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A young woman is rewarded for her filial obedience with the love and respect of her family and community, and the hand of the young she loves.

The narrator describes how the Sabbath is observed by the descendants of the Puritans in a typical New-England village.

The narrator, a self-described "old married man," compares and contrasts the entertainment offered in a single evening by a range of New Yorkers of different classes and ages.