Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-01-25

FASHION AR1.E.-One of the city papers
gives the following condensed descriptions
| Of fashionable New York party
Soirses have their established program
me, aud all our readers will reeogpiseit
instanter. Printed cards, two Weeksin
advance. for large parties, written notes
for medium, and verbal invites for small.
at intervals Of fr9r9 -. Iays notice;
carriage at eigL. :,-s.. .,,s. room. se-
tcond story. for gsg..: -. oaek room for
ladies. that the latter have not toapass
the former, which will be kept open aud
will smell of brandy aud segaTs ladies
fnmming over pincushions and tight slip
lpers-gentlemeu agonising with a. stiff
hair brush and intractable gloves meet
| ings ut head of stairs, and entering room
together, no bowing to most intimate
friends until hostess is approached and de-
Votions paid chairs and comfort fpe
wall flowers dancing and small talk for
Hight heels; old tops in the basementat
cards natrops under the windows, comr
paring daughters gabble-gabble, hop
hop, music aud lemonade, for three hours
slight order of fried oysters. and turning
for promenade grand march of victims
In party colored costume, like the acters
in Spanish dnto.dd.fe rush of gentle
men for plates and forks screams of la
dies about dresses, oysters, salad aud
sandwiches. followed by champagne, ice
cream and jelly mashing of plates and
subdued swearing of walters destruction
of white kids alarming volley Of small
talk (; insipient dyspepsia. relieved by
adjournment to dancing rooms for exercise
confusion Ia champagne old tops high
matrons low with fright bells and beaux
getting on famously |; hoast yawns carr
ripges driving up ;shawls and overshoes
empty rooms smell of stale food two.
hundred nodding night-caps. Fi'is.
A Coop ONE.-A minister, travelling
where the road was difficult to find, rel
questing a man by the wayside to direot
him, naming the place where he wished 70
go.
Wolp' said the hedger and ditchsr,
keep on just as you arc going about
mile aud hnlf there Rtthe cross roads,
you will see IL minister, who will direct
youto the left couple ofmiles, and there
at the forks of the road is an other minis.
ter, who will direct you to the right about
three miles, and SO on, at every fork and
cross of the road is minister, 10 tell you
which road to take
Ah.' said tho parson what do you
call ministers g
Why, said the other, ''those things
which stand up at the cross and fork Of
the road, with something Ikea hand on
them ~
Finger boards, you mean naysthu
preacher, why do you call them minis
Lers p
Because they oro always pointing
the way to other people, and never go
themselvos.' 8,
A DrssAr1sF1ED Fua1r1vE.- H. Ward
Of Harper's Ferry, Va, has received lot.
ter dated Chatham, Upper Canada, OetO4
Der 25, from female slave Of his, who,
with her two children, ran away about a
year ago. The Spirit of Jefferson says
she appeals in the strongest terms to her
master and mistress to allow her children
to return and remain with them, and
add:
"I am sorry that loft. want 70 SEQ
you ali SO bad that don't know what 70
do. 1 dream every night about You all,
and sometimes sit down and cry all day
and oil night. because want TO como
back again. There is nothing here but
hard times and bad darkoys, and Iwant
to come back"
| NEoRo'a PRAYrn negro rattfn.