Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-02-08


a second hand furniture Hor'.
And, Notwithstanding the recent election
of Maine Law Governor, in nearly every
house, wines, randy, punches, shot stuff"
and various incbrialing drinks abounded,and
every guest was compell.L, on pain Of
sighting his host to parrakc- the incyiIa-
bic result was, that before night. many
youth, whose head might have withSood
the attack of a single bottle, not being able
to endure twenty hours siege, gave in
dead -drunk-whilc others of harder heads
and stronger stomach, reelcd from parlor TO
pulor proclaiming the obituary Of their res
pectabliiy and dccency, by exhibiting the
noisy clamor, or ldiotc feelings Of bcaslly
drunkenness 10 the refined and polished la
dies of "our hest society"-in many cases
rewarding the psurdo hospitality of their
fair entertainers by literally sprnklng the
marble st,ps to their noble mansions with
an uncean baptism from their aristocra,ic
stomachs.
Kept Sande awake until we entered
hack. and then let him relapse into re-
ireshing slumber, which continued until We
reached homc-entered the parlor, and took
seat in the corner, from which, unob-
served, could get a fair view of the va
rious performances.
In this oity, every young ladyis skilled
in music, and an "eegant p aver upon that
tortured instrument, the piano--each can
sing an assortment of "glces" from beau
titul operas-transposing her voice intoa
vocal cork-scrcw, and opening her mouth
so that, as general thing, you can see
those unmentionable articles that are used,
in tiremans phraSeology, to eight up the
hose"-and these ,ongs, these delectable
morscls Of larmony-varicd by such ex-
temporaneous discords as the agitation or
torgetfulness of the moment may occasion
are always "execu,ed" for the enterlain-
ment Of evening visitors-Alrs. Griggs'
daughters are no exception to this general
rule.
FIRST call-ball rings-entcr bashtul
young man--evidenlly his first attempt at i
fashionable visi--came il with his hat in
his hand-put it behind him to make his
bow-dropped t--tried 10 pick it up
stepped in it--put his foo, through it fell
over itand in his frantic struggle - re-
cover himself, burnt his coat, fractured lis
pantaloons, united his cravat, demolished
his shirt collar, aud was finally borne away
to the hall by his oympathizing lIiends-ml-
nus his patent moustache. one halt OF which
wal atcrward found in Laura Matilda's
scrap-book, and the rest discovered in the
coal scultc.
Crowd OF young men came in together (it
is customary here for young gentlemen TO
club their funds hire a carriage by the hour,
and 60 calling in \ drove, stopping at every
bause where one of the company happens
to be acquaiqted-so that whea lady
keeps open house, for every person whom
she knows, or desires to see, a dozen IN
known individuals annoy her by their unin-
vitcd proscncc) - every one asked the
young ladies' to sing, and the young ladies
did ,ng-gencrally opera, but sometimes
varying the entertainment with The toucb-
ing ballad Of "Old Dog Tray," or the grace.
C,,l .nI ,,,,,nai n,al,d,, !. InrI,n il Hard
Road" On this occasion the rogramme
was somewhat as follows: Gent. No. was
treated with "gem from Norma No.
2, Grand March; No. 3, "Old Dog
Tray;" No. 1, "Prima Donna Waltz; ;" No.
5. Norma = No. 6, "JordaE )" No 7,
"Norna )" No. g. "Prma Donna" again;
No . Norma y No. 10, Norma" No.
IL, Dog Tray ;" No. IL, "Norma," &C.
"Norma" being always ahead, and evident
ly a favorite of the field. have no doubt
that in the whole city yesterday "Norma'
must have been entreatcd to shear my
PRAYER" at least fifteen thousand dstILct
times, by probably five thousand imploring
femacs-and these harmonious suppIica-
tons, if blended and consolidated into one
powerful entreatng scream, would have
been sufficient to raise the ancient Drnids
from their graves, only to find that, although
the final trump had not sounded, it was by
no means to be despiscd, that they had been
fooled into premature RESURRECTION.
As evening came on, the guests who
came showed signs Of the days induIgen-
ces was particularly edited by the move
mcnts Of three OF them, whom noted with
peculiar care. The first one cordially
shook hands with the scrvant-girl, called
her "Mrs. "Grggs," wished her many hap
py returns, and on being told Of his error
made an humble apology to The piano stool
and Immediately sat down in spltoon.-
The next made his bow to the hat-staDd in
the hall, staggered into the room, called
for brandy "smash," tried to rSctify his
mistake by begging pardon of Mrs. G. TO-
mstaking her parlor for a bar-room, and as
surcd her il he had done anything he was
sorry for, he WAS exceedingly glad OF IL
The third stumbled Oh to the sofa, and al
ter steadily contemplating his boots with
much satisfaction for fifteen minutes, he
| picked up a Chinese tirc-scrccn, and with
an irresistible drunken sobricty, he tried to
decipher the mysterious characters inscribed