Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-05-02

tlclpatlng and hasten to enlighten the reader.
Although we may say that Garland bad often
cast the suspicious eye on the usurious Al
derman, and now those suspicious were about
to be confirmed
More than six months since the events of
the last chapter, Upper Tendon in the Qua
ker City was thrown into the greatest COM
motion imaginable, by the announcement of
the nuptials of Miss Bertha Derslembert and
tltz Herbert, Esq The old ladies were lay
ing plans for the capture of beaux for the
young misses; the latter being in state of
excited frenzy all the time. Young men i'm
medlately called upon their taiors, swelling
their Importance and the bills, old men began
TO shake their agued limbs, and trot about
more bIiskly. Enormous envelopes contain
ing enormous cards were circulating 5rr~Tfre
ana tru1FF theft excitement, the talk was of
nothing but the marriage, &c, and all was
wonder and hypothesis.
Fred Garland was of course, upon the Qui
0ioe of gayety from the beginning. He look
ed forward with as much pleasure to the eli
max of the period as sentimental young
Miss to the first ball of the season He sim
pered more beautifully, walked more grace
fully, and his mien was decidedly "killing"
Fred was no longer dirty chrysals, but was
formed now into we'll shaped and brilliant
butterfly.
Well, in spite of all the excitement and
frenzy, the marriage went off to everybody's
satisfaction-if we may dare to except Miss
Derslemderts rejected suitor, Mr.. Algernon
Blgphool, Esq.,-who witnessed the cere-
mony in such manner as to lead stranger
to believe, that he was, what we dare not ex-
press, but which his name tells for u.s. At
the church the bride looked sweet--all
brides do and the bridegroom was incom-
parable. TEeyoung bridesmaids giggled and
whispered to the young groomsman the
clergyman mumbled out $40 worth of church
phraseology, the bride nodded her head, and
the groom said eyes y the choir sang an an
them, the happy pair made one jumped into
carriage and were whirled away to the
mansion of the paternal relative-and all was
over
Nay, for at the paternal mansion, the
dancing, talking, love making, substantials,
sentiment and song" were to take place, and
consequently the elite of the city thronged
the beautiful parlors Young men appeared
IN full dress costume, with an ardent longing
Tor the supper announcement; while the
young ladies were equally desirous for the
dancing and partners Old John Garland
blandly smiling, was there in his best of hu-
mors, and Aubrey Bolton, the one with the
evil heart, stood in one corner carefully eye-
ing the throng
Fortune merry as Bacchanalian, threw
| these two perSonages, ho take such promi-
nent parts in the career of Alice Rowland, to-
gether shortly after the festivities of the
evening had commenced. A trio was formed
| by the addition of a certain professional gen.
| tleman, man of pills and powders, named
Dr. phosphate And from gazing at the
merry scene before them they turned the
conversation upon sundry points.
'Garland," said the DOCTOR ''have you read
Professor Skylarks treatise on Astronomy ?"
mo, although Peterson sent it to me to
notice. | wrote flaming puff about it, how
ever, thinking that such flaming subject
deserved it,"
81 see the Magic Lantern has some three
columns in regard to its merits" said Bolton,
joining in.
'Pshaw!' replied the editor, ''that paper
is nothing at all. | often look at that sheet
as dark lantern-not magic one"
ut has magical manner of making itself
ridiculous" and the doctor grinned
Now, Phosphate" replied the Alderman,
you should not say that You know that
it's the organ of my party"
eyes," said Garland, 81 admit that-a
hand-organ, grinding out the most execrable
music for your party to march by"
Bolton felt nonplussed.
''But we're wandering from the subject," "
said DR.. Phosphate rallying to his friends
support. II thought you would favor me
with criticism upon Skylark"
'Pshaw, Phosphate, the reading public
have no desire for such works now. They
dote on Bulwer, worship Cobb, angelize Mrs.
Southworth, think Mrs. Hentz the perfection
of blue stockings, and leave Prescott, Irving
Humboldt and Skylark far in the lurch-
When the peoples mind becomes sound they
will take fancy for sound works-not be
fore; the circulation of the Stylus shows
it. and the editor broke out into hearty
laugh.
you are right, Garland" returned DIR
Phosphate, cit seems that the world gets
into fits once in while-moping about like
no regard of sterling worth, and will sticl
fast to the libidinous and trashy effusions O
penny -a-liners. We truly honest doctors
are being totally destroyed by quacks. Tn,
Stylus's of the age are having their hard
earned places usurped by trashy weeklies.-
Garland and Co. are almost ruined by Gleason
and Ballou; and all we have to do is, to wal
until the rainy days are past, and then go in
to the garden of common-sense and pluck tn
flowers of morality"
''But the weather has deuced bad idea G
clearing up, very soon," again interrupte
Belton
"And pray, what are we children to dc
staying in the house, until the rain holds it
course ?" interrogated the editor, smiling a
the doctors simile.
"Play with the rest!' was the reply. "W
all will have to launch our barks upon tn
flood of public opinion, and float just wher
it chooses to carry us. When the publ
loves to read false logcians and halfstarve
/ authors, why you editors must become dea
ers in false logic, or romances. When til
world dotes on Alderman that are dishone
and fraudulent, then Belton your sect mus
3 by necessity, get into Office by 'pipe-laying
And when the world DiU have quacks, wh
/ | go into my laboratory and concoct SON
r horrible compound that will send the sick b
g yond the stars, and cause the well to see Il
0 minous substances IN perspective-or ell
: study homeopathy"
: "Alas !" said the editor, show often
# you doctors accomplish your designs by pr
g scribing large dose of oxide of hydrogen
l. which you give in little bottle to the u
/ suspecting person who knows nothing
Y Chemistry, taking care to charge gre
D amount for it, when the pump or well affor
il more than abundance. The new meteor
e the physic world, Inchbald, sent me a cabin
o of his 'Parlor Medicines to puff the 9th
s day, which contained, as he said the mo
costly and improved medicines. One bott
7- illuminated highly with blue and gold ab
e contained according to name, red oxide
It mercury which of course proved to be not