Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-12-08
our visit and the extreme suaVity Of our
guides.

Liverpool has its Geological Garden,
They are situated on the skirts of th
town, far enough of for a pleasant ride O
walk. There was to be a grand displa
Of fireworks, together with an eruptio
OF Mount Vesuvius this evening as tn
hand bills announced with their usus
flourish of large capital letters. In the al
ternoon we entered cab and rode out 4
the place. We found the entranc,
thronged with people approaching tb,
grounds. The garden is laid out yer,
prettily and the animals in their various
huts or cages, are arranged in the mos
approved manner. You enter through
rustic lodges aud proceed along graVelIeC
walks, bordered with choice flowers anc
shrubbery. Scattered about the lawns
are the allotted residences, or play grounds
Of the quadrupeds. Here are the bear.
pits containing those Interesting animals,
and stalls near by with cakes and fruits
for visitors to buy and feed them for
their especial qualification. Here are
ponds for aquatic birds and aviaries for
others, dove cotes, con tanning doves and
pigeons, cages for eagles, and dens for
wolves, sheds for the buffalo and bison,
enclosures for the deer, anteIopes, goats
and sheep 10 range in. A band Of mu-
sic in military costume were playing in
a neat pavilion. Monkeys were chatter.
ing, lions roaring, and panthers and leop-
ards screaming for the amusement of the
crowd. Some Of the juveniles were de.
vouring cakes, drinking ginger-beer and
Shrieking with delight at the tricks of
the monkeys and elephants, whilst the
elder portions of the audience we're gos.
siping over their family affairs, aided by
sundry refreshments in the eating and
drinking way. The evening was beauti-
full and the worthy denizens Of Liverpool
seemed perfectly happy for the present
and anticipating continuation oft, from
this rare joli6cation and display Of FIRE
works.
AS the time drew near for letting them
of, however, these good people began 10
grow rather fgety and uneasy, as the
weather with true English capriciousness
now looked ominous. Suddenly down
came the rain with the violence of
shower bath. Here a general rush took |
place and a scene ofconiusion and scam
pering ensued. Those who had provided |
themselves with umbrellas stood their
ground pretty well, those without, ran in
TO elephant honses, and monkey huts, or
any shelter that offered, hudded together,
men, women and children in the most
laughable attitudes and almost sliAed to
death in these artiicialIy heated apart.
ments. In the midst of all this upToar
and dismay Mount Vesuvus began TO
send forth smoke, crimson flame and
rockets, concluding with grand eruption,
10 the great satisfaction of those who
we're lucky enough 10 see it. The audi
ence generally, however, vowed it was
"amazing fne," and the vast crowd left
the grounds in very good humor 10 the
tune OF "God Save the Queen" from the
band
Shall we attempt TO sketch the scene
outside the Garden gates' The swarms
of non-descript men and women-the
"lights of other days." assembled in jun
tos--the cab-men, policemen, jarvies
and cads, amid The dense atmosphere of
Joy and tobacco smoke. The clinking
of cans and pewter pots of half-and-half,
forming an accompaniment to the street
minstrels chaunt Of "All round my hat"
II seemed q perfect gathering Of all the
clans and tribes Of Liverpool, enjoying
or on the look k.out for wind
fall ofsome kind or other, sixpence or
a pocket handkerchief These swarms of
the ''unwashed," whose wardrobes were
rather dil1pidated and forlorn, we're as
merry and as joviaI Us so many hogs in a
pond, and seemed TO be overA)wing with
gin or animal spirits. They appeared
quite in their native element, wading
through pools Of water in shower OF
rain, as comfortable as the ducks and 9TH
sr aquatic birds had just left behind me
in the Gardens. "Custom hath made 1t
property Of easiness" in them-they
were happy in their element Of fog and
smoke. The language of the swell and
fancy men and women might be heard
here-the slang and fash of low life from
these descendants Of Fitch and Jonathan
Wild. Here we're fertile subjects for the
pens ofmOden FieldingS and Smollets.
We beheld enough to 6ll moderate
sketch book with queer and grotesque
groups in the stye of Hogarh or Crulk-
shank, but we forbear to paint them no"
we reserve them for some future occa'
sion when the "fit is upon US" ana 'De
reader feels in vein tOindulgs US IN an
IIindifarent humor."