Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-07
ISLAND OF GUERNSEY.
LudJcrous Description Of its. Arisiocracy

Guernsey is the very model of an island arts
tocratical as we are in England, they beat US
hollow in this particular. There are three.class-
es in Guernsey-ihe Sixties, the Forlies, and
the people Of no account, or the noughts, il one
must d escribe them at all. The Sixties are the
original settlers, the nobility as it were, the an
cient families, and like the great people in most
places, they are for the most part the most mar.
| row minded and stupid, the worst educated, and
the least prosperous persons in the island. The
Foriies come next, they are the people OF yes.
,erday, the Terra 6Iii, and among them may be
found the most wealthy and the most enterprls'
ing persons in the island. But the Sixties will
not associate with them. Many Of the Forties,
the children Of rich men, receive the best edu-
cation in England, and are received in the best
English society; but when they return 10 Guern-
sew they are refused admission into the assembly
rooms, and cut up by the LiIliputian Arisocra'
CIV as an inferior cast. ! now come to the dis
tinciions. It is the proud distinction oil The
Sixties to be entitled 10 carry two candles in The
lanterns, by which they see their way through
their filthy streets and narrow lanes al night
The Forties are permitted to carry but one can
die in their lanterns; but as TOR the 'zeroes, or
npbodies, l do not know whether they are priv.
lodged to carry a light or not,-they may be
permitted farthing rush-lights, but | can speak
with no certainty on this head. Certainly, on
the night Of a drum, Ca Guernsey party Of
very handrum character, so Called il is a great
and glorious thing, to see the beacons Of wor'
shipful pedestrians blazing, the enslgns oil an
eient race shining about The streets and alleys,
not flashing and fitting at the rapid undignlhsd
rate of lamps borne by a railing l,ondon car
riage, but proceeding at the staid, decorou'
pace OF a maid of all work, in red cloak, mar
shalling her sixty, master or mistress, the way
that he or she should deign % go. These Ian
terms are the armoriaI bearings Of Guernsey no.
billy The dual light Of their moulds is their
proud blazonry The contrast is very striking
indeed between the high bearing Of a lantern
with two candles, ard the humble 60 by the
ground carriage Of one with a solitary mouId,
and if it were not for seeing the Sixties in the
day time shorn of their tallowy beams, one
would conceive a high respect for them frornthe
exclusive plurality Of their lights. Blu. look al
them in broad day; cut them off from their ian'
terms and they are poor benighted creatures;
they are as bright as glow-worms by night, ont
very maggots by day. The Sixties are for the
most part poor creatures, but their lanterns arc
Of a goodly biguess, and the two candles therein
are proportional to their roomy receptacles-
The Forties, though restricted 10 one lISh'
though groaning under the tyranny OF Sky as.
tendency, and declared incapable OF holding
two candles in one lantern, are allowed to go +"
any reasonable size in their lanterns, and ! 20
not observe that they differ in magnitude rom
those Of the Sixties. Indeed, it is a poin'o'
prudence with the Forties not to attempt 20 ~,
grandize their lantern, for such an ambition
would but render the inyidions unity Of the eau
die the more glazing. Londo" Maga-"'
knowledge produces mildness OF speee~
-mildness, a good character; a good charaSG'
wealth; wealth, if virtuoas actions attehu !"
happiness.
Extra Bagg0ge.-A Frenchman, wishing ~
take stage for Buffalo, was asked by the drs~!
if he had any extra baggage. Extra p.s
gage!!-What you call dat? l have no osS
gage but my tree trunks, five dogs, ana
black girl. TN peper.