Mountain Democrat., 1858-01-02
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Mr.. Sham lives up tOwn IN bgoWu
stone front, with damask anA laeo e tho
windows. He 10 respectable Eea, 81.
ways courteous and ready 10 Do yeu
kindness, or TO makesn ingenious e1eueS
If he cannot. Mr.. Sham hires his coach
and horses by the year, and bis handeoH'o
Coachman too; but II he spoke CT them
he would tell you, IN round terms, that
his establishment cost him . cool two
thousand; and he wouldn't think Of keep
ing 40 expensive IN equipsgs, only Ma
Sham's health 10 delicate, and the Httl0
Shams, cooped up - they are In city,
need daily drive out Of town. 9r.
Sham sports daSbing watch, with heavy
zeal and chain, that lOok very much like
gold, owing 70 singular custom Of 0sir
owner, who uses certain whits powder
and . piece Of buckskin on them every
morning, and nobody surmizss that NJ.
Sham would wear anything but gold
That worthy gentleman is constantly
talking Of his family across the water,
all Of whom are dukes and duehesSes,
lords and ladies, and squires Of high Dc.
gree. He IL to come into possession Ofa
fabulous fortune when somebody dies,
EDr whom he haH too sincere . reApoct to
wish that consummation devoutly. He
IL going n buy such and such country
seat the next summer. II business will
only be kind enough just to slack > little,
. very little, Just long enough TO let him
run up 70 L. Or D., to survey the prs1nis.
es and examine the deed.
Everything belonging to Mr.. Sham 10
mortgaged except his wife and childTU0,
and 40 are they, to an inexOrabls degFeN.
to Ultimate HUN. Mr.. Sham is Q great
boaster. In plain language Nr. Sham b
great liar; be has He'd 20 long thae che
poor man never knows when be tslls ehO
truth himself indeed his conscienes oaly
troubles him when he u not inventiuR.
Mr.. Sham "a magnificent poG10a
in red velvet, and . great match for her
husband. Hear her regret that her head
cook "a fabulous personage) was unfor-
tunat.ly taken sick, and Is suffering mp
stairs with head ache. Notice her rep
remand to Harriet Jane, the eldest daugh.
ter, that she did not make TINT stupid
Biddy put on her best Get Of silver
Hear talk Of the pleasure Of her last
years travelling tour, when she stAid
1T home ell summer, shut up In the back
part Of her h0usO. Behold her jewUlFy,
paste and Irish diamonds her lace
nothing but sham in place Of thereal.-
Listen to the stories Of her childhood
| &c you did not know that her mother was
once IN honest, fard.woiking washer.
woman, you would be tempted to believe
that she had never taken . step on the
cold ground In her life, before Sho was
married, and that In some way she was
related to Queen Victoria or to Louis Ma
poleon.
The little Shams arc epitomes Of BOTH
parents. They begin alrsady 70 suhSti.
tute the false for the real; to bFag Of deeds
they never performed; to talk Of families
they never visited and to watch each
other cloSSly, that there may b no die.
crspanciea. Poor, unhappy little Shamd
what . life they will lead and II they
should happen TO fall from even the scale
In which they appear ct present 70 be
Snngly balanced, fear they win hnd
apaltmenta in strong house with iron
bars at the windows, and whose degreda.
tion and discipline are anything but
shams.