The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-07-25
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For The Bdford Gazette
Side Chances at the Fashionables.


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lc'es Vi ''''''''s' '''De'' so''o''o' anu i''''o'
IL s HIS or'''''' 'onuio'i ~ oe soeiai' ior sou
tuoe 10 peha''e 70 his spiiit li''' - enauf"pi'
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"""J' o"'N "ie ''o pi'J"u''es a''' aiiii''osi'ie'
WINCH sp'ns up pe'"ee'' iei's'o''s sec's anu Po'
"'i.'' P.''''' '''' '''' u '''ii''''
u'i eA'''e'''eh nt''"i's 'e''Se' i'f 'iiiie' 'he
bohsS "hic'i itoia toSeiiief particular soeieties,
bat pcslsiiins at last, leaving nothing but ashes
and dust 10 cfe'aoie In the grasp OF those who
once aiuhg 10 them iohdiy' ouch are inc fan-
eiinl freaks OF fashion, whose hints are the stat
utes OF modern sociality. Such are the lines
OF distinction drawn between the rich and the
upright poor between the descendants OF veal
thy and anstocrafic ancestors and those who are
denominafed Pdf'e""s oy established respecta-
ellilles' oucl are many Oh the rules and usa-
ges which govern the arrangement and manage
ment OF social par'ies' ana which seem to be
parnouiarly Inc speciality Oh the little village in
which hive.
IL is not long SINCE that ionnd myself stand
ing bolt upright IN room 'hlled to overflow
ing with other persons, OF both sexes, also
standing Room Tor ioeomotion there was none.
IN iact you couiu scarcely ma space enough to
stralghten up one knee when preparing the other
iof It's reiaAlhS rest. lhe people Ill the room
TAXED ana iaughed' ana laughed and talked, the
LADIES at the piano sang ana played and played
ana sang, the silent iohks III the corners, musee
ana si''fsa aus s'isA '''' =
Seei'0'' '''''' IL. N-'0i p''
was ~ "'oei' no" '.'''''' ''''''"9 'P .O'.,
aohe' Ill s''e" ''"'e' III q oo',''''o'' 49, 20
par'or' vi course e'1o5oo niS s'''
ofoSS-eyeu peop'0 "."'Jo w. '"' SO my
swer .iio7 VINO sp'''A 70 '''o'i, "''io'' 'pp''.en
iooNi''5 "' 'iie"' s'i'''' % 'ie'i y 90 ~ "
elanci'ie e'eiy "heio III t''ei''i anu no"0io -
parncuf'f' 1t Is always i''tu ~ 'e'' '.'"' '''e
phys''@homy, 0" "ii''' P'i''.''''i su'''o' u ~
"ha' P'''icu'"' i''ii''of' '''oi' ''''''Ns "pp"'"
'''' 10 e'"p.0' eN' "a ~, Wv" P'r y ~ ''O'
'''N'' o'' '',0 " ''''''o'. 'o' 'i'
sS' 80 ''"'h III amy 'u"s0'''0 III ''''
source oi "iios'iiie'' VIZ S'''"''"9 o'' o'' '"''
anu fcSta9 ae otef as Ill 'ie absorbing seiiSe VI
"ohuerhieht "i''Vh seizeo 'Po" i'0 az "'i"'
81" ana heafd "o''''efeo l''a' soii'e 'i,e '''io
Some women eouia De SO van" anu "e"N a' ~
beieVe themselves 'he Wittiesl anu ihos' l'i'e'ii
gent persons IN the room. Wondered '''t any
person shoeid come mere lof 'he purpose Oh nav
my ier i"''t'efS meek ''ie 'iiouioeis N''"' 0''o
Gay must De shfoudeo' Whatever N'Sl'io' may
say) mace tiie gossip Oh sarcastic ana "''''oi
tongues wondered thai the human voice.
tuned ny the iiand OIL 0ea hin5eif' shou''' lor
lashion sake, De aected INTO sel'leaKs ana quiN-
sflass' IKE sweet oeiis J''iSiea out Oh tune anu
marsh wondered mat Iady should Vie with
iady IN nchness oil apparel "hen her ieno"-
creatures are suffering ior want oil bread, ana
when her husband or father owes poor men
debts he cannot or will not pay. wondered
,ho hoont s,,,d ha ,,ttor,, st;l,aJ tho ,ovor for
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