Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-01-31
NJ I S q r L L a N EOUS
Night among the Cats -By l. = o
"Ihe cat dlscen'selh Of the night.
All4au ,,tl ~

The cat dlscoo'seIh Of the night.
M.on.-ini ou'"
'li"w beautiful Is nlgh1' once exclaimed poet mild
pensiys silent nish The time sci aparl tor III, resi-
o mnIlas, weary with the nj the day--the uno
when, ii the wicked nal tnuhlnp III, weary ,,
h' test How pleasant II -, NJ Tho wa ching hour the
poet speaks Of.
"Nhen darkness shows os worls of lipht
We ntyrr saw by day -
10 s beneath our own aud s tree smoke our loved
Iegalin, aud rnhlnate upon scenes punr hy
Night Is The time for resi-, ~ sang the poet and q,
lhonghl when. last evening. Iad ASIDE INV eotoo,c
gum ufe and, IN my robe de chambe seated my self nj
the window 10 nnj'y the nrnllo lanuary breeze which
~ onT sunny Land, 'vslts the cheek lo tnuphly
ihe NOON had not risen. but the gems of night shone
respondent IN the clear. blue sky Gaesnpra ndr,ue
Ja, lr"a M1er, aud Ctsa Mmor those s,cifr nnnotau
oceidefes We're perlormlul their everlasting evoutbns
around u"lr cynosnte. 1mtured melody had ceased
her suerlngs ou lhe evening lul, Everyihinp wns 81
,ohl ahd degh'ml, eNcept-doar reader. did you ever
hear ca, coneeft do Mt uean one nt hos.
mol Improperly Illus dc.,gnaIed which paoh,nce yo,
may lave heard at Aimpy ball. but n genuine cnncot.
haah oi eA' eods aud dscordS. II yuu have never had
that iclelly, oh
''Woold thai Won had been where have bccn.
Aud see what have seen 8"
said HAT the night was avcly- -hu, tlere was , co,
concert uhd'r my "ndow-and passed u niuht uinonr
The cals ! thought lhnt all the lrn,ls md tlIues If
Bedhm bad been turned lo5ar upon ,ncZnld e,ts and
ynnnr cats--''baeh spd,s aud white red spin,s and
gray all The no'es al the pannt. hinh lnw s,prano
'''n' eon'hll'' baritone aud bass al mingled In one
''uhc chaotic Jhrgon OF dlscmdaul sounds. Often |
Nood with hoo Ia hand. cndcavurinp Ia sinpl, oul some
victim ifnm The tord gang Boots candlesticks nin
b Is all tha could he tefed into missyes of d,s
lHel"n, were hflcd IN vain. Sometimes "A al,uhl res
PIE being gained by the fall Of suine deadly ,,.s,I,
bieath'd 'teeyihn s0pn"ihlt sl,an eya,n =, Oh how
wished f'r The hunlerblts of Joys la Lurl Jesrrlion
upon the hole feline race
be bored To death by greenharn praclcing on the
Key bngie-l 10 be compelled II listen 10 a bUntdinr
srh"o miss drumming pinno ont Of lune--o hear
,he ming ol band saw for four hours at n stretch t
h' the victim al OF confdtrire cuivauu for the slago
cnh'rnltI which Nature dened her or n humkn pr..
pafne TO teach singing school, with his cierna Gt sol
"-'l are bad en"n2h M thrlf place-ihey may herore
supofahIe by long rndoance but thu cat nv aunr Of
twenty monsters. ~ slurlsln can endure
Dear reader, take the winqs Of your Imagination -
'ahfy that you stand by my -le Innki ON the on
p'sl" pavement stands an old gumalkln who ever and
anon 1ahs his dorp-has notes 10 the internal chorus
tie Snn old acquaintance Of mine. | know his voice
'uli we'll As was sld u ltoueo IN The groves Of syca
.nofrs
"Many midnight hath he there been seen
Bui all. So the ll--eeng sun
Should III the further east beuln ~ dtaw
The shady curtains from Anora's bed
Away itom light steals hnne y
You So" hun, dear reader! Now mark hurl nv bo,
re "l Maynard and Noyes best I.o,k IT, turns an
lnqoltn9 Glance towards u.s. ns il To inunire what We de-
s'ie. ''"'d king Of cats. nothing hnl Of your ne
ives ana dry beat the rest Of yonr eight" Can you moi
'maB',e hh irline Romeo paying his addresses to
.ome itine Jnet2 Lo on the opposite balcony is his
juliet Our Ronou speaks s-nl-ou-ou m-ew, iIe means
To say
Arise, fair sun, and kllI the envious moon,
ho's already sick and pale with gu.t
nat lhou, her maid, arr far far lhan She
Jnl'et answers ~ her vernacuIar. 'spfue splilte'
which, being translated. means 'Ah me' Listen to did
sf'"a'@io-he bfgIns To pile On the agony >
"She speaks:
IT, speak again. bfieh, angel! rnou for thou art
As sloroos to this sight, being o'ef my head
AS winged messenger Of heaven." Mai-ou.oo oul
juliet seems much affected by this pathetic appeal Il,
hef lender sensbllltlcs, aud d es display HAT mock
disnclnation 10 be won, when she wants 10 be- which
~ ihonefn times. has becpne fashionable among
the softer sex See with what a graceful sweep of
hef ta she comes forward on the balcony. That irsk Of
her tai is even elpqnent than Her sit me new
which means:
ION. Romeo, R'med wherefore art lhou Romeo?
D'nY 'hry 'ah"f and refuse thy name, ne.ew,
of, II thou wilt not be but sworn my love.
And Pll no longer be Capuel. Moo-ou 90 owl
Romeo, ! take Thee AT hy word; mai ou;1
Gall me bni love, aud III be new baplised;
H. nceiohh never will be Romeo Mao-oo ow -ow
Jaiet II 'hey do see lhee, they will murder thee
(Nla-ew)
=, homeo Alarh! there lies peril in thine eye
han twenty Of their swords; (nai-ou;) look thou but
'"u ah PROOF against lheir tnnlty" (sweet,
(hlal- u-oh boo-oo-ow.
Now wonder You, that his old loves sniten g.imalkin
mas "ihsood 'he assaults Of my whole magazine OF mis-
slve Arguments Here goes my Meduc bple-less
valuable than when from it taio Sciinun adebi il ano
The vulgar herd scatter, ike frightened spres t. the
gners but the old leader u lhe gang sticks his post,
like a trne dsci lie Of old Zack 1t il in vain Here
Hector take oy slippers and gown-iires la drape,ie
'od the drapefy my couch about me, and lie down
peTchance To sleep.
GLOW does The thermometer sland7" asked father of
his son. 'lt don't stand at all il hangs" was the
reply. "Well, bul | mean how l,w7isjt2n sJust a.
bout five feel from The 0nr.' ..ptoh! you fwI-bow
d'ts The mercury ange % III and d,w perpendicu
Iuly?' 80
locnre men "i deafness, ask Them to drink 10
bring II un as1in, ask them to II, at yuu.