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I''*grcpriJuVck»’imotaVr(“.iOur New York Correspondence.New York, May. 1852.For t wo dn\ a past, there really linn booha considerable promise of Summer; and radishes, asparagus, white vests and horse hair bonnets indicate that warm weather is at the threshold. | strApropos of Summer wear.—The fash- no' ions are extravagantly showy. The la- ~ ’ dies’ bonnets (or hats, as they are usual- j ly called here) are small but very gay int and expensive. A genteel hat cannot be Ik had for less than $8, and really u the. 1thing’ costs not less than 81*2. Some yj, sell as high as $ .0 The most fashion- tinable are a combination of colored straw 8*r/•and horsc-hair, (much praised for its j lightness and durability )with bunches of flowers on the outside The plain straws lut are heavy, and not in favor with the habelles. fbltillMantillas are going to be very fashionable. There is a store in Broadway yi where scarcely anything else is sold, tet The y arc of silk and sat in, and of every nocolor in the rainbow. A Bloomer is a jM' ram arts now, but the anniversaries, ^ with their legions of reformers, will be flg likely to bring to town among the moreultra visitors a batch of the Trousers.Speaking of trousers, the pantaloons of the gentlemen this season, arc exceedingly ostentatious. The mammoth plaids, which lay out a gentleman’s legs in si I ua res, are still in vogue.For some weeks we suffered unspeakably from the dust, the stagc-owners having persuaded the authorities to stop the water carts, but public indignation has at length defeated the ordinance and thesprinkling has been resumed. Therewas a talk of using a very ingenious I ii»jYankee invention by which the streets!*0 can be sprinkled and swept at the same moment, but this would have lost thetalanelve\hminothtain.tliw;retoerOtoa«in•eS.11it20ieirc-ymi mcorporation the votes of 1.000 street | ta sweepers, and the machine was pronounced impracticable.The Sarah Sands. well-known as a first class steam propeller, will leave at | an noon for Liverpool. Among her passengers is llev. Mr. Lliote. a French mis-1'1sionary, who returns to his native land, for a little relaxation, after having passed several years in converting his conn-1 plt; trynien in the Western States. He was I formerly a Roman priest, and of course expects but very little favor from the French Emperor.Edwards. Sanford Co.’s European Express, connected with Adams Co., I Jj now occupy a portion of Adams Co.’s v New Orleans Brunch office. 1(J Wall St., hi• I •and by this medium you may send to,or get anything from Europe that yon want.Jenny Lind received a well-merited | vlt; tribute from Rev. Mr. Neal, of Boston? at the morning union prayer meeting in Broome st. in this city, a day or two ago. He was sjieaking of a Swedish sailor who was very active in the recent extensive revival of religion in Boston 11 is countenance and expression, he said, very closely resembled Jenny Lind, and I flt; be bad the like artless frankness and gen-1 t'« emus nature, elevated by the grace of Hod in bis heart. We put no trust in the absurd and envenomed description 1 a of Jenny’s husband, which is now going 1 the rounds of the papers. The chief• • • • I \*point in that precious morsel of calumny ^ is that Mr (iuldschmidt has renounced the Jewish faith, and become a Christian. I p As if we were the people, or this the | t country, to condemn a man for his reli-iiic«wtl(tai, itiv?e•oetieidr’egious opinions ’A few evenings ago, enjoying a ijuiet walk with an aged friend around 'Trinity churchyard. L was shown the spot where repose the earthly remains of the celebrated unfortunate. Charlotte Temple, whose melancholy history was, uiany years ago. the most popular romance ot the day A flat marble slab marks theVgrave, but the large plate of iron which bore the inscription has been removed by stealth, probably by thievish boys, and converted into small change at some • ■Id junk store *Ielittt
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Middlebury Register
Middlebury, Vermont, US
Wed, May 19, 1852
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