Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-09-08

The ENGLISH ARIsTocRAcY.-A high class,
without duties to do. is like tree planted on
precipice from the roots of which all the
world has been crumbIing. Nature owns no
man who is not a martyr wi,hal. Is there
man who pre,ends TO live ENORMOUSLY housed
up screened from all want, danger, hardship.
work !; he kimsstr . G"; sls serene, amid down
holsters and appliances, and have all his
work and battling done by other men? And
such man calls himself noble man! His
fathers worked for him, he says; or success.
fully gambled for him; here he sits; profess
es, not in sorrow but in pride, that he and his
have done no work. time oui OF mind. 1t is
the law of the land, and is thought to be the
law of the Universe, that he alone Of the re-
corded men, should have no task laid on him,
except that Of eating his cooked victuals, and
not finging himself out Of the window. Once
more will say, there was no stranger specta-
Gle ever shown under this sun. A veritable
fact in our England Of the nineteeth century.
His victuaIs he does eat !; but as for keeping
inside of the window-have not his friends,
like me, enough to do! Truly, looking al
the Coru-laws. Game.laws, Chandos Clauses,
Bribery Elections and much else, do shndder
over the tumbling aud plunging he makes,
held back by the lsppelles and coat-skir,s, on
" a thin fence Of window glass before him,
and in The street more horrid iron spikes. My
sick brother, as in hospital maladies men do,
thou dreamest of Paradises and Eidorados,
which are far from thee. '.Cannot do as
like with my own!" Gracious Heaven, my
brother, this tina, thou seest with those sick
eve. is no firm Eldorado, and Corn.law Para
disc of Donothings, but dream Of thine own
fevered brain. 1t is glass window, tell thee
% MANY s,oriess from the street! where are
iron spikes and the law of gravitation.
as CarIyls's Past and Present.
A SraoNo JoKE.-A young gentleman nam
ed Wise, in Clearfield Co. Pa, attended a
militia training about two months since and
in the evening joined the diversions of :" kls-
sing party" when the old plays of :" March
ing TO Quebec" Oats, peas, beans aud bar
lev grow" &c. &C., were part of the innocent
entertainment. Ia one of these plays he was
married " in fun TO nice lutte girl, who for
some time had had no objections to marriage
sin earnest''-a licence not being necessary
and the ceremony having been said by squire.
Miss Aarlha Page insists that she IS Mrs.
Wise. and Mr.. Wise says he will have moth
ing to do with her in that line. She insists
and he warns the public "not to trust her on
his account" &C., as she was only has 'uUe IN
fun. There the matter stands, warning to
all succeeding !" kissing parties.'
The STARS ANp STRIPEs.-When the thlr'
teen stars and stripes first appeared at Canton
much curiosity was excited among the people:
News was circulated thet strange ship had
arrived from the further end Of the world, bear
ing flag as beautiful as flower" Every
body went to see the k,oo kee chuen, or . flow
er flag ship" This name at once established
itself in the language, and America is now
called k,va kee koch, the s. flower flag country"
land an American, k,oa kee hvoh gin, the
flower flag coun,syman'--a more compli.
men,ary designation than that Of red headed
barbarian"--ihe name first bestowed upon The
Dutch.
Grace Harkaway wished that nature Were
one mouth that she might kiss it.'-An mol
ydual who attempted to kiss mouth as large ;
as all creation would be tolerabIy sure o.
being sucked in aud would feel quite COW"
in the mouth as Jonah when he was swallow :