Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-02-02


N. Y. Mirror.
The STORY OF BONNET. Grace
Greenwood, il her 'Haps aud Mishaps
OF Tour to Europe recently publish
e1, relates with her usual navetie an
amusing personal adventure upon her
return ~ London, as follows:
When u, Paris, had purchased one
Of the bonnets oi the season, " hich, as
every one knows, are sm al beyond pre-
cedenh without rejecting that was
hound for ii country where The ladies'
display in nothing their characteristic
modesty aad reserve more than IN bon
nets, al least those Tor the ordinary
promenade retiring into profound depths
Of leghorn and lace, and sometimes
clustering themselves III the shades oi
lnge uylies.'
The Partisan millner OF whom pur-
chased the above mentioned bennett.
who was d reduced countess, and had
her name blazoHed on the plalond Of
the show room, was 3, complalsant as
TO 90 into ecstacies over the effect when
Iried il OIL, crying, "C'esl jill char
mant paIlalt = saw that il was be-
coming pee liarly so and she assured
me il was not dear 30 took it, with no
fearful looking for Of Cockney indigna-
ton, surely. Well, as descended from
my chamber, equipped for my expedi-
ton into town, noticed that The friend
who was to accompany me looked
little struck up bu, | concluded 1t was
with admiration at the ton ol the thing
and perhaps il was. At The station,
while waiting Tor the train, had a
strong suspicion tha, Il remark l over
heard Of My eyes them rs popies,' re-
lerred to trl0e, in the decora i've way
belonging to my bonnet. In the railway
carriage | iound ysell an object o!
rather curious regard-bul this At
trihued ,oa certain foreign air may
piSHSd uP vi VIZ SoH'iChts ohu ~
was no, Till was walking down Regent
street that was convinced as to the
sensation produced. The head and
front of my offending WIS my unfor,u-
nate bonnet. 1t was stared aud com
nenled upon without mercy shop boys
pronounced it the last Paris sumner )
shop girls lifted their eyebrows and said,
%, my ! and an impudent young foot
man, as he parse d me, looked up into
my face with shrlll, significant whis-
! tie. Al last, in very desperation, 1 rush
ed into shop and purchased Il black
lace v ii, with which quite rxringulsh-
cd my s;urner,' poppies and all
ln describing her L'ndon life, Grace
tells Il good story OF her ipnocent quiz.
zng Of Il. solemn John Bull.
The manner Of an English gentleman
toward the American visitor ~ polite
and considerate, but SOU ething little
to marked. Al IA dinner party, The 9th.
er d.y, during little playful discussion
of Yankee character bland and beney-
elent looking old gentleman at my side
informed me that he had come 10 the
conclusion that tn wooden-nutmeg sto-
ry was neither more nor less than 1
mischevors satire. For said he,
there would he such an amount of MIN.
ute carving required TO make a success
fll imitation Of The nutmeg, that the de-
cepton would hardly pay the workman
For myseliI do not believe the cheat
wns evar praclced,' thanked him in
the name OF my country for the justice
done her, and assured him that the sto-
ry OF the Yankee having whitfield lot
OF uns liable shoe pegs into melon seeds
and sold them 10 the Canadians, was
also base fabrication OF our enemies.
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HoNoas TO CAPT. CxEloHToN.-A.
the Astor House on Thursday, Capt.
Creighton, OF the Three PeIls, received
from the committee Of the Common
Council gold box, some say it was a
snuff box, while others report that II con,
tanned the freedom OF the city, The
box wes about three inches and half
in length, two and a half inches in
breadth, and one inch and a quarter in
depth. IL was richly chased and bore
the following inscription on the inside Of
the lid
Presented TO Capt. Robert Creigh.
ton by the Common Council Of the City
Of New York, with the freedom oi the
City, for his noble conduct in rescuing
the lives Of the passengers and crew Of
the steamship San Francisco which
was ship-wrecked in the Gull Stream,
whilst bound from New York 10 San