The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-23
SUNDAY MORNING-APRIL %, 1854.

heard He takes pleasure to assure the pub
lie he is willing to give the necessary information to
Those who rrsde out of the city can have their nayi
ties drawn sending the dateof the day OF the mouth
ans the year IN which they were born
u SHUMAN, It's Chambers street.
The reader does not know which to adire most in thu
above socedvxthe assurance OF the asroIoger or til,
total disregard OF all the principles which are genera,
supposed TO the construction of the English Ian
guage
After ve.y dirty promenade in which we were en-
gsgedin continuous and unsuccessful struggle to pre-
serve our garments fsom pollution, we reached the
oracles abode The house was little old shrunk nm
affair and when entered the hall the carpets seemed
in tbs last stags Of dissolution. Dust lad settled ali
about the place and broom must have been stranger
to it such utsnsi may have been employed in
creatngthe little pyramids o, dirt wi ch "ornamentsd,
the corn,rs Of the hall.
The CONSULTATION room of the maA Of magic w,s
equally iovenly. In the centre, taAe covered with
books ant natvities, stove with grsat aro burning
in it, two Holsters lying chair pile of apples on
the bureau and little mounds Of half bu med coal and
ashes rndng the stove. The Swede who was to tell
us the seosts of the fusure, CT forty y-fve
=" there OF thereabouts," with round good natured
face lie opened big Took, N with calculations,
and written ia manpsorp He reqaested us 10 give the
date Of our lath which request complied with He
said, "shensleInan, you born 1er der sanet C)
scoro, and your reigning-blane Saturn md Mars
Saturn is goot planet but Mars is a troublesome one
You have had drouble and you win have more but der
last patd ofy your life wilbe happy prosperoxs You
viii be married dwce, ara your first wife will be mid
ding tall height with lide hair and ir complx; you
will live happy with her. aad she will die when you
fordy five You will marry again, and you will when
you are sxjyve. You VAN be brosp in specula-
ton and you 7=l have an unexpected fordune from
Of your .wiyes" a.
The astrooger then placed piece of tissue payer in
our hand 1t vas,cut in thu shape of = human body
and billed, that when it in contact with tho palm
it cured into all sorts of shapes The srooger regard
ed it attentively and then said You have ariable
disposition, shentleman, but you is quick dempored.
You viii succeed in speculatons and you will do better
in der South ard West dan in der East will gast (oast)
your nadvy (nativity) for 6ve dollar tree doa and
ii will be goot for you to you of the danger which
shall approach"
z We suggested that we would take some time to con-
slider about 1t, and he could tell paid
the fee Zone dolnr) and dsparted-gladIy we confess
for the house had odor ofage about it which not
altogether pleasant.
The alady in the Bowery, Mrs. brewster,
Of Great Jones street aad the Bowery Her ap
peared the door OF respectable looking house. end
received BY girl Of fourteen with hight hair, and
face which would have been improved by Introduction
to the pump The following cooquy ensuad,--
REpoRTER-Is Mrs. ---- at home?
Tie MAIDRS-Yes.
The REPoRIEI--I desire to see her.
The MAlDEN--which kind of businessP
Tie REpoRIEs-What?
The MADEs-She docs two kinds of brs.r sssioctoring
and astrology.
REPoRTER-I do not desire to be doctcEes and do de-
sire TO be ast-ologerizad.
THE MAIpES---Pay hare, then, if you psese-a dollar
and half The Maiden received the sup, and dropped
1t into long pocketl
Mrs -- had customer, and we told TO wait
in an nute room with old stove il, the centre and
Of four shilling chairs around the walls-no othes
furniture After waiting half an hour, the Maiden con-
ducted us to pleasant parlor where the prestcss was
seated in state She fat and forty but not fair AMI
she shu.Ilsd .ke mystical cards with a business like
air, as If TO say, ~ am useG TO it-hurry up
hear the story and leave" We compiled with
bcr request and ca the cards into three equal piles.
she then run them over and informed that they
all good tb,t they promised unexpected fortune
that should many fianas-that contempla-
ted change in business and Journey, and that It would
be highly successful that there letter for us in he
post office where is it, Mr. Postmaster?); that would
be married twice. and would live to be fifty years Old
that We would have children and that altogsther
We were a very amiable and lucky person. We intro
duced her to the imaginary brunette which the rhomp
zon street oracle had kindly provided for US aud asked
when should her. She didn't know, probably in
month. Would marry her? She thought not. Could
she tell her manner Sne obliged with several of
which may have besa correct providing the lady has
ever existed The oracle made several attempts tel
our name, but without success. She finally again
sured that the cards were all good" and that
had nothing to 6e afraid Of She said she had large
patronage, and that people often told her that her pre-
dcions proYed to be true and requested to do the
same which Of course we promised to d. She told the
ory gbiy If she had repeated It to twenty people
on the same day that received It. The Maien with
the Flaxsn Hair then showed us out.
The fourth and last Of these professors
LADY in Canal street--a German-Mrs. Ladomus, No
20S Canal street We received by stout German
servant, and in the inner room vision of a
lady in loose dress and head tied up in a hand
kerchief. The small, but very neatly kept
and the stout servant had been getting up fine linen
industriously that she had got herself into rec
heat. The lady with the loose dress and hcat
tied up in the handkerchief had beautifed her
self, and she appeared without the handkerchief
and in tight dress She inquired in German of the
want if we spoke German We answered no. She ther
said 'lf you wand every wort you must COON on Mon
day, when have der interpreter"
We thought we could understand her. She was rathe
pretty of twenty eight so, with light hair
handsome blue eyes, ard good teeth She smiled nces
santly She said her fee "two tollar." She workc
with the cards and placed them in all Of positions
She informed that two ladies were anxiousy watin
for the honor of our alliance that would hav
trouble that lady was making trouble for us that tn
cards against us, and that our fate was black
that would die young-thirty-fyc would b
| the greatest age that could attain. She ascer
tanned this remarkable fact by close inspection
| Of the palm Of left hand. She also said that w
would travel and meet with great peril that friends
trusted would prove false and would expect certain
amount Of money and wouldn't get It, Oh fortun
was decidedly misfortune from the hands Of the Ger
manic oracle, and decided " let down from the air.
castles built for by the couleur de rose lady of tn
Eowcry And Teutonic female laughed merrily sh
the cards, her white teeth shining out like pre-
Of the terrible fate that awaited the ham whicl
the stout servant cooking in the other ROOM An 2
said the oracle 81 am afrat dere Is nolng goo for you