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

| DEAR JIM.
1t is 10 o'clock past mari.
didn, and, the FIRE burns brightly in Deans
big stove; host OF babblers, ,polIllcians;ped.
dIers and horse; ochies have gone to bed&
], 'aone in my glory with the gentleman
Of tro trades (osIer and boot black, )besde
me, proceed 10 snatch, vi Ell armiS as the
Lawyers have ii, few moments from that
dro wsy eyed old codger Father Morpheus
and delicate them 10 you;-you,Jim Bogby
OF oyster cellar notorieIy, and Justly and
generally distinguished for the profundity,
briIIlancy and variety Of your requirements
and accomplishments, ahem!-sO here
goes!
By hockey JIM I've had the blue devils
or II modest expression suits you better,
The bIa eS,abouI nineteen twenty.fllhs of the
last thirty eight weeks; especially since
casting anchor in this (erlle reservoir
of politics and sin! am bored, badgered
betaked aEG bedevilled almost 10 the verge
Of,
Suicides dIear realm,
or LatinicaIly and legay,to becoming Elo
de Sc. For life of plous qoretude and
philosophical contemplation; never, on
peril of a broken head, recommend anv
one TO the taIkatiVe, proud scheming ,n!eIi
gent village Of WiIkesbarre!
We have had some powerful drumming
here lately on The dead hide of Roman
Catholicism, in the shape of puIp, dis
courses on The 'Papal Power The poor
Pope, | suppose, will be taken suddenly
ILL if be should hear Of it, as Buchanan
was last fall about the time the people of
of Danville, expected him 10 attend their
Tremendous mass meeting Of $50 ndlyi
duals !
Some rambling vagrans have been hold
ling forth here 10 select audiences on lhe
distinguished sciences of Mesmerism and
Phrenoogy. Two thin gs were clearly
eslablshed-l beg padon;- asserted by
Them, quite new and quite interesting to
the IIerail Of this SPLENDID valley and ts
capital Fnst, the operator in clairUOy
ance rs ,ha. spelled correctly must have
ljaith! or the subject 'canl see whats to be
seen, '-and is blind as bat 10 all the gen.
lie endeavors OF The operators Imagination.
Second 'ha! Phrenology is Phyisognouy
The latter point Of doclrir was promuIga
ted 10 an aslOnished audie nee under The
following circumstances a waggish limb
OF the law submitted his Uranium with all
It's budding eXceIlencies and pecsIarilies TO
lpronOuncabIe sciences and purpOsely made
his counIenance appear as uninlIhgent
lbIank and unmeaning as possible. He was
pronounced, fool, an IDIOT, a luratc, a
slmp'eton, nobody, non comp Os, wi,ess,
branIess, perfect nut, and every thing
else expressive of non entity and nothing
less 10 be found in the vocabulary of bill
Ingsgate. The gentleman had brains sense
mind, knew .fas from nefas,- had often been
guilty of perPetfaIing jokes and sarcasms,
made speeches, read little, and was, az
the crcwning acs,aLawyer,& so every body
knew & every body aid.-Ihe Professors
were called on TO define their positon,'-
TO explain, 10 reconcile Philosophy aud
fact so totally at variance. Then most oraCu
Iary came forth the announcement, backed
by quotations from Combe and possibly
Don Qulxoite that they judged by the
countenanCe,by that part of a mans physi
cal exlsiance vulgarly & commonly known
as. his face! that PhrenoIogy ianght you TO
feel the bumps 10 be sure, lprobably to
keep the hands employed and out of mis-
chief but after all you must Judge charac
er by the wrinkles on the nose, the twist
of the mouth and the twinkle of the eye!
and that whoever doubted this mmuiabIe
principle, of doing business was an alien to
'he realm of science and hereto to its
most sublime and sacred truths! The ex
plsnaton was quite satisfactory, and phi!
osophy stood redeemed from the imputa
lIon Of having made mistake!
| Lieutenant Colonel Levi Lambert Tate,
of the Enquirer has lately arrived in town
with a new press, from the distinguished
borough Of Berwick, 'lbe little old village