, 1861-03-07

In an entertaining lecture recently delivered
in Cincinnati, Rev. n. D. Conway, "a Uni
tartan clergyman) gave description Of Amerl.
can Bohemianism, as it exists In the little
Long Island settlement known as Modern
Times,"a place much frequentcd by the Bohe-
1nians Of New York city:
TIE VILLAGE OF "AopERs TINES"
II arrived there in the cars at about tw light
one evening; soft, hazy moon rose Just
above the village, which was nearly quarter
On Igo Presently meeta solitary individu-
al. ssSir," say, s'can you tell me where the
hotel Of Modern Timesis?n "Hotel! there is
no hotel ~ and solitary individual passes On.
I BEGIN to feel uncomfortable, but g. forward.
And now another solitary individual advances.
his dress would do for either, SO would his
voice. I Inquire whether there is boarding
house in the village. Solitary individual No
3 repIies "None that know Of !" then disap-
pears past begin to pine fol q more worldly
locality, where people mind other peoples
plairs-at least to the extelt Of nights
lodging The 9sx lRsram6ib@91fag e6i@ m1y5tf1y
me not cultivated beyond the native curiosity
which her sex has inherited from her who re
sided in the village Of Paradise. To No. 8
name one Of my Did subscribers, and am
shown to his house o few yartb of. Here
found warm welcome, and during the eve
Mig was taken to visit the :Qneea OF Modern
Tines. ~
But before pa1ticularize abous persons,
ronst rive some account Of the Place Tie
next day was Sunday, and 8 bright morning it
ma. Like Pippa in her holiday, l H,6olyed not
to 1souander wavelet of my day and SO by
breakfast time bad gone throushthe village C
and neighborhood Modern lines" con
scattered about on the poorest soil ever saw.
There were few if any trees. Tie houses
,rrre reared on the most impecunioas princi-
r1ea thourh around them all blooned sweet
9Hlnv3ere. H3 tie ONLY apparent harbingen ofa bet
| Ter day coming. One phantom esW hover
ing shout every hoqse-p9'etHyt t:t u retnIn return
~ haa % heen made for my addressing the inhabit.
ants. This took place in kind Of Town Hal!
which vas used for teaching, concerts, theat-
r;cais and everything else that they had.
| When had taken a seat on the platform, the
| neople began to stream in. At nrst IL seemed
10 me queer that there were gnly y mn ana
raTefnlly. + found had been deceived By the
neculIaSities Of dress Of Modern Times into
| fhInkinp all the women were young glrs. Ihe
| comnanT, without exaggeration, conveyed tue
| evact impression Of q masquerade; the only
| agreement Of any two female costumes vas ln
tie excellent quality Of being short.sArtec
This authorization WIS 1nvarla1le, n WnSn a
arn Times of the world. We bad sweetsing
ine . By tho whole company Of "Thcre's a good
! fine coming" ......-.-
WRECKED PEOPLE.
DnTfng that Sunday a3ernoon not only hac
chance to see them altogether, but allo tc
walk about the yard With individuals; ane
neyer had / more confidence, never mop sac
exneriepce % unfolded. When pondered o1
tbe lines which time had craven With Rea Q
iron OF ire in many Of these faces Ehtn xa !
heard tie stories which they had to teli, iien
and knew that they were Wreckeo PeoHes
wrecked by lies storms, ca*s ~ ap 1r;.fort1ne III N
alnty shores Of Social wrong ano aaotstae lsi