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wanted or asked for, was to be had. Suspended
from the ceiling, were tin buckets, hosiery,
baskets,
stage whip and horns, and numerous other trifles.
The person who waited on us, was more than civil,
and finding what we wanted, we came away much
satisfied.
In the porch were a pair of scales, w^here we
found a young lady aflfecting the delicate and interesting,
quite shocked to find that she weighed a
hundred pounds. What must have been her contempt
for me, who weigh one hundred and twentythree?
however, I am told a young lady may w^eigh
126 without exceeding the allowed compliment of
em hon point beauty.
After
dinner, we heard some delightful music at
the ball room, both vocal and instrumental, from
Mrs. and her sister Miss ; it was so
attractive, that we remained there for
some hours.
Wednesdmj, .
We wei'e invited to a lunch at the Colonnade this
morning. We met there a very agreeable company
of some dozen ladies and gentlemen ; the refreshments
w^ere fine, and with much wit and good humour,
the two hours went off' very pleasantly. The
ball in the evening was quite gay; the order of the
dance is two cotillions, then^a waltz, the Spanish
dance, or Virginia reel, being generally the finale