The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-12-09

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who is allured by other
tons which absorb his tn
money. As q consequence
his wife with a harshness Wine
breaking her heart, but which she col
ceals from the world out of regard fl
appearances. might designate ant
ther establishment of elegant charat
ter, whose owner is reputed to he wort
u half million of dollars. The famil
are very snowy aud keep an expensiv
equipage, The father is a retired mel
chant, and has controlling interes
in a great banking house which one
was wealthy, but he has sunk most O
| its capital in stock operations. He
living at his usual rate Of SO, 900 De
I year, and yet he knows that his fraud
may I've discovered nj almost any time
He has been for several years ON tn,
verge Of ruin, but he will keep up ap
pearances for the family's sake as Ion.
as possible, and then when the coIIaps,
shall come, laudanun or the pistol vii
be a last resort. The question otter
| arises, how long can this deception bt
continued? and the reply is, that it de.
pends on good management and good
luck. If no sudden pressure takes
place, it may be prOtracted several
years; but a panic or any sudden
change in affairs will at once bring il
to light. =
FIFTH AVENUE GUZZLING.
Ii wine drinking can make a people
happy, the Fifth avenue should be in
state of extreme beatitude; for not
withstanding the high prices OCCASION
ed by the war, the mos costly brands
here find rapid market. If any one
will stop Of a pleasant afternoon at any
of the first-class grocery establishments
in Broadway, he may witness the de-
lightful task of liquor tasting performed
by little knots of the aristocracy. who
stop i'm to leave orders. In all families,
whether of the highest OF less repute
we find wine a staple, and the way it
is drunk would excite the admiration
of all teetotalers. Hardly a grOcer's
cart backs up to a house but you see the
champagne basket. After dinner the
wine circulates and is duly praised, for
it is of good American manufacture.
The only man in the secret is the fel-
low who comes round every week to
buy the empty bottles He takes them
down to the bottling house, where they
are filed, and i'm due time they are re-
turned with fresh brands and silver
tops. IT seems absurd that the wine
drinking community should be ignOr-
ant of this, when almost opposite the
Academy of Music there is large
warehouse devoted TO tliiDtIdpch of
trade. Here. one may behOl2 vast
quantities of secondhand bottles re-
ccived daily. There is no necessity of
penetrating the mysteries of this place,
for they are not beyond the power of
good guessing. The Transformation of
Jersey cider and petroleum into Held
sleek and Ncuve CliquOt is so rapid and
marvellous that il is wonder it is not
reckoned among the fine arts.
.ts WHAT BECOMES OF THEM.
II is said that life in the Fifth avenue
is constantly changing, and that when
q fresh p0T'rcHU comes in somebody
must be going out. The question may
naturally arise, what becomes OF these
decaying gentry, and the reply is that
they generally 90 to ruin unless their
course be delayed by the patronage of
friends. The children of our once rich
est families have been found dwelling
in tenement houses, and sometimes at
u still lower depth. know that u son of
one OF our first-class families died ome
time ago in the alms-hOusc of this city.
Luxury proverbialiy exhausts tbat Ca
pacity and efficiency which are .nCces-
sary in the battle of life.