The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-11-14
For the ExpfesS.
TO HERMIT.

} symputhizing spirit, I acknowledge your
+ intricate favor, and hasten to acqut my
self of any obligation l may rest under
for it.
Were it IN my power should attempt
to give one more version OF Shakespeare,
but your choice, beautiful and delicate
production has put it beyond further i'm.
provement, and before the creation Of
your prolific brain, that bard has grown
"small by degrees and beautifully less,'
and is probably retrea,ing ere this, ,otake
some of those "snoozes s,oeet," or else has
completely lost himself in the labyrinth
ic mazes Of your betwisted address "To
J Seamstress."
You speak as though you doubted the
implied assertion regarding "Puppie's
Whiskers," and did no, think them pos
sessed Of such appendix es.-It makes but
little difference; for, in the absence Of
these, there is one sure indication, viz
the infant canine race are always known
by their BARK.
Another beautiful expression, "Ou~ o,cn
pretty Pavs." If by 'our,' you mean
Hermit and Seamstress, do not lay claim
to those feline defenders, and consequent
Iy lose no time in their non employ ment,
nor have the "respect that makes Ia
Bring life SO long or short now."
was not aware Of the quality or kind
Of Dame Fashions nasal organ, before
your information put me in possession of
the valuable item, and suppose it must
belong to the genus "Brasaca rapa."-
As you are probably good friend to the
old lady, you had better drop a gentle
hint that it is late in the season for things
OF vERDANr NATURE to be out Speak
ing ofthose mushrooms, there must alrea-
dy be death Of them, Judging from tho
quality in MARKET.
'The fate that makes US work" And
does Gus" have to work. stitch, stitch,
sew, sew? Are there not enough whose
"Pretty Paws'' are better adapted to draw
ing the needle through the seam than
yours? Lonely, indeed, must be your
life, passed in solitude, las the name in
dicates,) irneedIe work is your monoton.
Gus occupalion.-(and suppose it is, from
your sympathy for "Seamstress'
Declared from the society Of :Misses,''
alone in the deep caverns oc thought, mu.
sing upon the onec-brighl promise Of rising
genius, and the falacy Of human hopes,
you may we'll exclaim, s:poor we''
With you, Oh! Hermit, l deplore the
blindness Of mankind, and think "'Tis
strange, It's passing strange" that all
around do not discover the Ito US so plain)
fact, "that we ourselves are just as good
as they. in our opinion" l doubt not
that at some future day justice will give
US our due, and the problem will be solv.
&c to "our' entire satisfaction.
As for "swealing" in this chilly wealth
er. that is not dreamed Of in any philo-
sophy; and if you are prone to 'sweat
and fumc,'' avoid such things, at least
for the present. So far from wishing
"them DER the Styx," | am too great a
friend Of the unfortunate ferryman 10
hasten their departure by any wish Of
mine, and have too much regard for those
already landed on the other side, TO wish
their "snoozcs sweet" to be disturbed by
BARKING.
Sand rather let US do the work we
have" If "we'' signifies Co., suppose
you mean the frm Of Hermit and Seam
stresf. ] am sure had much rather do
"the work | have,' than plague ourselves
''bout that we nought of;-sensble senti-
ment, truly.
"And minds of greatest depths get shall.
low soon;" with this regard, ,hei: cur
rents turn away through mastery inac-
ton.
do not, friend Hermit, see the exact
point ofthe above sentence, but suppose
,
you do, and it is just as we'll. only hope
it is not the prognosis Of your own doom,
for most sincerely should regret for the
worlds sake the loss Of such "5right
particular STAR"
The unkindest cut Of all is this, "Prde
thus oft makes loafers Of US all.'' There
is Gus '.again: you, and l. Now, Heav-
en- forbid, that as long as the frm stands,
"Hermit and Seamstress," that "us"
should ever become members ofthis COM
mon fraternity, and ever deliver "we''
from its baneful and deg railing influence.
Lasl speech Of all, that ends the lucid
article, is the ever.to-be-remembere
words, "Oh, Seamstress, be thou patient"
How pathetic, how touchngly beautiful,