which was the head clerks name) de.
clar'd boldly he could show the pretlest ever brot
10 Ills market. Upon this he took down a neat
paper box, and pulling up the top displayed, |
must say, az handsome variety as had ever
seen, though totally nsuted to plain country peo.
pie like ourselves. There were blue, and pink ;
and yellow. and purple, all shining in very taking
arrangement. | saw the eyes OF both mother
and daughter fairly oIaze up at once, but when
r Mr. Smiley suggested that tbcy would be so nice
for those fine bran dances at Frogmarsh. land tho
J sly rogue had been AT many ene,) saw that
I he had made the master hit Of the day, for my
, women all made dash 10 secure pair right oil.
2 The two girls succeeded in squeezing on pair
without much difficulty, but their poor old molhr
: who had gone through substantial service in her
day, found il not 80 easy to pull hers on, and OK
pressed some ieal OF tearing them. Nhersupon
!. Mr. Smiley drew forth large, singu'aTiy orm.
ed set Of wooden tweezers (or can call item
nothing else, for the life OF me,) which he intro.
ducs by turn into each finger Of the glove, caus.
ing them all to flare out softly and snugy enough.
, Thus aided my wife was enabled to run her I'M.
gers in with all ease in the world, and declared
that the tweezers had Just done the things exactly
, totMr hand; in fact, she SAID better than If they
kRad been made for her.
Whilst all this Haunting was gazing on, Mr.
i Rambler, turned to one OF the clerks, and sim
1 ply asked TO look at a sample OF shoes which
might do for our little boy (soue six years old
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