Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-26

A LUDIcRoUs OceURRENCE-A CAT IN a
MISUNDERSTANDING Ascension Day services,
in an uptown church yesterday, ludicrous
scene occurred, as such things sometimes do
upon the most solemn occasions. The church
is small Roman Catholic edifce, and a meloi
deon is used as the instrumental acoompanlT
ment to the choir. To perform on this instru-
ment young lady-daughter Of a well known
she had begun to. play upon the instrument, 8
loud squeal, like that Of a cat, greeted the ears
of the, whole congregation, Nothing daunted,
the young lady continued her performance, and
every time she, would use the pedal the squeal
would startle the player, the priest, the choir,
and the congregation. During an interval lla
the music. the instrument was examined, and
10 and behold "a good.sized pet lcat, OF The
Thomas gender and the property of the Rev
erend Father then officiating, VAS found inside
OF the melodeon, in just such place where ne
would get squeezed when the, pedal was used.
Efforts were made to get poor Toonen-toon ous
of his uncomfortable quarters, but before it
could be done it was time to 60 on with the
music again. The young lady, determined to
play in spite of Tommy's squeals, and squea
he did, and loudly too, causing general utter
in the congregation and lnterruptlng the ser
vices. The ceremonies over, Tom was released
from his perilous place, though hardly able to
walk, and and he retired, let US hope, WlSeF
if not better Thomas-cat. He will probably
be satisfied to indulge his musical propcnsities
hereafter, after the manner of cats, and escheY
searching after the unattainable. Buffalo Adj
vocate. n aaI si7o39iV aonstaI1s.H |
ACosTIg PAaaiuRfh. one of the tetss late
" given az Turintt III honor 4marfiage
otPripce Hunbert, the dressing is sala u have
been superb AZ foreign exchangesays as7iI
a, Amongst other netabilities Of the Yening,
Madame Rattazzi,o who kept nearly aH II the
evening to her husbands arm, excited great
attention as we'll by the eccentrlclty OF choice
manifested in the colors OF her dress, as by the
exaggerated splendor OF her jewelry, tar more
costly and plentitulIy distributed over her
person than that Of any lady present, including
the Royal Princesses. She wore a 'robe'a que
ae Of the national colors-one would have said
she had sufficiently draped herself in the Ital
lpian tricolor-her neck. and the upper, part Of
arher shoulders were, hidden by, rivers Of large
diamonds and her = head WAS ,sprmo united by
an sdiGce OF precious aatones iaothe shape aof
diamond, ruby ard emerald butt erAes; that
quivered and glittered with each bvement! Of
her body; arms and fingers laden with rare and
huge jewels, an aigrgtte OF diamonds and.
emeralds on her breast, and girdle of bril-:
liants round her waist she Represented, as L
was told By young lady intimately acquainted
With her parures and their history, q capital
Of over eighty thousand pounds. Who shall
say, after this instructive and dazzling speeta-
Gle, that virtuous woman is not sometimes
more than crqgpp qgpptothsf5 70 thsr husband bbrd ~
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young en;wltf whomlthe spending Of money
ulssaa positiye aSSsseai They constantly demon
!strate the truth efithe familiaap preyerbo There
rs I sort of fatal protusion in their habits. +
nomeh areaceassd sery unfairly Of being over!
extravagant.. AS rule, men are faf more So,
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SHaae those .Rho trittsr eyeryt hiHg they gain
seiklH nTnberless. and nanaeiessr tri6essd "a
v vTesmrahl Hes naturaEtitl to being weIclad5 I'd
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asd seas6nabl e5instineE. 4 But man Fho5paIts
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