Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-10-24
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ihlnhluS ~ alu III 50 SOOu cause, L nave
determined to devote few of my leisure
moments in dclineating tie character aud
hahits of eeveral Of the most noted indiyid-
laals of this. goodly town. | have no doubt
will fail in doing justice to these indiyid-
uals, but | have waited patiently for a long
time, hoping that some one more competent
would undertake the task, but have done so
II zai1.
The firat. person. i introduce to your. so.
tee, gentle reader, is Miss Lucinda spriegs
leader Of fashiou-thc most noted lady of
our town. Just here | viii say, that as the
Sprisgs family is very numerous In this com
munity | hope they win not al think they
are the Identical Miss spiiegs here mentions
cd. do not wish them to initiate crowd
of ladies | once heard of, who, when some
one requested Tie prcttiest one to laugh
they all laughed
Miss Sprigss is young lady of rcmayh-
ale beauty, fine education. and endowed
with many excellent traits of chafasfer.
which which will take occasien to- mention
before / conclude this short sketch l have
no definite Information in regard'to her ege,
the Family bible having been destroyed by
FIRE "a long tisno ago, (either by the burning
down of TIE house, or by sonic ones acct
dentally dropping it into that element from
her memory, however, understand She is
between eighteen and twenty; her a1ot5ter
thinks she is younger than that; her father
is quite certain she IS twenty-five, and /,
from the tAteltectaat caste Of her features,
would say she was about thiri5.
Miss Spriggs has . magnificent walk, and
we, fortanate people of this town, have fire.
qaeat opportunities af seeing ler promenade
our streets, fer. Shells not one Of hose per.
sons who are forever shut up at home. aEo
Miss Spriggs deyotes the best portion Of her
time in FORMULATING the streets, and that
for tie hudable object OF initiating other
ladies in tie true and gcnteel manner Of
walking the best way to hold the arms
the most polite way of naking bow, and.
in short, Tie way lady should always carry
herself. As she is the leader of fashion, she
always dresses in the latest STYLE Not long
ago she turaed out in. kind ofdress, which
was at cnee adopted By her fair sisters, es-
! perially these who we're rather ashamed Of
tiieir former proportions for t IS Of sch
nature as to change every deformei; af ified
up damscl, into we'll proportional, eolnelv
maiden You can always tell when Miss
Spriggs is approaching, for she comes not
with tic light and airy tread Of maidcn3
of yore she has changed the sof. ard pii-
ant shoe for the boot-heel of the dandy, AND
far away up the street you can hear her
p;ta pat just as regular as The tick ola el el,
Miss Spriggs is great dealer in per
fumcry. &c., and it IS said her father gru;n-'
bles very much at the length Of the apothe
cary bill, and once actually told Eueind
she rust stop it but she, with orc of hcr
sweetest smiles, begged him to allow her
such little privileges, and then, as if ateucl.
with q sudden thought, she burst into tears
and told him she would pine away and dic
if he stepped her from purchasing these lii
tie luxuries; so the old gentleman yielded t.
her wishes, Notwithstanding the apotlaeary
told him few days after, that his daughter
certainly would de, il ne didn't put step to
! Il. biiai Spriggg lisa regular attendant ay
church, where Of course, she is the cyno
sure of ell eyes Happy is that individ-
ual who there receives one 5enignant leol,
fron. her, for he VIII ever afterwards b hcll
in tie highest esteem.
promised to notice some of her estima-
bic traits of character, but will have room
for only one--her benovolenoe. She never
fails when the hat is handed around at
church, to drop IN half dimez-tAis I know
to be fact, and the congregation Gun bear
me witness that, there is always ginelins
of small change when ever the deacon reaches
Miss Spriggs pew,
To aid me in my description Of his daugh-
ter, Mr., Spriggs has kindly allowed he the
privilege OF inspecting Miss Lucinda S ioom,
(whilc she was out of course, and I viii
give my readers the benefit of ny explora
tions. The old gentleman Grst led me up
long fight Of steps, then turning to the
right, he proceeded along a harrow passage
for about tea yards, when lie ushcrcd me
into the haiiowed apartment. I confess TO
a feeling Of ave as | stepped across tho
| threshold, but IS all such feelings vanished
as soon as got fairly in. And now, kind
readsar, don't expect p scene of magnif-
cence, for the apartment was in accosdaneo
with that spirit Of economy which has ever
been characteristic Of ld. ,Spri fgs. not
LUCINDA. In the first place, there gas the
ped-stead, With nice feather bed on it; on
one post hung night cap, which BY tho
way, | was very much tempted to pocket
for know such relies will be highly valued
some of these days then there vas Il
plain poplar stand, with a pitcher, wash
bowl, tutnbier, toothbrush and tooth pow
der on it. Next there was very common
wardrobe, which, however. was plontifally
supplied with dresses of the finest material,
shawls, &c, and on apeg, hung 4 beautiful
bonnet, the identical enc | haa seen al the
milliners shop a few days before, bir
Spriggs sighed as he opened the door Of this
piece of furniture. Next = order was The
bureau, which was in accordance with the
rest of the furniture, except the glass, which
was of an extraordinary size very nuces-
sary article. On the bureau saw two
coarse combs, one fac comb, three hair
brushes and q bottle of hair-dye Thou
tthere.vese ts;o chairs; and lastly, On tie
mantle ! saw an old razor which Mr.. s. in-
formed ino was used by Miss Lucinda ia
cutting her corns, which had become very
troublesome since tight shoes had come Ia
4 fashion. could give a much longer de-
Ilcrlptlcn of Miss Spriggs, but fear 10 tres
pass too largely on the columns Of the news
paper man, One little scrap Of information
aud am done, Miss Spriggs is soon to be