Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-10-17
NsS York, Oct. l9, 1850

these interesting COMMUNICATIONS -
NW York, Oct. l9, 1850.
Ma. EsiToa
In my last. / mentioned that tho A
merican Institute WAS holding iis annual
fair ss usual, there 10 q little Of every
thing exhibited among the articles, rec
oRnissd many that have been acquainiences
Of ten years s,andinR,-a certain patch
work quilt, Of Daniel Lambert capacity,
composed Of sections no, larger than . plea
yuns, still occupies a couspicuou position
and looks as young ~ ever. The sigh, Of
,hs, quilt, always made NE melancholy
oss could no, help co'nmiseraling the state
,fhopeless oId.msidism to which the maker
nusl have been reduced, and how intense.
y agonizing mus, have been her situation
ere she could have sat down, and deliber-
ate.y coniemp ated the manufacture Of such
complicated production why, Arachne,
if the poor soul was living, would not have
ventured to con,ss, the pain with the
maker Of that quilt. There 10 also an aI,i.
heal leg, in glass case, which has los.
none Of it, symmetry, although a dozen
years have fed since it's frs, introduction 10
the Public. ! vel! remember how, in my
iunocence. WAS wont TO consider II per-
fec,iou a pa,te:n leg IN fac, since then ]
have looked on Powers Greek Slave, and
have wiser grown.
In the Horticultural department., arc tn.
same gigannc Bee,s, prodigious Pumpkins,
and overerown Turnips, as Of old. the
Flower and Fruit stands are a. tempting as
ever Ia the eye and pallet For o taste Of
the Grapes from Cro,on point, Baschus
would have relnqished all claim to the
beautiful Miss Asiadne - which, 10 be
sure. 10 speaking within b,unds, consider.
ing the squvoeal manner in which he made
her acquaa,snce.
The enhance 10 the Garden is crowded
with sgrisul,oral imp p'eus ots, ,ha, exhibit
a marked improvement over previous years;
the Cunasciicui Yankees have sent a Tegi-
men, Of little Iabor-saving mnchines, which,
if one half tina, is said Of them he true, bid
fair TO abroga;s the curse pronounced by
the most High on disobedieni man. The
m,chins room is we'll worth visit; one
who has taste for mechanics cannot fail
Of receiving the highest grstihcsiion from
an inspection Of their cls,,erinR combina-
,ions. After watching a pin machine for
half an hour, and finding myself, at the eI-
pira,iou of that time, as much mystihed as
ever, I transferred my attention to 4 Ssu-
ssyo-s,uffsr. in the contemplation Of which
the evening glidsd iu.percep,ibly away.
There Was tho very Devil to pay st ST.
Marks Church last Sunday afiern ,on as
the congregation were dismissed. and We
had all soberly vacated our tests, and
reached the YES, bule, C-r-a-s-h, the cup
ror,inR beams gave way, and there we
were, saints and sinners, grave and gay.
young aud old, 60 qurrminR AID writing in
the CeIl1V, lkc . oA'ASs " So'o 'oboci
was procured, and all were extrica,sd With.
on, serious injury the majority being more
frightened ,h,r hurt. 10 the midst Of the
confusion, while painting under tho united
Weight Of an old gentleman and his wife,
who were eomposedly seated on my chest.
my eye, in Wild frenzy rolling, caugh.
siph, Of female head, aged about forty,
more or less, who had lost its bonnet, and
it's - wig in despite Of my Painful siu-
alton, l found myself repeating, (msn,slly
Of courss.) the love-song Of the Phrsnolo-
eis,, commencing A. follows -
"When FRS. ] gazed upon Thy head,
Dives,ed u concea'ing hair
| traced the orRaGs o'sr it spread,
And hXed Toy wandering wishes there.
Fer well saw thou hadst mind
Surprising every other she,
Where re,'rence, love and hope eombio d
With vi shd--."
I had got ;hus far, when The elderly
couple before mentioned, discovered ths,
their: pedal s,,rsmi.iss were uainjursd. and
in consequence, relieved me Of their eIcss.
sivs weight ; the head also disappeared,
being snvslopsd in the folds Of . Grape
shawl, and then came my turn q, the ladder
and / at onco rslspssd into ny habitusl
sober seli-possession.
In tho name OF that dowL -trodden pa
trio,, Thomas w u u,-whc IS ''ose Of
The oppressed" whose commusca,ion,
,na,hsp,siisine the Fnpi,ne Slave Bill, ]
notice in Jour paper Of the 10Th. )! Its
syle is mo, particularly neat, bu, ns
strong" ss the old Boy said Vhen he men.
ded his breeches with = rope (: I doubt IL
"ons of Tho oppressed hss ever read the
Bill hs picks st. He seems to have jus,
made tho astounding discovery. that by
il. "iria! by jury 10 smoihcred, and wri,s Of
habess corpus s'rsnslrd,"-is he ignorant
that the &C, Of 1898 was equally obnoxious
on ,hes, two poin,s' The grand sbjsction
to- the prssen, Law sppssp to arise from
the fac, Of its being snforced there lies
tho whole seers, OF The uild gushinas Of
zone Of the oppressed. I~eo,A susges,
,ha, bs should read both sep. ssd,bsp ss-
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