The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-07-26
Jenny Lind In New York"

II greatness has its felicitirs, il cannot be de
NED but that il is also attended with many il.
conveniencie- The ioll,wing accom, of "hov
Jenny Lind was bored in New York" We ex
tract from little boil, giving al account of he
tour IN America, written by one Of her troupe
WHO appear, to have accompanied the Nghtin
gale IN all her professional journcyings:
at would pcrhaps be half past nine in IA,
mornIng, aud two or three Of the servants of ia,
hotel would have been deputied to guard be,
Il o M until she could manage TO breakfast. A
lady, however, who Is well dressed, is not TO b,
stayed by man servant in this country, and
Jcnuys drawing room would already be half full
oi visitors on particular business who had crow
ded past, insisting upon an entrance. Many
were applicants for charity some come in ,ho
capacity of autograph huners-olhers to max e
her cquaintauce-and several to introduce new
Improvements in gloves. buttons. parasol handles
or some equally precious and invaluable display
"i the inventive faculty to her notice Once OF
! twice. indeed, during this period, | saw the on
sIanght OF .hese intruders and, to tell The truth
was not Il little nstonlshed To mark her auie,
and placid endurance o: an intrusion which is not
whit the less annoying aud wcarisome, that i,
'"'''N at '''e NbitH ID us
PLAYED in it,
First n person would make bow tohcr ho
had sent musical box or a curiosity Of some
class, form, or shape, for her appreciation. As,
however, 1t had not been returned (the rascal
omitted stating that he had never called foi it(
and he concluded she intended or wished to be.
come its owner lac would be most deeply Obliged
1t Jenny would have the kindness to let him have
the p ice he rated It at-ordinarily not more than
Triple It's value. Jenny naturally enough knew
rolling OF II, and her maid WAS summoned She
had vague fcmen brance of something which
had myeterlou.ly found its way into her mis-
trtss room some day two since Il was ac
c"rdlrgly pointed out bv her and the man was
told that he was perfectly at liberty t-rcmove it,
ihis II course, he could not do without remons.
tsance and argument Then advanced the 'lady
beS5ar-, who, III such scores Of instances have
wrGng money from brr, that il would here be use
less I" attempt anything approaching individual
description OF a character whose name is legion.
10 such uneSlmlned and unexpected applicants,
Madcmcl-eIIe Lind had usually Oferered twenty
OF thirty dollars as the shortest way in which she
could rid herself Of them. In nine instances out
oi ten, would this sum be returned to hei with
some sICh ungraciOus remark as the following
Scarcely did we expect that you would have Of
icrcd Us this plttasce We have indeed been
mistaken IN your character madam for we had
heard that you We're generous Or perchanCe
Excuse us. madam we came for donation and
not for aims Fortunately Jenny had received
TIN. class OF visitors IN Europe as well as on our
own shores and is well aware that this species
af sponge is TO be found in all great cities With
these visitors would be mingled applicants for
musical empI"yment--iadles who performed