Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-02-10

u % tue state Ut being civilized
the state Of being refined in aanner~.''
What then II vsfnsmeasS "a mic,
observation Of the eiriiiiies of social
iile, says he. and thus the seeker
OF the definition vibrates like tn prr.-
daiuin Of clock between the Two
words. learning only that civilixstic,.
Is refinement, and that re6aen,ent l..
civilization.
Let " be permitted TO define a III.
tie. Civilized people are those whose
manners and customs are like our own.
IN whatever country we may happe,
to be born,--aBd 6orbari0ns are tho.,
whose manners and customs are di.
ferent frOm ours. Here, for iustanc n
civilized man il one Who wears breecl
e., boots, . shirt, coat. aud hat who
eats with knife sDd forh, and drink .
coffee or tea with has breakfast. Pa.
to the banks Of the Arkansas, and a. C.
wigwams If the West, and there tn,
man Is civilized who wears blanket.
drinks water, (rwn is the oif. pring oil
civilization,) and sleeps on the ground.
There the ciuiized lady bores holes ia
her nose, aud suspeuds her ornaments 10
that very respectable organ-here the
rehued lady bores holes in her ears
for similar purpose. JYhaf 10 there,
abstractly. more civilized in the ear.
than in the nosc. Yet we laugh at
the squaw in her blanket and with her
nasal ornaments, and call her a sa-
wage!
Hgaia-Mr. Brown comes down
from Bufaio and meets his old friend
Mr.. Smith, in broadway. Their r,y,.t
hands instantly meet. and a violent
shaking ensaes. What are those
men fighting about" says the dark
son Of tropical Africa, 10 his white
friend. Fighting! pooh! They are
old friends that have not met for q
long tune, and they are expressing their
good will towards each other, by shak
ing hands. "What barbarians! why
in my country, when two trends meet,
they rub their noses together. -
What savsges." says tile white mar.
The cercmonious Mr.. Fitzgerald
meets the courtly Mr.. Clarence, and
each raises his beaver. "What does
that mean {" says lisssan Oelou.--
We are saluting each other," is tie
reply. Whata ridiculous CUSTOM
says Hassan, "in my country we 81
lutte by ciapping both hands on the fore
head, and making a low salaam."--
/" What barbarians, exelaims the Con.
goese, Tin nay land, whenever two
gentlemen meet. they snap the thualb
and fore finger at each other. How
ladierous!" says the white mau.--
Spirit of common sense! will thou
dci;n TO tell as whether the manners
and customs Of any one Of the thi &c
arc more ridiculous than those Of the
others.
The Persian pulls his meat to pic.
ces with his fingers, and eats horse
hesh. Shocking" SAYS the New
Yorker, as he sets down to game
dinner, to dish If bcaf's meaL-
The Indian cooks hiss rattle snake sauel.
to the horror Of brother Jonathan ~ho
breakfasts on stewed cells. The Abys.
sinian cuts a steak from his COW. sews
the skin over the wound, and let's the
animal go about her business, till q
mother 6t Of hunger leads him TO cut a.
nother slice. 6 The uDfesling wretch!v
cries the European bute her, rs he sticks
9 pig in the throat, and looks compia-
Gently on the expiring gruntee. 'i'he
Moorish lady stains her hair and the
ends Of her fingers with saffron. "Dear
me, how stranse!,' says lady Barha-
"a Belle, and away she goes to her
toilette. 20 rouge FOR the evening ball.
Tho Chiuese woman congresses her
feet to the length Of paper oG tebae-
co. The fair peripaieiic Of Broad gay
laughs 1t the absurd custom, and
screws her waist tn the Dimensions Of
Spanish cigar. The Turk goes Ia,
market and buys = hail dSzea wives.
- The brutep7 exelaims the civilized
beauty II fsshionsble life. and narries
the richest saitos that she can 6Bd.
Nov them, have We not satlsGaeto-.
riiy proved. that eiUifizefioa consists
IN our wsy Of doing thisgs--and that
barbaFism consists 10 other peoples
way ~ doing thing,l Let sOamon
sense sBswer.--I ". y Handevd.
!
Esbrusry. III zoe are "a At this sea
sen, there - no oeeasion 20 send for
the doctes--enly sfop saiiag. Indeed,
upon general principles. L seems 60
me 20 be . mistaks fes people, every
tine there y sny little thing she mai
ter eth then, te be raRning IN susli
haste fsr ~lhe doeioT.' beeaass, IL yen
are goiag ~ de, doctor can't belp
zee and " yoa are not, thsre is ho
oeeAsien fov him. llfenfhly Meg.
I levs 10 be surrounded ~ Iet of
idieTa when ! am ia q harry, Il leagss