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weir ot Mrs. Keveue's this cvcdji 

 refined taste, surely, jou display i 

 of the recipients of jour boanij." 

 By tbis time the carriage, estri 

 crowd, wos beiog rapidly whirli 

 destination, the baodsome residem 

 uosn, on Chestnut street, Kate rs 

 and smiling, while her elder 8ist< 





KATE RICHMOND'S BOUQUET; 



It was a clear, sunny day in the latter part of 

 Winter — one of those bright days which t 



returning Spring— uad thesireetoof our "Modern 

 Athena" were thronged with gaily-dressed belles 

 and fashionable exquisites. Prominent among 

 the stylish equipages pausing through Washing- 

 ton street, was an open carriage, containing four 

 ladies— the Misses Kicnuoro and their cousin, 

 Miss WAsnnt'itN. A merry and an interesting 

 group they were, wrapped in velvets and furs, 

 and decked with plumes, laces and flowers; but 

 far more attractive than their French artificials, 

 were the elegant bouquets which they all carried ; 

 for during their drive about town to show the 

 "lions" of their native city to their guest, Geobgia 

 Wasiiui us, they hud called at a favorite green- 

 house and procured these costly blossoms, in view 

 of a grand levee to which they were that evening 

 invited— for, fair and fashionable ao these ladies 

 were, they hod not as jet succeeded in attaching 

 to themselves those most desirable appendages, 

 admiring beaux, who would have furnished them 

 as a matter of course, with the coveted bouquets ; 

 but very fortunately their wealthy papa supplied 

 tbis deficiency, as far as money could do it. 



Owing to the crowd of vehicles, tbe driver found 

 it necessary to stop for a few moments near one 

 of the- crossings, and tbe youngest of the com- 

 pany, Kate Richmond, perceived a little boy 

 standing very near, and gazing wishfully at the 

 flowers iu her band. There was a sad and earnest 

 expression in his clear blue eyes, which plead 

 more eloquently than words, and obeying the 

 generous impulse of her sympathizing heart, 

 Katb reached out ber hand, sayiDg, "Here, little 

 hoy, you may have these flowers, if you would 

 like them." 



The boy looked at her with a gluace of eager 

 surprise, then exclaimed, us he grasped the 

 bouquet, "Oh! thank you, thank you!" and dis- 

 appeared quickly i„ the crowd, while Mils Km. 

 received tbe wonderiDg stare of the passers-by, 

 and the rather uncharitable comments of her 

 companions, with the unfeigned good nature 

 Which ever irradiated her face with smiles. 



The united voices of «i Rter8 Bn ,, <.„„,,„_ ,,,.. 

 nounced her proceeding a 9 absolute lolly. * Why, 

 RAW Bll HJIOHOJ I'm positively ashamed of you I" 

 Was Miss Jclia's exclamation. "Giving those 

 splendid flowers to a dirty beggar I" chimed iu 

 Miss Amelia. " Decidedly ' casting pearls before 

 oipered Miss Geougia. "I think p upa 

 will give you no more five-dollar bills to throw 

 away." "Aud what will you do for flowers to 



their cousin with a graphic 

 "oddities." 



"Sho is always patronizing some beggar or 

 other, stopping to bid the dirty street-sweepers 

 1 Gocd morniog,' or to drop some money into the 

 blind organ-grinder's cup, or help some old 

 womon pick up her oranges, which the boys have 

 upset. If she happens to stumble over a boy who 

 stands staring into a shop window, she always 

 says.'Ibeg your pardon,' or 'Excuse me,' as if 

 be were a lord of the land; and whenever the 

 children come for cold pieces, if K*te is in the 

 basement, they are called in, to be warmed and fed, 

 Ohl she will make a benevolent, philanthropic 

 old maid.'" And the sister of eigbt-and-twenty 

 looked compassionately upon tbe maiden of eight- 

 een, as t hough she regarded her doom as ineviiable. 



"But here we are at home," and the ladies 

 alighted, and, ascending tbe broad stone steps, 



We will leave them there, and follow Kate's 

 little proiege as he wends his way through narrow 

 streets aud alleys, in an opposite direction from the 

 current of fashion still sweeping down Washing- 

 ton street. He holds his bouquet with a tight 

 clasp, as if fearful of losing tbe new-found treas- 



look with wonder at the strange apparition,— 

 flowers, and such flowers, in winter!— and little 

 hands are strelcbed out eagerly, but in vain; for 



will brighten at the uu expected sight, and he must 

 show the gift, unmarred, to them. 



At length he pauses before a large tenement 

 building, where families are crowded in with but 

 little regard to comfort, and none to convenience. 

 Ascending two (lights of stairs, be enters a room, 

 which, despite the visible poverty, is scrupulously 



tasteful manner, imparting a home-like look to 

 the narrow limits. There are two women busily 

 sewing; one, with silvered hair nnd enrewon 

 brow, the other young and fair, but there is i 

 hectic flush upon her cheek, and now and then he: 

 hand is pressed involuntarily upon her sides 

 while a dry, hacking cough is echoed by a sigl 

 from her mother's lips. 



"Do lay aside your work, Anne, for a litlli 

 while, and go down stairs and see ll.utr Spiiagpe 

 She may like a little assistance from jou, for this 

 is her wedding night, you know. 



"Sure enough, mother; ond I promised to plait 

 ber hair. But there'll be time enough, by and by 



"Mother! Ak.vb! guess what I've got!" he 

 exclaimed, holding bis band behind him. " 

 ohl yon "»,so I'll show you." And 



childish delight be displayed bis floral prize, 



"Beautiful! beautiful!" exclaimed Mrs. Wi 

 and her daughter, as they examined the flo< 

 "But, Charley, where did yon get them?' 

 bis mother's inquiry. 



"Oh! a. lady gave them to me, and she bad 

 such a sweet, kind face," 



"But bow dared you ask her for tbemY" said 

 Aires; "these flowers must have cost a great deal 

 of money." 



" I didn't ait her," answered Charley ; 

 only looktd at them, nnd she gave them to i 

 I thanked her, I did, and I shall always 1 





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me more good than medicine. But we mi 

 be selfish about them," she continued, a; 

 unwound the boquet, carefully laying tbe fli 

 iu her lap; "tbis japonica, and these sprays of 

 white jasmine, will bo just tbe thing for Mahy' 



"And I," added her mother, "would like t 

 carry a few of them to poor Mrs. Bkown, whose 

 baby died last night." 



"Ob! do, mother; these white rose-buds and 

 geranium leaves will be so sweetl" 



And mother aud daughter, intent on sharing 

 their happiness with their friends, left Charley 

 to arrange tbe remaining blossoms in a large 

 tumbler, while one amended the rickety stair 

 the death-chamber, and tbe other went dowi 

 the cosy rooms of the old shoemaker, Si 

 ISi'iL.un k, on the second floor. 



Mrs. Bbowh had just completed the sad task of 

 preparing tbe lifeless form of her infant for its 

 last resting-place. Very plain was the little pioe 

 coffin; but tbe mother's tears fell upon tbe coarse 

 pillow with as much heartfelt grief as was ever 

 manifested above tbe costly rosewood and salin- 

 lincd casket, in the stately abode of tbe wealthy. 

 True, they were very poor, und tbe ' hard times' 

 made it indeed a difficult task to procure needful 

 food and decent raimeut, but what parent would 

 ever willingty resign a child for the sake of 

 abridging tbe family expenses? 



Mrs. Weston entered quietly, and plocing a 

 tiny rosebud in the waxen fingers, and laying a 

 few flowers about the little face, bent down and 

 kissed the baby brow with that reverence which 

 one cannot but feel in the presence of the dead. 

 " Bless you, -bless you I" was all that the sorrow- 

 stricken mother could say; and her husbond 

 coming in at that moment, she pointed silently 

 towards the beautiful blossoms, which were so 

 strange a sight in that dark dwelling, and be, 

 rough and uncultivated man that he was, gazed 

 at them with tear-dimmed eyes, and tbunked Mrs. 

 WbstoH iu " busky whisper. 



Meanwhile, Anne was seated in her friend s 

 little bedroom, ond Mahy knell at her feet, look 

 ing with delight ot the unexpected olTering which 

 would be so appropriate for a bride, and talking 

 in the low tone which seems ever to be the chosen 

 medium of happy thoughts. She had long been 

 betrothed to Wii.liau Mason, an honest, indus- 

 trious mechanic ; and now that her younger sister, 

 to whom she had been U a motbersince ibe death 

 of their kind parent, bad grown to woman's estate, 



she felt that she could safely leave her to take 

 care of their old father, aud she was now tc be- 

 come tbe light of another home, bumble indeed, 

 but rich in a pure lore, which gold can never buy. 

 Anne plaited the long raven tresses, ond twined 

 therein snowy blossoms ond dark green le 





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dress, went to her father's side 

 approving smile, no wonder that be gazed Upo 

 her with admiring fondness; and when the ei 

 trance of the happy bridegroom called tbe ros 

 tint to ber cheek, William might well say, wit 

 affectionate pride, "Ton never looted half s 

 pretty before, my Mary I" 



But we may not linger in that humble abod 

 nor watch the fading blossoms which for man 

 days wire so carefully treasured, and when a 

 their beauty had fled, little Charley laid asvu 

 the dry stalks and withered IcoveB as a memem 

 of "the dear, kind lady," for whose well-rcmen 

 bered foce he long looked whenever he passed 

 through the fashionable thoroughfares of the c 



Two slips of geraniums tbere were, which, 

 out in broken pitchers, grew green aud tbri 

 One stood in tbe window near which old Sii 

 SpbaOOB sat on his bench, plying bis awl and 

 waxed ends. He would pause in the midst ol 

 some psalm-tune which be was humming, to count 

 the leaves and buds on what be always called 

 " Mart's posy." The other plant was carefully 

 tended by gentle Anne Wektox for a few months, 

 when its leaves shed their fragrance within her 

 cotliu— a fitting emblem of ber sweet memory, as 

 it lingered in the heart of her mother and brother 

 but oh! far more transient was that perfume thai 

 the deep, abiding affection which enshrined tha 

 lovely girl in tbe inmost souls of those who had 

 best known and loved ber on earth. 



Thus much for the history of the bouquet. 

 us resume our acquaintance with the kind d 

 and tier fashionable friends. 



We will precede them to the stately mansii 

 Mrs. Revere, on the evening of tbe same 

 which witnessed our introduction to them. The 

 hostess was a wealthy mid beautiful widow, and 

 her only brother, Percy 1 



returned from a three years' sojourn in the old 

 world, she determined to honor the event w 

 assembly which should be tbe most elegai 

 attractive of the season. Tbe brother ond 





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roinkieg I lie tiled of tbe liglils and tbe arrange 

 ment of the furniture, and chatting merrily of tin 

 anticipated pleasures of the eveuiug. "Grant mi 

 one favor, sister mine," at length be exclaimed 

 "Anything you may atk," was ber reply ; " could 

 I deny you ought, Percy?" 



"Then allow me to ensconce myself behind 

 velvet drapery, which nearly conceals tbe bow 

 window in the library from view. I wish i 

 awhile, without being seen, and I will join you by 

 and by ;" and, bowing with mock reverence, 

 touched bis lips to the daintily-gloved band 

 Mrs. Ileveitij, and retired to his chosen retr 

 before the door-bell commenced giving its cont 

 ual summons. Mrs. Revere received her guests 

 wiih that perfect ease and affability whic 

 ever made her a favorite in ber large cir 

 acquaintance. Tho parlors were soon tbronged 

 with lively groups of fair and graceful forms, 

 clad in cosily robes of every hue. Ladies ther« 

 were who might have passed for queens, with 

 their jeweled diadems; others haughtily tossed 

 tbe flowing plumes which adorned their ha 

 and others still, with studied simplicity, wore 

 other ornament save Nature's gems — beauti 

 flowers. 



Prominent among the gay crowd were Ju: 

 uud Aubua Richmond and Geoiu.ia Washbu 

 Their silks were of the richest texture, but 

 showy to please a fastidious taste; their sil' 

 bouquet- holders contained the choicest exotics, 

 and pearls were gleaming among the daik tresse: 

 of the two sisters ; wnile their cousin had encircle* 

 the heavy bruids of herha-ir with a golden wreath 

 and tbe pinB, rings, chains and bracelets, whic! 

 they all so lavishly displayed, could not but eug 

 «est to the beholder their resemblance to i 

 jeweler's show-case. 



Aud Kate was there, too, but without a singl. 

 -ornament. II er dress of azure-hued moire-ant |qu» 

 was rich but simple, and the luxuriant waves o: 

 ber soft brown hair needed no adornment. Her 

 eisters had relented while performing their to 

 and ottered to share their (lowers with her, oi 

 ber some of their jewels; but while she thanked 

 tbem for their proffered kindness, she dec 

 availing herself of it, and seamed perfectly 

 ing to abide by the consequences of what 

 had termed her rashness und folly, while they 

 prophesied that if she went dressed in that pi; 

 uud unheard-^f manner, she would not rcceiv 

 single attention from any gentleman the wh 

 evening, " unless," suggested Miss Julia, "so 

 prim old bachelor, or fatherly widower, tal 

 pity on you, and takes you out of the corner fo 

 promenade." 



Such remark*; were too frequent from hersist 

 to moke any very deep impression on Kat 

 spirits. Never iiad she felt more happy, and her 

 blue eyes shone with an unwonted radiance as 

 glided through tbe splendid apartments at ] 

 {Lima's, There was a child-like simplicity 

 grace in ber movements which could not fail of 

 winning the admiration of all who prefer Nature 

 to Art; and Mrs. Revere was not surprised 

 boor later to hear her brother's whispered request 

 for on introduction to "that charming fairy," 

 who, he declared, bad at last lured him from his 

 secluded nook in the library. Nor did he after- 

 wards seem inclined to return thither, but through 

 tbe remainder of the evening ho hovered about 

 Kate Richmond— now talking of a favorite author, 

 or recounting some of his foreign adventures; 

 then examining a choice engraving, or looking ut 

 a costly painting; anon asking her opinion on 

 some of the leading questions of the day, ond 

 listening with pleased attention to her views, at 

 once caudidly and politely expressed; and if he 

 were culled away to greet an old acquaintance, or 

 be presented to a new one, he invafiubly sought 

 out thut modest girl, whose unaffected nature and 

 well-stored mind had a peculiar charm for him. 

 Nor could she be quite insensible to the attentions 

 of one so noble and gifted as Percy Lincoln; 



one, whom to know was but to admire and love. 

 And yel, true to herself, she received the half- 

 envious congratulations of her sisters upon what 

 they termed her "splendid conquest," with tbe 

 same gentle and unriillled spirit which had enabled 

 her to bear their reproaches so meekly. 



Need we go on to relate how, a year from that 

 memorable evening, there was a select party at 

 Mr. Richmond's, on which occasion bis elder 

 daughters, still lert to their maiden meditations, 

 appeared in their g»y dressoB and jewels, while 

 our friend Kate, again leaning upon Pibcy Lin- 

 coln's arm, wore while satin und orange bloisnms. 

 After the solemn and impressive rite had been 

 performed, and the newlywedded and trulybappy 

 husband and wife had received the congratulations 

 of their friends, Percy reminded bis lovely bride 

 of their first meeting just one year previous. 

 " But," added he. " I saw you once before, on the 

 afternoon of tbe same day, when you gave a 

 bouquet to a little boy in the street. I wus at- 

 tracted by the novel spectacle, and thought I had 

 never witnessed o more beautiful tableau than tbe 

 whole scene presented. I determined at any rate 

 to learn your name, and to ascertain from personal 

 acquaintance if that generous and unprecedented 

 deed were in keeping with your real character. I 

 ot once recognized you in my sister's house, — and 

 you know all tbe rest. Blessicgs on you, my true 

 and noble Kate I" 



Rochester, N. Y„ November, 1859. 



tOit ani> fjumor. 



THE BASHFUL MAN. 



Washington Irving at a party in England, 

 il.iy playfully asserted that the love of anne 

 lion which the Anglo-Saxon race displayed 

 every occasion, proceeded probably from 

 mouoaJM hohti, rather than its greediness. A 

 proof he cited the story of a bashful friend of 

 his, who being asked lo a dinner party, sat down 

 to the table next to tbe hostess in a great 

 of excitement, owing to his recluse life, j 

 glasses of wine mounting to his brain, completed 

 his confusion, and dissipated tbe small rci 

 of his presence of mind. Casting his eyes 

 he sow on his lap some white linen. "My 

 heavens," thought be, "that's my shirt protrud- 

 ing at my waistband." He immediately com 

 menced to tuck in the offending portion of hi; 

 dress, but the more be tucked in, the more then 

 seemed to remain. At last he made a desperate 

 effort, when a sudden crash around him, and 

 scream from the company, brought bim to b 

 senses. He had been all the time stuffing tl 

 tablecloth into bis breeches, and last time ht 

 swept everything clean off the table. Thus oi 

 beshful friend annexed a tablecloth, thinking 

 the tail of bis own shirt. 



The Sidewalk CEUETEitY.-One of our Utib 

 chusetts exchanges tells a good story of a jolly 

 fellow who, on the "Glorious Fourth," passing 

 along the streets of Springfield, in that Slate, saw 

 tbe inscription, " B. K. Bliss, Apothecary," 

 neatly chiseled on a marble slab in the centre ol 

 the sidewalk. Stepping reverently over the stone 

 he turned round, and reading slowly, "B. K. Bliss 

 Apoplexy," exclaimed, " Apoplexy — yes — well- 

 but what in creation did they bury bim under thi 

 sidewalk for?" 



A Strong Recommendation.— A peddlar wish- 

 ing to recommend his razors to the gaping crowd 

 thus addressed them —"Gentlemen, the razor* 

 I hold in my hand were made in a cave by tht 

 light of a diamond in the province of Andulusic 

 in Spain. They cut as quic^ oa thought, aud art 

 as bright as the morning star. A word or tw ( 

 more, and I am certain you will buy them. Lay 

 them under your pillow at night, aud you will 

 find yourself clean shaved in the morning." 



A Person's Feelings at Sea.— The first hour 

 that a person spends ot sea is commonly devoted 

 to admiriDg man's triumph over the deep— the 

 next in admitting that the deep is gradually 

 umphiDg over him. "Steward, where's my roe 

 I begin to feel as if I should very soon need a little 

 weak brandy, or a good deal of tin basin." 



A STRING OF LITTLE JOKERS. 



Extremes meet. Civilization end barbarism 

 come together. Savage Indians and fashionable 

 ladies point their faces. 



Torse things that never agree — two cats 

 one mouse, two wives in one bouse, and two lovers 

 after one young ludy. 



A neorc's instructions for putting on £ 

 were :— " Fust de right arm, den de lef, and den 

 gib one general conwulshuu." 



Pawn nit ok eels and hard drinkers often 

 pUJ'jtt ; wo fear that tbe former generally keep 

 them longest. 



A leading maxim with almost every poli 

 is always to keep his countenance, ond nei 

 keep his word. 



Any paper can publish the appointments after 

 the coming iu of a new administration, but what 

 paper in the world is large enough to publish half 

 the r/Mappointments? 



Onb day Jerrold was asking about the talent of 

 a young painter, when his companion declared 

 that tho youth was mediocre. "The very worst 

 an artist cun set to work with," was the 

 quiet reply. 



ook about England has just been published 

 rmany , in which the author mentions, among 

 other equally interesting fuels, that thieves are so 

 j in that country, that u reward is often 

 ottered for the discovery of one, 

 Some rude couutry critic quoting the London 

 imes' KflMrk that our Secretary of the Treasury 

 is woven " some curious lio uncial webs," remarks 

 iat they are like other Cobb-webs. We wonder 

 the critic intentionally personal ? 



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1SWEB3 TO ENIGMAS, ftc, IN No. 614. 

 wwer to Biblical Kniguia:— A soft answer inrnetli 

 iswer to Riddle :— Philadelphia. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 



Agricultural, Literary and Family Weekly, 

 Br O. O, T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. V. 



Office, Union Buildings, Opposite tho Cuurt Honse, Buffalo St. 



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