Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-15

ssIated payemcn,, iuaid uith fragments OF Sar''
o.s f,rms and colors. Here bit OF p"l'ics'
there n Bit of poetry; here little law. mere q
I;,,I. hysic: here - piece OF black stone, anu
there niece of ghite." h cuts out ms speech
soa.,o r., eyery one who comee &c lie can "is
c,urse IN a farmer, of buIlocks; to merchah',
IF sh;ns. 10 A broker, of stocks; and to nue.
gentleman. OF himself. Iii. conversation, Tor
fbe most mart. consists of what Wordsworth calls
:. ne rsonai talk lie deals with men. hotpr'"'
ciples. Every flying bit OF news. every a"e.
dote, every good thing SAID by the 'ead,ns WIS
of the day, seems to come right through MS s'cp
window, and to stick to him Ike oufs" h o'y
Jacket. He knows all the engagements; inc
failures, the deaths; who pays ms taylor anu WIZ
does not; who wears false whiskers' anu ""o
real; he can tell you. in whispsr. the name "
the Young gentleman that was carried before the
Police Court for riotous conduct, and vt the lady
of .srespectable connexions who was detected
in walking out of shop in w ashinglon St, with
ward or two of lace more than she had paid Tor.
He has shrewd trick of observation, too -
! He spe cuiates sood deal on that part of the
head which lies above the nose. he sees man
character as well as his person. IN a state ~ un-
dress When man - IN an armchair MS
head thrown back, his coat %, iathered up To
] the eyes, hc is stripped Of all tnase cumbrous
folds, which a sense oil dignity. aHecta'ion, or
the duty of self defence o5ige hin to wear
about hun, in the darlv walks OF life. The bar
Der learns the way to his customers weak side.
He knows inst how much flattery each one will
bear to swallow. without making wry lace
Observe hoy that fat, old foo., now under his
hands, chuckIes with delight. as he tells hun,
he never saw man OF his age, with SO lew
grav hairs upon his head"
Talking seems to be essential to his very ex'
istence. And it is good that it is so. HIS mind,
i like his pu Sc. is a constant recipient; ooserva
tons and reflections are daily dropped into it,
and did he not deal them out rs Literally, it would
soon be ton full TO hold any mare. have often
wondered whether they talk in their sleep or not
take il, il would be quite impossible for the pro-
fession to assemble together. and act in concert,
as there would be nobody TO listen.
Notwithstanding the high respect feel for
| him, melancholy reflections will come over me a,
| think upon him lie has fallen upon evil times.
| He is sh0rn of the honOrs that were once Ills
The world is changed to him. Gone are the
DAYS of full bottoned wigs, and of head dresses
| like battlements; when no gentleman was dress
ed. without thirty guineas worth nf CURED HAIR
upon his head: aud fine ladies' would SIT up all
night in a chair. rather than derange the ecOno.
nv of the stately pile of siII9 velvet, powder,
pomatun,, lace, and tiers OF curls, with which
they sailed through the bathrooms of other days
towering FAR above their dimnuti'e beaux.
can perceive in him, sometimes, tender melan'
choiy. as if he were recalling the high estate
from which he mad falien-an expression. snch
as might ST, upon the brow Of Moorish pilgrim,
who stood gazing upon the ruined sPenao', OF
the Alhambra, where his race once dwelt IN JOY
and in power. ,
! Would rau like to be he shaved. sir? Win
great pleasure, sail /; and have no doubt my
reader will be- as glad of tine interruption tina
dispelled my day dream, as was.