The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-12
Inklings Of the Queen City.
NUMBER XIV.
THE B'HOYS.

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than physicians prescriptions. Of all COM
pounds human nature is the most singular, be-
cause the most varied and varying. Its ingre-
dients are so contrary and Commingled in such
different proportions, that the species to which
they give rise, though essentially the same, is
very dissimilar. What can be more opposite
than mans The highest and lowest orders Of
the irrational animal kingdom can scarcely be
more 50. Who would suppose Milton and Joe
Kite belonged to the same order Of created be-
ingsi
As time progresses, countries rise, and people
change. Circumstances create new characters
and experience cOrreCts errOr-thOUgh much Of
the latter yet remains to be corrected. Eng
land has its cockneys, Italy its lazaroni, France
its curriers', and America its B hoys; each class
peculiar to the country, and in some manner in
dicative Of its institutions. Even the B'hOys
differ among themselves, and the Cincinnati
B hoys are distinctive body from their breth-
rem by name in other parts Of the Union. New
York and Philadelphia claim for themselves the
original Bhoys; but the Queen City, has q
sufficient humber of her own manufacture anC
training mott require any accession from thu
Buwery Or from Spring Garden. If our East
eTn sisters are anxious or curious about thi
matter, we can, no doubt, seud them on larg
cargo Of b hoys-if they will pay the charge
of transportation, including breakage. Tn
B hOys do not add largely to the moral reputa
tiOn of city; and, as we have no morals t
spare, we will spare them, in their stead.
The b hoys in Cincinnati entertain too exalt
ed an opinion of themselves to be mere copyist:
they pretend TO be originals themselves, AM
are, in some things Some, of an inferior or
der may pattern after the Moses and Syksey
Of the East; but those Of our genuine, true Ol u
B'hOys scOrn the serVile imitation. They "g
it on their own hook" here, have more boldnes
and more viciOusness than their contemporaries
All B'hoys are bad enough, heaven knows i
every sense, but none are so thoroughly depray
ed and entirely disgusting as ours. B'hoys G
all kinds are distinctly the product of large cit
les, and Of free and liberal government lik
ours, where liCentiOusness is frequently mista
ken for freedom. They could not thrive in
small town. They would have neither spaC
for action, nor food for excitement. They mu
be where vice is, in its largest and worst accep
tation, and where it exists in every form.
That we have our quota of B hoys in Cincin
natl, no one who has been around" will gain
say. They can be seen almost any place but i
church or in lecture hall--resOrts to whic
their tastes but little incline them. 1t wert
perhaps, somewhat difficult to give our reader
an idea Of their exact appearance, as all who be
long to the fraternity have not adopted uni
form. To man Of the world, they are as i'm
mediately recognizable as though they wore th
helmet Of Achilles. The red shirt and bomba
zlne-CoVered hat, so generally associated wit
the Bhoy, are too common place for our lei
extravagant and more modern genio. He
more fond Of variety, and employs a nicer di;
elimination in dress. He is, however, very par
tial to gay ColoTs, and very indifferentto to whett
er they harmouize, Of are suited to his compiler
D ion and general appearance. He does not muc
care whether his garb is Of the latest style
D not, if it be snowy. He is strictly mindful
G the fit Of bis boot, which he generally likes
{ have uneXceptiOnable and with large amoul
, OF superfluous leather at the termination Of Il
, toe. This fashion he probably adheres to b.
e cause every one else has long since discarded
D Add to this, long hair sOpped with grease ar
turned under behind and curled up before Ill
figure six surmonHted by hat cooked upC
The head at an angle Of nearly forty five d
grees, and you have something Ii a sketch
] the Cincinnati b hoy, Of whom we hope to gi
something like an idea to our readers before '
{ have finished.
1t may be supposed by those Of our reade
so Fortunate as to have perused our No V.
Fast Young Men" (which appeared in "T
! Citizen, '') that this is a somewhat similar su
: ect Not at all, to our manner of thinkin
fhe B'hoy aud the Fast Young Man are e
tirely different. The one is voluptuary, I'll
his tastes are refined by education. The 9th
is more Of an animal, indulging in the low
vices and the cOarsest amusements. The latt
might become an ornament to society, if
would. To the former something more tn
mere will is wanting. Here are broad vulgs
Ity and open bOisterousness; there may be fou
an easy pOiteness and, what we term, gent
1 ity. There is but little danger of the hO.
g example becoming contagious He is too rOug
ly executed, too distorted picture to be Pile
ing TO a cultivated understanding. 0nly VI
\ corrupt minds can at first find temptation
= what Is visibly far beneath them.
We never witnessed more fulsome perfor
n ance land never but once,) than the one
r, Nose, which proved so popular, and spoke
y loudly for the eIevated appreciation of the
E. diences. The leading character was by
ID means copy Of the Cincinnati B'hoy, thou
s. it did somewhat resemble the butcher boy
40 the Bowery, aud loafer about the Five Poir
nt 1t was only defective in presenting too mt
ne noble traits of character beneath a rough
tenor-as ltbt we're impossible for warm he