Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-12

MISCELLANEOUS.
from Me Sonise-a Literary .MesseHgcr.)
LION-IZlNG. a TALE.-BY EDGAR A. Pc
= "H PcoliS MhiN.
Upon their ten toes in wild wondcuncnt.

neither the author Of Junius, the in the mask
for my name is Thomas Smith, and | born some
where in the city OF FumFudge The first action of my
lite was the taking hold of my with both hands,
My mother saw this and called genius My IA
Their wept for 10Y, and bought treatise Nosology.
Before l breechcd l had not only mastered the
treatise, but had collected into common-p place book
a that said the subject, by Pliny, Aristotle Alex
ander Ross Minutius Felix, Hermanus Pctorius, Del
Rio, villaret, Bartholnus, and Sir Thomas Browne.
now began to. feel my way in the science, and soon
came to understand, that provided man had
sufficiently big, he might, by merely following it, ar
rive at Lionship. But my attention was not confined
10 theories alone. Every morning took dram two,
and gave my proboscis couple OF pulls When came
of age my father sent for me to his study.
My son'-said he-what is the chief end ofyour
istence:
Father said-'t is the study of Nosology.'
And what, Thomas -he continucd-.is NosologyH
Sri replied-'itis the Science of Noses
And can you tell mc--he asked-'what is the mean
ing ofa nose?
A nose my fathcr-sad I--' has been variously de-
fined, by about thousand different authors. 1t is
noon, Whereabouts. We shall therefore have time
enough to get though with them all by midnight. To
commence The nose according Bartlolinus, that
protuberance, that bump, that excrescence, that -.
That will do Thomas'-said my father | pc.
stivey thundcrstTuck at the extent OF your Information
am upon my soul Come here (and he took me by
the arm) Your education may be considered finish
ed and il high time you should scuG!e for YOURSELF
so-so-so (here he kicked me down stairs and out OF
the door) get out of my house, aud God bless you
As felt within me the divine GBlaiuS considered this
accident rather fortunate than otherwise and determined
to follow my So gave it pull or two, and wrote
pamphlet on Nosology All Fum-Fudge was in an
uproar.
: Wonderful genius said the Quarterly.
Superb Psychologist said The New Monthly.
Fine writer said the Edinburgh.
Great man said Blackwood.
UhO can he be ?-said Mrs. Bas Beu.
Uhatc he be ?--said big Miss Bias Bleu.
iErs can A he Re Iaad litile Miss Bas Blsa
into the shop of an artist
The Duchess Bless soul was sitting for her por-
trait The Marchioness of So.and.so holding the
Duchesss poodle The Earl of This-and-that hrt-
ing with her salts, and His Royal ighness of Touch
me-not standing behind the chair merely walked
towards the artist, and held up my proboscis
beautiful !'-sighed the Duchess of Bless-my soul.
@ pretty !'-lisped the MaTchioness of so-and-so.
Accountable "-growled his Highness of Touch-me.
What will you take for it said the artist
A thousand pounds said l. sitting down
A thousand pounds he inquired, turning the
TO the light.
Beautiful said he, looking at the nose
thousand pounds said J. twisting it to one side.
Admirable said he.
A thousand pounds'-said T.
You shall have them ~ said hc-'what piece of
Virtue. So he paid nc te money, and made sketch
of my nose took rooms in Jermyn street. sent his
Majesty the ninety edition of the Nosology with
portrait the author and his Royal Highness Of Touch
@slGo. ,n-ssia IS5s sAS s. c1-,-I.,
There Grand Turk from Stamboul He said
that the angels horses, cocks, and busthat
and seventy thousand tongues-and that the earth
held up by skyblue COW, with four hundred horns.
There Sir Positive Paradox. lie said that all fools
were philosophers, and all philosophers were fools
There a writer Ethics He talked Of Fire,
Unity, and Atoms Bi-part, and Pre-cxisent soul
Affinity and Discord-Prmitise Intelligence and flo
moomera.
There was Thcologos Theology. He talked of Eu
sebius and Arianus-lIeresy and the Council Of Nice
Consubsantalism, HomOusiOs, and Homouioisios.
There was Fricassee from the Rocher de Cancae.-
lie mentioned Latour, NIarkbrunncn and Mareschno-
Nutrition Of red tongue, and Caulihowcrs with Ycloute
sauce-veal a liz st. Menehout Marinadc la ST Flo
rentin, and orange jcllles mOSdiqutS.
There was Signor 1intontintno from Florence. lie
spoke of Cimabue Arpno, Carpaccio, and Argostno-
the gloom Of Carayaggio-the amenity Of Albano--the
golden gories Of Iitianhe of Rubens, and the
waggcries of Jan Sccn.
There the great Gcoigist Fczpar. lie talked
of Hornblende Mica. slate, Quartz, schist, schor and
Pudding stone.
There was the President of the Fum.Fudge Uniycr-
sity. He said that the moon was called Bends in
Thrace Bubastis in Egypt. Dian in Rome, and Arems
in Greece.
There was Delpinus Polyglott He told us what had
become Of the eighty three lost tragedies of Eschyus
Of the fy-four oraons of Isnus-ofhe three hundred
and nineiy-one speeches of Lysias--of the hundred
and eighty treatises Of Thcophrastusof the eighth
book Of the Comic Sections Of Apollonius-of Pndars
Hymns and Dythyrambcs and the five and forty Trage-
dies Of Homer Junior
There was modern Platonist He quoted Porphyry,
lamblichus, Plonus, Procos, Hierocles, Maximus 1y
RUS, and Syrianus.
There was human percchbilily man. lie quoted
Turgot Price, Pdesty, Condorcct, De Sacl, and the
Ambitious STUDENT in rotler i'll health.
Browne, and thc Silence Of Noses.
Marvellous clever man i'-said his Ilighness
Superb - said the guests: and the next morning her
Grace of Blcss-my soul paid me a visit.
VIII You 20 10 Aimacks pretty crenture she said.
Certainly said !. Nose and all ''-shc asked.
Positively replied.
Here then is a card she sad-' shall say you will
be ihere
Dear Duchess with all my heart
Phaw no but with all your nose
Every bit Of IT, my hie'-said ]. So gave il pull
two, and found mysclfat Almacks. The rooms were
crowded 10 suiiocatiOn.
lie is coming --said somebody in The staircase.
lie is coming said some person farther up.
lie is coming said some person farther still
lie is come i--said the Duchess lac IL come the
little love And she caught me by both hands, and
looked me in the
Ab ioi said Madcmoisclle Pas Scu
Dios guadn l'--said Don Siileto
Davolo said Count CaprcoInuto.
Thousand 1cuici sold Baron BludenuR
1wecdc sdee-twccdlc. dec--twcedle dun said the
/, orchestra.
hh ioli i-Dos guarda l-DagolD and thousand
ToufeH repeated Madcnoiscllc Prs Scul Don Stileuo
Count CayncCrn0to, and Baron BiudenuG Ii was too
bnd--it was not 70 BE- borne. grew angry.
Sri'-ssid TO the Bacon you q babo0n
'Sirr--replied he sfier parsc--' Donder and
Bitten