The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-07

THE DIR. JOHNSON OF ANIMALS.

comfortably situated than most animals He
has water to 5athe in, mud to stick in, and AN
area many times bigger than himself for his
circuit. Very interesting is it TO see him
throw bits of mud over himself, and TO see
and hear him suck the water up in his funk
and then discharge il into his great ned
throat, in which he also receives, with sa ge
amenity, the biscuits Of the ladies' Ger
Iainly, the more one Considers an elephant,
the more he makes good his claim to be
considered the Doctor Johnson Of the brute
creation. He is huge, potent, sapienl, Sis
ceptible OF tender impressions; is good
fellow: likes as much water as the other did
tea gets ON at great uncouth rate when he
walks; and though perhaps less irritable
and melancholy, can take a witty revenge;
as witness the famous story of the tailor
that prcked him, and whom he drenched
with ditch water. Ii he were suddenly gifted
with speech, and We asked him whether he
liked his imprisonment, the frs, words he
would utter would unquestionabiy be.
Why, no sir Nor is il to be doubted,
when going TO dinner, that he would
echo the bland sentiment of our illustroui
countryman on like occasion, Sir, like
TO dine IL asked his opinion of his keep.
er, he would say, Why, sir, Hopkins is,
upon the whole, good fellow,-like my,
self, sir (smiling,)-but not quite so con.
siderate: he knows love him, and pre-
sumes little too much upon my forbear
ance. He teazes me for the amusement o.
the bystanders. Sir, Hipkins takes the dis
play of allowance for the merit of ascen
dancy.'
Here is a question put and answered IRE
sistibly
81 beg leave TO ask the candid reader
how he can prove 10 me that all the heroe:
and heroines that have made him hope, fear
admire, hate, love, shed tears. and laugl
till his sides were ready TO burst, i'm novel,
and poems, are not in possession of as per
feet credentials OF their existence as The
latest Of us Common physical palpabili
ty is only proof Of mortality. The part
cles that crowd and club together to form
such obvious compounds as Tomson and
a little while, are fretted away by law oil
their very resistance, but the immortal peo
pie in Pole and Fielding, the deathless gen.
Grafton in Chaucer, in Shakespeare, in Gold.
smith, in Sterne, and lie Sage, and Ger
vantes, and friends who re-
NAM forever the same, whom we meet at
a thousand turns, and know as well as we
do our kindred, though We never set gross
corporeal eyes on them,-what is the
amount of the actual effective existence of
millions Of Jacksons and Tomkinses com.
pared with theirs Are we as intimate,
wish to know, with our aunt, as We are
with Miss Western Could We not speak
to the character of Tom Jones in any court
in Christcndom Are not scores of clergy.
men continually passing away in this tran
STORY world gone and forgotten, while Par
son Adams remains as stout and hearty as
ever ?"
So believing, Mr.. Hunt invites himself
TO an evening party composed of these crea-
lures OF the imagination, and paints it WV
idly to the life. Observe some new arri-
walls:
The next arrival-(conceive how NV
heart expanded at the sight)-consisted OF
the Rev. DR.. Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield,
with his family, and the Miss Flambo-
roughs; the latter red and staring with delight.
The Doctor apologised for not being sooner;
but Mrs. Primrose said she was sure the
gentlefolks would excuse him, knowing that
people accustomed TO good society were
never in furry on such occasions. Her
husband would have made some remark on
this but seeing that she was prepared to
appeal TO her son, the Squire, who fiat
tered and made her his butt; and that Sir
William Thornhill and both the young
married ladies would be in pain, he fore
bore. The Vicar made haste to pay his
respects 10 Sir Charles and Lady Grandi-
son, who treated him with great distinction,
Sir Charles taking him BY the hand. and
calling him his good and worthy friend.
| observed that Mr. Moses Primrose had
acquired something of a collected and eau
tlous look, as if determined never to be
cheated again. He happened to sea, him.
self next to Peregrine Pickle, who in
formed him, 10 his equal surprise and de.
light, that Captain Booth had written refu-
tauon Of Msterialism. He added that the
Captain did not choose at present TO be
openly talked of as the author, though he
did not mind being complimented upon it
in an obscure and ingenious way. | no
ticed after this that game of cross purposes
was going on between Booth and Moses.
which often forced a blush from the Cap.
tain's lady. 1t was with much curiosity |
recognised the defect in the latter's nose
| did not find il at all in the way when I
looked at her lips. 1t appeared to me even
to excite kind Of pity, BY no means iniu
rious to the most physical admiration; but
did not say this to Lady Grandson, who
asked my opinion on the subject. Booth
was fine Swapping fellow, though he had
not much in his face. When Mr.. and
Mrs. BOBBY (the famous Pamela, afterwards
came in, he attracted so much attention
rom the latter, that upon her asking me.
with sort of plying smile, what thought
Of him, ventured to say in pun that !
looked upon him as very good Booth
or the Fair; upon which to my astonish.
nent she blushed as red as scarlet, and told
ne that her dear Mr.. B. did moi approve of
uch speeches. My pun was a mere pun,
md meant little; certainly nothing to the
disadvantage of the sentimental part of the
ex. for whom thought him by no means
! finished companion. But there is no