Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-07-22
July 81 lS4l
40 Judgment! thou art fed to british beasts,
And men have lost their reason =

! And men have lost their reason =
How much Judgment there is in being hum
bugged with ones eyes wide open, we submit to
the decision of those who like it, and pay their
money with willing grace that it may be thick
iy laid on. For our own part, there - so much
moonshine prevalent in this enlightened age, and
large mass of mankind swallow it with much
zest, that we feel a total Indifference TO who
''buys the horse, so long as we ourselves do not
get whistled at for having made very foolish
purchase.
But few years ago we did hope for better
state of things-and confess that our hopes were
| not little aattered by the organization of nu-
merous associations in every section of the coun-
try, for the diffusion of useful kHowledge,-
knowledge which then seemed needful, as now,
to all classes of society, because of its practical
bearing upon the various relations of life, and
particularly as means of lnstructing people to
regard nonsense and jack o lanthorn anusements
as objects too low and degraded, to meet with the
least favor among intelligent and rejecting minds.
The day, however, for learning people any thing
really beneficial, has, from present indications,
passed -humbuggery is the only thing now
above par, and indeed we may say, the only
thing fashionable 1t is now only necessary for a
man who is too lazy to labor, and too full of the
crafts of the devil to be servlceable in the COM
munity, to set himself about lecturing upon some
stupid nonsense, or propagatlng some gingerbread
| speculations which he himself nor any else
! understands, or can possibly know any thing
about-somethng marvellous, which has been
dug out from tother side of the Moon, and he is at
once hailed by popular acclaaaiion as one of the
! shining lights of the 10Th century. Animal mag
| netisn, jugglery, fortune telling, shakerism,
| hand organ grinding, and quackery of every de-
scription, now have their respective Professors,
| lecturers, converts and admirers and one would
suppose by the notwithstanding interest manifest
ed upon each of these SUBJECTS that the people of
| the present generation find no other employ
| ment than to crowd our public halls for the pnr-
pose of listening to some catch-penny nonsense,
or the qualification of condition of mind, ar-
proxmatng, in our humble estimation, 4 state Of
total depravty.
1.-THE motions of Bostonians favorabiy in
cline them 70 extend the right hand Of fellow
ship to all the nondrseripts and moantebanks
who may disgrace that city as Professors and lee
turers upon animal magnetism, shakersm and
ten thousand other isms that smack strongly Of
humbugsm-let them enjoy it to their heart 5
content and the sober minded and rejecting
will see u,ho makes ihc most Of ii. But let not the
intelligent and highmnded people of the coun-
try be gulled by any such nonsense-even though
Bostonans and the city press should back these
mendicant, housekeeping nuisanccs, with the
highest praises and recommendations Of char
acter
The occurrence in this town on "Wednesday
evening last is a caution to our people in this re-
spect and although the SMALL re-
CARDS the amount feeced from each individual,
vet in gross amount, it may fairly be considered
that fifty TO seyenty-fve dollars, " Bentonian cur
rency," is paying pretty Gear for one humbug.-
How many thoughtless persons who witnessed
the i" raree show on the evening alluded to, do
not now feel exceedingly mortified for giving
countenance, by their presence, to the scenes
there enacted How many profited in morals or
religion by the " shakings" of the 6 shaker,
whose astounding exposure Of the secret opinions
and doings of large society of virtuous citizens,
proved, if we are rightly informed, to be $40
great shakes, after all.
| We are aware that it is none of our business
who dances and pays the piper. Nevertheless,
as conductors of a public journal, it behooyes us
TO speak, when we discover .quicksapds upon
which the public morals are in danger of being
wrecked In this respect we shall fearlessly do
our duty-openly and above board, we shall en-
deavor to warn the youthful, thoughtless and UNI
wary, against the crafty Vaccinations of the dis
solute and contemplate scullions ofhumbuggery
and moonshine 70 such then we say, look well
about you and probe every thing to the very core,
ere you look upon it with an eye of favor Sub
Ject every thing with which yon are liable to be a
party interested, to a wel-regulated balance
and if not found WANT you may safely give il
the hand of trustworthy confidence. In this
way, you will oftentimes save yourselves the NOR
tifying reflection a few hours afterwards, of hav-
ing paid too dearly for the WHISTLE as well as
being the laughng-stock of friends on the score
of your exceeding susceptibility of being gulled
Here endeth our lesson.
Appointing nts by the President,
/ IL. nd af Ibo Go0n