The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-03-01


Hers and horse, ,jochies have gone to bed
|, 'alone in my glory with the gentlem.
Of t,Oo trades (osller and boo, black ,)be,,,,
me, proceed TO snatch, Ui Ell armis as ,,.
Lawyers have il, a few moments from ua
dro wsy eyed old codger Father Morpbt,
and dedicate them to you;-yOu,Jim BaQby
Of oyster cellar notoriety, aud Justly snl
generally distinguished for the profoundly.
briiliancy aud variety Of your acquremcu,
and acco omplshments, - -abem!--so Len
goes!
By hokey jim! I've had the blue dew,
or if a modest expression suits you beutr
Ine Oh es,aoour nineteen twtn,y-dfihs of ,r
last thirty eight weeks; especially since
casting anchor in this fertile reservoI,
of politics and sin! am bored, badgerel
betaIked and bedevled almost to the yerys
| of,
Suicides dIear realm,
or Latinically and legally,lo bee oming fila
de Sc. For life of pious qule,ude anil
|
philosophical contemplation, never. m
peril of broken head, recommend anv
one to the talkative, proud schemng ,in!eIIi
gent village Of WiIkesbarre!
We have had some powerful drumming
here lately on the dead hide of Roman
Catholicism, in the shape of pulpit dis
courses on the 'Papal Power The poor
Pope, | suppose. will be taken suddenly
ILL If he should hear Of it, as Buchanan
was last fall abou, the time the people Of
lof Danville, expected him 10 attend their
Tremendous mass meeting Of $50 iudlu
dusls
Some rambling vagranls have been bold
ing forth here TO 'selec, audiences on the
distinguished sciences Of Mesmersm and
Phrenology. Two thin gs were clearly
established--I bep patdon;- asserted by
Them, quite new and quite interesting to
the literati OF this splended valley and II
capital Fnsl, the operator in ciairvoy
ance rs that spelled correctly } mus, have
faith! or the subject 'can, see whats to lie
seen, and is blind as a ba, to all the gen7
lie endeavors of the opera tors imagination
Second that Phrenology is Phyisognony
rhe latter point of doclrir e was promulgs
ted TO an aslonished audie nee under tie
following circumstances A waggish limb
OF the law submitted his Uranium with all
lis budding excelencies and pecslarilies to
The examination Of these Professors of uG
pronouncable sciences and pufposeIy made
his counenance appear as uninlIhgtnl
blank and unmeaning as possible. He was
pronounced, a fool, an idiot, a luralc, a
simpleton, nobody, non comp wiIess,
brainess, perfect nut, and every thing
else expressive of non entity and nothing
less to be found in the vocabulary Of bill
Iingsgale. The gentleman had brains,sens
mind, knew Jas from nefas,-had often been
guilty OF perpe!rating jokes and sarcasm',
made speech es, read little, and was, az
The crcwning fact,aLawyer,& so everybody
knew d every body said.-The Professors
were called on TO define their posilion,'-
to explain TO reconcile Philosophy au1
Tact so totally at variance. Then most oracO
arly came forth the announcement, backed
10y quotations from Combe aud possibly
Don QuiXolte that they Judged by tie
lcountenance by that part of mans physI
cal exisIance vuIgary e. commonly known
his face! that Phrenoogy taught you TO
feel the bumps 10 be sure, (probably to
keep the hands employed and out of mis-
chief, but after all you must Judge charac
ter by the wrinkles on the nose, the twist
Of the mouth and the twinkle Of the eye!
and that whoever doubted this mmulabIs
principle, of doing business was an alien TO
the realm of science and hereto 10 ia
most sublime and sacred truths! The ex
plana.ion was quite satisfactory, and phil
osophy stood redeemed from the impuia
ton of having made mistake!
!, Lienteuan. Colonel Levi Lambert Tate
, of The Enquirer has lately arrived in towr
with new press, from the distinguishes
borough Of Berwick, the little old village
on hill as Sam Ceilings once most beau
liiully and expressively described il. III
- comes accompanied bv some half a scOre 0