The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-12-12

is his boast at debating societies, stump
orations and Fourth of Julys. indeed, but
for his enthusiastic venerstion of "smart-
ness, y his mad demonstrations of worshipful
respect TO superanuated captains and gener-
ais o! milItia--and his esgeruass to apotheo
size whatever is deemed superior in pirouet-
ting or novel.wrting: we might question if
his organ of reverence be not wholly fat
tened and dissolved. What effect the melo-
dious bewitchments of the Swedish song
stress will produce upon him, is curious
problem. Will his intoxioation stop short of
delirium tremens!
Spite Of one instance 10 the contrary, Jon
athaa is the most gallant soul alive.-The
age of chivalry never produced a more ten
der and heroic champion, not of high born
danes and maidens of glorious beauty, but
of that trustfu and refined idea which we
name womanhood He is almost too courie.
teous and submissive, for 'frailty" grows
presuming, and hardly deigns to acknowl-
! edge his civilties-Unthanked he carries
basket and bird-cage, umbrella, bandbox
and baby, while she as a matter of course
leans helplessly upon his good-natured left
elbow. In travelling by car or stage-coach,
how noticeable this amiable trait When a
a lady enters, John doggedly adheres to his
comfortable cushioned cosner, surveys her
with cool and Indifferent stare, and re-
sumes his nap but Jonathan instantaneous
ly unpockets his hands, expectororates TO
the left, and, resigns his seat. Such polite-
ness should not be unacknowledged because
che chews." All boys of certain unrea-
sonabIe age grow lanterned jawed upon
spruce gum and Burgundy pitch, but little
reflection teaches them better. We notice
indications of a growing sense on this point
and promise that he will yet reform in time
to save his teeth and his nervous constlu-
ton.
But there is one feature IN his case which
strikes us as lamentable, aud tending to la
meniable results. Let loose to browse at
will upon the luxuriant pasIurase ofthis new
world, gluttony is growing upon him una
ware. HIS chief idea of happiness-his
home of bliss, is eating. His holy.days are
festivals, and he expresses his gratitude for
every blessing by gourmandlzing. Accord
ing TO his vocabulary Thanksgiving means
pumpkin. pie, cider and roast turkey Christ
mas and New.Years are defined ahicken-
salad and sausages; Fourth of July every
thing eatable, moi TO say digestible. His
soirees aud Conversations are great displays
, of whip cream and confectionery, got up Of
ten with much taste and expense and which
the main enjoyment Of the evening consists
in disti.uring and devouring. II is remark
! able that this felicity should be SO hurHealy
despatched, but it accords with his eager
and avid nature. Years and experience a.
lone, teach men to eat, Nature is more kind
to other animals
This fierce and restless energy bears the
appearance of an unhealthy excitement.
What is it that keeps him moving from ten
enent 70 tenement every irst of May What
keeps him continually guessing, and expect
ing, and whiting, and drumming on his
chaira What is if that impels him to carve
his name so indus,riously in rocks and caves
where none but bats and wood-pigeons will
find IL IL it destructiveness, thirst for
immortality--or the utter imposs,bility of
quletude that possesses him, 10 scrawl his
ungraceful autographs on trees where they
must soon grow out of all legibility, on the
walls and window panes of steamboats, and
hotels, on barn doors and the fly leaves of
circulating library books? We find such
traces on the pyramids of Egypt, on the co.
lossal pillars of the cave Elephanta, and on
the door posts of the Greenbush hoseboat.
But this is not ALL His analytic mind is sell
dom satisfied without chipping off speci-
mems of every thing curisus His taste for
this species of plumber is as indiscrimina-
ting as voracious, and he prizes equally a
bit of Napoleon's cefTin, halt pair Of chop
sticks, pinch of the Capitalization suppos,
| ed TO be Lots wife, three cornered scrap of
satin shipped from the dress of Madam JUS
seau's wax figures, few hairs stolen from
the mummy at the Museum, or corner of
the gothic railing at the capitol. These are
| all the more valuable if little expertness is
requisite to obtain them. aa
Plymouth rock had the honor of the drst
salute from his peg boots Therefore it is a
celebrity: and he never passes without car
rying off fragment of it,--Besibes he
builds little specimens Into the corners Of his
meeting houses and distributes small bits a.
moug his friends by way of amulet. In this,
manner the whole rock had ere now been
destroyed, but that commercial interests re-
qured that wharf should be built over it.
No respect for "storied urn or. animated
busf deters him. He will shy stone at
the freize Of Washiueton's monument, as
unconcernedly as at the street lamp.-Red
Jackets wooden monument was twice re-
newed, and twice whitfield 10 the ground,
when Placide erected HIM one Of marble.
From this the name and inscription are part
-ly efIaced, and the whole upper portion is
Ildestroyed. A chief told me Jonathan did it.
Why did not his mother teach him that a
simple flower, or blade Of grass plucked
there would be far more tasteful and res.
| N - a