Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-06-13

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stores here) the attendants are dressed
rearly alike; all must have white neck
cloths, orsomething ofthat kind--why
notput them into livery at orce? Then
their pertinacity to sell is so tiresome,
that l have given up visiting several
shops on that account; the statesmen
,oiH show you new things, newer than
ever was novelty before, and such bar
gains! purchase few pairs Of gloves,
and am leaving the glittering counter,
heaped with rich stuiis in most admir-
ed disorder. Something quite new
in figured satins, ma'am,' interposes
the shopman. 81 want nothing more
at present" "Yes, my lady, certain
ly; beautiful silks, the latest fashion in
Paris" "Nothing more at present,
good NOR ''Laces, your LADY
ship, the newest patterns" etc. etc.
etc, and so on through the whole stock,
il you choose to listen: they assume
that if ever lady purchase a ribbon,
she must of necessity want a new
shawl!
ENGLISH CONTEMPT OF HISTORICAL
tp1 efa RELICS. -aAse#
London has the appearance Of any
thing rather than an old city---it looks
modern enough for an American ono,
there arc not many places to call forth
|vcneration, or awaken historical asso-
Citations of remote era; Westmins-
ter Abbey and Hall, the Tower, Lam
beth Palace, st. Saviour's Church ia
Southwark, the Temple Church, must
be nearly all. Part Of this is no doubt
owing to the Great Fire in 1906. but
far more TO later innovations. ] am
aware that il is sometimes impossible
to preserve the relics Of other ages, but
the English do not care whether they
are preserved or not. Whether
house was occupied by John Milton or
John Doe, is to them matter Of per-
feet Indifference. A far better feeling
pcrvades Scotand; which the Eng
ish laugh at, and impute 10 The inhabi-
Itants of Northern Britain rs a fault,
calling it nationality! Had these peo-
pie dwelt in Rome for the last three
centuries, how they would shave dealr
upon the seven-hill'd city's PRIDE"
What havoc they would have cried as
they let slip the dogs of Improvement!
Woe 10 the Coliscum's might! Woe
to the Arches and Temples! The Luz
natic AS, lums in every country in Eu-
rope would have been crowded with
antiquaries driven mad. The world
may rejoice that the modern Romans
are not as the English.
You need not fear for my republican
orthodoxy. am not likely TO fall in
love with monarchy, and cannot under
stand how some Of these European peo-
pie have been dazzled by mere contact
with monarch. ! lean account for it,
where the sovereign is amiable, fair,
and gracious, like Queen Victoria; or
a mighty conqucrer, with intellect on
his massive brow, ike Napoleon: but
take, for example, Johnson's interview
with George the Third. Though he
Doctor did write virulent pamphlets
against American Independence, he is
not an unpopular author among u.s.
Well: he encounters George the Third
in the palace library; the King asks
few questions about the two Universe
ties; two controversialists -Warbur-
ton and South; two reviews, the Month
Iy and the Critical; and pays The lexi-
cographer very commonplace compli-
mcn,; the King withdraws, and the
Colossus Of English literature forth
with pronounccs him as fine a gentle
man as Louis the Fourteenth, or Charles
the Second! The homely, domestic,
agricultural George compared to Louis
lie Grand, or to the wii,iest, most en-
gaging, and most pronigate Of Britian's
kings! Are we TO understand that
fondness for boiled mutton and broad
farce are the principal elements in the
composition Of a fine gentleman If
Johnson be right, how very wrong eve
ny one else must be.
HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS.
Sometimes female servants continue
many years in one place, but not fire.
quently; the attachment that used TO
subsist between master and servant,
and which i'm MANY country places