lUn In this town it bo well fitting a Governor.
His price Is 900 of our money, which it Is hard
thou csiiflt not rpure. 1 would give 20 to 30
out of my own pockot that it wore thine no
body's but thine."
It appears that Fenn's pecuniary embarra
3ncnta at that period were o prcat that ho was
Unable to make the purchnse. So the Slato
Jlousc paused Into the hauds of Isaac Norris,
Instead, and by him it whs bequeathed to his
Hon Isaac In turn. Tho property remained In
Ihe Norrls (amjl until abauti two y errs ago,
passing from generation to generation, until at
astltcame into the possesion of Miss Pally
Norrls Dickinson, a grand daughter of the
younger Isaac Norrfs, and who continued to be
the proprietor for many years. The history of
the title subsequent to her decease trill be found
lxlOW. (3.'
;ov. Hamilton Reside lit the Mansion.
After the Slate-House ceased to-be occupied
Dv the. Deputy-Governor of Perm, It was teni
anted by. different persons, some of them of
preat distinction In the colonial days. Among
these last was Governor Hamilton.
irn. Forbes Is Burled from the Mansion.
But for many years preceding the Revolution
It was used as a boarding-house, in which capa
city it Obtained a great repute. In these days
one of. tho inmates was General Forbes, the
successor of the unfortunate Braddock, and
tho conqueror of Fort Du Qucsne. Forbes
died, and was buried Irora the house In 1759.
31is funeral as conducted with "all the pomp
and circumstance of glorious war." The pro
fession, in which tho richly caparisoned horee
I the dead hero, and a military array with
arms reversed, found a place, Is said to bave
surpassed anything of the kind which had ever
l)cen witnessed in the city at that time.
dencral Charles Ie la Burled from the
( . Mansion.
At a period long subsequent to this the Slate-
Jlouse was the scene ot tho funeral services of
an illustrious commander of lar different char
acter. This was Major-Geueral Charles Lee,
Ihe eccentno and passionate, but certainly
accomplished solaier, whom Washington re-
Dukcd so harshly ou the field ot Monmouth.
He was spending a few months in the city at
the time, when he suddenly died at a public
Jiouee, and bis remains were bonored with a
funeral from the historical old Mansion.
Tlie Widow Graydon. Establishes her
Boardlng-IIouse In the Mansion.
But perhaps the most interesting period in
the history of the establishment was when it
it was kept as a boarding-house" by tho Widow
Ciraydon, the mother of the author from whom
we have quoted above. Speaking of this,
(iraydon says In his "Memoirs":
"The lady who had resided here, and eiven
Borne celebiity to the stand by the style of her
accominodanons. either dying or declining busi
ness, my mother was persuaded by ber friends
to become her successor; and, accordingly,
obtained a lease of the premises, and took pos
FC68 on ot them, to tho best of my recollection,
in the year 17C4 or 17C5. While in this resi
dence she bad the honor, if so it might be
called, of entertaining strangers of the first
xauk who isited the city."
Graydon then proceeds to give "biographical
Sketches ot the various personages who, in the
Course pt eight or nine years, became inmates of
this house;" among whom "were per3on3 of dis
tinction, and some of no distinction; many real
gentlemen, and some, no doubt, who were
Jnerely pretenders to the appellation. Some
attended by servants In gay liveries; some with
jcrvants in plain coats, and some with no ser
"rants at all."
Under. Mis. Graydon's dominion, the Slate
House became a favorite resort for the otHcers
ot the Britisk army, some of whom were almost
always among her permanent guests. At times
It was nearly filled by those of the Forty-second
or Highland regiment, as welj as those of the
Royal Irish.
The Baion De Kalb Lodges In the
mansion.
About 1768 orl7C9 the Baron de Kalb, on his
arrival in this country, took up his residence
here. "The steady and composed demeanor of
the Baron," says Graydon, "bespoke the soldier
and philosopher; the man who had calmly
estimated lite and death, and who, though not
prodigal of the one, had no unmanly dread ot
tne other."
The Chevalier Bndourtn.
De Kalb was not the only guest of foreign
extraction. Among others there was one Indi
vidual by the name of Badourin, "who wore a
white cockade, and gave himself out for a
geueral in the Austrian service." The true
character of this chevalier apoears to have been
open to suspicion, as one night, to tho great
Burprise of his fellow-lodgers and the con
etcrnatlon of bis worthy hostess, he suddenly
left bis quarters In the Slate House. The land
lady was obliged to satisfy the general's unpaid
score out of one old trunk which ho left behind
11m, and which, on examination was found to
contain only a few old tomes in German and
Latin text. From one of the latter kind a
ponderous, parchment-bound folio, by "the
aiystical Kobert Fludd," printed at Oppenhelm
in 1C18, and treating ol such dangerous topics
as astrology and tho art of divination Graydon
shrewdly surmises tbat"it9 quondam possessor,
Mr. Badourlu, might have been a niountebank
coujuror, instead ol a general."
The Family or Sir Henry Moore.
Among the lodgers at one time were the wife
and daughter of Sir Henry Moore, one of the
later British Goveruors of New York. The
daughter is characterized by Graydon a9 "a
eprlehlly Miss, not far advanced in her teens,
and who having apparently no dislike to be
seen, had more than once attracted bis atten
tion." J,dy Susan O'Brien and Her Husband.
Lady Susan O'Brien was another notable
guest; chiefly so on account of her husband,
who had figured on the London stage as a
Comedian in the days of Garrick, Mossop, and
Barry, and whom Churchill had admitted to
be a man of parts." The comedian, celebrated
on account of "his easy manner of trending the
stage, and particularly of drawing the swOrd,"
was likewise a lodger. Graydon's reminiscence
of him sums him up "as a man of the middle
height, with a symmetrical form, rather light
man atnietic."
Sir William Draper.
Still another titled celebrity was Sir William
Draper, the "Conqueror of Manilla" In 1763, and
one of the most skilful antagonists encountered
iv the relentless "Junius." Sir William was
then on a tour through the colonies, where he
was received with the distinction merited by
1U martial and literary achlevemeuts.
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET.
A Military Quartette.
The British army was still further reprosentod
by three majors Etherington, Small, and Foil
by name. The first or these was a noted re
cruiting officer of the Royal Americans, "a
perfect master of tho inveigling art," by the
practice of which men were In those day en
ticed Into the service of his Britannic Majjsty.
"He had a snug, economical method of his
own," to which his unpiecedcuted success in
this military line was suppose 1 to be owing.
Major Small was a stout, burly Individual;
while Fell, Instead of having tho build and
mnscle to render his name at all appropriate,
was characterized by a most inslgnlflcant per'
sonne'. Gonoral John RelJ, at that time a
colonel, was also a lodger. His fame appears
to rest on his tact In' the composition ot mili
tary music, while he wa also able to perform
on the German flute In a fashion that put every
other Englishman of hi day to shame.
Captain Wallace.
While the British army was represented at
Mrs. Graydon's table by these very respectable
and somewhat noted personages, the navy was
lees fortunate. A Captain Wallace was its sole
member, and he appears to have been a rude
and boisterous specimen of his class, The man-of-war
which he commanded wa on tho Araeil
CHn station. His character at sea is described
as "iusoleut and brutal beyond his peers," and
on chore as being "altogether of a piece with
it." An Inquisitive Friend ou one occasion
aroused his wrath beyond all reason, by the In
quiry: "What makes thee drink so often? art
thou really dry every time thou carriest the
liquor to thy mouth ?"'
Rlvlngton, the Tragic Printer.
Rivington, a New York printer of note, was
another and frequent guest at the Slate House
in tho days of Mrs. Graydon. This gentleman
was "an everlasting dabbler in theatrical
heroics." "Othello" appears to have been his
favorite role. Time and time again he would
address the company as "most potent, grave, and
reverend signiorB," and then launch lorth with
his unvarnished tale? -
"Her father loved me, oft invited mo," etc.
A "Desdemona" to answer the theatrical
printer's purposes was readily found In Mrs.
Graydon, who gradually came to pass among
her lodgers by that familiar title, contracted
into "Desdy," for short. In the days when
Rivington was a guest, tne lodgers appear to
have been a jolly set altogether. On one occa-'
sion Rivington, in company with Lieutenant
Rumsey, of the 42d, and a Doctor Kearsley, two
of bis fellow-boarders, terminated their night's
carousal in rather boisterous style. The Doctor,
mounted on horseback, even rode fairly into the
back parlor, and then upstairs, to the terror of
the family, and the serious disturbance of the
sleepy lodeers. Mrs. Graydon remonstrated at
this preceedlMg, wnen the Lieutenant, taking
his cue from Rivington, improvised a poeti
cal rejoinder, which terminated with these
words:
"For. Desdy, believe mn, you don't become airs!"
Such was a specimen ol boarding-house life in
our staid Quaker City a century ago.
Washington, Hancock, and Adams.
During the period that the Slate House was
occupied by Mrs. Graydon, both Washington
and Hancock were at timed her guests; but of
these it is unnecessary to speak in this connec
tion. Mrs. Graydon remained In the Slate
House until 1708-9, when she removed her
boarding establishment to Drinker's Big House,
on Front street, near Race. It would appear,
however, that the building continued to be used
as u boarding-house, as John Adams, and otuer
prominent members of tha First Congiess, had
their lodgings there.
It was subsequently used as a fashionable
boarding-school, over which a Mrs. Buraeau
presided, with a daughter of "Mad Anthouy"
Wayne for one of her pupils.
The Mansion Becomes a Tailor-Shop.
But subsequent to this time the Slate House
began to deteriorate. From being one of the
handsomest and most commodious private resi
dences in the city, it gradunlly tell into a lower
rank and a corresponding disrepute. No
longer eligible a a first-class lodging-house or
a fashionable boarding-school for aristocratic
misses, it came to be occupied, during the latter
part of the century, by a Mr. Billington, who
carried on the tailoring business within its his
toric walls.
About this timo, but at what precise period
is not now known, the open space in front,
between tho main building and the two pro
jecting wings, was built up with frame, detract
ing much from the former quaint and attractive
appearance of the structure.
Early in the present century, Mr. Billln;ton
became frightened at the fearful prevalence of
the lever, aud therefore he threw up hia busi
ness, and abandoned the city lor a suburban
residence on Bush Hill. A relative of hi,
John Webb by name, succeeded him in the tai
loring butiuess, ueing the frame portion, even
then described as rather worn and ricketty, for
the manufacture and display ol his wares. Mr.
Webb resided iu the dwelling portion as late as
182(i, and lor some time thereafter.
The Manslou Become a Shoe-Shop.
The first floor ot the northern wiug was at
this time used by William Reed as a shoe-shop.
It was he who tore out tho front window of
this wing, which corresponded with the ono
still remaining In the southern wing, and re
placed it with the door aud shop-window which
has since been a noticeable feature of Its out
ward appearance. Mr. Reed likewise lowered
the floor of the front portion of this wiug by
several feet, eo as to give au easy entrance from
tho street to his shop.
The ManHlon Becomes a Bake-Shop.
When Reed left the premises, tho northern
wing was occupied by John Simons, a wortny
German, who constructed a bake-hoase in the
rear, anil furnished his customers with the staiT
of .life In the little front shop. That Simons
found the stand a very good one, as far as busi
ness was concerned, Is to be inferred lrom the
fact that be flourished apace, and found his
loaves In such demand that he was forced to
keep two horses to supply his more distant
natrons. Ho continued to live In the northern
wing of the house, and carried on his bakery
there, until July, 1812, wha be gave way to
one of the pi escnt occupants. ,
The Mansion Becomes a Jeweller's Shop.
Jn that month and year the corner shop was
rented by Joseph Marshall and Robert Tem
pest. They established therein a jewelry store,
and this business has been continued with
various fluctuations until the present day. Some
twenty years or so KO the frame portion was
rented by Mr. William Walker, whose family
resided In tho upper pari, while he conducted
the business of a dealor In fruit below. It has
bt en but a short time since Mr. Walker removed,
aud when he did so, It was to enable the owners
to tear down the atitlquated structure a fate
which has not yet befallen it, but which cannot
much longer be everted.
Kor are those the only changes which have
been made in the exterior and Interior. The
rear windows of the northern wing have been
replaced by larger ones, aud this portion Is now
used as a saw, manufactory, while on the second
floor a doorway has been cut, to which access
Is had by means of an outside stairway. This
upper story has for some past been vised as a
cabinet shop. . ,, '
Who Have Owned the Mansion.
For more than a century and a half the pro
perly remained In the same family that of the
Norriscs. Notwithstanding its antiquity, It was
always held at a high figure, and found no pur
chaser. In 1806, Miss Sally Norrls Dickinson, at
that time the owner, refused to part with it and
the lot and building adjoining It on the south,
for less than $15,000. It remained in her pos.
session until her death, about fifteen years aso,
when It passed to ber shtcr, the widow of the
late Dr. Logan, of Germantown. On tho death
of Mrs. Logan, a few years since, this portion of
her estate fell to one of her sons, of whom it
was purchased in the spring of 1864 by Mr.
Charles Knecht. A few months since this gen
tleman sold the property to the Chamber of
Commerce of this city, aud with them the title
is likely to remain for years to come.
Efforts to Preserve the Mansion as a
Hiktorlcal Relic
have bi-cn made from time to time within late
years, but they have aU miscarried for some
reason or other. We believe that the subject
has more than once received the attention ot
our City Councils. A short tlmo since the His
torical Society also took tho matter in hand. A
committee was appointed to make an investiga
tion, but that was the end of it as tar as they
were concerned.
The Chamber of Commerce, in purchasing the
property, together with severol lots adjoining It
on Second street, had in view the erection
thereon of a large and handsome hall which is
intended for the use of the Corn Exchange.
The old mansion in its present condition is any
thing but useful or ornamental to the portion
ot the city in which it is situated. The only
means by which it could be saved intact from
the encroachments of business was by a re
movai to some more appropriate locality. The
Chamber of Commerce, therefore, as soon as
they ucquired the property, adopted the follow
ing resolution concerning It:
Jivsolved, That the Board of Directors of the
Philadelphia Clinmocr of Commerce tender to
tn city ot I'Diiaaelphtu, as a free girt, tho old
William Peon mansion, situated on taeir lot.
cornerof Second and Gothic streets; provided
the city will asrree to remove tbc same, and
place it for preservation on the grounds of
Fairmount Park.
. This was pommunicited to the Mayor of the
city, and by him in turn to the two branches of
Councils, who further disposed of the sublect
by referring It to the Committee on City
Property.
The Mansion Must Come Down.
A survey of the building was then made, and
the result mut ever be a subject of regret to all
who have any iutcrcst la the history aud growth
of our city. It was found, on examination, that
the walls were much thicker than it is now the
custom of builders to make them; and this,
taken in connection with the fact that tho mor
tar was prepared so caretully and skilfully that
it has acquired the harduess of stone, and ad
heres to the bricks so tenaciously as to render
them virtually a solid mass, renders Its removal,
either piecemeal or as a whole, an impossible
achievement. The Mayor has suggested that
enough material might be saved from the struc
ture, when it is demolished, to construct of it
in the Park a buildiug smaller that the original,
but on the same general plan. But even this
measure has been deemed Impossiole or incon
venient, on account of iti solid construction;
and so the old Penn Mausion, with all the rich
and interesting associations conjected with its
history, must be swept into the past.
The fate that thus awaits it is, indeed, to ba
regretted on more than one account. The spirit
of our people is so Intent upon present pros
perily and future progress, thai we seem to have
lost all sight of the landmarks of the past.
Places of historic interest, which in the Old
World would be regarded as shrines that might
not be profaned by commonplace and unholy
uses, in this country are Invaded in the thirst
for material growth as rulhlossly as the primeval
forests. The spirit which watches with jealous
care over the spots made sacred by the lives
and deeds of the illustrious dead, Is one of the
surest tokens of a deep and wholesome intel
lectual culture. Y'et it is a spirit in which the
American people, as a mass, are sadly deficient,
aud we tear that the time is still far distant when
we fdiall be called upon to chronicle the evi
deuce of a change in this respect. A more
earnest and determined effort than ha yet been
made, either by our city authorities, or by our
learned Focietuv, to preserve for the benefit ot
posterity this rare old souvenir, would afford
snbituiitial proof that our hearts and souls and
minds are not wholly given up to the graoping
alter wealth and pleasures that have but a
momentary existence. We hope that such an
effort will yet be made. One by one tho old
landmarks ot our city are passinsr from our
view, and if the old Mansion, in which Penn
lived, and wherein Woshington was a frequent
and honored guest, is to meet the fate whtch
bus befallen so many of them, they will be
lessened iu number by one, and that one not
the least interesting and sacred of them all.
The New Chamber of Commerce
Building,
which is to be erected upon the site ot the old
Slatejllouse, will prove ornamental to that sec
tion of the city, as well as supply a necessity
that has long been felt. The contract for its
erection has not yet been given out, although
the enliie amount of stock has been subscribed,
and the plans and specifications are under con
sideration, if these preliminaries should bo
completed, as it is expected they will be, within
a couple of weeks, the work upon the new
structure will commeuce without unnecessary
delay.
The ground purchased by the Chamber of
Commerce has a frontage on Second street of
110 feet, and extends eastward to a depth of 150
feet, lno Duiidlntr, it is at present designed,
shall be 00 feet by 125, thus leaving ample apace
on tne soutn side for purposes of entrance and
exit. It will be constructed In the most ap
proved and substantial manner, and of the
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 18GG.
most durable material. The front will be com- i
posed of pressed brick, with facings of atone,
and, taken altogether, it is intended that tho
building shall not be Inferior in any respect
to others in tho city of similar size
and character. On either Bide of the
main entrance there will be a haadsome officet
suitable for an losuranco. company, having a
height of twenty-five feet and a corresponding
width and depth. Extending backward from the
entrance, will be a spacious spassage-way, the
space on each sida to be devoted to handsome
and commodious offices, about twelve feet in
height, and about twenty in number. Over
them will be situated the large hall which is
designed for the use of tho Corn Exchange, and
which will be one of the niose commodious and
atttactive in the city.
' AMERICAN L0VE-MAK1NQ.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF "COURTERS."
From the X. T. Sunday jlersury .
Courters are as varied in their views and
aspects as members of Congress on the tariff
question, but not a whit more absurd.
Thb Bashful Coubtf.b is generally some
callow youth, who has thought it necessary
to make love because it is a custom of the male
sex, and not on account ot any ardent desire
that he is inspired with. Ho seems half afraid
of the courtee, seats himself In a distant corner,
and fidgets nervously when she comes too near
him. He will often remain dumb for an hour
at a time, while the courtee has to amuse
herself in the best way she can. Callers
come and go,
fleeting hours
familias flits
rivals pop in and out, the
of evening pass, mater
Mo the room to see if
her daughter has company, but still the B. C.
sits, uninteresting and uninterested, a sort of
wooden Cupid, Impressive from Its very im
pasaability and dead weight. When at
lost approaching midnight warns the B.
C. that it is time he should go home
to his mother; he mutters to tho yawning
courteo that he thinks it is getting late, searches
for his hat that he has secreted on his entry In
some out-of-the-way place, and glides like the
ghost ot Love past the courtee, who holds the
door open for him. It is then only that ho finds
courage to pass a compliment on the courtee,
who is so much startled by tho unexpected
event that she has been known immediately on
his departure to ask her ma what the B. C.
could possibly mean.
The B. C. is quite an enigma to most young
ladies. They do not understand him, ho ap
pears so odd and out ot place. Consequently,
their curiosity is excited, and, as a natural con
quence, their interest. To tuo astonishment of
men who would have thought themselves dis
graced in being considered bis rivals, the B. C.
is tound to bave won the belle of a circle:
though how the thing was done is one of those
mysteries that society aud old women can never
fully account for in poasipin discussions; but
tney are, pertiaps, no more astonished than the
B. C. himself, who is quito aware that he is a
stick, and finds himself married he does not
know how tnouffh. perhaps, the courtee's
mamma could eulightcn bun on the subject.
Alter marriage, tne u. u. suddenly becomes
cheeky. The veil ol mystery that enveloped the
fair sex has been lilted, lie has cease 1 to be
awed, and becomes the moat gallant man of his
circle.
Tub Conceitfj) Courtbr Is the laughing-stock
of the courted sex. H i too manliest sell-appreciation
erJorris thetn immense amusement, and
his selr-iniportance they delight, after increasing,
to suddenly anninilato with a blasting, '-No I"
When the C. C. hears the word of doom pro
nouueed, he cannot believe in the courteJ's sin
cerity; and consequently often has to' 'have
tho sentence repeated by mamma, big brother,
and a horsewhip or a boot. Still the C. C
is not urougui to ins senses. "rnou5n you
Dray a iooi in a mortar," tne old proverb says,
and "though the 0. C has . been refused a
hundred times," say the courtoes, '-you cannot
drive his tolly from him." The C. C. is gonerally
pos.-esfed of good looks.and a glib tongue which
lar outstrips his turtlc-liku judgment. He has
prisessed himself of all the stupid and funny
little auecdotes of current literature, and retails
them by tho peck. He generally has some
smull musical ability, whicli he displays on all
occasious. Alter Duimr snubbed or rejected
Bevcral times, he cannot perceive why stupid
fellows wbo cannot play, or sing, or tell stories,
orrepcit stereotyped cbmplimonts, are favorites
ol the fairest courtee, while lie is looked on as
a drug and a nuisance. At last, theC. C. be
comes some old maid's or widow's victim, who
eriliohtens him by the light of the honeymoon.
Tub Extravagant Courteb Is not necessarily
ri:h, yet he lavishes expenditures of money ou
the courtee as if she were likely to be a good
pecuuiary investment. Courtees of low Instincts
often pretend to be attached to tho K. O., that
they may receive his lavors. He is generally a
youth of little discretion, though sometimes ho
is an old bachelor, where lone-repressed luxu
riousnets is having its natural revenge. The
E. C. is a most unfortunate individual. Ho is
impelled to ruin himself financially and morally
by his insane desire to bind the courtee to hi n
with gilts. For this purpose, he often robs his
employer's till, aud has been known to pawn his
own watch to buy a diamond ring for the courtee.
His etiorU at present-giving are viewed with uss
picion, and sensible courtees are apt to hesitate
belore committing themselves wltn. tho B. C,
though mercenary girls look at him as a harvest,
indeed.
Large cities are generally infested with E. C.'s,
and tinplovers should ol'terier inquire iuto the
style of their employes' court-hips, than as to
their relii'ious or political opinion". Certainly
tl.erc is more pecuniary interest in the inquiry
for, 83 clerks say, "It is the boss wbo pays for
the waeou" when the E. C. eoes a riding with
h.s Mary Ann. There is a vulgar Idea that half
ot the young swells who delight their courtees
with Sunday ridinc. have no stockings under
their boots, and that an hour before the ride,
the E. C. is In dhtres trying to borrow a shirt,
as his own have been seized bv an exasperated
unpaid washerwoman, in consequence of the
bos looking too sharp" after the cash-box.
Be that as it may, the K. C. often stands at the
bar of Justice instead of the altar ot Uvmen.
Thb Shoi-pist Courteb is the gentleman who
enlightens his courtee on the business transac
tions of the day. He never makes loye directly.
Bv ssceriinor that rice orsuirarhas advanced,
and that he bus a large stoc k on hand, he thinks
lie conveys to the mind of his courteo that he is
soon likely to be in a position to marry, and ot
course obe Is knowing enough to ducover who
is the lortunate bride-elect. The 8. C. Is a great
nuisance to the fair sex. Few ladies care to
hear dissertations on the stock msrket; and the
intricacies of the last trial cae of the constitu
tionality of a law bewilder a young courtee,
even when expounded bv a handsome young
lawyer; but when a dry goods merchant amor
oiiflv informs his courtee that silks are rlsimx,
she must feeidiogusted: or when a petty dealei
fondly hopes that his courtee must sympathize
with bim in the fall of oil, paint, and putty. It
must le expected that Love will rush out of the
room for a scent-bottle.
Tub Jealous Coubtee ''is an ill-conditioned
dog who keeps up a growline and burking, to
the disgust of all who bave anything to do with
him. How the courtee ever consents to wed
him Is, at first sight, a mystery. That many
sprinsred elliptic, the female mind, has peculiar
and startling methods of action, revealing its
secrets only when pressed againstaand, when
unexcited, appearing flat and uninterestine. A
courtee, when she was warned by her friend
aaainst a J. C, and numerous soothsavers were
foretelling all sorts of rough things for the future,
if she did not give the J. C. the mitten, replied
that she felt flattered by the jealousy of her i
lover: It showed that he was on the watcb, and
telt Interested; slip would not have one of those 1
tame men wbo aid not r .,hn.n- n- mhn
flirted, for then there wM nople.ure in coquet
ting; but to have a Jolly low and a quarrel, and
a slammlnir of the door, and looks ot defiance on
J
meetlrg, and notea of apology, and the bliss of
iccuuuii if uuKKiuiTNinesP wore pleasures indeed
it was like the delicious evening attor a sum
mer thunder-storm.
The J. C, after marriaao, oft on astnniahps all
his friends by proving tho least Jealous of all
husbands. It would seem that, having only lust
so much lealousy to expend, he baJ exhausted
his stock during courtship, and left none to em.
bitter the sweets of matrimony.
Thi Sbven- ears' Coortkb U the horror of a
household. Uo Is often the cause of bitter ro
criminations and utter desperation In a family.
When quite a younf man he visits very closely,
and gladdens the heart of mamma, with a hon
of marriageable daughter, who flatters herself
that one of her live stock is soon to find a
market. A year or two pass by, and mamma
becomes somewhat fidgety, and is apt to receive
the 8. Y. C. with haughty looks and a little
unaffected displeasure. The poor courtee, attor
her lover's departure, is Bublected to all sorts
or crofs-questiouings as to what he said and
did, and it he cxpre.ted any Intentions or even
mooted any hints. Nothing is elicited. The S.
Y. C. comes every day in the week, and
stays all dMy on Sundays. Ho has evidently
made up his mind to be one ot tho family, and
does bis best to make all consider him to be at
home. At last, in utter disguBt, and in sheer
desperation, the mamma informs ber daughter
that she must find out what the S. Y. C. means,
or she herself will. Then, horror of matrouly
horrois to the Impatient maternal earl Lncr
informs ber mother that she has made with
Charlie a long engagement. Tho loving maternal
calls her dauehier fool, goose, stupid, and other
sweet endcarimr terms, and there is a weeping
and wailing and flirting of skirts. Mater rushes
up stairs to disturb snoring pater's peace, and
vent her bursting Indianatiou on his night
capped bead. He philosophically, tlioiuh
sleepily, asferts that it Isn't as bad as It roltit
be. This adds fuel to the fire of mater's wrath.
aud she makes up her mind that there shall
be no sleep that night. Meantime a willowy
figure has been slobbering and blubbering,
and, after wildly resolving to commit suicide,
run away, ana work for a living, becomes more
quirt, aud sternly determines to stick to Charlie
at all hazards then mildly goes to bed. Next
morning revives the maternal lecture: thero Is
excitement in the house; entreaties, tears, slam
ming of doors, scoldines. Every one the chil
dren, impudent brother Tom, even Biddy
kcows that Lucy has made a long engagement.
Her sisters jeer at her, and ber brothers leer at
nor; worse, tne servant ouers ner sympathy.
However. Lucv ii firm, the wili wait for Charlie.
though It were a hundred years. He comes every
; I. . . I i I . . i . .
mum. me uiuer vuuu? lanies or tne iamuy
mef t him. He is in the way. He is always in the
parlor. There is no privacy in the house. They
cannot feel at liberty with their company, for he
is always looKing on. no we ver, tney are mar
lied, have children; christenings succeed wed-
aingp; ueains ioiiow bums; a new genera
tion is sprouting up and poor Lucy, seeing the
marks of progress all around her, feels old and
deserted, though she is still haunted by her
b. i. U. JNoboay teases ner now : she a
severely let alone. Tho meekest of virgins can
enoure it no longer; sue miorms tne S. i. v,
that he has worn out all the chairs in the
bouse, and Der mother can't afford to buy new
ones for him. He considers 1hj remark an
insult; quarrels, leaves, vowing never to return,
liut the force ot habit brings him back next
night, when he sees mamma, who arranges that
he win become a ueneaict in a month trom
date or attor seven years of courtship.
Months of courtship may be very sweet, but
yeais ot linked sweetness long drawn out
become like stale sausages, nauieous and
should bo abolished bv the Board ot Health.
Tee One-Month Courier, in these fast davs.
when there is no time for Ugermg or wasting on
preliminaries, is the beau ideal ot couriers, in
courtship, as in evcmbing else, there is onlv
just so much happiness. Lone courtships are
iPKt: wchk lea, iuu iuuuii uuute 10 ue asrucaoie;
while short courtships are the hhznlv-condenscd
sipiif pleasure little in quantity, it is true, but
wnatULLce is ot them is tho doubled distilled
3! d TSi O. M. C. ts generally an exoe
..hat lie has iio hits his time so well employed
lXnks on cburrsltP & 8l,ar. for dawdling. Ho
. - iind . novo. as the introduction to mar
riaev, ' " j ...ihinks of courting a woman
whom be Jvoutu .bo united with. Being well
acquainted with his courtee before he pays her
attentions, all the silly dilly-dailjings of less
straightforward men are by him avoided. As
everything be says means something, he finds
no oilliculiy in coming to the point of rejection
or acceptance. Neither the courtee or her
mamma are the lea-t startled when he make) au
otlur after tho shoit term of one month's arten
tions, any more than they woald be surprised to
hear that a locomotive travelled as tar in an
hour as a waeon In a day.
Strange, though the mothers are unanl
mousdy in favor ot 0. M. C, the daughters do not
like such hasty wooing. They hesitate and
deliberate: th v have not had tbc time ncces
sarv to try their little feminine experiments.
aud they are as likely to resent over-has; y as
over-tardy wooing, in tne meantime, the U. M.
C. is ou to another market, llis motto Is,
"Quick sales and sure returns. " He does not
know that. In every woman's disposition, as in
chicken-pie, there is so much venom, and that
Nature provides court-hip as the hole through
which the noxious vapors are (o escape. Iguo
rant of this great fact, tho O. M. C, enjoys the
cn.dities and acerbities which saould have been
removed in a reasonable term of courtship, and
the hrst year ot Dis miirrico me is apt to oe a
stormy one. But then, in affairs matrimonial,
as in other matter, wisdom cornea by expert
ence, and few ere competent to act wisely till
Ihey have burled "i heir second" aud some not
even then.
LEGAL NOTICES.
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE
X CITY AND COUNT I OF flilLADELPUI A.
lLotato of WILi.lAM MKUr.UI i II duoeasad
The Auditor aDPointod by ibe Court to audit, nettle
and ailjuHt the sixth account ot ! LI K. PK1UK
Administrator of tiie estate oi WILLIAM MKHEInfH
deceived, and to report distribution oi the balance In
the ban an oi the accountant, will meet tbe parties
tntciested. tor the purpoae ot hia appointment, ou
WON PAY, December 8, IHK6, at 11 o'clock A. M . at
Ills olllce, ro in w al,n u r street, in tne cltj or rniu
aeipma. iiiziuiB'uai-j juuii ui.ai iu i . Auuitor
TN THB ORPHANS' COURT FORTIUS CITf
X AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Eataie ol MARV H. lAVlh4,
The Auditor appointed bv the O mrt to audit, settle
and adjust the account of WILLI A (!. HOUrtl..
guardian ot MARY 11. DAV1K8S and to report distribu
tion oi tbe balunce in the hands of tbe aocountant, wl.i
meet tbe parties In en s ted tor the purpose of but as
nnlntntent. on 'I IIKHIl V. leeiiiher 4. lHliS atlo'dOJE
- 11.. at bla oflloe. No. 717 WLNlil' (tireet. la tue
City of rhtladelpuia.
JOHN CLAYTON.
11 n ioiu.
Auditor.
LOST.
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