The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-24

SHOPPING FOR CuHISrN As.-Thc city never
had brighter, happier look than ii had
last evening. The morning had been bright,
and the streets thronged, but the clear.
cold stiffness OF the atmosphere in the
afternoon seemed 10 bring. everybody into
the street. Broad and Main streets were
.Ilrd with rs happy Il crowd rs we ever
saw on ;hcir paycnent-. OF course they
were mostly women. Somehow or other,
when there l. any happnc&s going
nn. they always come to tho top
rr>G :: was just cold enough to take
ne atfoctation ont cf them. and tlcT
dropped their Grccjan bends and A!cNar-
.la limr> and came ont IN u good natural
walk. which >ocn brought the red 10 their
cheek, and the sparkle u thcir eyes. They
dropped that dcmur" ;lIat uot onc man
IN i thousand il pleased with, and had
T good. !ral.lI, " Dh-nc-ain' t-it-co'd look.
u3jnh WAS refreshing tu behold. The
storcnrcitr, were ready frr them, and
lighted up carly IL the evening. Aud thea
he scene ~, delicious. From second down
Broad 10 Nirth. and down Ninth - Main.
aud then down to the last .! the dry GOOD.
stores, there va, iG,t one stream of women.
Now aud Incu au misunderstanding "gc"-
,urc with beaver on was found struggling
mGur The mass ol ntl.s md honn"t@. bat
he only @nt al judi-naui look FOR crGW,iin2
ghc sidewalk, ~ il the poor wretch was
rroWuiug anybody, and not engaged >oicit
il frantic effort Ia behold his own iirc~i'lc
once mare. Wltl; these women loUgnt ii
j. no. likely any one on earth knows. !
man had faint idea when they went
into the hair AID dry goods and bonnet
shops oi what they were after; but when
they sailed into the hardware and hat and
grocer; stores, they got beyond his apprc-
houston. One nice little woman mad Il
bundle that we IHi>tool ior Il SHIP pump.
but il turned OK 10 hc ioul-loot rocket.
somebody in her mcigilboghoDd will bc
killed this week, and there will rot be Il
Jury with the courage 10 hang her for II.
lhcy huYca Great advantage oi men III that
respect.
( peep into the Express office was worth
the trouble. About Il hundred ladies were
waiting TO send OF packages !o--a very
young man tells llS--thcr = loved onc-."
If thi> is correct there Will hc ut lcu$: lOl!l
hundred "ioycd ones with turkey under
,icir vests tomorrow. The polite receiving
clerk in The Office. vino manages men very
well. looked IL if he WAS oyrr1nutrhct this
time. He was rapidly sinking under the
turkey :uyoicc,ar Il late hour LAST night, and
the company had ordered two gtita-pcrcha
clerks TO commence this morning with
The scene among tie turkeys was very sad
!ltN >t'tlIltil III INV 4 i'I'' NJ = 'iIN
were going, and tAci" lamentations were
touching. one, an old 9obblcr, looked
around with what appeared to lis us i
hollow mocNely Of resignation, ard SAID to
4 venerable hen III the same box: here
is i better and u brighter clcEanthc, and
thcu popped down between the slats a: il
afraid OF Fastening his fate by attracting
further attention.
The confectionery stores were fairly mob.
bed and. il fact, I'll trades seemed 10 ht
ectlin" their share Of patronage.
Towards night things quetcd down. y
few hclatcd women hurrying home, sohc!
business men ploddng along with bundles
tinI,img >trcct-carS toiling zip the steer
streets, >hop-JOys putting up lhc welcome
shutters. two or three newspaper reporter,
shoppiu" in the windows, solitary police
men loun4ing along The sidewalks, III,
clear. cold sky. with lis twinklng, shiyerin.
little stars. and the spasnodic music Of the
| bands at the places of amusement sounding
on the air OF singing winters NIGHT, Wa
| aI lett Of the evenings hustle.