Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-11-06


great nations, are always fruitful topics
for the pen of skillful writer; but
probably no city in the world centers in
herself more mater;el of varied interest
than does New York. So, nowork which
could come to the hands of our readers,
who love to know whats going ON in
the world" and show people live"
would be apt to be found so intensely IN
teresting as the one whose title we quote
above. j. B. Burr & Co., the publish
ers of the work, certainly knew what
they were about in giving it to the
public. 1t must have a vast sale, for
everybody and his neighbor" cannot
but find in the book a great deal to ex-
cite and interest him, to say nothing of
the thousand valuable matters of solid
information which it affords. Nobody
from the country should ever visit New
York without having first read this book;
and the old frequenter of that city will
find scattered here and there throughout
its pages, hosts of things which may
have escaped his attention, and will rise
from the perusal of the book (Which he
will be sure not to lay aside till he has
finished it, with that sort of pleasure
which one feels in rcvisiting in manhood
the scenes of his childhood, or in wan
dering back to the " father-land" The
high and the low moral worth and
craft and cunning; joys and sorrows !;
smiling fortune and frowning penury
the home and affairs of devotion and pu-
rity, and the interior views of the homes
of debauchery and crime, &c, &c, are
here painted in their true colors. The
publishers deserve the public's most prac-
teal thanks for this work.
We make room this week for the fol-
lowing extract, which illustrates single
phase of New York society, and not at
all to be compared with hundred other
much more interesting instances, which
we cannot copy for want of space:
A sHODDY PARTY-ITs BRILLIANT OPEN
ING-TTs FAILURE.
One of the citizens of New York was
a halter. He earned a very good living
at the business. His wife made vests for
fashionable tailor. She made them
we'll, and by her industry added very
much to the comfort of the household
By one of those sudden turns of fortune
which overtake men in this city, the man
found himself in possession of quite a
sum of money. He abandoned hating,
and his wife gave up making vests. He
bought house in an uptown neighbor-
hood. His wife proposed an entree in
to good society by giving a large party.
The hating and tailoring acquaintance
were to beignored. They had no others.
A new order of associates was to be
made through the party. Had these
people understood the way of doing
things in New York, they would have
gone to Brown, of Grace Church, paid
him handsome fee, and he would have
stocked their parlors with all the compa-
ny desirable. Instead of this, they took
the Directory, selected five hundred
names, among whom were some Of the
most prominent of our citizens, and sent
out invitations, right and left, for an eve
ming named. No expense was spared tc
make the occasion great one. The
house was gaudily furnished The la.
dies-mother and daughter-were ex.
pensively and fashionably attired. The
table was laid by one of the first cater.
ers. Dodsworth was engaged for the
music. Walters were called in, dressed
in the clerical garb of black and white
The hour came on, but not so the guests.
No excuses came. In nothing are the
New Workers more skittish than about
the acquaintance they form and the par
ties they attend. They will give all they
are worth for ticket to a ball, party,
reception, or for levee where great folks
are to be, but they will not accept mis-
cellaneous invitations, though there is
plenty to eat. The persons who got up
this party were unknown. Strings Of
young men drifted by the house during
the evening. Brilliantly lighted, it at
tracted general attention. But the bell
was silent, and the steps deserted. The
curious could see anxious persons peer
ing through the cracks of the blinds at
the passers by, supposing themselves un-
observed. At a late hour the gas was
turned off. During the whole evening
the parlors were deserted, the splendid
table untouched, and the family, late at
night, turned to their couches, with feel
ings better imagined than described =
The candidates for fashionable society
were sadly disappointed.
PROGRESS Columbus sailed to the
American coast in four hundred ton
ship, and first landed upon the island of
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