Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-09
Sam slick iu England.

thrusts at our manners and customs will not
fail to relish the following extracts, from the
new publication OF "Sam Slick in EngIand."l
SANS OPINION OF DICKENS
"What is the temper" he replied, with much |
warmth, that they visit Tie i'll p! Cuss 'em ?
Lock at Dickens; was there ever man made !
so much of, except Lafayette And who was |
Dickens Not Frenchman that is a friend to !
us not native that has claim on us ; not |
colonist who, though English by name, is still |
an American by birth, six of one and half do |
zun Of tother, and, therefore, kind of half.
breed brother. No he was cusscd Britisher;
aud what is wus, British author; and yet, be-
cause he wau genius, because genius has the
'tarna globe for its theme, and the world for It's
home, and mankind for its readers, and bcan't
a citizen of this State or that State, but ma
| tive OF the universe, why, we welcome him, and
fcastcd him, and eveed him, and escorted him,
and checred him, and honored him did he ho-
nor us What did he say Of us when he re-
turned ! Read his Book.
"No, don't read his book, for it amt worth
readn Has he said one word Of oil that re-
cepton in his book that book that will be read,
translated and read again all over Europe-has
he said one word Of that reception Answer
me that, will you !-Darned the word-his me-
mory was bad; he lost it over the tafrail when
he was sea-sick. But his notebook was safe
under lock and key, and the pigs in New York,
and the chap the rats eat in Jail, and the rough
man from Kentucky, and the entire raft Of gals
imprisoned in one night, and the spittin' boxes,
and all that stuff, warnt trusted to memory
it was roted down and printed"
ENGLISH CIvILITy.
"Thcrc's plenty of civiliiy here in England,
you pay for it ; you can buy as much in five
mnlts as will make you sick for week but
il you don't pay for it, you not only won't get it,
but you get scarce indeed of it, that is if you
are tool enough to stand and have it rubbed
in.
"They are as cold as Presbyterian charity
and mean enough TO put the sun in eclipse, are
the English They haynt set up the brazen
image here to worship, but they've got gold
one, and that they do adore, and no mistake
its all pay, pay, pay; parQulse, parqulslte, par
: qusite eXtortion, eXtortlon, eXtortion There
is whole pack of pin devils to your heels
hero, for everlastinglya cringln', tawnln', and
coaXin', or snarlin', grumbln', or bullyin' you
out of your money. There's the boatman, and
tidc-wai,cr, and porter, and customer, and
truck.man as soon As yol land and the ser.
vunt-man, aud chambar.oal, and boots, and por-
ter again to the inn. And then on the road
there is trunk-ltcr, and coachman, aud guard
- and bcggar-man, and Il crltter that opens the
coach-door, that they calls a water man, cause
he is infarnal dirty, and never sees water
They are Just like snarl o snakes thei
name is legion, and .hcre amt no eend to 'em
"The only thing you get for nothin' here it
rain and smoke, the rumatiz and scorny airs
If you could buy an EngliShman at what he wa
worth, and sell him at his own valuation, h,
, would realize as much as Niger, and won
be worth tradn in, that's fact but as h
a amt worth nothin', there's no market for sue
critters no one would buy him at no price.
ScotcEman, is wus, for he is prouder end me0
ncr. Pat amt no better mother he amt prouC
cause he has a hole in his breeches and anothe
in his elbow, and he thinks pride won't pate
= EN- and he amt mean cause he amt got ne
II thin to be mean with Whether 1t takes min
II tailors to make a man can't exactly say, bu
+ this will say aud take my davy To 1t too, tbs
til it would take three such guneys To make pa
'e tern for one of our real gcnuwinc free and oI
N lightcncI citizens, and then | wouldn't swa
C. without large boot tell you. Guess /
c 90 and pack up my iixins, and have 'em read
H. 10 land.
r. THE NELSON MONUMENT
,r "There he is, as big as life, live feet nothn
at with his shoes on. Now, examine that mon
yh ment, and tell me if the English don't kno
so how To brag as we'll as some other folks, n
whether they don't brag, too, sometimes, wh'
they haint got no right to- There is four Il
eli ures there representa- the four quarters OF Il
r. globe in chains, and among them America
nd Crouchin' down and begpln'ior life, like met
M lndgin. Well, ist do the civil now, aud Il
I'M me when that little braggin teller ever viii
m ped MS, will you Jlst tell me the day OF t!
he wear he was able to DO it, since his MANN
re- Gu, the apron.strng, aud let him run TO Sc,
Ia his tortn'. Heavens and airth, we'd chaw