The Fairfield Herald, 1849-11-24

FAIRFIEW L]ALP 18 PUDLItt.ERKLr.n . EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, IN THE TOWN OF WINNSBORO, At Two Dollars per Year, fl INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. tj Zdcctco. TOez Ponm the Flag of our PLtp. 111on1 ft. BlUnks Wafs taken Is and done for. -Y TUN OLD 'Id. Benjimin Blinks was a blobming baclie tor of, Boston; well.to.do in the World, and, as many bachelors are,of irreproach. able morals, -as all bachelors are sup. posed to be, living snugly on his income, and having apartment* in a fashionable hotel, fitted up In style, and kept with a neatness-and precision that shoked how particular a p6rsoh their occupant must Usted Wilhis single hiessedness, like a butterfly in the sunshine. (An truth, he passed the heyday of youth without losing his heart, and -one coats. tp.i prodigal 'of 1is afflectigns at mhiddle age.. When gtthirty-gyeo,.g. ltlgtsel Jects'around the heart of a sIngle . and prevents Its undue expaneniyl a thousand habits of living. 0t.1 dulged notions becomes so mof mpe. diments to man's freedom o iotishad make up together a sort of a sigil~t. jacket. Yet there were times wi"r Ae Aethought - thought Aethought of bestowing on4 sel his life, his fortune, 1(4 i A. honor. But the older he greov, th inef er he Planted himsej4 proposition, come wh1t niot marry an old maidr all 6iMaro so set in their w omes. tic sort thut never stirs abroad ? But at length it was whispered In cer. tain elegant circles, reported on Wash. ington.street, and intimated at the oper, that Blinks wan in love. - At length it came out that Blinks was engaged. The lady was named Mise Emma Blooming. tort, a charming womun very besutiful, very fashionable, and very accomplished. But rumor in this cusei as in many others, hud outrun truth. Blinks was in love, but not engagd.- Still matters were very fast tending to this happy coin. summation. FPour German -musiaians achieved a serenade one moonlight eveo ning in Mount Vurpod0stieet ; and. on. other evening a very interesting tete.a tete was obered by..an opposite lady. who, having.-noover of her owir, was very Inquishve with regard jo the s,'ntl. mental affidirs of her neighr'i. e' dfy aller this tele.a ote, Mr. Blinks was shown up into an, elrgant drawing-room, and'paid his devotions tu Miss Bloomington. .,He w Gj 'mar of business, and aware that moderwmar. raigos are not made in heave, bot 'on Changei He spoke - of .s stdki, hlis investments, lii income I hined -i a prospective earripge, and sighed as he depicted his forlorn condition.L Misi Emma's smile* encouroged hini to proceed; But Blinks waset a. ia an to be beguiled by,.% pair of rosy ips diso, - looing pearly teeth, though4# ptirted by iih # gartillery ofrtare es. i, Bomhigton, said he, Iam a plaini -bluntno, :like, Mark Anthony, Idthe oaion pf yhar (titu C y' the dead bodynetiq4, wish togek yous 'Mmhs Bloomingtodmi#t#iid. et fo4 y' .o der five, hfive told yqiy I-ttWpray~ how ldare ey9#~~ njifot trust -: dr ao ho nee ok but r a nmum'Ia.an a m

and she paid up as we reaehgd it. 'But Dnly reply was a practical negative to the question. Did you ever, reader, sleigh.ride with a widow and take toll at the bridges? The Nvewspaper. 'It is a great mistake in female edu '. Lion to keep the young lady's time an attention devoted to the fashionable an polite literature of the day. Ifyou woul jualify her for conversation, you mus giv her something to talk about-giv her an oducation with the actual world and its transpiring events. Urge her t read the newspaper, and be familiar with Lhe present character and movements of our race. History is of some impor. tance ; but the past world is dead, andr we have nothing to do with it. Our thoughts and concern should be for the p resent world, to know what it is, end Improve its condition. Let theilded lady from the neighborhood of Bing. hampton in theupward train of cars, when they had- passed Cochecton and were upwards of 100 miles from Plermont, suddenly missed her umbrella. "There! I do dectare, I've left my umbrella aboard the steamboat down to Piermont," and botjtinued bewailing - her great loss till Ayers entered. . She repeated her grie. vance and sorrow to him. " Bless you, madame," said he, " Is that all 1" We man put all right in a minute. Send for It by telegraph, ma'm"-and so saying ie reached up his hand to the bell rope hat passes thrQugh all the cars, and erked it once or twice, and then went o another car, where, by a wise ar. rangemont, all articles picked up on the oat are carried along with the train. train.[ie - [ie train.[ie returned a moment afterwards with he umbrella,... 4'Lord-a-massy ?" ,ex. slaimed the old lady, in- a fever of de. light and astopishment, "1 knowed they eat letteis and newspapers by Tele. raph, hut it's the fast timo I ever heard f.sending an umiprolla "--Journal of ommerce. Working Girls. Happy girlsw. *hO a6 W loh .it th cheeks like the rose, bilgh eyesi nd elasti' ate2 hin*'he0eril thoy go Or . repetilotr for It, such Irls will make excellent wives. ips; d indeed will thosiomed be who secue udli' pries. ContxasCth . hq. I9%lng bAtrg4 adlay a 1y# to fpl, o". . l J he koar iil om ne ek0 d a signpid istg lqk~g (iothe OljIenn te go~kb ra9f . gies athe Wbp get yoi*p meettote A e tue i ~ ~9 o reIdkn et o a.pgt4 .bb'A