The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-03-28
TIE DAILY GAZETTE.
1JlSfFT LANE0DS.
2AgalmosIAL ADvEgusgMENrs

A LADY who had no idea Of looking
for husband, but with large procliv-
tiles ior mischief and for fun, put a
matrimonial advertisement in the
Herald, with direction for answers to
be sent to y certain Post Office As
the advertisement appeared to the
practical appreci'tions, l,y assuming
\ neat little iortuna, in addition to an
agreeable person, the seed OF tempta-
tion could moi 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 received seventeen replies; on
the second day thirty two, and on the
third seventY two--an extent, an order
Of appreciation, for her vaguely des-
cribed personal attractions, Which
even she was not PIE pared to expect,
Bewildered 10y the warm volume Of
alteration aud entreaty which issued
from this hymenlal magazine, the
lady called to her aid five ladies as
mischevous as herself. One pan oi
hands aud one mind, we're Of course,
quite unequal to the task Of answer.
ing al. so tho batch Of billetdouX was
divided equally among them, and
each was TO make an appointment
with The writers on the following Sat
urday afternoon at four o'clock, on the
lower side OF the upstairs saloons OF :,
certain popular restaurant in Broad
way. Each Of the ladies, moreover,
who took toe task in charge, chose a
different colorod paper for replies. -
Finallylt WAS agreed that tn. vhOle
six should be present at ths iutarvi .w
and that each should wear the exact
costume prescribed ioI tue !aamor4ta
whom the signing saaius would he
there 10 see. On he other hand. the
gentlemen we're directed to appear in
ali the varieties OF attire and position,
which female Ingenuity and mischief
could devise. One Was requested to
wear a blue coat and bright brass
buttons; ano herto hgve Lis hair part
ed l. the middle: one was 10 be eat
i1g plate OF pork and beans, which,
said the ingenious writers who dicta.
ted it, 'you c,n scarcely oxpe It will
be called tor by any body else 9th
ers Sere to be partaking of various
dishes. or to place themselves in such
attitudes and postures as were direct
cd by he writer.
At i O'Clock on tie prescribed Sat
urday afternoon, every clair at every
table OH the lower side OF the upstairs
saloon WAS filed with slick looking
highly perfumrd Leanders, all gazing
into each others faces, and each se-
cretly cursing the luck which wedged
him 80 closely out OF the killing posi-.
tions anu display which he had been
1neditating ever since he lad got his
note. And now the dishes smoked,
and the won lering waters flew! Even
the perplexed landlord, amazed at this
miraculous tios OF business, was
obliged to drop his own mutton chop,
an G He'd OFT the entire force of his
establishment, to meet the ':lamorous
il not threatening demands OF gentle
men who feared they might not get
their telegraphing plate of duck or
mess Of Deans III time.
At le 9Th the clash OF sheen and
kic,, Of stitf' skirts was heard coming
M the stairs one minute after four,
and an inamorate appeared, dressed
in dark green, with deep fur cape and
abundant dropping lace. She was
watered on the back of the head with
An inhnitesimal bonnet, and carried
in her hand the magic drift OF CAM
brio, Snose Si,akspearian strawber-
ries intimated that she was sBg. -
When she appeared, the sSnsa,ion
was universal; the gep..leman with
the buff vest threw open his coat to
the extreme; tbs gentleman in the
'blue' and the bright buttons, I,ntton-
ell his coat entirely TO the chin; the
gentleman who was to lean backwards
frequently, commenced fitting like q
Chinese uandarian, the gentleman
with the pork and beans became vo
ci.erous for more beans; while those
wh ) had duck, Nc., were equally clam
orous in complaining of the undue
fultillment OF their orders.
Never was there such clamol
heard in that usually well regulated
upstairs saloon beforehand by the
l,y. never did it subside more sudden
ly than when new brush OF sklrt'
was heard coming up the etaus. a
the Lotharics were ou ;e more IN pJ
sition, when 10. another Cordeil~, II
allrespects the reflex OF the hrst, ap
peared, bearing IN the film "t straw
berries as a challenge III her nand
sud sweeping with it, ike Juno, te
seat near the location OF the hr3t.~-
1t is needless to say that the seIsa
ton was now extreme. 30 ne CT the
gentlemen WHO were to part thell
hail ia the middle began, however, te
look less turiousiy al other gentlemen
who had their halr parted in the same
way, as much as to say, Well, there
is one Tor each OF us, anyhow
But most oi the party reemed more
troubled than before. A pause o
some minutes succeeded before any
new appearance took place, daring
which time the Lotharios were enga
ged IN displaying their points to th'
hest advantage; aud some more ar
dent than the rest, pulled ont the var
ious colored nores they had received,
and either pretended to read them, o
laid them couspicious on the table
There's on OF my fellows with th'
blue motel sail Mystery NO, l, oye
her spoonful ofsoup, TO Mystery NO