The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-08-18

ancCS. mus, we are seldom COntentcd,
but are ever signing after change, change.
| Il don't mean small change. AS some great
captain they call Pope, has it, (Popes are
no great things now-a-days.)
"Nlaa neryer is, but always to be blesu'
This only says, in our homely parlance,
he cant 'slet good enough alone" He
fails. If you don't understand, that means,
he "cant come it''---as the little boy said,
twirling his thumbs at another, as he perch
ed on a laiy's s:bustle," behind. What
you are pleased to term Injuries, &C., soon
coy ourappeties but you don't comprehend
safety 1T means, too big belly, or bel
Ilylul. So that; sure as death and taxes,
lnolhing is surcr,) 'what's one mans meats
another mans pison" Now we cts arc
ever signing for the change from town TO
country. We would be rid of our hot,
dusty payements, filthy alleys, and dirty
cutters, Onto which cats are often very
cody thrust,) with their accompanying
stcnch--and are constantly longing after
such charming grass plots IS this on which
you and are row lying, under tie re-
lreshing shade Of such fine large trccs"s
this elm; reclining at ease, IN o'jom cum Dig
niIa-'e, ian ocean Of dignity,) far removed
! from the busy haunts ana noisy tramp Of
knavlsh man: the broomStIck and hot Wa
Ter Of hateful, hrawlins old malens: and
what is worse, and a good deal more 50,
from the frequent and savage annoyanccs
Of despicable, ravcneous, halfstarved,
thicvish-looking, nasty quadrupc2s, which
bipcds call, dogs; hut which ought to be
called devils! Oh! good gracious!
"Talk OF thc--nm! and his inps
will appear" sure enough. Look
Yonder comes one of them, sncaking RIGHT
toward Us, with his hollow, lacl-lustre eve
fastened on US: his thin, long snout stuck
out, thin, long tail stuck ditto; lanll sides
collapsed, with hair TO match, turned all
the wrong way; his stcalthy step, and all
| plainly indicating his thievish purpose Of
devouring us. Let US magnanimouslv pity,
not contcmn the wretch. But at the same
time, as it is said, (and perhaps truly, par
ticulary with regard 10 the physically
veal, } "discretion is Tie better part Of val
Or" it becomes LIS to see; safety in flight.
And the better to detract his aim. and de-
feat his contemplated cat-aY-tropl-c, by
you ScamperiDg off in one direction. and
in another. .fd,eu. (Mcaninr, 80 Cod"
or, 'tI'o God, l commend you.") And, as
the parIey-voos, the John Crapcaus say,
again,--du rcroir. Which means, WI
carly, that is simply; ''Io see again" hut
is more elegantly used 10 express, 1--WE
shall have the pleasure of seeing each 9TH
or again"
ETeom cats seyerally. Enter dog, solus
Shocking daggers, but using rome"
Dog. ''To be--or not to be. That is
the question" Yes. And grave gues-
ton 10 settle, as it seems to po>t SO en-
| phatica!ly 10 The grave; at least in NY
starved condition. Here am !, the iag-cnd
OF icing; the great used up; the sport Of for
tune, and--of cats; ana o!---mcu's hoots
ltanyth;ng is annoying, il is, to have plenty
Of kicko, and no cash,-Noihing is
more common than, "kiuk HIM he has no
friends" (7herc's honor, there's logic for
you'll Iamishing, [ say,'in the midst Of
this sort Of plenty, mine Of course is, both
literally and hguratively, ''a dogs life!
| Figure! quotha? Look al me. amt fig
urative atomy, merely? Is there any Of
me lefts If there is, I'd like to see IT, Cen
| s'be" then? No. I'm not myself; Of course
| cannot ''be"-reason why, Pm some
body else. Cats can abe" But if I had
caught those tNo, would have so cate
ch!sed them as to have made "doC's meat
enough of them 10 have feastcd a king-aye
even Ccrberus, Cur famous Ling-dog, who
they say, keeps the door ofh-!l. 4 king
Kings amt nobody now; that's son1c com
fort to a rGp"b'jcaa dog' Well, in another
rturn OF the wheel, that is, in another world,
who can say | may moi play the king, while
they howl like dogs? The immortal Mr.
Brush, Peter Brush of "Charcoal" rnelnorr
says: "Put not thy trust in princes" So
say |. And as things is, / can only sgh,-
'Oh, for lodge in some vast wilderness!
Some boundcss con,iguty CT shsde.."
Them's my sentiment.
Eru dog, kicked by bcg.g5or. Enter
beggar, solu$.
Beggar. Some fool has said: .All the
worlds aoge"-well, let ii be; but I don't
believe it; they couldn't get dtrcrs enough.
Meanwhile the world wags its tail
Italel as well as the dog; ard thus
spurns me, and spurn the dog! We al
have our degrees Of greatness. A beegar
even, may insult a dog! Indeed who nay
not. So after all, things are only thus, or
SO, by comparison. Your beggsr is a great
man, compared with lean dog! A poor
thing The king kicks the courtisr; the
courtier, the clown; the clown, the beg
gar; the beggar the dog! So that we all
have our football. 0, whit sturdy thing
Is your greatness! Some great priest or
Pope, / think says about right; Indeed,
maybe he was shoemaker, as he speaks