Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-05

| tnAlu yOu uhUCeu \Wltu u IOOk lUht
said, il people dare 10 slight you here, just
let ne know ..g sIgE .g.D ,brg pill.
5Thapk you | i really would prefer,
Nonsense J Come along i oiu't agong
TO have any wall flowers in this company.
1 want TO introduce you to gentleman
from Washing, ,oD--monstio ous rich ! (she
added, iD an intense whisper) made hun,
dred aud nine Eve thousand dollars ia the
ist two months !
1t was in vain to resist | remember
huge Titan 10 dsncing master attre-a
6tbby, villaiDous countenance --damon Is
flashing from the centre of a wall ruff ID
lineh-su atmosphere heavy with ponade
-zand an avalanche OF, excuse me, marms,
following suDdry accidents to my attire,
and innumerable heart.rendh hg desertions
aud escapes during the progress Of the
lancers Beyond this my impressions are
vogue and unsatisfactory 10 fact, there
are many things connected with the occas
ion that could, willingly let die not ex
cepting the moDstrous rich gentleman him
self oaa' aTH -oD 10 ~
Before the evening was over found my.
self iip q smaller apartment, gorgeousIy
furnished, ard rendered tray remarka able
by :he abomnable showily framed paint
ings which nearly covered the walls. A
human quar- cite was seated upon the sofa,
a la Kenwig, aud it needed no second look
| to eouv nee me that / saw The four cb ldren
of our hostess. Feminine treble, aud mas
culiDe base were represented there in equal
| paris /; but that effect was purely a mater
| Of faith, as nothing 10 there faces betrayed
that they had ever uttered sound.
| Soon the mother appeared. Lor' Mrs
Davis, you here Well, | had to get out
Of the parlo:s for minnit-it's SO sulficat.
| Ing iherel This is our family setting
70 I'M Ellen, stick in yonr shoulders, miss
| (Tbis last was q dramatic aside, directed
TO The sofa depnr ment. see you're
looking at the paintins. Well, we have
got lois Of them, Ihal's certain ! / tell Mr.
Shoddy we'll have picture gallery before
for the nuns bound to have every thing
hat money can buy N Il 10 'J os0s.rs t
Here radiant. satisfied ripple Of ex
preston ran across the quartelte upon the
sofa.) a1I - BOD 2HT --s- at
Itried to sny something, but alas he
allusiona TO the possible art gallery had
jcopa rdized my gravity to such an exlert
tba, could only cough pathetically.
Thi, 'e'e zig pictu ., pursued Mrs. Shod
dy, is u landscape-a landscape by-child.
eu who is this landscape by?
Mr.. Benson they all answered iu
breath, closing their mouth instantly ike
fonr traps " . f a5r s'rl
Yes, Mr. B nsou Hes q Western man,
Mrs. Davis, end don't charge moren
quarter what these New York painters ask.
He paints p city, tho. Amt that white
fence too natural she added, letting her
head drop sideways with its wait Of admira.
ton. i 1. H'
Alas the fence was TOO natural, but
did not trust myself TO say so. l merely
bowed and stared vacan,ly at an ideal work
reptesen ing. as | suspected, Cupid and
Psyche, since the blue damsel depicted
therein balanced huge butterfly dpon her
shoulder, aud her youthful companion had
The inevitable wings aud qniver OF the mis-
chievous God of Love.
That pictu e, broke forth Mrs. Shodly,
$ andiug 10 superb disdain beside, ain't my
iaste-Mr. Shoddy bought it. It's my
fancy piece, you see-Cupid apd-children
what did Jour Pa say was the name Of this
picture .,in -,..aa,,,Il la .... "a
Cupid and Per-sitch ! answered tue two
elier one simultaneously. . 20 alc
Oh Yes, Cupid aud Persich Bat, Mrs
Davis, you must look at our portraits.
| We've had one art st for year past duing
all our family Here's MI. Sboddy and
me. You may think the yellow gloves iu
| my picture aiu't mafes4-sny one might
bat hey are the artist was bound to pnt
! ode of hem 10 shadder 10 spite Of oil i could
| say. Tuis is Dan'ei's picture (sit up strait
Dan'el. aud le, 60 y0ur sisters cash j it's
Ike him, ull but he hair The naughty
poya docking seve ely at Daniel) burned
Of one side of his curls last week and WEI
had to cut eff the rest. Here's our yeung
es', Tommy-'be end one on The sofa there
most beautiful boy Always jdst 'as
say and lively as you see him 10 the pie
tn e-aint it like him, Mrs. Davis? '''
Shades Of Polohius pity me Tommy
was moistsk ihned little fellow. who look
ed as if he were 10 a'State OF chronic SOM
nambulism., What could do but falier,
very like, without venturing TO take a Sc
eond look at the original 7 ''.
Mr.. Benson said be never seen harder
child to paint reslmed Mrs, Shoddy ; ii
was so d 6icnlt 10 get his expression.
Alack should lhinG it would have been
tsyy dficultJ He took him at frs, with
ouly Que shoe on. and The other lay in' on
The, carpet but 1 wasu'' going to have o
child Of, mine lookiu' like that so made
Mr.. Benson alter it quick. l told him TO
just change the shoe on the earFsl 70
kitten; ct something of the kind, and then
to put, good Balmorals on the poor child
LIS bad enough to have your young ones
looking like wild about the house, without
having their l,keoess took all in muss !
This is Katy. a'' 'AaI e,.ss.s'a '
I had Ellen here, continued Mrs. Shod
dy (haltiug before remarkably pigeon
breasted specimen of high ar, taken cor.
rect 10 every thing but her chest. ! order-
ed Mr., Benson 10 make that high, because
the poor child Is so awful Ait that Il would
oply IVORY her father and ne to see II hang
in' before US oil the time. Besides, Elleu's
going 10 DR.. Lewises whatyou cull.it?
Chiidreni what's the name Of DR., Iswises
place 1''