Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-21

oLtDEh DOWNEHI LIE:
A SEARCH APrkR HAPPISEfs.
BIT JOSEPH c. MEAL.
AstAes sf Charcoal sksseAss, -.
cosriNuEp.
The oystanders, lately 90 full OF sd. |
miration, ungraciously placed their
thumbs upon their noses and wagpled
their hngcrs. Greatness always falls
when IL meets with an upset.
what could you expect from a fellow
Who holds his elbows so, when he
drivesr was the general remark. When
we arc down every one can see the rea-
sun why. The world is always full of
sagaclty, after the event.
Snyder Dowuehylle is known by the
coiored walters at the Cottage az the
xenPiin that got spiit;' and he was SO
knocked down by the affair that he felt
nat at tae slightest allusion to il. lie
never hunted happiness la q buggy a
gain, bat went slowly home in the on
nibus, and, though il did not enable him
TO journey very rapidly, he yet contriv-
cd, while Ia il, 10 arrive at The conclu
sion, that, if fast trotters carried others
10 felicity, the mode Of travel was too
rough Tor him.
He was puzzled. What could be the
matterf lie was \ nan--a man Of cash
Inone y fnooth pockets; but yet Sly
der Downehyls was not happy. On
the contrary, striking an average, he
was, ior the most paIt, decidedly misera.
o'c- lie yawned about all the morning,
hs was not hungry in the afternoon,
ne was seldom sleepy al night. ,-vexa
tious!
There's something I want thought
blyder Downeh yile; but what it is
thats more than | can ieIl--but il il
something to to happy with. What
other people get for the purpose that
they go grinniug obout so, hang me if 1
can discover.
yder Downehylle was rather good
looking, about these rimes-not decided
~ 'aioxe,' but we'll enough; and SO. as
nature had been propicious he struck
out new line--a very popular line
The hair line. He cultivated whisker.
'fringed the base Of his countenance ;
ne sci up mouslache; he starred his
under liP with an imperial, and he bal.
anced the supcrstructure with the cIas.
cicai 'gosleen Msdusa herself never
lad moro iuxuriant curls. When Sly-
der Downehyile wanted to find himself.
he had TO beat the bushes. lie passed
hail the day with brush in mis- hand
IN adjusting his enbcliisn ments -in civ.
mg them the irresistible express;on
and the rest OF the time was consumed
In carrying them up and down ali man
her ol streets, and TO all sorts ot public
places Slyder Downehy lle was now
me envy oil the young bloods about
Town. and was rega rded as a perfect Gu
Ptcon by the ladies'. How, indeed, could
II Do othsrwisef Birnam Wood had
come 10 Ddnslnane-not a feuture was
uiscernable. Esau and Orson were
shavelings and shavers to Slyoer Down.
nyues But Notwithstanding the fact
that Sampson found strength in his hair.
Slyder was Rot so lucky. A thick aet
hedge cal not keep out enuui. tits tine
that the buffalo and the bison at the
menagerie took AIR. Slyder Downeh vile
for patriarch of the tribe, fresh from
the mead waters OF the Oregon-yet, aE
yer ALL Slyder's Spirit was nearly as
S'lo " comfort as the hairless horse
thai Questionable quadruped. II
must be confessed, however, that there
were CLEANS Of consolation attendant
upon hts bristly condition. The ser.
wants al the hotel sty led him 'rnounsheer,
--how delightful il is 10 % mistaken
for what you are not! People thought
ne talked pretty good English, consider.
IN and, best of all, the little boys ran
backwards that they might look with
wonder ut his face, while the smaller
children went screaming into the house
10 call their mammas TO sec the s(unnv
thing. But false the light on qlorvss
plume'-and il is no less false on S,ory,s
hair Even the exsilement of such a.
viaoie distlnctions as this soon wears
away, and II may be questioned whether.
barring the expenses OF soap, furry.
faced gentleman is, in .ths long run.
inucn happier, than the more sober cit.
lzen who has 80 little taste for the NC.
turesque as TO shave several timer a
week, and who is NEITHER a .foundIing
OF the forest, nor a perambulatory Mo.
SOS, Moses always among the bulrushcs
Siyder DOwnebyIle, therefore rein.
forced his whiskeTs by AN elaborate ears
IN dress. lie was padded into = n,odaI
o. symmetryj but. although the buck
rem was Jadiciously Placed, he soon as.
cef'a'ned that this was not the Kind Of !
oolsteriug he wanted. The cotton made |
him warm, but il did not maksihim hao.
Py-not qulie. 1; was snothin0 A. - |
thus,' unless one we're safely tbus
Siyder Downshylle began 10 feel ANAL
"hen ms muscular deVelopements ws,e
hung upon the bej-post. Which 90
ciyoer 10 the inain-he beneath the Gov
er, or that larger part OF him agaios,
the vall9 lie 80 tf..l r. /