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           InNewBedford,fathers,theysay,givewhalesfordowerstotheirdaughters,andportionofftheirnieceswithafewporpoisesa-piece.YoumustgotoNewBedfordtoseeabrilliantwedding;for,theysay,theyhavereservoirsofoilineveryhouse,andeverynightrecklesslyburntheirlengthsinspermaceticandles.

           Insummertime,thetownissweettosee;fulloffinemapleslongavenuesofgreenandgold.AndinAugust,highinair,thebeautifulandbountifulhorse-chestnuts,candelabra-wise,profferthepasser-bytheirtaperinguprightconesofcongregatedblossoms.Soomnipotentisart;whichinmanyadistrictofNewBedfordhassuperinducedbrightterracesotflowersuponthebarrenrefuserocksthrownasideatcreation’sfinalday.

           AndthewomenofNewBedford,theybloomliketheirownredroses.Butrosesonlybloominsummer;whereasthefinecarnationoftheircheeksisperennialassunlightintheseventhheavens.Elsewherematchthatbloomoftheirs,yecannot,saveinSalem,wheretheytellmetheyounggirlsbreathesuchmusk,theirsailorsweetheartssmellthemmilesoffshore,asthoughtheyweredrawingnightheodorousMoluccasinsteadofthePuritanicsands.

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