Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-24
Natural History Of the
El'ls0Ys.


ticle TO an account Of the natural histo-
ny ofthe b'hoys Of that city as follows.
-" The Bh93S.'-As to the eiymo-
,olegy Of this term, we are at loss t.
trace il. No doubt, to the future PHI.
Iologi't, any light which tho present
ge 9 'atlon can throw upon its origin,
would be peculiarly acceptable. -
" caters" which was form rIv so
much in vogue and SO lcarncdly treat
cd OF, Especially in "The Kaickcr-
hacker has pretty much gone out Of
use. In It's stead we have th. euphonic
and expressive cognate of 5'hovs. 1t
must not be supposed that the gentle
men under examination are exactly in
IDENTICAL with Ioafers-by no means
The b'hoys would resent such an az
front. The dignity Of loafer is best
preserved and most expressivcly mani
tested by what the Hon. J. C.. Cal.
houn would term ga mastery inactivi-
ty,' while the b'hoys scorning ignoble
philosophy, declarelor the pole, ofthe
81 40's sail OF none" They furnish
our citizens with those .f6rcibie dashes
at life, with free punch-aH instead
of "pencir' as Willis expresses it.
which render necessary that galaxy of
''s,ars (which is observed on the canvass
ct the social picture Of our metropolis
Caricalnrists very vulgarly post these
valuable citizens as The special patrons
OF fast horses, and oysferocratic
"weahlclcs' on the Avenues. They
even SO as far as to delineaie them in
company with the "g'hirls" "chasing
the glowing hours with flying feet"
&c. We take upon ourselves, howev-
err, "the responsibility" of saying that
the 'b'hoys' as class, are among
the slckcst OF our community-witncss
the titles on their ''knobs" as polished
as the hatter's iron and Iasses and wa
ter can make them.
Witness the fan-tailed coat, dcckcd
with an array of huge brass buttons,
significantly exhibiting in their device,
the peculiar taste of the wcarcr.--
Witness the fragrant clouds Of incense
through which they modestlv display
the fnery of their attic story. Behold
the Byro'lic swell Of the locomotive
protectors underneath which they con
ccal-pedcs mot dubbed so much as
cloven." Witness also, and finally
the bunting which floats proudly over
their breast works, and then say IL
you dare, tha, the b'hoys are not oil
they 'arc cracked up 10 be-" We are
informed, however, on very responsi-
bic authority, that the b'hoys are not
exempt from the common lot Of hp-
mnnity. firoy are divided Wy CuSfrs.
There is the upper crust" and the
under crust The former are demon.
mated 'the Tiles" and the latter
Boots The first from the peculiar
covering OF their knowledge boxes,
which indicate that they possess Ger.
tain degree Of consanguiuity to 1.-the
man in the white hat while the lat
ter buried up even TO the trowser knee
in calf-skin, proclaims the intimate
understanding existing between the
society and the owner of the
"seven leagued boots" Both Tiles
and Boots, however, attend very
punctually upon the general city
swearing business aiming for monop-
oily of the trade, and dealing it out
with additions and Improvements or
the general principle of the propertyol
shifting the word TO the Decd which
latter, that is the deed, or deeds, arc
usually made to partake ofa some
what fantastic character. generally in-
tersper.ed with some triiling incidents
such as teaching said citizens the art
OF "ground and lofty tumbling," as
well asihe science Of changing the per-
pendicuiar into the horizontal.
These, peculiar" variations Of "sci-
cnce are commonly exhibited on oc-
casions when some foolhardy individ-
ual of too independent make for his
safety ventures TO expostulate with
their Royal IIighnesses, on the tenden-
cy and improperly of certain of theif
pecoOiiarikies. such for example as in
sulling young femqles. blockading the
sidewalks, congregating in noisey rev.
elry about the corners of the streets,
&c. II is the opinion Of good judges
that there has been d, CT led improve
ment in their manners for some two
or three years back, and by some il is
e, en- suspected that their Philadelphia
consins have gained all that our New
York b'hoys have lost. But more Of
this anon.