The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-09-14

or continued elsewhere. Il is hn,
q limited Sainrnalis; and he who goe
there 10 study human nature, fnds The
best contrast. and tb finest grouping
to the world, The elooi Of the How,
ards, aud the noyeau richie, meet At tbs
same table. The consauptiye preach.
er and the roue oi the FIRST magnitude
louago on the platform at the spring -
I The eity belle and the dark eyed jew.
ess foat together IN the dance. Young
men fish IN company on the lake who
have no recollection Of il in the city
And young ladies walk arm in arm IN
der the portico, who could not be posi-.
tive, il they met in Castle Garden =
Flrtation is pursued, like card playing,
for amusement Here and there, in.
deed, yen End desperate gamester,
but with the majority II is mere pas
time. Tender momenls, to be sure,
are; and the animated would translate
the sigh true pathos; bat who that has
seen tbs world remembers teto-a- tete
in the drawing room. or drive TO
Ballston, or attentions at "hop
The night after our arrival there was
a ball at our hotel. II was fine op-
portunity for a debut, and we prepared
for it in high spirits. Our toilet was
unusually particular. Grey was very
handsome and had taste for dress.
His figure was military and his jaw
bone had the rare medium between the
spherical and angular which sets a coll
lar superbly. looked at him with de.
spair, as he completed bis Falkland at
the glass. He had beside fine ad-
dress, and was inimitably cool and self
possessed. AS to my own appearance,
| canDot arrange my features with suf-
6cient gravity to get a portrait---but
we expected to make an impression.
1t was splendid ball. The decora-
tons we've in taste, and the music
need not speak of-for who has not
heard Of johnson /? In speaking OF
beauty / must be more exclusive, Not
that / was fastidious; for was raw
colleger, and perfectly bewildered. /
cculd sweep them all up with super
lative. Still, in my own astronomy,
have some dim remembrance Of a dis
/ tinction. l remember, for instance, a
northern star, which / followed till she
set. She was ~ tall as the Venus Of
the capitol; but her proportions were
exquisite. auc she wore them with the
grace of Hebe Her features were ir-
regular, all might not be beautiful in
marble; but the expression did you
ever dream an angel came down to you
and told you about Paradise and the
peris, and do YOU remember the angels
face There was another from the
same quarter with flowing hair--as airy
spirituelle as | ever saw; and anoth-
er, and another-I have no doubt they
we're tie cade Of the Borealis. But this
is nothing to the parpose--I danced
with lady from--no matter-I cannot
be particular but she had large dark
eyes, and the longest eye-lashes that
ever dropped. Her forehead was low,
and the dark hair was painted on it as
they paint the Madonna with an ex-
preston II any body wishes TO Art
with me, let her have black hair, aud
sweet forehead TO part it on. She did
not dance well, and if she had, it would
have been out of character. never
saw woman with rich, dark eyes that
did. 1t would be like a Magdalen
painted at blind mans buff.
1t is pity that there is not musical
star am sure l was born under one.
She, II did not bear the name when !
was introduced, but she looked as II il
was Isabella she had a tone that /
shall not attempt to describe. II was
low and reedy, like the death Of fine
sweep on an Eolian. / have heard
doves that came near it, and if l under
stood music, could tell you Of a note
in q second flute that makes me think
Of it; it was irresistible. Inever could
Withstand sweet one from my child
hood; and il had lived in the days Of
Orpheus, | am persuaded | should have
walked into the wall She said q few
common places, and answered like an
amateur at concert, with a nod or
monosyllable. II was a perfect spell
| am better at conversation than at
anything elso--but l had lost my tails
man. You would bavc taken my re-
plies for the llst OF impersonal verbs in
the grammar She was engaged for
the next cotillion, and mere cipher
led her of in tbs middle Of sentence,
would have given the puppy my de-
gree for a delay Of two minutes.
met her afterwards at the spring
sat opposite to her at the table-lnet
her accidentIy at walks, aud was very
much surprised to be riding in the same
dir ection on horseback. She was al.
ways polite, and received my npocry-
phAl explanations with a smile that
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