Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-07-12
not,be Governor any-longer. and then
am willing to yield to another. i have
told you the truth about that" e..,
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From Peterson's Magazine.
..--l--fE = p rom Feterson's Wagazlne.
ADA TESTERS SEASON IN NEW
YORK,
BY CARRY STANLEY.
New York, January 5th.


t sa New York, January 5th.
l.: DEAR MAGGIE
u Papa has told you. before this. of ou
:, journey hiLher. and our hair, breadth es
. capes. This is absolutely the frst mo
:, ment since 1 left home that have ha
time to write word Whilst papa wa
e here, every minute he could sppre from
= business was devoted to taking me arount
;. to the various institutions. and other pla
ces Of interest, to which l now find fash
ionable people do not go. Indeed m,
cousins look upon it as one of the stron
gest marks Of my village. or country
l.. ."eeding. as they call it. the interest whicI
| taE,oo in these things; and verify be
Iieve that t,Hey know less now about New
York than l do. IN IN that respect. !,
Well. Maggie. do ;Tou Snow that it al
most gave me the heart-at"he - let PaP'
go home without me. All tho pleasure
that had promised myselfin my vl>>lt &c
a great city, seems so trivial compared
, WI the love and Comforts of home, that
had ii noS been for very shame at seeming
so like baby. should have packed up
and returned with him. Do you know
that there seems to be no home in New
York No domestic happiness ! mean.
The men live in their counting iOusrs,
think of nothing but the " almighty dol
lar" ani one would scarcely know that
their families belonged to them il they dill
not bear the same name. But The men
are not to be So blamed after ali, for such
/ IL life is an irresistible necessity. the way
in which society is constructed here.
The women spend the money as fast As
the husband and father can make it, (some
faster. l suspect, from gossip l hear now
and then, which sounds very much like
scandal to uninitated ears. scarcely seem
to know the meaning of home. except as
place elegantly furnished, where they
sleep and cat sometimes, and give balls,
and receive calls once a week. The
hearty. healthy interest which our village
matruns, even the wealthiest Of them. feel
in their household duties, is unknown
here. that is, among the fashionable peo.
pie who are New York par excellence
The rooms are all drawing rooms, halls,
boudoirs and chanL LcrS, spIendidIy, but
not costly furnished. and there is no fami-
| ly circle where mamma preSide$, and the
daughters gather around with happy IA
ces and useful work II is true that in
the rosewood and brocaLelle furnished
bOudOir. there may stand an easel or
Lrawing- table, but the brushes are un-
touched and the pencils uncut; or there
may be Il pGPier mIche work stand in!Aih
with peal, lined with crimson watered silk.
and furnished with e Id sewing il pIe-
mcnLs, scent bottles, &c; but the work
accomplished is in accordance with all The
rest, for it consists of IL tiny piece Of linen
cambIic. with 81 few pencil marks on it.
and about a hundred stitches done in en-
brOidery cotton (worsted work is ami
quated now, Maggie, and lady who says
"zephyr," is tabOOed and the fair occu
pant Of the bOudOr opens her stand about
the hour of receiving morning calls. and
if gentleman is sufficiently intimate at
the house to be introduced into this sane
TIM. he is wonderfully edited by the in
dustry and elegance Of the young lady
who plays gracefully with her work. and
takes a stitch now and then to show her
rings, in a most bewilching manner.
But there are boudUir CON ulLations,
Maggie. of the utmost importance. These
consist principally of ways and meanS;"
the to-bc-invited and excluded guests Of
the next party, the color OF a bonnet. the
trimming Of n ball dress. or the prObabiE-
ty Of an offer to Amanda Malvina from
the Baron Kraulenbecr.
If there is anything for which a New
York fashionable lady returns, thanks at
church on Sunday. suspect it is that she
is New York fashionable lady, and not
the jealousy guarded wife of Turk
AS said before, the principal use which
they make Of their homes, is to sleep in.
eat in, and receive calls in, for it seems 70
MN LOr tk.U olO1Oct E,, ,I,,,
rather in their carriages. in the stores, and
on the door. steps Of their friends.
Now, Maggie, ma chere. imagine these
, beautiful butter flies on stormy day. when
nobody can go out, and nobody can come
! in. and the hours are so long Til it is time
for Therese TO begin dressing the hair for
the evenings ball or opera. l have been
= behind the scenes and know ali about it.
, Such RUNNING against the window -panes
and wondering when it aCW clear such
yawnin. and turning over Of tasseIed
cider down cushions, in order TO find d
soft place whcreon TO lay the weary head
a and sleep away a little Of the tedious time
such practising of piano. and harp. and
voice and then such energy Give only
; time when energy is displaye with which
the poor futtering thing declares that thi.
dcleStable weather which seems inclined
+ to last forever. (it may have been raining
since daybreak only, mind you. has ru
! ined the piano keys. and harp strings. anc
:. made her as hoarse a$ frog. a
Maggie. Maggie. this life is really riti
> able. l believe they think it vulgar Il
: read book that has genius beyond I
= trashy annual, or that is not written b,
Sue and Dumas, and are inclined 10 pro
nounce those who in any degree keep u
with the literature of the times, as blues
and have vague IDEAS that thew man tax