Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-10
editorial Chit chat for November.

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70 this delightful little village, and although
we did not find it quite such a place as the
"Girafss" man "CosMoPoLITE" would make
strangers believe, if he only knew how, yet
after all it is, as brother Jontey would say,
some, anyhow. There are several stores there,
that's a fact, and if the accommodating man
ayers sell as fast as they wish, we hay'nt a
doubt but they will retire to the country one
of these days. There is a big Hotel there
too, but the "UNIoN" amt three hundred
feet of granite front, " good knight Cos Moppy,
but it is large and roomy, and a most excel
lent host thar to look after ones comfort and
appetite. We didn't sec the forty thousand
dollar suite Of Catholic bells, nor hear them
ring, but we saw several suits of very hand
some Bellies about town, but whether they
were worth forty thousand dollars, that's a
question more in the province Of Cosmopolite
to answer than us. What's the fashion in
your street, Mister Cos?
HIGH-FALUTEN.-When we were a boy about
seven years Of age, we used to hear an old
hero say, whenever he heard a speech Of big
words, that lit was high-faluten." We new
or understood the exact meaning Of the word
until the following fell under our observation,
it is high-faluten with a vengeance st seems
that the " Mountain Cove journal and Spir-
itual Harbinger," new paper published by
Messrs. Scott and Harris, Of Virginia, drop
ped in to see friend Brown Of the Temper
ance Journal, and Brown was perfectly as
tonished, and forthwith seized the scissors
and at random put them in and brought out
the following "from whole columns of the
same sort :"
1.-THE Infinite Supreme Good, God the Life
therein appeareth, through His Infinite dis
closiye Love, in Infinite, Personal, Conscious
Almightiness; and therein lie appeareth, in
habiting the disclosive dome Of His eternal
wisdom, in Uncreatcd Spiritual Ominiscence ;
and thGrefrOm lie appeareth III co-equal and
co-eternal glory Of Infinite Divine Procedure"
And Brown seizes his pen and pitches,
without more ado, right at 'em in the follow
ing Jeu dspyiie -
There! IT is undubitously irrefragalous
from the internal and disclosiye doom Of the
rinctum-puppy-diddle-boodle of the bobarig-
NAUTICAL Progressive Of the justified rantank-
crosby Of Spiritual Procedure, that such glib
berish is too many pumpkins for us. But
well let the spirits know that we know some
big words as well as they.
We are right glad we don't have to parse
the above at our next lesson Hit 'em again
" friend Brown ;" for they have no business
to be frightening the wimmen and children
with their trickory-tommery-trumpery-
doc!
Has Miller joined them yet?
FALLING oUT.-A poor old topper went into
n grogshop the other day, and after imbibing
for some time he became jolly, then rollick-
some, then outrageous to the feelings of the
Boniface, who ordered him out of his premi.
ses, and Sucker refusing to obey, he was
pushed unceremoniously andhe fell ont about
it-of the high door and broke his arm =
lie don't get three dollars per week while he
is disabled! Where's Hassel the Prophet
Wac IN ArmcA.-A distressed gentleman
Of color is terribly out with Whitaker, thu
keeper of the Animal near the Post Office
Hear him: cit am a national impossible,
for gom'men of color to successfully enjoy d.
festivities oh de season, and de social circl
while dat anotomy of q "Gigraft" is holdin,
It's head in dc tree tops orerseejn' us" Wher
does the next Packet sail, Whitaker ? Sen
Sambo as quickly as possible; for he say
that one of your late illustrations was a mi.
cradle caricaturo of Dark-us his help meet-
"sartin -
HARD TO rLEAsE.-Our good subscriber
who pay up punctually for the paper fror
year to year, are not hard to please, but Il
chaps who borrow papers, or the .teilers WI
spring at their ~neighbor's door the nome
the boy drops it thcre-thoy are your criti
that Pope talked about. Mr.. Cash wi
don't you make tho Captain and mate of Il
Age" say something against one of Il
candidates for the Prosidcncy-ifI took pa
sage on the craft, and paid for it, l won.
blubber out againt 'em and " stop my paper.
What did you see when you shaved last, Cruz
bier? A shark or a--something else
Look to your shadow and dress to the
right
PoETs.-Somc Of our kind correspondent
have taken it into their heads that they &
poets of the first water. We like the ide,
poetical prediction shows a %softness of t
heart and an amiable disposition. Some
our Poets write tolerable poetry, some pass
bic rhyme, and somc precious stg6. TIL
are for the most part different in nature, Al
tell us with n modest blush that they won
never have thought Of offering their " huml
effusion for publication ifsome of their frien
stern critics too-had not accidentally sc
their verses and urged them to publish, p'
lish by all means for they were capital
Lives there an Editor, chat has not been
fictcd with this same old fshy story? Y
are no Poet ourself, but here is . couplct
the occasion -
Mister Slow one night cut a terrible ccper-
lie dream'd our " SrIRIT' presented its BOIL for
paper!