Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-05-21
From the Nesp- York american.
THE ORGANS OF A DINNER TABLE.

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Taurus ct Uncertain excussit ceryice securimf
+tObSupui, steteruntque conn., ct Vox faucous n1s'
wonder how any body can eat dinner.-
But this is unreasonable, Tor every body has not
dreamed as have, so let me FIRST tell my dream
then let those who read go and dine with
wha, relish they NAV. had returned home
after dining out a, friends, and was sjlting in
4 we'll stuffed rocking chair-the true patent
aiges,er, better than barrel of ThorburD's
mustard seed, when, as was altogether natural,
fell asleep. NJ: thoughts as was also quite
natural, dwelt upon the OBJECTS which had last
occupied my waking mind found myself a
gain, with renewed appetite, in the reviving
presence Of dinner table, superb'y furnished
loaded with the rarest delicacieS OF the cuina-
nv. art. All that the solid and discriminating
mind Of Kitchener OF the most elOQuen', varl-
Gus, and imaginative one of Ude, ever devised
an their most felicituus moments, was before
me, NV eyes ran over the scene With so pas
siona.e AM ardor, drawn hiiher and thin by
the Infinite variety OF meats, stews, pastr' S. aud
sauses that | was puzzled where tn b GIN
Bat what most surprised me was, thai this pro-
fusion Of luxuries, this great result o, SIKH and
taste, seemed TO be provided wholly for myself.
No other guests were present, and the meats
other dishes were just in tina, period IT their
cooked existence, which to the iniiia;sd was
trumpet.tongued in its command 10 fall 10
without the delay ofa moment. was impeli-
ed by force which neither could, n or wished
to, resis, 10 the table, and with an appetite that
seemed now, for the FIRST time, to have fouudiI
appropriate objects. seized the carving knife
u ne uuest Shr field steel, and with equal skill
and force, buried its blade deep in the brown
and oozing flesh of a most princely su loln-
bu, no yoner had il reached the heart oil the
IN at, than The most dismal shrek oil agony
rent the room that ever mortal heard. The
knife fell from my srssp--my hair Individually
bris,led-my blood stood still--my feet grew to
the door. Groans, as Of death, issued from the
Wounded beef. was prepared for any marvel;
another was in reserve. A voice came forth
from the recesses Of the ribs: scottish, sensual,
beastly man! is il thus you prove your title 10
reason and the nature OF the Gods, mui dering
and then devouring the innocent? Ofwhst has
our unhappy race been guilty, that through our
lives we should toll in slavery, and as soon as
the repose Of age begins TO draw nigh, be inhu-
manly buichered? How have YOU the heart, un-
feeling man, 10 sit down, day alter day, and
drive your knife into the flesh Of the gentle
cow, or the useful OK, and then, o. horrible,
mos, horrihle! rend it with your teeth, chew II,
suck out its bloody juices, anc roll il as sweet
morsel 10 your mouth! Think Of the suffeIiogs
which this single smoking dish implies, AM
learn compassion; hui il your Imagination can
not bring hem before you listen to NV hiso-
~, and remember that in mipe, YOU hear tina
of millions, who daily suffr and die that 20.
dine. Twas born in delightful MEADOW, wae'e
was plenty of shade, and grass, and sweet Wa
ter, and, for the FIRST year or two Of my life,
lied by the side Of my mother, in condition OF
pg;fect happiness. But this was soon at an erd.
Before my strength and size had half come 10
me. | was forced 10 labor FIR my master, with
hug hine of wood upon my neck, which
Of itself was almost as much as could bear,
and which bent my head to the ground. But
do not complain Of labor. l despise cent. !
was willing to work for my living; hu, my tasks
were always cruel aud excessive-it is so with
our whole race. We are treated with univer-
sal cruelty, was driven, and beaten, and goad
ed and tasked. by man and boy, for almost
twelve years-no, half my natural life; until my
aesh was all off my bones, one of my ey,s des-
troyed by blows, and one o! my legs incurably
famed BY the same means. How lived so long
is amusing to me. For il seemed as il every
one who came near me took pleasure in exer-
cising himself upon me with either the lash,
club or goad. The hsppiest day of my life
was the las, which passed in my masters keep
ing He had got into furious passion with
me, and with as little reason as usual, and III
his fury he belabored my head Till he demol>
ished my right eye. could contain myself no
longer but rushed upon him in my wrath and
had the unspeakable satisfaction, yoked as |
was, to reach him with my horns, one of them
pierced his clothes and brought him TO the
ground. lie shrieked for help, but no help
came. My hour was come. reared him aloft
and dashed him again upon the earth. rails
ed nv head as he attempted to rise, and goared
him through and through and rrampled upon
him, till he would have been dead, had he had
nine lives. In the horror oecosioned BY this in
the family escaped punishment and was new,
" sold as dangerous animal TO droser. My
lif- was nov easy and luxurious; was highly
fed, add well sheltered.
But alas little thought to what 1t was all
lesding--uor did know what the event vas
70 be all was one day led 10 the barn door,
where saw, . heart rending sight. my own