The Trinity times., 1855-03-24

| as last, because thelr frlends object TO being
taxed to pay their milllner's bills
AT Snooks' we found the doors closed. and
a basket hang outside, in which TO deposit
cards thought of the founding hospital, &c.
Odd circumstance, very,-but in all the
parlurs we visited that day, noticed one nm
varying peculiarly of turniture-there were
in no single parlor any two chairs of the
same pattern but they were Of all shapes,
sizes, dimensions, capacities, and degree OF
comiort--from the damask- covered to the
unvarnshed, which looked as if they had
srayed in from the kitchen. The effect of
this arrangement is to impress a stranger
with the idea, that the owner Of the estab-
| lishnient had been compelled 10 furnish his
drawing-room from the chaotic assortment of
a second hand furniture store.
| And notwithstanding the recent election
Of Maine Law Governor, in nearly every
house, wines, brandy, punches, "hot stuff"
and various inebrating drinks abounded. and
every guest was compelled, on pain of slght>
ing his host, 10 partGke; the inevitable result
was, that before night, many Il youth, whose
! head might have wthstood the attack of
single bottle, not being able to endure twen-
| ty hours siege, gave in dead drunk--while
others OF harder heads and stronger stomachs,
reeed from parlcr to paror, proclaming the
! obituary of their respeciabty and dccency,
| by exhibiting the noisy clamor, or diotic
feelings of bcastly drunkenness to the rcliued
and polished ladies' of "onr best societyp
Kept Sandc awake until we entered
! hack and then let him relapse into refresh
ing sumber, which continued until we
reached home-entered the parlor, and took
seat in the corner. from which, unobscrvad.
| could get a fair view of the various perfor-
rnances.
in this city every young lady is skilled il
music, and an "eegant player" upon that
tortured instrument, the piano; each can
sing an assortment Of glees" from beautiful
opcras-t transporting her voice into vocal
corkscrew, and opening her mouth SO that
as a general thing, you can see those unmen>
tionabIe articles, which are used in freman's
phraseology, to Light up the hose''--and
these songs, these deeclahle morscls of har-
mony, varied by such extemporaneous dis
cords as the agitation or forgetiulness Of the
moment may occasion. are always "eXocutCdN
for the entertainment cf evening visitors
Mrs. Griggs' daughters are no exception to
this general rule.
First call--bell rings enter bashful young
man--evidenty his first attempt nj fash
lonable visit--came in with his hat in his
hand--put it behind him to make his bow
dropped it--tried TO pick il up--stepped in it
put his foot through t--fcll over it--and
in his frantic struggles 60 recover himself,
burnt his coat, fractured his pantaloons, I'M
tied his cravat, demolished his shirt collar,
and was finally borne away to the hal hy his
sympathizing friends, minus his patent nous
tache. ono lalfofwlch was afterwards found
in Laura MatiIda's scrap book, and the rest
discovered in the coal scutGc.
\ crowd Of young men came in tceoihar.
| Git is customary here, for young gentlemen to
club their funds, hire "A carriage by the hour,
and 60 calling in drove; stopping at every
house where one Of the company happens to
be acquainted so that when lady keeps
open house for every person whom she knows
or desires TO see, "A dozen unknown udvdu-
ais annoy her by tlter unlnvited prcsence,)
every one asked the young ladies TO sing,
and the young ladies did sing-gcnerally
opera, but sometimes varying the entertain
ment with the touchno ballad of "Od Dog
Tray or the graceful and gented melody
"Jordan is a hard road" On this occasion
the programme was somewhat as follows -
Gent No. was treated with gem from
Norma;' No ?, a Grand March;' No. 3
'Old Doe Tray No. 4, prima Donna
Waltz no ., Norma No 6, Jordan :
No. Norma; : No. S, Prima Donna
again No 9, Norma : No. ~, Norma;
No. IL, Dog Tray : No. -, Norma de-,
Norma being always ahead, and evidently
iavolte Of the field. have no doubt that
in the whole city, yesterday, Norma must
have been cntrcatcd 20 hear my pray er, at
least fifteen thousand distinct times, by prob
ably five thousand implorng iemalos--and
these harmonious snppllcatIons If blended aud
consolidated into one powerful entreatlng
scream, would have been snihclcnl to raIsc
the ancient Druids from their graves, only to
find that, although the final trump had not
sounded, It was by an imitation by no means
to be dcspiscd, that they had been fooled into
premature resprI cctlOn.
AS evening came on, the guests who came
showed signs Of the days indulgcnce--l was
particularly ed fed by The movements Of three
Of them, whom J noticed with peculiar care
the first one shook hands cordially with the
servant girl, called her Mrs. Griggs,' wished
her many happy returns, and on being told
Of his error, made an humble apology to the
piano stool, and Immediately sal down on a
spitt0on. The next made his bow 10 the hat
stand in the hall, staggered into The room,
called for a brandy smash'-tred To reculy
his mistake by begging I9rdon Of Mrs. 9.
for mIstaking her parior for a bar-roorn, and
assured her if he bad doue anything he wa,
sorry for, he was exceedingly glad 81 IT, Tie
third stumbled on to tAe sofa, and, after stoa-
dy contemplating Els boots with much soi's
l1ciion for fifteen Minutes, he picked up fire
screen, aud with an irrcglstbe g dftuten sobrl-
ETY.. he tried -. dccrhor the mysterious cha
racters Inscribed thereon; at the same time
calling the attention Of Mrs. q. TO - the capi-
tai story in the Alagtober numbsr of llMpcr.s
Octazinc,'
Refreshments is--frst man after essayIng 10
wipe his nose with his umbrella, which he al
tcrwar9s PLACED IN the music rack, poured
h,e coffee nto his ice cream, PIT his cake and
sandwich into It's place, otrrcd them up with
a teaspoon, and tried 10 di,nk--the eiiort re-
sui u2 in q signal failure, he passed bis cup
10 the chandelier for a little more sugar, -
another spilled his wine on Laura Mauida's
neck begged fhe wouldn't apoog ze, and OF
! f,rcd to wipe j. with his pocket haudNer.
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