The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-03-27
Making Love IN q Hog,hsad.

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the suow las 0, Zoe Il doss not iairy long ;
buggy seats, carriage :ops, crocksr crates
--all are Ia requi.iiion. And ! even s~
Ooe oi,hs fins-s hor.es in the ely drawing
a ho,shsai on wooden runners, In when
w,,r seated iALy and gentlemen. InsS
we're A fine looking couple and bore OH the
nalm lor last driving. as we'll a. the mss
iosicrou. sleigh conveyance. "-L<aer' from
the West. 49,. -,
All readers, and thereby hang q ta'e'
i, was New Year day 10 that lar lamsd
.;,v # the wes,-even the New Years
d,y Of SO. Since Christmas, winter mas
50, IN in a cool old fashioned earnesnes
soow has fallen to the depth Of several inen-
.. .,d. beiua firm aud hard. made excel
len, .leirhins-a rare Thing in the city.
I,Iesd, our winters seem sadly desener
o,ed olla.e, being much more mild and Tree
Gon snow. than the days OfOur iorefathe" !;
rs,hops 10 accommodate them TO our falling
health and strength, for this latter tact I"
bu, too apparent.
We, this New Years day seemed more q
tyne Of the olden time. !, was cold, ye'
no, ton cold, and the ,lsiehing was excel.
lent. Everybody that had suitable oo"-
yeysnce. or could &c, one, even tany P'iee'
was gu: enjo, ing he rare sr'or'' only the
more kesnly to be enjoyed Tor it, very r"'y.
II was inlerd snla Jay, and blight aud
beautiful overhead, brighter and more
beautiful sill in the human hearts beating
so j,yously beneath.
Zines, Hammond sal in his counting
room, busily engaged in attending 10 the
reception Of a large quantity Of goods, ln''
arrived. lie vas young yet, bu, FAST rising
in wealth aud position. Born In the East
he had brought with him all the habits o.
suict attention to business which eermina''
ell. When there was au2hi to do ina
claimed his attention, pleasure must o.
waived Therefore, when be did give him
self NJ TO its enjyments, IL was with
double zesr. Ma urally wsrm.hearted are
impul.'yr, and social wilhal, as such per
sons must be. he kreGly erjoyed soci.ty.-
And when he entered il, he vas ever a vel
come companion. bp,h with hi. own an'
the opposite sex. Aud now, closing HI
b,oIs with a look Of satisfaction and relief
he determined 10 give himself up to tn
Measures OF his annual gala day.
While business was pending, he had close'
hi- ears AMI eyes TO all else; hut now h
could not fail TO hear the unusual stir II
the streets, aud feel thai While he hal beet
engaged within dooIs, all had been lie an'
commotiou wiGhoul When he come fvrl'
the street presented most novel scene. a
more motley, incongtuous lot OF vehicles, !
we've moi easy 10 imagine. Such lite AM
hilary are always infectious, AMI Fumes
soon caugh; The spirt. He, too, would Io'r
the slrdgers but how! a
lie inquired a several stables Tor asieigh
No ore to be had. Yet he was not easily
dauntel. and, moreover. had an unusual
sh rc ur perseverance,. He owned one Of
the fines rses ia The city Of that he WIS
sure. lie remembered, too, that in re-
mote part OF The stable where he had usual
IL kept him, he had enc day noticed pair
OF wooden runners. lie wonld see II in
some way conveyance could no, DO plan
ned. H.. Yankee ingenuity must be bro''
into service.
lie soon reached The stable. The rrnners
were found, and in good order. Blu, now
for the other part. a hosshead that Tor
some reason or other had been sawed apa'l
and nicely cleaned, -toOd before him. ln-
sianty ap1ri OF it was upon the runners'
L. few minutes a comfortable seat was
added, and he was rea y for dive.
Bul now Mo,e another difficulty, IN
ihou.h Of heiOIe. lie mus, have CON-
plnion-a Lady, oi course; else half the en-
jpymeu, Won d he lo>t. But who would II
be- Whu would be seen, even with him,
in sucha conveyance as that Excuse his
vmi y, reader mine. H knew no was a
hyuiitc Indeed he could not help know
in IT, Blu this waS special OCCASION
IAN the world" was out. Who could hs
fud brave enough to dare il He NUT
see.
There were two or three youag ladies who
hal long claiIne his special regar,i, and he
iet ,uIe he was not entirely Indifferent To-
them lie hal even been observing them
OF late, striving TO learn the true character
OF zach. TnIs he found, rs gentlemen art
ladies usually meet in The ely, rather a
difficult Taltsr. How hs yearned to see
through The false surrounding. into the true
and inner life beneath lie was rather old
fashioned in his notions, !, mus, be confess
Ell but he did Gaze more for the teal than
the arli.icial-mote for the MUD and heart
than Tor the out'r covering. But how
would il end Would he be- wiser than
his sex IL was indeed difficult question
buI he d,d not quite despair.
Ella Campbell h d loug been one Of the
f,si ia his esteem. But recently he had
thought her vain aud -np-riici'l, caring
moe Tor The outer than the inne' man, ami
had b-rn cautious in his attentions to her.
He 'uld lest hsr nav.
IN ,,,u., h.,-ki,. A., ,ka I,nr apI thrnu.
ins The rerns over his horse, he quickly
rang the bell. A servan, ut Uncs ush.red
him iuIo The parlur, where sal the la'ly Of
his Thoughts She g'eetsd him warmly
but an hearing The obj,ct Of his witt and The
unique conveyance he hal brought, she
plead a previous engagement, and at once
excused herself.
Earnest Hammond was giled with good