The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-02-06

but there is an old sayin', 'Putnot your trust
in princess
"Ab! poor Campbell! he was a poet, a
good poet, a beautiful poet! He know'd all,
about the world, Of imagination, and The
realms of fancy, but he didn'tknow nothing
at all about this void of our'n, or of the
relm of England, or he never would have
talked of the pleasures of Hope for an au-
thor. Lord bless youl let a dancin' gal come
TO the opera, Jump SIX foot high, Eight on one
toe, hold up the other so high you can see her
stays almost, and then spin ronnd like { da-
dy long legs that's got one foot caught in
a taller candle, and 60 spinin' round arter
that fashion for ten minutes, it will touch
viii be hoaoFed by fhe BiigghesT I5IEs hT-
land, have dimond rings, gold snuff boxes,
and pusses of money given her, and gra-
cious knows what. Let Gineral Tom Thumb
come to London that's two foot noihin', and
the Kentucky boy that's eight foot somethin,'
and see how they will be patronized, and
what a sight of homer they will have. Let
Van Amburgh come with his lion, make him
open his jaws, and then put his head down
his throat and pull il out, and say, What a
brave boy am ~ and kings and queens, and
princes and mobiles, will come and see him,
and see his lion feed too. Did any Of EN-
ever come to see Campbell feed? He was
a great lion this many a long day-Oh dear!
he didn't know nothin' that's a fact, he
thought himself a cut above them folks, il iist
showed how much he know'd. Fine senti-
ments! Lord, who cares for them?
$40 you go TO Nova Scotia no VI, and trav-
al oil dOupn ~ oa1a C,pc0 4ta --io1o5 1onCfh
Of the province, pick out the two best lines
from his Hope and ask every fellar You
meet, did you ever here these? 2 and how
many will you find that has seen 'em, or hcaiR
tell of 'em? Why a few gals that's senti-
mental, and a few boys that's c%ourtin, spoon
ey like, that's all. But ken. this. Master
if that house cost FIVE hundred dollars, and
a barrel OF nails five dollars, what would a
good sizeable pig come to?-do you give it
up well he'd come to a bushel of COM
Every man, woman, and child, would Tell
you they heard the clown say that at the
circus, and mind they larfed ready to kill
themselves. Grinnin' pays better MOI rymin'
and ticklin' the ribs with fingers pleases folks.
more, and makes 'em larf more, than ticklin
their ears with varses--that's a fact.
| guess, when Campbell writ 'The Mari
ners of England,'--lhat will live Till the
Britishr's sailors gel whipped by us so they
will be ashamed to sing 1.-THE thought him
self great shakes; heavens and airtEsi be
warn'l half so big as Tom Thumb--he was
jist nothiu. But let some foreign hussy,
whose skin amt clear, and whose character
amt clear, and who haint nothin' clear about
her but her voice, lei her come and sing tina
splendid song that puts more ginger into sai4
ors than grog or prize money, or anythnR',
and Lord! all the old admirals, and flag ofi4
GERS, and yacht man and others that dc UNI
derst and, and all the lords and ladies. snts
princes, that don't understand where the
springs are in that song that touch the chords
Of the heart, all of them will come and wors
ship almost, and some duke or other wils
fancy he is a Jupiter and come down in
shower of gold Almost for her, while the poe5
has, 'The Pleasure OF Hope 10 feed on-Ol
| envy him, glorious man | envy him h
great reward, it was worth seventy years G..
<hope,' was that funeral.
GooD-Did you know | was here?, said
| tho heIloVs to the fire.