Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-03-13

ed in naftersdhefs lThe anxious tmamma a
was1abont Ito follow her 70 otstep eps.s9aiS Il
oi'FStay gpssaid 1.-THE Thostess,E laying her:
fan, upon her :friend' Iarnn,T 8" do not in,
trude upon the privacy Of a Russian no
bleman--who knows 1how YOU may hiieo.
lpardize the prospects Of Fanny I! All T
bwish had a daughter .toomarry l''b 10 I
T.. The lovely. Fanny pluckedl an orange
and raised it Tto her lips. 1.-THE Count
snatched it away and proceeded'to eat it
it was probably The Russian manner Of
declaring love. She plucEed another or
lange-theg Count snatched it away and
devoured it as before. $50 she kept2feed-
ing him with oranges, and he kept de-
youring sweetness from her hands and
love from her eyes. They were mutual
ly fascinated. .-Atla last, when she had no.
oresoranges' to gives'hefseized her hand,
and bit'itt She was panied but delighted.
There was no mistaking this declaration,
and away she went to ask her mammals
consent. F., .-,...s..,.. ...,..c-,. , ~.'tf
She whispered that Count. Whiskey>:
witch had proposed in so audible a tone,
that the whole ball room heard and werel
ready to die Of envy. o. ea5ats.' sasaan
r. AT this crisis crash, was heard in the
conservatory. All rush to the glass
fdoor. ..
81 "My dea;," criel the hostess to her
husband. g do look here. See how Wild
ly the Count is amusing himself J. He
has pulled up all my japonicas by the
roots. and now he is tlinging the pots
through the glass roof" -,
'' Confound the fellow, he's drunk ~
cried Mr.. Fleet, a vulgar, matter>of.fact
fellow, quite unworthy. of his brilliant
partner. -.-,...{ ...-,.r,,g,., -,....r..sr- ~,
=" o, for shame" :" cried the ladies, ''it's
his way f'-'. .2 ''+- .''
a"2I'lF show himthe way,'' cried the e1x.
asperated Fleet. "Just look at him,
now he's climbing up the trellis and pull
ling down my Muscats.". ...--.. u nan
Where is he ?" cried hoarse voice,
as vulgar red faced man. a stranger to
all present. pushed through the crowd.
b i" Count Whlskeywitch, sir?' cried the
hostess. -.-
81 No. marm." replied the, red faced
man. {" Count Whiskeywitch is at the
fremont 'Ouse." 9'''i f3-' f." '."''' i
81 Then who is the gentleman who has
been entertaining us, sir ?'' a..I... !
e g That gentleman, ma'am,'1' said the
red-faced man. with chuckle, I" is an
0urang outang, which l fetched over in
the steamer from Surrey Geological, and
which escaped, marm. from the cab in
which l was fetchin i'm from East Bos-
ton. You've had the show for. nothin'-l
but l 'ope you Won't go to bill poor
cove as lives by the hextraordinary han
imals-admittance vun shilling, ladies
and gentlemen. at the public garden, foot
of the common" ,,.--...-... -.3 ... ..s |
With these words the Snowman rush
ed intothe conservatory, and soon reap~
peared dragging the Z" illustrious foreign
er" by the throat, who crouched to the
carpet, chartered with fear. and looked
up With imploring eyes. aS if soliciting
forgiveness.
: Miss Fanny Brainless tainted; her ma
ma became hysterical; Mr.. Augustus
Dawdles assured his friend that he knew
it was =" sell . from the first. e
Count Whiskeywitoh-the real Count
heard the story, and left Boston in al
huff, while the lovely Fanny consoled
herself for her disappointment by marry
ing q young divinity student, who had
been enamored of her Gharmsoi d.. al! |
The animal which had caused this fut>
ter among the upper ten now resides in a
glass case in Kimbal's Museum.
REPUTATION NOT CHARACTER.
'"St'ive to be worthy" said an old cler-
gymau to a young man, it is better to
have character than reputation" Rarely
are great truths so pithily put. If repu-
tation was less frequently confounded
with character, the aims Of the young
would be nobler, men more virtuous, so>
ciety altogether better. For reputation
is often false, which character can never
be. The one is but sham, the other a
living fact. Reputation is what men think
ofus'; character is what we really are.
Yet too many prefer the shadow to the
substance. To enjoy the good report of
men, even undeserved. is sufficient to sa-
tisfy the majority. Hence, instead. Of
striving to be really worthy, thousands in-
trigueronly to appear SO. They shine in
tinsel when they ought to wear gold:
They try every art to be thought rich or,
fashionable, or. cultivated; neglecting
very often, the means which might make
them what they wish" H,They wear out
their lives inGpursuit,of demsion. s-Theyl
practice keeping up appearances untl
they :confoupd the s9am with the reality,
the shadow with, tue substance, forget
ting thatthe world soon piesircess. through |
their mask, discovers what they are, and
dispises them for false coin. ii Q, 5oa. a'af
Take the case, of,a young lawyer. who,
instead of mastering his profession. trusts
to fatal facility 7ot words, and thinks to
soarGtoIemineneea and fortune withouta<si-
duty o., oEher real merit. He gets perhaps,
a sort Of reputation by practicipg 10 pet, |
tiiogging, cases. butihe.neyer rises above /
this. and at the end Of twentY.Years he. is