The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-05
ege; and had he seen the Treasury

ofthe great dry goods store in New Orr
leans, he might have been larger ad-
mirer of illustrative land, as well rs a better
patriot. Let no one infer, from what
we have said, that Mr. Alexander
Hamilton Gossypium has gained no.
thing by his excursion abroad. Indeed
he has learned great deal such as
it is. He is up in all matters of art,
and he knows more about the found
ers of the Coliseum and the POntheon
than he does about the founders of
the Republic of America. He re-
turns to us with the fruits of his taste
and wealth, which consist of choice bits
of old masters reprinted; some meer-
schaum pipes which he purchased of a
needy man at Baden--and which he
knows We're once owned by the Prince
Of Orange-a gross or two of kid gloves
bought in Paris, several London outfits,
including many pairs of shoes, which
he regards as the grand thing in the
hoe-line-and few cigar cases, each
weighing sixteen ounces, aud these he
brought over for American friends with
English tastes. He looks very odd on
broadway. The i'll bred newsboys cry
Johnny" at him, and make fun of his
bushey whiskers, tight trousers, tall
hat and tapered shoes of many metallic
lalchet holes. His mother Is with him,
and she isvery proud of her son; but he
is not very proud of his mother, for he
has not gotten over the recollection of
what happened at Delmonico's, where
his fond parent, during the cold break
fast, after the fashion of her country
women, = bore food to her mouth
on her knife. That shocked him, worse
than the everlasting going to mass
of the peasantry of Italy. In due time
Alexander is married. The lady he has
selected is de Flemsey. lie knows her
to be firt but her father isvery rich,
and her portion alone is equal to two es-
tablishments-a palatial affair in the
city for winter use, anda country house
at Wayerly--with margin enough for
mountain climbing, and Saratoga hops
in the very sultry days Of midsummer,
Everything is looking very fine; his
friends call, say engaging things to his
wife, assent to the estimate he puts
upon his Roman relics, his Baden pipes
and his London shoes, for which conde-
scension on their part, he condescend-
ingly gives each an English trout fly,
which he bought himself in Cheapside,
from an Israelite, who told him they
were the last of a lot left by the late Mr..
Izaack Walton, a famous English fisher
man and sport. Two or three children
are born to Mr.. Gossypium, and each in
turn, is passed over for its season to the
tender Keeping of the Fenian maiden, of
course. Others of his brothers and sis
bers are married--even Josephene, who
made merit of refusing to be kissed
by Abraham Lincoln, at the Astor
House-she is a mother. During these
nursery days, and family cares, our hero
continues his idiosyncrasies over his
Cenci, the original bust of Apollo, the
pipes of Baden, the Paris umbrella, the
London operahat, and other strange gods
and images, not to be duplicated in the
search of century. He shoots, and
has many dogs; he drives and has fast
horses ), he fishes and has Isaack Wal
lon flies his wife, who, by this time,
has acquired n knowledge of the fine arts
IS profound as her husbands, shoots,
rides, and is faster than when she first
lirted. They are very well-matched
pair: neither is overburthcned with
sense, Though wise enough in their
,wn little conceits-and both have all
hat it is needful or necessary, to enti
lie Them to u place among the inteli-
sent and refined of modern society. 1t
would be pity if they had not read
looks. Indeed they have. Look on
he centre-tabe, and see its very legs
fielding to the pressure Of the poets
With a volume or two of condensed his
Dry, some works of travellers, and bio
,raphical sketches of famous men and
as the ladies of the court |
# France and the rough wags of Queen |
Anne's time. Queer enough, Ella is
but that seems to be a pre-
ent from man -of-war's man. Itwould |
De wrong to omit mention of the book |
If common prayer, which, though six
years in the family, is as fresh as when |
There has been no want of
,hurch going, and the demonstrations of
GOODNESS have been judiciously frequent. |
The pastor has dined with them often,
nd our fine arts man has exhibited to |
lin, over and over again, the things |
e brought from Europe-from. the |
liver of the holy water urn in Saint Pc |
er's to the Izaack Walton flies from the |
hop of the antiquarian on Cheapside. Or
purse there have been occurrences be- |
dies, which often attend the wealthy and |
devotees of the fine arts
Ich stuff as gossips feed on to the eff
yet the wife is given to friskiness when
he husband Is away fording the streams
tie northern regions, and trolling
18th his rare flies for the gamiest offresh-
alter fish; but they do not take root
ct. Droll stories are repeated, also, of