Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-05
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ., 1880.
No. V.

gcther." Lit. 5 Eo|.
No. Y.--TuEsDAY, NOVEMBER ., 1880.
"But o! the important budget! ushered in
with such heart shaking music; WHO can say
What are Us tlingsi" Corper's Task.
We were all very much surprised the other eve
ming, when. after light tap at the door OF my room
where we were quietly sitting, a fr1zZly-hcaded
urchin peercd his head IN. exclaimins-"Mr.
Venue, here is a bundle for you from the Post
of6ce."-Throwins it on the table. and slapping
the door after him, he moved Oft, without giving
me time to ask hun any questions. Opening the
budget, | found several letters directed to the
..Gentlemen writer's for the Hotchpot;' and after
examinations, my friends Negation and Traverse
agreed. with me, that we could not DO better than
serue them up for the public In our next mum,
Der. We give some of them without m
M Dear Nirs-I have read your numbers Of
the Hotchpot with much satisfaction. | hope you
will do your parts we'll. But, pray sirs, do
not meddle with the ladies.-They are forbidden
subjects and dangerous 10 handle. Shun the er-
rors of your predecessors, and wink at our fail
iuss, or excuse our imperfections. Besides the
impOliteness of holding up our little 'oibles to
the gaze OF the public, there Is a manifest impu-
dence in saving one word about US, unless YOU
write IN admire our Beauty or praise cur discre-
ton. Mr.. Venues paper on Fashion, Is a very
dubious one. Did he mean to indulge in light
irony, or did he ''palter with US in a double
sense?" hope he will be more eyplicitin future.
| give YOU these hints for your own saSes. We
could frown you into insigniicance in a moment,
were YOU to offend us;-please US, and we smile
YOU into favor. 1t is useless tor you to deny it
zee are the sovercigns of creation. and direct your
movements just as we choose. VIII you, of all
men. be FESTIVE under Uur authority. and bGcntne
.ebeli;e-ys L trUPU not. fray Consiuet VII "'"'
7 have written, and remember that | am your
friend, only as You behave,
PRISCILLA FLIRT.
p. s. | did intend not to put a postscript to
this note-but do it, only to tell you that there
is a young lady Of my acquaintance, who would
make u very excellent character TO figure IN your
papers, and | hope shortly to see her there.
p. F.
GeofIeme,-I am horribly afflicted with the
dysncpsy, or some other dire disease. The other
morning, reading the paper (as is my CUSTOM
,,b,le I took nv coffee, | ran over the essay OF
Neyius Negation, and was surprised to lind a
wonderful increase Of appetite after ITS perusal.
| sent for LAMBS Ella, and read ms dissertation
AN Roast Pig.-Ny appetite increased walk
al TO the window.jGst then a countrymar came
NV. with a delicious looking sucking, white as
snow aud as pluWp as a partridge. Without
more ado. | bought him. Until dinner u1ie J
xas all anxiety and restlessness. The hands Of
rho clock seemed to move slower than USUAL
The ;mportant hour arrived at length. and the
h,rhacned beauty. rampant in the dish and reek-
;ng with sayery stcams. was set before me. |
iii not eat-I devoured. Meat. gravy and stuff
inn-all went down together IN a delectabic
.s6otchpot." Satiated and satisfied, at last de-
sisted. Bat O.. the ~tor,nents have since sui
fered. Indigestion, with all its train OF ct oete-
ras, has been vexing me-The blue devils have
assailed me-And still | am laboring under the
mains of rcple;ion.-Twenty times have | cursed
Roast Pr. Gentlemen, | write III bitterness OF
spirit. and ascribe my slcknessto Mr.. NeSatlon.
Your suffering reader,
Dear Sirs-The philosophic Mr.. Traverse, in
the Hotchpot, has advised us to ''study Human
Nature" For near thirty years have | been try
inc to do so: but | find it the most difficult study
| ever attempted. l have followed his advice in
many respects, but am yet a perfect tyro. L
like, however, the reasoning OF MIR. Traverse,
and hope his suggestions may do much good.
do not know that it is allowable for a stran-
GER to propose subjects for your Club: but would
be obliged if either of you would state your OPT
Mons as to the probable amount of Human Ma
ture' in the world-for. according tn nv notions,
there is not much extant. There is a great deal
of fummerv. and stuff, but very little human
nature. Our young men. especially, have divest-
ed themselves considerably of this quality. l
throw out the hint, and remain
Yours, respectfully, JOHN STILES.
For fear, however. of firing our readers, | de-
sist for the present from transcriblng any more
Of the notes which formed the budget upon INV
table. The three given above will suffice to
show that they were different in their styles. and
written on various subjects. The first rainyday,
when | have leisure and a good coal fire, l will
amuse myself bv copying the whole of them
for which the public, no dosbt. will be extremely
obliged to NlNCENI 'ENoE