Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1854-01-12
St, Louis Correspondence.

car AHe peOplc heieaOO'to h"NS wv"
enjoying themselves TO the fullest extent in
every possible rational way, since the adj
vent of the new year, and the disposition to
continue the gaiety does not seem 10 abate
as the year advances in age.
The I'd of January, (the lst being Sum
day. was very generally observed by the
male population as day for making ''calls."
This custom was originally observed here
among the old French citizens alone, but
within the last few years has become gen.
eral by means of having received the stamp
elegante from our more fashionable sister
city, New York.
The custom is becoming very much abused,
and will probably fall into disuse; for instead
of friends calling upon friends, and spend
ing a social hour, strangers are calling upon
strangers under the license given by the
day for the illaudable purpose Of seeing how
many "cals" can be made, and how much
wine and liquor can be drank. You will
occasionally meet with a character who,
when he has pronounced in the most APP
proved style--"Happy New Year"-will
draw forth an immense sheet of .toolscap,
check off the name of the party visited, and
exclaim-
"Well, I'll declare; I've only made ninety
four calls and its so very late fear l
shall not be able to get through"
elbow many calls have you to make, Mr..
Jones ?"
"Well. started out to make two hum
dred, but really fear shall not be able to
see more than one hundred and fifty of my
friends, and know they'll be so disap-
pointed they'll never forgive me. Good
evening, Mrs. Simpkins, must be going"
The beautiful specimen will bow him
self out to make some other family Happy
with the same interesting story. With
weary limbs and a brick-b bound head, the
happy (?) "caller" betakes himself to his
chamber at a late hour, to enjoy on the
morrow the just retribu:ion Of an aching
head and guilty conscience. We do moi
design prejudicing our friends abroad
against our good people, for our good peo-
pie are not guilty of the nonsense we have
attempted to give you faint idea of, YET
we hold that the ''lollies of the fashinable'
are proper subjects of comment, and those
without the confines of this western Gotham
should not live ignorant of them.
Navigation in the upper rivers has beer
almost entirely suspended for several weeks
and as a consequence there has been bur
little business doing in the city. MaiI
street and the Levee are almost deserted
and will continue so until the spring trad,
opens.
The spirit of Improvement building sc,
continues on the increase, much TO the i'm
provement of the appearance of the city,
Verandah Row, on North Fourth street
which occupies the site on which formerly
= stood DR.. Billiards. Church, is about com
pleted, and is one of the finest blocks o
building in the city. In the lower story
several magnificent stores have already beef
: opened, and others will be soon no doubt
McPherson's marble building, on the cor
ner of Olive and Fourth, and several build
ings adjoining, on Fourth street, win b.
completed early in the year. South o
Olive, on Fourth, part of the block has beef
built anew, and is now tenanted. The blocl
) of ground on Fourth between Locust anC
Vine Opposite Glasgow Row, which from
time immemorial has been has been devoted
is sports of the ring, both in and out of thu
/ season of circusses, for the Juveniles hay
en- this spot, for many year past, cultiva
ted their talent for ''ground and lofty tum
bling" and the various equestrian per
formanccs known to gentlemen of the stick
is soon to be graced with an elegant an
beautiful row of buildings. The archtec
and superintendent, Mr.. Rumbold, exhib
tied 10 us to-day, his design of the building
c and we feel confident in saying that whe
: completed it will be unsurpassed in the city
The buildings are intended for whoesal
= and retail dry goods stores. The owner
o are Jas. II. Lucas, Mr.. Hunt, Mr.. Morr
d son, and Golfers heirs. The row will /
5, completed as early as next fall; cost abo,
lie 100000.
The Benton-Democratio party is to ha,
a grand battle of New Orleans celebrate
:, at the Rotunda on the evening of the 9th
From the character of the resolutions a
ready published which will be for the Co
:, sideration of the meeting on that night, "
. are led to anticipate considerable sport
These resolutions clearly acknowledge tn
= the people, the great democracy, have hit
- erto been bamboozlcd by the leaders in Il
70 party, and suggest in effect that steps mu
be taken to prevent the corruption a
intriguing that has hitherto characters