Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-07
RIPTON ROWDIE;


anCe IN our civic estima tes. IN reference alike
iolts number. It's activity. and It's influence
Citztn, doH your hat To Ripton Rowdie-
while IN abstract discussion. the Rowdie in
iersl may not often be directly recognised or
spoken oil IN terms stlil, practically, the Row
die interest can COntriNe 10 make itself f,lt.-|
Things are dashed, as 1t were, aud pcppered.
To crafty the Rowdie taste: and ii there be
some whose faces turn away at the seasoning
nevertheless IT must DC endured. YOU know
Tor the sake oi Cancellation. concession. and
compromise. DO not therefore, IN rashncss
speak shghilnEiy OF Rowdie, not talk of putting
RoWdie down; or there may chance To be
"Eowdiedow, 10 your particular DISADVANTAGE
RowdIe ~ operative, not alone i'm the ordinary
boxing Of the i-phySical Rowdic: but
Rowdie often displays its strength i'm Jury
boxes and IA ballot boXes-mc Ia physical Row
die. IL has perhaps no peculiar "organ. !" &C
corlIng 10 the received rules OF mathematician
none with which we. at least, are acauain,.
FL, unless it b. the barrel organ-yet am the
organs OF the great oratorio of public opinion.
are at times not little affected by its potency
aud intcrpuldte their tunes with Rowdie notes
Tor harmonious purposes; just "a the Africans
sacrifice TO Mumbo Jumbo to keep Mumbo
Jumbo in good humor Salute Ripton Rowtlie
therefore as your Mumbo Jumbo-thc great
Mumbo Jumbo Of each metropolis.
Rowdic i AN clement We nnl IL i'm our
speeches. The successful orator must deal in
H. more OF les. ltexhibiis itself. iikewise. i'm
the newspap Crs-it il seen IN elections. and il
- heard IN legislative halls. Ii there be such
verb, and such verb l. certainly required
we .lay say that almost all the world "row
dies somewhat, for effect laughing i'm its
sleeve the while. no doubt. But Rowdic is
force, and when impetus is required. the
forces are not 30 be- neglected. aud thus we oh.
serve that antagonist parties stoop To Rowdic
until Rowdie, Tor the time, seems paramount
over oil when perhaps IL would be much east.
er to compel Rowdic Ia climb to them. But
setting speculation aside, and taking things as
they are, we must admit that Rowdie is an
clcmcni-in the cities, particularly where
to-day, II may control affairs indirectly: or to-
morrow assert It's position by violence Tn
umphant Rowdie, with victorious laurels ON
ITS angry brow, has marched over Us more than
once; and II j. only when Rowdic goads ~ In
The quick, reaching to- our very yitas, or grasps
as by the throat until we strange, that we
take heart grace To strive agalus, its fury
and TO compel It's obedience.
RPion Rowdic-oT embodied Rovdic-
ooh al him welI-you have seen him some.
where, have younotl We thought as much
he is often there, wherever the may be-no.t
oiteu there, when he should bc elsewhere;
which II one OF Rowdies distinguished traits
and leading pcculianties--us Distinguishing as
tie singular form of his hlt-Rowtlie is paTti-
iuar IA his hat. and quccT-and a. leaiinply
peculiar IN the general acknowledgements
ous-ot bis hair In ali matters of costume
Rowdie Is independent of lashion-mst as i'm
matters OF order, he Is independent OF law
dnd viii dress only like himself, as one of the
class Rowdic. IL Is easy to discover him. -
When YOU are going quietly TO church for in
al t.hr - i,
ing-quite a family OF Rowdie-with hugesnd
pes'Ilent cigar In month, about the corner
where the grocer kceps-sauCy Rowdie, sky
iaThlng gnund post, GA clustering near the
engine huuse2-Ask for Ripton and YOU will
fad hun hcrc-it would be impossible indeed
To Ind him anywhere else =" The corners of
the street have, on Sunday, magnetic aud ir-
resisilble attraction for Ripton Rowdie and all
his fciativcs. And now should there bp an
alarm OF iire-Ond you may deTSDd upon il.
II Ripton isnot "otherwiscsengas'll-- --therc's
always fire when Ripton smokes-one source
OF anxiety will b. removed from your troubled
bosom. You shall hear such bursts of stern
Nocality, as will dissjpate, without ansculta.
ton OF lhc stcthcscopc, all doubt as Ia the
soundness OF Ripton Rowdic's lungs They
have as yet received no detTiment by labors i'm
the public service. And as To hs swiftncss.
observe We how hc scatters men and women
TO the right and lelt--for Ripton scents the
battle Altar oii,-"his souls in arms and eager
I Tor the fray" To Ripton Rowdie the SUNDAY
I Is day oi brickbats and of fists-he attends
/ club meetings OF Sunday--our glorious Rim
/ ton, pursued by Sheriis and denounced bv
! MaNors--Rtp'on, who brings the posse colau
Gfus torth-Ripton who deiies cunstabulary 3
II you walk out of evenings the indsfatipa.
bic Ripton meets you in the sire t-prowling
To annoy dctcnCeless women, or to smash UNI
guarded ldmps-or, happier still. to ride in
cabs and swinde driver instcrspcrscd with me
lo-damatiC combats in the oyster CELLAR
. Then, late al night, your slumbcfs are diSttu-
bed by going homc-for Ripton does 20 home
though rarely. Rpton is vocal now and full
oil melodies strange songs are sung, which
waken barking dogs with the running accom-
. panIncnt OF box or barrel pitched from it,
stand into the street while Ripton sion. IN
laugh at the miracles of hs own alroitucss
But soon whole squares apart, he wells ont
confidential converse to hIs loitering friends
causing droWsiness 10 think that the whole
towns on fire: aud "a II this were not enouob
the Rowdiss gradually aud roaringly spprosi-
mate, 10 interchange greetings and discuss the
topics oil the day. And they, whose mi.for
tune 81 ~ 10 live within thc circumference al
eirshot, might just as well light lamus ami
iake book, unless, pcrChanCe they Womb N.
cdihei by the conversational powers o( ia.
Kowdie family, whicharc peculiar aud ,carce
admit description. All rcposes are postponed
Tor the present.
what say yc-ca)l the watch7-Th,t j.. IN,
suggestion Of ineHp"uenCe--ior II there d.,
hy 'hing TO which watches have an a,c,s;,,,
u Is To d contact with RiPton Rlwdi,- Iii
good watches hdyc-dll that have ti,,. -, 1''
converted lntO "hOnzoutals," ami No., ;,.
proved upon suggestion. and IL tl.,. A.. ,.'
ihns TO which Rap on Rowdic tend. NOR. a..
l'any thng, 10 Is 10 winding wstrbss 49,
h"o'hhE watches dowu--a siraciou. 81, y
u"d.i lHf,e circumstances. alwa,s .g,.., 80
ilsrH For ihe most part then. IIo.,- r.
k""jie, may be set DOWN as .top.,,.,',i '''
bulil patience b. tnct too isr-il an III.
f.hons.l ''"ce lsunhrcdci-ifihc Rip,1n g",,
'', "ii ncIih"r move on nor "ou,t ,I,,