Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-13
Laws and sarcasms-No. 1.

"THE STour LITTLE MAN IN SpEcTAcLBs"
Laws and sarcasms-No. 4.
PEARL STREET House, N. Y Sept. 49,
Mr.. Bennett: am plain, right ahead sort of man.
from the green of the country, and know little of
the manners of city life as Jew does Of the quality
of pork. Coming into this pantomine of creation a
few days since put up at the Pearl Street House.
with
Ten thousand all round nae,
Poor soul, all alone.
Like real Yankee could now describe about the
whole house to you; but let me begin with descrp-
ton of scene. Half past This is half an hour
before dinner. Men collect from all quarters 10 be
ready for dinner at the strike of the bell. Here
one or two old gentlemen who are much surprised at
leach sitting" TO so many. Now comes up half
dozen staggering fellows whose noise is never lost
upon the while they are in the house. They con-
gegate to tell over their discoveries and bawdy tales
the bar, laughing occasionally at the top of their
lungs. Again comes up a retiring young country
merchant who, like me, knows not show they do
things in Italy" He walks ahectedly across the
room, and while walking he knows not where put
his hands and when sitting does not know whether
TO cross his legs, hold his hat wear it, sit up strait
in his chair, lean bank In many places there are
tive talking very low and close, if plotting come
dreadful scheme Up they comc-they come-t
voices roll and swell
"Andja chaotic fill the spacious place"
Now the bell strikes, and general rush for the di-
ming hall follows. Such pulling, and snatching, and
rafting, and halloolng, and munchIEg, and crarch
ing, and spashHg, never was seen. Why, in our old
kitchen al home, where six or eight men, who cat
five pounds of beef pork, potatoes &c at meal in
hay time, and who are called swine and verify are
so, they genteel, compared with this way carniv-
erous which they have at hotel table! Here "the
animals are stirred up with long pole" as il were
and every one is standing his ground and growing
for fear Of invasion of his rights One man, if he
wants few fine buttered potatoes scrapes the dish
out upon his own. The same of plate Of warm
cakes dish of clans, and the like. Ii seems odd to
me, who have been taught ITO be helped" 10 such
thngs-hut can stand it If they can. After dinner
comes
"Four and twenty smokers all In n row,
And II Is puff, puff, pull"
Here is one.whe never smokes at home-he smokes
and he can't tell how to draw pnh-he works like
hero TO do il natural but in his overt he shews
his cars" Poor fool let hun pass. dozen or two
smoke from habit, and go squirting and putting in all
directions, and call il genteel! These are those
who
"sweIl large in front, but look behind
They dwinde to the Pgmy kind"
How various is life-what hosts are branded SUI
perhne," who are nothing but "middlngs"
lures of imitation, who futter in borrowed finery-
whose greatness is gilt and tinsel, and whose life is
little else than shadow.
Hope springs eternal from the human breast
Man never is-bu always to be best"
But, Mr.. Editor am moralizng.
Here's the Evening Herald, sings n boy hum
drcd times over. ! have bought one, and send YOU
this first effort, intending TO follow II up litte if
Yours, PLAIN COMMON Sr-sE.
FANrLYIsM.--Lady Shoreham was a woman unex
ceptionabe in conduct, character and manners as re-
CARDS sc superficial MOI alities Of life. She had been
respectful daughter reckless parents deferentia
wife husband, who valued her less than the least
valuable drawer ofhis cabinet Of medals and now
adevoted mother the three children he had bequeath-
ed 10 her anshp But there exist certain in
iauations, known by the of egosm, favoriiism
ncposu, Lady Shoreham the slave Of engoue
rcpt, which, for want Of be must be termed
familysn Till the period Of her marriage her brothers
and sisters represented in her eyes privileged
whom the whole world were to be sacrificed bui frorn
the moment OF becoming mother this idolatry was
transferred her children. She held their fngeachs
TO exceed in importance the plaques and pestlences
depopulanc a province: and whole navy might sink
unheeded that the plcasurcboat Of the young ris-
count floated in smooth water. The weakness was az
little unamiable any weakness be, that implies in
difference Yards the suiferings of mankind for she
gave up her times and thoughts the advantage Of her
offspring, aud would have considered her own misery
and that of the whole human race, unworthy 10 be
weighed against flood of from the eyes of any
member Of her beloved family Yet, "a points uncon.
neced with this besetting weakness, Lady Shoreham
was woman Of tolerablc judgment Where those
three idolizcd beings did nterere she could see
with penetrating eye, aud ever feel with kindly
heart; though where Lord Shoreham and his sisters
were concerned she became the puPpet Of her ramify
ing selfshness. This foolishness partially produced
twofod evil by rendering pleasant woman al times
a very disagreeable companion and BY misleading the
young people as TO their consequence The boy
viscount had made his appearance at Etou pulled up
with maternal imitation and the six months buffctng
and mockery, by which the mistake had been cudeeed
Of him, was sufficiently school but the poor
girls, who knew nothing of the world, either through
the microcosm OF apubic school, the magnyiug glass
OF society bad still their lesson TO learnMrs Cores
stokshW Piece,