The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-20
BETTING HATS.

In recent number, had occasion to speak Of the
multitudnous uses TO which the hat is converted IN
this enterprsiDg, unitarian and extensive county,
" here even mans beaver can claim eremptoo
from toll but is condemned TO do all sorts OF over
work, rendering the article means of transpoumF
goods, well place of storage for such odds and
ends likely TO come in play during the dsy.
progress. Ask child for any thing and he orih.
with takes of his hat to find Il and the child a,
Woodwork has it, is, in this respect as in Others
"falher to the man." But in addition to these ser.
vices on the part of the hat-Geser not so I'M
reasonable, then, in requiring homage be paid 10
SO useful member of society-besdes being employ.
ed receptacle for seears, newspapers collars ap.
pIes groundnus, unpaid bills, and forth-besiie.
being means Of salutation and method of giving
| emphasis to huTrah-the hat has purpose more
which was omitted, strangely enough, too al the pre-
sent moment, when the fact is continually in ey-
dence, and we therefore, hasten correct the error
The hat may be regarded as test of sincerity in a.,
| seron, and as cincher to an argument. Ii a man
will not be convinced by words, that he is wrong
he Is obstinate and will not defer your opinions,
what's the use OF disputing any longer2 Bet him
| hat. pooh !--nonsense--why, how you talk--li
bet you hat; y which, being DONE the heat of con.
troversy is al abaled The hat comes down VI.
on the flame of discord like an extnguisher to the
rush-ght. II he is unwilling to bet hat, is the
immediate inference that he breads loosing hat and
has no faith in his own positions. If he does bet
hat there is, for the present nothing more to be said
ne nat 10 peace MAKER
When crowd gathers at the corner, in high party
times, and controversy fierce do not be alarm
d-thcre will be no violence, except in words 10.
stead OF an assault and battery it results in gen
eral betting of hats There is no necessity for call
ing on the police. Bet them hat. Hercules, in
big whlskers and with ponderous fists, rushes say
agely at his opponent. viii murder be committed
Not at all-homicide is out of fashion Hercules
bets him hat ala! ha !" says Hercules "lve
settled that fellow--hes afraid 10 bet five dollar
hat"
The hat, then, is new principle in the conen-
lions oil men, acting as sedative; and as Of late
years. the violence which formerly marked elections,
has 10 very considerable extent, disappeared, the
fact is possibly to be attributed to the growing fond
ness OF betting hats Perhaps, as a matter OF impor.
tant statistics, it would be well to provide that ID
taking the census, diligent inquiry should be mao,
into the number of hats which thus brought INTO
the field at every Presidential contest Ii mus GER
tany give great impulse, every four years, to the
manufactures Of the article and the batters them,
selves have solid TO rejoice that "l bet you
hat has become a national phrase and popular
practice; while the philosophers from sPlato DOWN
to Adam Smith, who have so long been puzzled u
give succinct definition of man, and have wander
ed in their description from ga lwo-legged animal
without feathers" to 4" a creature who makes bar
gains, have the work done TO their hands in setting
down human nature as a being that bets hate
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