Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-03
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tadpoles were not light enough. 10 b.
drawn up and let down by them.
The gentleman who had PRACTICAL,
completed the discovery was descendan
of thebrother Of the great man who first tool
up the suhj"ct-jus, as Signora Vespucc
was descended from the brother Of the
gr at Amerigo. He was more fortunate
than his learned and scientific predecessor
in living at a time when bank bubbles
were exploded, and there was money il
The land therefore he was in no want oI
the most substantial sort of encourage,
ment. Unlike his great-great-uncle, he
rejec ed not the appelation of the Rain
king-the title Of king being in the
twentieth century bestowed only on per.
sIns who had done something to boneiir
the people. The old sort OF kings had
become obsolete throughout the civilized
world, the princes and lords hal had their
day. Even in England, the descendants
of Queen Victoria's children were now
merged into the people, and obliged to get
an h" nest living for themselves.
The rain office was, for the present 10.
called IN the lower story of the Universal
| Institute q vast marble edifce, whose ar.
chitecfure was OF that excursive order dis.
lingniShed as the pure American. For
The advantage of Il central situation, his
building had been erected near that part
Broad street once occupied by afOur quar-
ter grass lot donominated Penn square,
but now covered with ranges of stores
| filled with The fasl ionable materials for
female dress. Here were exposed to sale
the fou!nrds, grodenaPs and repses of New
Jersey, that whole State having been laid
into mulberry bushes; and care being now
aiken 10 provide silk worms enough to eat
the leaves, and cocooneries enough to
contain the silk worms. The example of
Jersey had been followed by some other
portions oftho union, where the land was
sandy and piney, and through which it
was formerly the custom to convey stage
passengers always at nlght-,he widely
scattered Inhabitants being ashamed that
strangers should see their country in day
light. So great was the change, that dyed
co'tonS had been discarded throughout
North Carolina, whose provincial citizens
were seen no more in their Jay bird cos
tune of skyblue coats and aronetia panla-
looms. In fact, nearly the whole Amcri-
can community was now walking in silk
attire.
The fash enable stores above mentioned
exhibited the light and elegant crepe lisses.
acrophanes, tulles, bIonds, and illusion
gruzes now manufactured on the banks OF
the Connecticut; the mousselne de laine
and balzarine of Rhode Island { (Newport
had revived and become nearly equal to
Providence;) the organdies, painted lawns
and fine laces of Massachusetts, not to
mention The embroderies and artificial
flowers Of Lowell, where the many hous-
aud young ladies of that wonderful city
(having now souls above calico) had long
since devoted their talents to the manufac-
ture of articles Of taste and elegance.
Chestnut street had for the last fifty
years been given 20 the confectioners,
whose rival palaces standing side by side,
evinced that theirs still continued the best
business in Philadel phia--a city that, as
We learn from an old pamphlet of that
period, was even in the days of William
Penn renowned for the excellence Of its
pies and cakes
On the day that the office was opened
for the first time, the rain king resolved
to take his seat there. anxious to know
what effect this great invention would
produce on the people. Tho terms and
regulations hae been published in the
newspapers for month past. AL! rains
were to be hespoken the day before they
were required. All persons to whom it
would cause particular Inconvenience,
were allowed to appear at the Office and
remonstrate. The time and quantity of
the rain was to be regulated according to
the wish of the maj ority Of the applicants.
Couriers were in attendance to convey
orders from the rain Office to the rain
works over Schuy yIkill, these couriers be-
ing mounted on velocipedes that, when
the impetus was given, skinned along
without touching the ground, always keep
ing Just three inches above it.
The rain king was this day arrayel in
dark blue frock coat of Mount Holy vel
vet, with pantaloons Of Tuckerton satin,
ard vest Of Cincinnati cashmere-thc
shawl-goat having been introduced with
great success into the State of Ohio His
shir,-f:ill was of the finest Pawtucke1
lace, and his cravat wis ornamcnted with
the richest Merrimack embroidery. Now
that everything was made or our own side
of the Atlantic, and our money no Longer
sent out of the country for the benefit O
foreign manufacturers, nearly all our peo
pie could afford to dress we'll, (even per
sons Of genius) and it was considered
right and proper TO do so, by way of Civ
ing emp oyment to our own artisans. -
Coarse articles were only used for cloth
ing the paupers that were still sent il
shoals from Europe.
The rain king was man of middl
age and of middle size. 1t is unnecessa
'ry to praise his looks, for most people
we're now good looking, thanks to the i'm
, portant improvements in all the arts con
nected with the preservation Of beaut.
and the modifying Of ugliness. Their
were now dentitrices that preserved tn
teeth instead of injuring them, and whe'
the operation chanced to be necessary
tooth-draw ng was performed in a name