The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-31
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 ''sileWesl womaHs what do you know about waff- Bsp yonaea,
 Essaa the .dsss oE sihs Pignias and Llllipnilsns Co she present age when Thomas Thumb, Esq, aourisises ta aIl the giores Of maahoOd 2l inches highs ws have lacked upon small things with pecn- liar satlefpcii0n. We love small foot, small ankle. rmali hand, nnsIl mouth aud fin wo- man paFticaiatiy) swaA seies. toe. We love to wFite a smat hand, and to handle small man, whea we mast have fight with the peaee maksTs. afosed from his Issden slunberS, and seated hius- seifsupon the cashion of power, small things abound as thick {" as leaves in Vallambrosa"--
 i Where Pstrarch wspt his little hour.
 ,t,. And Laura picked her Iitte flower.
 ARd fl small things do thus abound, in the language ss sa early =sites, ignorance doth much more abfoad; and in such cFc umstauees thsFe is tei- ing according to Mrs. Burlington, what strange thipgs nest of tools may hatch" The present sreen dynasty, that appears to have driven of the caterpiIlafs and poplar worms ias been notorious fofi love for and attention ,s small things. It toek titEee cabinet meetings and much hard swear tag, we understand, to make the warden of the Penitentiary and the commissioner of public bud- ings; and when the question of bridging on Old WAissy at the expense of the contingent fund of the Home Department was under discussion, we uaderstand member of the cabinet woke the Second Washington from his early nap. by declar- ing, ia vOce Of terrible dlstietness, that the old herss and the oid maa (woud you believe it1l HpNBuGs. A friend Of ours, who is supposed 10 be up to his elbows in the secrets of the pea-grsen cabiaef, has hinted 10 us several times that the Hero s not responsible for ull the acts done in his name; that ct cabiaet meetings he Invariably ties an old stocking around his head, leaving his deaf ear out. and, seating himself at the head of the green table, smokes tho stump of oak-eaf cigar ef q hind which costs not far from a cent grab asd thea goes 10 sleep with the parting injunction on his lips; Gentlemen, care nothing about poli- tics. but wake me up when You come to nything sbeat war. His love of war and warriors Is terri be. He dreams of blood aud thunder---of deadly breaches aud midnight sorties, Now he comes down, like the Assyran of old, upon the troops of Sennacherib; end now he charges with YELL at Bnena Vista. aow he grasps the old black bottle which sits by the Premier like tomb stone by a living subject, and shouts: Give them little more hell, Capt. BFaggn' and now he breaches the Texan rangers homily, which it takes Twiggs 10 finish, sad which ends with the ssviue clause: :. never want te see you again except in battle ''
 The removal of watchmen and messengers we consider to be small matters; and if. us we under s'snd. they were made the subject Of cabinet dis cussious, we think the seven gentlemen advisers should give place 10 seven old women, who, if they cannot run for the presidency, can prescribe the best medicine for worms and iaiestne contno- tions, and talk all the hair off the head of unwashed facttoA< Jenny Geddes. we believe, raised the re- beilion In Scotland by throwing her cutty-s stool at the head of bishop who attempted to read proc IaFnaiion from the sacred desk; and why should not some of our old grannies, who are really old wome la Bature well la thought and action, help the man of destiny In green slippers through the diff cult passages of the heroic sge?'' Mrs. Parting ton, as the dear old lady informed late oc- casion Is willing 10 take tho blessed seals upon her provided the Second Washington will permit her to wear pettcoats and ride sideways to meeting like Christian woman, and won't let the chief of ihs Home Department sit next 10 her at table, for he chews pig-isil aad throws his legs about like al pess'ssed, and is death white stockings and satin shoes
 The Second Washington carries his love of small things cown 10 the brute creation. Some time since wesre informed he dete mined 10 rchase some ue mitch cows. and make his ownb utter and cheese, fodder or no fodder. Accordingly, armed with our friend T'rist's book upon cows-a French work of great value. translated by Mr. Trist before his sssAhorfstfreafy of C Guadaonpe-an panied by The Assistant Adlutant General of the army, hs proceeded to his pasture, and spent busy hour ,n examining the inner side of the hind legs of the herd for early hair, it being fixed fact In France smong cows that, no curl no HsiIk aud rice rersa U 90 happened, however, that the COW most prized, aad who exhibited the signs of the milky way to thc greatest perfection. turned out to be coIc-lek and the euFi departed with the passing hour. The Second Washington, indignant at having paid high price for the COW, aud paving been assured that she wodld give bushel of nIk day, deter- sk. of nc tign. Accordingly, seizlag catty stool and and large tin pail, he proceeded to extract he vital mud from his home made Durham" while his aid looked on with awful curiosity. never having seen GOV since he ieft Lebanon. Just at this moment -eh, Pbabus. who presilest over the morning and SCOUTS the rusty panels of the suns state-coach = eountrymen, with cart load of charcoal for tie White House. came cracking his whip and urging on his tagging scoia As the cart turaed the corner suddenly, 1t came upon the Second Washington Just as e was hndiDg his milk aud the patient cow weari"i with long standing and startled by the au. proaching cart. kicked over the pail, tumbled the Ilustrious inker uo the dust aud made tracks for nome, in North Carolina. through the gate Una, the coal maa had left open. Here was a catastrophe: the conutryman stood aghast. the aid looked unut. tersoie things, and the upset hero, rising ia his wrath, approached the coal man, and wit an elo- quence seldom equaled by him, exclaimed: Dana your coal. luke away your eoai, don't want yoar coai; you nave let my COW run away, and l'll have you before fhe cshinet for treason see Balls exreu tors against Beans adnliaistr a,ors-same agans, same. &c."l Milk toddy is capital drink for a statesman and the question go long in doub to the best manner of making fl has been settled at a meeting of the kitchen cabinet. Nutin<g ass's mlk. and Nr,r Eng. tssd rsm triamphsd at the first going off, which was not lar From breakfast time. This age Of small things h great bore; it Is fussy. funding mis. ehssf-msking, egg-sacking, back -biliag towsers.
 =fsS6 ss=seE. It is ike fse time Gcfui wearing to the coastitution though the bites are not so dam geroas as those of mad dogs. We love a decided state. We hate 10 man half dead or half drunk, bali dresssd or half educated. Give us a decided semething; MT. Somebody. that can speak for himseif and do his own business, without calIine for the parson or the doctor.
 The wsr sfca private reputation that is going sn new puts as in mind of 1aas Ostss plet. It s seaHf, aeEa Plaat; but beyond that, your honors,
 have nothing to oEer except to name the traitors We see the eathercrs up Of acoasideyete tyiAes at