Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-08-19


diamonds or equipage- ms house
seems to be the centre OF power tor those
of the denomination considered aggTes-
sive. and the service just alluded to was
most enjoyable, being rich IN spiritual
communing with the Lord and with each
other. The exercises were purely vol
untary, no one being called upon TO
speak or to pray, and yet many parlcI
pated, indicating the presence OF de-
voted band of workers. and wesley
himself with heart-warm welcome would
say, Here is Christianity IN earnest.
One feature Of their service, silence, IS
impressive, and to introduce It INTO our
own in a modified degree IS desirable
particularly in cases where the orethreh
and sisters, or the minister, have not the
gift of speaking to edIhcauon. 1ney |
lack the element of vocal praise, when /
to my mind IS essential 10 complete
RELIGIOUS service. Their Westinghouse |
is on Farwell street. Not only large
wealth is represented here; a cultivated |
circle of minds invests this Fart of the |
CITY. rendering it attractive to US out
siders. Their conversation IS of high |
order, showing a culture rarely met. |
The time which many of US devote TO
dress and display they spend IN moral
advancement or intellectual improve |
ment, which latter is facilitated by travel
and close observation in foreign lands |
love their simplicity and their earnest
ness, and the sanity faces of four dear
ladies, who sit opposite US at the table,
will be to me lifetime evangel. 1t IS
1 luxury to do the slightest favor tor
theln, for the sweet Il thank thee
which always comes would melt the
heart of even Boston Progressive Uni
sarian. The eldest of these ladies was
bridesmaid of Anna Dickinson 5 mother.
And here let me say that the enterprislng
lady who lectures so piquantly tor us
| never swept sIeet-Crosslngs IN PhIladel-
phia. as the newspapers tell US. Her
mother, previous to her marriage, was
employed by a Monthly Meeting to
teach a colored school in Maryland.
! Later in life she lived in respectable
style, her daughters. Susan and Anna,
| being brought up after the most orthodox
| fashion, graduating from the High
School of their native city. Susan, an
excellent woman, became a teacher in
the public schools there. but quite re-
Gently abandoned teaching to engage in
writing Sunday School books.
Anna Dickinson is warm-hearted and
charitable, receiving largely but giving
freely. She has departed from the faith
of the fathers in that she wears jewelry
enough to rend the hearts Of the elders.
] Indeed many of those here vary from
the traditional mode of dress, the gen
tlemen almost entirely, and the ladies
] indulging in white or delicate shades Of
mauve and blue, while now and then
modest pin CLEANS out from collar or
neckerchief One Of the gravest of them
saws she never liked the ancient bonnet,
and find that this important article OF
feminine apparel varies, as one of the
ladies saws. according to the ability of
the local miIliner to get it just right.
When l look at gentle Anna s., the
centre of a charmed social circle, diff
fusing about her the glow of sanctified
affection, when l hear of the sweet
HYMNS and tracts she has written, and
as listen to the wit and wisdom of K,
the pioneer of Sabbath School instruc
ton in her own city, am fully persuaded
that these two, albeit veiled IN modesty,
have all unconsciously touched the real
woman question.
BELLEVUE AVENUE.
/ Newport was never fuller than now !;
the real wealth of the country naturally
i gravitates here besides the European
war keeps. tourists from going abroad.
Last night. going up from the quiet nook
of Newport where the literary coterie
reside, and where Christ is talked of day
and night by the Friends. we drove upon
the Avenue, and the season being at its
height all the phsetons, carTyalls. ba-
rouches, tilburysy eldrences. landaus and
demi-laadaus were out The nobbieSt
people have a coachman and two foot
men. These thFee Personages, to be
CONNIE ii fzztf, may be either black or
white, with patent leather top-boots, buff
pants, hats with wide bands and white
gloves Their coats must be of snuff
colored broadcloths gorgeous with gold
washed buttons to match the auriierous
/ harness of the fiery steeds before them.
To be fully in the livery of the period
these coats must be fearfulIy extravagant
in the way of length the coachman's is
a frock, those of the footmen of a swallow
tailed species, hanging over the low
back seat at precisely the same perpen-
dieular. If iInbued with proper sense
of their position, these worthless will fold
their arms and sit in unapproachable
erectness. We noticed, also, that August
Belmont's charioteers were more mag
nifcent than all others. they being
stabbed in the breast with a bouquet.
Mrs. Peterson. of Philadelphia. and sew
eral other ladies were out on horseback
in dark-blue habits and high hats. brave
and gallant enough for Joan of Arc.
Bless mel what delicious drive this is
The air is balmy with the fragrance
of luxuriant bloom for which Newport
is so Justly celebrated. the climate here
being particularly adapted to flowers.
The rarest exotics cluster about the gate
and door-ways. Twining over lattice
and fence is the double morning glory,
or nasturtius. regal in splendor, while
| ivy and clematis cover rustic porches
and gothic windows. The plats Of
! foliage, plants that adorn the villa-lawns,
are marvellous for size and beauty, the
crimson coleus being prominent; we
see them by glimpses through the groves
4 of maple, oak and cedar that dot the
acres. Since we were out last, | per-
ceive that Mrs. George Francis Train
/ has had her villa re-palnted, and has
hung FIVE more huge hanging baskets
within her piazzas, making in all thir-
! teen. She has row of lovely holly
hooks in full bloom within the whole
/ length of the enclosure, and, altogether,
! prosperity seems to have perched upon
| her banner.
Here we are in front of Swiss chalet,
colored in scarlet and brown. with pen
tangular roof. gabled porches and peaked
windows. elaborately shut in with brown
and scarlet fencing. This. charming,
unengaged young ladies of Delaware,
belongs to Griswold Gray, bachelor,
who drives a six-in-hand, and there is no
knowing what may be in store for one
of you-prOvided he proposes.
The moon is up and Mr.. /. and Capt
King. are going to take all the Wilbour
household out on the Bay. We shall be
a merrie companie for Nine R. is going
with us. Tho sixty years old. as she
tells us, wherever she is are gay spirits |
and real French fun How bravely she |
has played for US ia Marseillaise" as
kilograms came in of Prussian victories,
the greater the victory the louder the
Marseillaise. F. B. is going too. with
her Scotch ballads and college songs, |
and may be sometime I'll tell you story |
of the moon-lit sail.
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