The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-31
NArRIaorIA1. ADvERr1sEMENTs
From Porter,s Esprit.

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tisement in the Herald, with direction for
answers to be sent to certain signature at
the Broadway Post Office. As the adver-
tisement appealed to the practical apprecia-
tions, by assuming neat little fortune IN
: addition to an agreeable person. the seed OF
such temptation could not well fall idly
upon such fertile bottom as is offered by
the city of New York. On the first day that
succeeded the advertisement. the lady re-
ceived seventeen replies ION the second day,
thirty-two, and on the third. seventy-two-
: an extent, an ardor of appreciation, for her
vaguely described personal attraction,
which even she was not prepared to ex-
pect
Bewildered by the warm volume of ado
ration and entreaty which issued from this
hymenial magazine, the lady called to her
aid five ladies as mischievous as herself
One pair of hands and one mind, were, of
course, quite unequal to the task of answer
ing all; so the batch of billet-deux was di-
vided equally among them, and each was to
make an appointment with the writer's, on
the following Saturday afternoon, at four
O'Clock, on the lower side of the upstairs
saloons of certain popular restaurant in
Broadway. Each of the ladies, moreover,
who took the task in charge, chose differ
ent colored paper for replies. Finally it was
agreed that the whole six should be present
at the interview, and that each should wear
the exact costume prescribed for the IMAM
orata whom the signing SWANS would be
there to see. On the other hand, the gen
tlemen were directed to appear in all the
varieties of attire and position. which fe-
male ingenuity and mischief could devise.
One was requested to wear a blue coat and
bright brass buttons another to have his
hair parted in the middle; one was to be
eating plate of pork and beans, which,
said the ingenious writer who dictated it,
''you can scarcely expect will be called for
by anybody else" Others were to be par
taking of various dishes, or to place them
selves in such attitudes and postures as were
directed by the writer.
At 4 o'clock on the prescribed Saturday
afternoon every chair at every table on the
with slick looking highly perfamed Loan
doris, all gazing into each others faces, and
each secretly cursing the luck which wedg-
ed him so closely out of the killing positions
and display which he had been meditating
ever since he got his note. And how the
dishes smoked. and the wondering waters
flew! Even the perplexed landlord, amaz
ed at this miraculous flow of business, was
obliged to drop his own mutton chop, and
call out the entire force of his establishment
to meet the clamorous, if not threatening
demands of gentlemen who feared they
might not get their telegraphing plate of
duck or mess of pork and beans in time.
At length the clash of sheen and kick of
stiff skirts was heard coming up the stairs
one minute after four, aud iualuor ata OPP
peared, dressed in dark green, with deep
fur cape, and abundant dropping lace. She
was wafered on the back of the head with
an infnitesimal bonnet, and carried in her
hand the magic drift of cambria, whose
Shakesperian strawberries intimated that
she was she. When she appeared, the SEN
the buff vest threw open his coat to the
extreme A; the gentleman in the ''blue" and
bright buttons, buttoned his coat entirely
to the chin the gentleman who was to lean
backwards frequently, commenced fitting
!, like a Chinese mandarin; the gentleman
with the pork and beans became vociferous
for more beans; while those who had ducks,
&C., were equally clamorous in complain
ing of the undue fulfllment of their or
ders.
Never was there such clamor heard in
E that unusually wellregulated up stairs saloon
beforehand by the by never did it subside
more suddenly than when a new brush Of
skirts was heard coming up the stairs. All
the Lotharios were once more in position,
when 10 another, Cordela, in all respects
the reflex of the first appeared, bearing the
film of strawberries as a challenge in her
hand, and sweeping with it, like Juno to
a seat near the location of the first 1t is
needless to say that the sensation was now
extreme. Some of the gentlemen who were
to part their hair in the middle began, how
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men who had their hair parted in the same
way, as much as to say, "Well, there is
one for each of US, anyhow 20
/ But most of the party seemed more trou-
bled than before. A pause of some minutes
succeeded before any new appearances"
took place, during which time the Lothario's
were engaged in displaying their points to
the best advantage; and some, more ardent
than the rest. pulled out the various colored
notes they had received, and either pretend
ed to read them Or laid them conspicuous
ly on the table. There's one of my fell
lows with the blue note !' said Mystery
No. l, over her spoonful of soup, to Mystic
ry, No. 2. 'There's one of mine," said
Cordelia the second; she's got pink note''
What do you think of Augustus, there,
with the pork and beans before him, who
is SO pensively leaning his cheek upon his
hand J" said Myth the frst-but before the
answer could be given. Apparitions three