, 1874-04-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

tAt 'uuAsion"l AAs poen operating alter ROW
fashion in tho weatorn pnrt of this city for ROY
erh days, and has Bucoaodol.i .in doluding n
groat many rnsuspeoting aorvant-glr's and
avaric1ous housewives. This ia 1nnn Of about
2S ycnra Of ago, with dark hair and oyos. and MI
easy tslkor. 4Io begins operations by asking II
he can gotswork in tho way OF making ovnr or
ma1ang up rnattrcesos. II that ia refused, ho
asks for work Of nny kinQ,-to bout carpots,, to
dig in tho garden, to put in coal. Whom TINT is
refused, ,slnco thoro Is nono, 10 begIna to state
tho East. With wife, aud somotinlcs four and
sometimes five children that soon after lie catno
hla wife was taken sick, and lo was unable to
procure any work. 1io Inns boon reduced to
which to buy broad For bis family. When ho loft
bts homo on tho South si1o that morning, 10
loft tho cupboard empty, and his wife and o!itl,
iren crying from starvation. Ho hes travelled
mont Of somo kina-any kind-a1ything that
will cnablo him to buy broad for his dear vito
mid hls starving chiidren. 1oro ho generally
Enbs his oyeswith hte coat cntfe. ,
After having Cotton through with this pattietto
preamble ho pulls or of hiA tlngor airing, which,
70 Ill appearances ie Of heavy gold, aud has
initials engraved within. This ring, ho anya..
about s{b: win tho kind LADY advance him s5
on itP HNo,r says Bhe. viii tho kind lady buy
itfor s1o7 The "ktnd lady" goneral!y re-
fusea.
on It. and that he viii call around tie no1t day
and ropay. tho money and redeem tho ring,
which, Us hs explains, 10 worth infinitely moro
than this paltry SUM. Generally tho lady do
s slnes to entor y, tu into the bargain a. Then 10
ccpts his ofler al, on lie goos and slo lcn1atns
gratlaed, hoping TINT ho will ,,over como back,
lnd that she will succeed in securing for 81
something which Is worth $25.
somotimep, while tho lady is talking With this
individual tho Eorvant-girl comea along. The
latter Of courso listonH to the oonvorsation, and
when this mnn has exhausted bis oloquence Oh
the mistssas, ho t.lrna to tho maid and bees ller
starving wifo and tho doso1ate children. Tho
people ask him why ho docs not 60 to pawn-
shop and pawn tho ring, and ho tells them that
hs hmgnt net b9 h9 aole to ,,a redeem IT It
law, and that ho would lose forever 4 relic hal
lowed by 30 many associations. Besides that,
tho interest on The money would be acoumulat-
Ing all tho tlme. Il It wore In tho hands of a
respectable lady, like tho ono to whom 10 is
speaking be would hayo no fears but that ho
might got 1t at my time TINT hn could raiso tho
money. Sometimes, in his uttor desperation,
his ring for even that Insignificant aum. AS
general thing, tho servant girl advances tho
money when tie mistresa declines to do 20. She
takes The ring and OF goes tho man, promising
to return tho next day Or the day after.
But this unfortunate man, who bas pawned in
the Wost Division about soycnty-tivc ;'gold
rings" worth $25 cach, nil tho gifts Of hia dead
mont sufficiently profitable to redeem any OF
them. They arc etili In tho hands or on tho
ingoEs Of tho housekaepars or servants who i'd
yanced the money on them. Some of tho fool
ish owners. convinced that llo will not return,
and satisdod that they have troasure, arc woar-
ing, with groat pride, what they consider cheap
bargain. Some Of tlo visor onaa after waiting
a day or two, have taken thoir purchases around
to 1s 1n ar9g aE hays e1a Ind thoas Tns eate
brass, slightly washed With rather impure gold ;
that 1hoif intrinsic yalus Has uaught, md their
mercantile value about SLID dozen: 80 great
has boen tho modosty OF these lalies, and 40
Escat their unrillingness to let thcfr good deeds
bo known to men, that none Of them mentioned
their charitable advances to this destitute indi-
y1dual until they found out that these rings were
hrass, ut which timo thoY broke out into loud
complaints, and Jointly and aovorally informed
their husbands md employers that they had
bcen grossly and wantony swtndlod. This has
Furnished the aforesaid husbands and employers
m admirable text for innumerable sermons on
the folly Of being taken in BY IN impostor. and
listening to the wi,eedliag tongues OF mon who
pretended to be without q u'orssl to eat, and
Jet worc gold rings on their fingers and diamond
Tie lat ring sold By this gentleman was late
yesterday afternoon. near the corner Of Madison
aud Robcy streets. lie will probably work up
Tie acction south of Madison street during tho !!
remainder Of this week,
HALF-oRPHAN ASYLUM CONCERT
AND BALL.
Tho charity concert aud ball, given for tho
benefit OF the Half-0rphan Asylum, at McCor-
mieks Hall, last evening, proved q genuine
pleasure to all who attended. This was duo in
! large degree, no doubt, to tho oxcollont mr.
rangelnont OF the programme. Tho entertain
ment commenced by
A CONCERT,
under the direction Of hIr. Toltz, during which
the ladics and gentlemen present had an opnor-
tunity to begin the eEonng by informal soca-
bility, and did not find themselves usl.ered ut
once into tho business Of dancing, Is If it woro
gomothing to DO attondcd to rs necessary duty
Iho concert was in all respects SUCCESS, except
possibly. that it WIS too long. Tho following
numbers Nere giycn:
ssas a. b::ieg sa and Iia Gf;sa'1 S.
? psno Solo 1sFsS sFsso'e, siiairs aspfs: r.usss
= Ar. i. Iis1iing.
D. h1pesta'''n it, d. 1,ssaeG Richard Wagner
/, G nHoassnly Dream y .schumapu
% Bs'a'' Soug; III; E nha,
s. song-@The Iron B'asks.nih L. uatson
8. violOneello fantasie. pratu
Ar. ~}ostph Dtehm.
6OnG-"A1 u WIS mot tIIuB 10 t3a
1fr. 4. W. Reufing.
D aV!u. .ElotQW
Mr.. Folkz.
THE DANCING.
After tic concert was over, those Of the COM
pany who desired to take part in the dancing re-
paired to tho maia floor, whilp tho lookors-on
remained in the galleries. The house at this
time presented q very brilliant appearance.
There were present about 200 couples many
Of the ladies aupcrbly drossad. and, IN the
epacious hall, thoy were seon to full advantage.
Mention cnn be made Of only q few OF
51ose present, among. whom wero the following:
1ir. and aliss Lane, Mrs. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs.
Chandler, Judge Goudy, s. Corning Judd and
'1aay, 2. 4 Gallup, tho Hon. Il: =: Waite and
1Ir. aud Mrs. Hurry Morgan, Miss i, Yan Buren,,
Hiss Groesbeck, Enos Ayros and family, T. Il.
winston, bontnmln =. Page. Gen, Joseph Stock
ton. Col. a. Keith, 1lr. and Mrs Dcckwsitl, Miss
Fowore, Miss Woodruff, George Carmichael aud
ladies, G. H. Vonto and lady.
THE SUPPER,
which WAS donated by the lady managers, VIA
laid in the reception room below frotn 9.90 nntil