The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-04-11

At 4 o'clock Oh the prescribed Saturday
afternoon, every chair at every table on the
lower side Of the upstairs saloon, was filled
with slick looking highly periumed Loandors,
all gazing into each others faces and each
secretly cursing the luck which wedsed him
so closely OUT Of the killing positions and dis
play which he had been mcditating ever since
he got his note. And how the dishes smoked
and the wondering waters flew ! Even the
perplexcd landlord, amazed at this miracu
lous flow OF business, was obliged to drop his
own mutton chop, and call out the ent tire
force of his establishment, to meet the clam
arous if not threatning demands of gentlemen
who feared they might not get their telc-
graphing plate Of duck or mess Of pork and
beans III time.
At length the clash of sheen and kick Of
still skirts was heard coming up the stairs
one minute after four, and an inamorata APP
peared, dressed in dark green with deep fur
cape, and abundant dropping lace. She WAS
Wattrcd on the back of the head with an in
linltcsimal bonnet, and carried in her hand
the magic drift of cambria. whose Shakcspcri-
an strawberries intinatcd that she was she.
| When she appeared, the sensation was uni
vcrsal; the gentleman in the buff vest threw
open his coat to the extreme; the gentleman
|
his coat entirely to the chin, the gentleman
who was to lean backwards frequently, COM
mcnced fitting like Chinese mandarin; the
gentleman with the pork and beans became
vocfrrous for more beans; while those who
had duck, Nc, were equally camorouS in
complaining Of the undue fullllmcnt Of their
OF dcrs.
Never vas there such a clamor heard in
that usually well regulated up stairs saloon
beforehand by the by never did it subsile
more suddenly than when n new brush OF
skirts was heard coming up the Stairs. All
tn" LothaIlos were once more in position,
when 10 another Cordclia, in all respects the
reflex Of the first. appeared, bearing the film
Of strawberries as a challenge in her hand,
and sweeping with 1t, like a Juno, to q seat
near the location Of the lirSr. 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, however, to look
less tutiouslv at other gentlemen who had
their hair pan ted III the same way, as much
as to say, w ell, there is one for each Of us,
anyhow y
But most of the party seemed more trou,
blcd than before. pause Of some minutes
succeeded before any new appearances took
place. during which time the lotharos were
engaged IN displaying their points to the best
advantage: and some more ardent than TIC
rest, pulled out the various colored notes they
had received and either pretended to read
,he,n or laid them conspicuous ON the table
There's one of my fellows with the blue
note.' SAID Mystery No. l, over her spoonful
of soup, to NJ stery No. .. There's one OF
mine said Cordella the second, he S got a
pink note. What do you think of Angus
ius, there. with the pork and beans before
him who is so pcnSively leaning his check
upon his hand 2 said Myth the iirst--b but be
fore the answer could be given, ApparitonS
three and four appeared, and hard upon theil
heels came five and six. There was now per
feet CONSERVATION ON the lower side Of the NJ
stairs saloon of the fashionable restaurant il
Broadway. The man on the tilt fell back
wards. and was shot under the table: there
was general feeling after hats and gather
ing up Of loose handkerchiefS aud canes.
All at once. after one of those short sud
den panics which convey electric knowledge
to the human mind, general stampede took
place, and the whole party, with more or less
dignity according to the natures and shapes
they had been put in-madc for the stairs
and descended out of sight. II was severa
minutes before they could hand in their check!
and pay the score. and during this time the
miSchievous bcvy. with straw berry marked
handkerchlcfs, took full pay for their trou5l,
in the hearty laugh they INDUCED in at til,
ludcrous tableau and exodus they had jus
beheld on the part Of gentlemen who were 81
sharp after the snug little fortune and whos'
motives werc entirely confined to the objcc
of getting 'congenial partner with whom
they could quietly settle down in life
y MIsDEAL IN LovE.-Thc Kcokuk CAT
City relates the following:
Ed. IL. paid his addresses 10 Rosa, the dau
ghter of DR.. B., of that city, but his sui
was not favored by her parents, and she wa!
; driven to make clandestne appointments with
her darling Ed. One of these eventuatcd fun
nily enough. Ed. was to come to the hous'
and wait outside till the lights were turnet
off, and then she would let him in. Tn,
evening came, and Rosa thought her parent.
would never retire. But after a while tn,
DR.. sought his nightcap, and Rosa slipped
: of into the back pallor and sat down in til,
dark. Her mother thinking all others ha,
gone to bed, lighted lamp, turned off tn
gas, and went up stairs to bed. But while
she was standing in the hall, at the head o
the stairs, she heard IL gentle rap on the door
, Fearing that the wind would blow out he
only light, she thoughtfully sat it down IL
the hall and descended to the door by its un
certain light. As she threw open the door i!
rushed Ed, and stizing her in his arms, be
5 gan such siege of kissing as prevented he
crying out for aid. Poor Ed. did not dscovc
, his error until he had called her his darling
about ninety times, and received on his fac'
blow in exchange for each kiss. But hear
ing himself called an impeltincnt villain, h
, incontinently fed the house, as greatly cha
grined as Mrs. p. was angry. Whether hi
devotion or persistency won The mother to hi
favor is not stated, but Ed and Rosa were
shortly married, with the full consent Of tn
parents. 1t proved with Ed's lovemablns
as it often does in cards, misdeal change
the luck.
A GEM.-It is not what people cat, bu
what they digest that makes them strong. |
is not what they gain, but what they save
that makes them rich. 1t is not what they
read, but what they remember that makes
them learned. 1t is not what they read, bu
what they remember, that makes them learn
ed. 1t not what they profess, but what they
practice that makes them righteous. These are
very plain and important truths, too littl,
needed by gluttons, spendthrifts, bookworms
. and hypocritS.