Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-03

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them n holiday. To make assurance
doubly sure, they wished to know if some
sleet could not be thrown into the bar.
gain, just at school-time. so as TO make il
impossible for them to walk.
A body of large school girls were ear.
nestly desirous oil subscribing for delight.
full weather all the next day; as their in.
structors were TO give them a gipseying
party on the beautiful banks of the Wis
sahicon.
Two domestic companions, as servant
girls were now called. hnd- dubbed 20.
gether to pay for a settled hard rain &c
pour down from morning ill night on
the next Monday and Tuesday, that he
weekly wash might be delayed, and time
afforded them to prepare dresses for a
ball W ich hey were to attend in cabs on
Tuesday evening.
Three hundred washerwomen sent a
deputation to know what would be charged
for ensuring fine weather forever.
The whole body of cabmen wished 10
subscribe by the year for perpetual rain.
Mr.. Ilu,ldIcston Henning was willing
topay handsomely for six days rain, that
it might prevent his wife from undertak-
ing his quarterly house-cleaning at which
time she and her maids always rode a
raid into his library, committing in'olera.
bic and uncomfortable depredotions among
his books and papers. lie did not care
how much she scrubbed and whtewashed
after this week, as he was going on the
following Monday TO Horrisburgh to op.
ply for divorce.
The business of understanding and
parasol- making being now carried on sep.
arately, in consequence Of the nice divis.
ion of labor that characterised he TWEEN
tieth century, a depuialion was sent from
the umbrella makers, offering handsome
rermS for settled rains three days in the
week, and sldden showers the other
three.
a depu'ation was sent from the para.
sol-mokers. requesting that the rain king
would pay no sort of attention TO the UNI
brella>makers, and privately offering a
still handsomcr graiuty for continual sun
shine. This underhand proposal was CON
sidercd hghly selfish and dishonorable,
and their petition was laid on the table.
The storekeepers Of Burlington were
desirous Of bargaining for at least four
decidedly rainy days in every week, that
the BurIingtonian women might be com.
pellcl 10 purchase of them their cotton
sPooIs and apes rows Of pins and papers
of needles, ins cad of goiug down to Phil
Sdelphia every morning in quest of those
articles and thereby greatly assisting 10
Impovcrish very ancient and highly re-
spectacle town, which as yet had not
adopted any particular meals Of enrich.
ing itself.
Several market gardeners were urgent
for dry weather to bring forward their
melons. Several others desired rain for
their cabbages.
A farmer offered to pay we'll for a
wcok's fine weather till he had got in his
hay-harvess.
An iron-mastcr offered to paw immense
ly for tremendous rain to extinguish a
fire that was raging in his pine-forests
We have given but slight synopsis Of
the applications that were made at the
rain office on the first day Of its opening.
People continued pouring in and pouring
out till three o'clock; after which hour
no more were 10 be received, On con-
spting the register 1t was found hat the
bespeaks for rain were exactly balanced
by petitions against it. In fact there was
tie, and the ranking was puzzled how
to act. The clerks who were very anx.
ious that tho pluvial experiment should
be tested on large scale, and extremely
curious to see q whole rainy day pro.
duced by machinery, hinted The pardona-
bility of strniniug point, and having the
rain at all hazards. But unlike some d.
rectors of public institutions, the rain
king was an honorable man, and vche.
mentIy opposed to the smallest derelic.
ton from strict integrity. One of the
clerks then proposed tossing up dollar,
and trusting to chance. AS in these hap.
py days every gentleman had dollar,
there was no difficulty in obtaining one
for the purpose, us would have been the
ease a century before. On the contrary,
not only the Ranking, bu, each Of his
clerks pulled out handful of them. 1t
was decided that beads should signify
rain, aud tails fine weather.
Just as the rain king was proceeding to
throw up his dollar. one more carringe
was heard 10 stop, and Immediately after
wards there was tap at the door. 1t
was opened, and Mrs. HighAyer, lad Of
very great fashion made her appearance,
expensiveIy and modishly dressed. She
swept directly up to the rain hing, and
said to him." hope | am not too late
i could not think of coming at the
same time with he populace, and knew
Icould be admitted at any hour | pleased.
| wish to explain that am going to.mor-
row evening to have a select and splendic
party, comprising the very cream of the
elite of Philadelphia ; in short the aris
toclacy of the aristocracy. To my ut
ter horror have just received a letter
from some of those country cousins
whom it is everybody's misfortune tc
have, informing me that if the weathe
permits, they purpose to start early to
morrow morning, travelling slowly ii
their own vehicle, as one of the girls i
delicate, and that they will arrive at m,
house in the evening for a weeks visit