Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-03-25

is n' INTENDED IOs 4 useful man. but a gentleman
D. The schools were abandoned. or only attended O
l. OCCASIONALLY as a matter Of form; his chief occup;
r tons were dressing, Longing in Chestnut stree
playing billiards, and going to the theatre; and
studies were confined to newspapers, pa ybills, b.
e ron's poems, and Miss Fanny Wnghts phlosoph,
n Thus he grew in years and in gentlty, and at tn
: age Of twenty one, was thoroughly convinced tina
the highest dignity Of man, consisted in bei ng fas
onaby clad, and the highest enjoyments Of life i
spending money. About this time the elder MI
4 Gossamcr, having snapped the thread of life wa
gathered to his fathers, leaving his remnant GU
hero.
81 The proPitous hour was now arrived, when on
hero was TO reap the harvest he had long antci
Pated, and for which his father had toled through
halt CENTURY. lie was now lord Of himself ans
master OF an ample fortune, and he expected forth
with to take his station among the As, an6
the BIS, and the C-s, who were con
, sidered as tp-toe people. But the As anc
the B., and the Go, had never heard
Of him, and to Jemmy's perfect establishment, his
fathers death neither incre sed hi, dignity, nor en-
iarged she circle ofhs acquaintance. He tried t.
force bis way into that society in which he lOnged
to move, but was repuscd with the gentle .,int tina
he was not considered gentleman! Highly in
disnant at what he considered unmerted asper-
sion upon his birth and breeding he resolved up
on ihe usual experiment in such cases-that of
purchasing by dint Of wealth, admissions into those
circles from which he excluded by his man
ncrs and education. He determined to marry, and
set up fine establishment. Blu: alas! what vari-
ed disippointmcnts lie wait for the asprants af-
ter worldly honors! One lady refused hum be-
cause he was fop; another because he litter
ate and vulgar; third, sneeringy offered him the
ninth part of her heart, and all agreed that he was
not gentleman. mot a genleman!'' exclaimed
Jenny, 'thats good one! I'm not a practical
man, nor mechanic, nor operative, nor one Of
those useful men that they make such fuss about
Ill. L
tor, nor a lawyer-of course, | must tie a gentle
man, have plenty Of money, and nothing to do !;
and talk, and dress well any. | must be
something. and l don't know what can be, unless
am GENTLEMAN!' He applied to friend for
advice to the best method Of asscr,ing his gen.
ti'ity.
'.Wri.c a book" said his friend, ''authorsh ip has
got to be very Scnteel calling"
IL can't 60 that-my genius don't lie that way"
My dear fellow, that is mistake; it requires
no genius 10 make book, as books made.
II only requires industry, a steady hand, and a
sharp pair of SCISSORS
"That miy be very true" replied our hero, "but
industry is not gentleman; and as for pair of
scissors. am surprised that you would mention so
vulgar instrument; / abominate the very name.'
"Oh! beg pardon; well, there is another plan:
suppose YOU fight duel.''
'Dont mention it, my dear fellow. have no
nerves for thar. Besides, ] might be killed, and
! q
.unn,ndsoinc corpse" 10 can't go that"
'.YOu must travel, then"
sTrIycl! eh! whereof
"Any where you please; to the West, for in
s.ance..'
..Wes,! what, cut Chestnut street? owe, Schuyl-
kl?'
"Aye, over Schuylkill and Susquehannat, over
the Onio and Mississippi"
sWell. Ike that! greed! will you got Come,
let's be off; l wan, to be back by Monday, to Coo
pcr's benefit"
His friend walked off laughing our hero was not
to be banked in his newly ned ambition, and
having made up his mind to travel West, and learn
ed that he could not possibly 'be back by Mon
dav - he very considerably determined to wait
until after that day. Having made all the Deces-
sary inquiries and preparations, he resolutey took
his seat in the stage, and commenced his journey.
Had it been a dozen years ago, he would have
found few turnpikes, and those wretchedly bad;
for nobody had vet found out that it unlawful
20 make them. Every rock IN the Allegheny
ridge might have been broke TO atoms, and eve
~ prominent feature IN the face Of the country
ampuia,ed, without the slightest INJURY to the
Constitution. indeed most people would have
thought it wholesome operation. Be that it
NAV. the roads were not made, nor, until very re-
Gently. did any body seem to care about them
The politicians, after all, the men to do bust
ness; they are the ''great mag ians who set eve
nv thin. going. No sooner did they take the
matter up, than not only all the land and the riv
ers, bu. even public sentiment was McAdamized;
and while one side denounced turnpikes as the
roads to national ruin, and another cxtol!ed the
making Of them the greatest Of virtues, the peo-
pie proceeded vehemeniy to that proof Of the pud-
ing. which the good old maxim pronounces the
best Notwithstanding all this, hero soon
discovered, that even in these days of improve
mer, a journey from the Atlantic to the western
country is an adventure of no small magnitude |
As there is ever something in the way, to retard
our most innocent undertakings, 50 here are piles
Of bid.ous mountains heafed one upon another,
until Tic hishes, not only nerceps the poor earth
ly traveller, but forces even the clouds, as they
roll through the air, to turn aside, or to crawl
heavily up the mountain to its summit. There isl