Spirit of the age., 1853-05-04
Editorial Chit Chat for NAV.

MAY.-The sweet, merry month of LANG
Syne," when there was poetry and school
children to be found among the new flowers.
Steam and Caloric have made little bows men:
an abundance of cheap paper has annihila-
ted poetry. and the oldfashioned dance around
the May Pole has been forgotten-the girls
are all too large for May Queens. The earth
will'be adorned with flowers, natural as well
as artificial, and whosoever falls in love this
month will think his fair one a wee bit O. an
angel, and can only realize the truth of his
suspicion by calling in the Priest or Squire.
To those who have fallen in love we have q
crumb of comfort for them there is chance
Of your falling out" and take care that
you don't!
OLD MAIDS VS.. BACHELORS There are
friends for the old maid-the universal aunt
} Children love her, and kittens come and lie
} down in the fre-shrine at her feet and purr
! There are pleasant homes where her presence
is welcome, and by and by, some poor soul
5 she has eomforted will put flower on her
? grave" But for the old bach,-pity his sor-
: rows man, woman and beast despise him.
< His old hound, laying IN the weeds where
: his garden ought to be, fears and shuns his
e presence, while old gray grimalkin, that wa
3 ges war against the rats and the mice on his
I shelf, bristles up her back and spits kitten
T fashion at him whenever he comes near the
; hearth with his lump Of dough.
> COMFORT IL ArFL1crIoN.- oidlsdy, who
, had seen many troubles, thus feeds on COM
, fort - I've buried my old man-Fve bu-
RED six children-my dar;er Sal runaway
with shoemaker-my youngest son fell in
the frog pond and died drunk-Pve broke
;, my incest china tea set and overturned two
- gallon cream jar,-yet in all my trials I've
- drawed consolation from that text which tells
= US g fret not thy gizzGrd"
RSS~ Shakespeare says, " throw physic to
: the dogs" Cruel man to treat the poor dumb
pups in such manner!
An ABoMINABLE PRACTIcE.-So it is, that
fashion the ladies have of kissing each other.
= Only think of it two young ladies after
| three hours absence meet each other and with
- a humid smack declare how glad they are
w. 1t is a coalition on their part to torment and
or vex folks; it is a waste of the good things of
earth intended for more noble purpose. 1t
~ is piece of cruelty, and nine times out Of
,ro ten it is done for no other purpose In the
;oL wide, wide world shAn to annoy and to make
- the poor fellers feel bad who stand off lit
&c tie way with their caps under their arm, and
,,,r dare not so much as open their watering
! mouths for fear of running their clean bosoms
with the Ii" slo6ersr' And there is no help;
i'n it is great moral question and the next Leg
~, islature won't touch it.
5n' PHoNETIcs-So of our readers may not
iI'S understand the process by which some re-
formers propose to change our way of spell
:" ing. Here is a sample-some one phOnetised
III the Z" old Blue Hem"
ioi "Huever stole our olbluhen,
TN Thad betr letur B,
q" She alwz lad 2egzada,
can & Sundiz she lad g."
rts. BGE~ "Canst thou send lightnings, tha
yet they may go, and say unto thee Here We
V are ?"-JoB. The telegraphic lightning says
ess- that, and more too, in these modern days.
1ju- EGy- The tall drunkard," in an adjoin
ded ing county, who had delirium tremens 81
lich bad last week, was told BY his physician tha
ds's his course was q ruinous one and that he wa
God dying by inches Thank Heaven" sait
op- the topper, measure six feet nine inches y
lex 4 R,rfr,rrn R,r ,-o,,, T,d, bo,,
upon mischief, sent an old bachelor pres
~ cnt--a very significant one-a bunch of fres
y. wormwood Bach felt bitter and sent he
nns the following reply
% Pm glad your gift is not 4 Miss:
sely Much worse might me 10 all;
re- The wormwood's bad alone, but worse
c in The wormwood and the gal CD.
Ar HeA. we record it as a news item that til
llled young lady who declared so soemnly thu
nize she never intended TO marry was actuaIl
ONE jined accordn' to law" last month TO
both worthy young farmer, and it was the fir
k is offer she had so her Ma said.
ne" DANDIEs ILLUsTRATED.-We were forcibl
ding struck the other morning with the simlarit
. Ar existing between dandy and a mushroom
Tear. Four points Of resemblance presented then
selves he is sap head his waist remar
LUZ ably slender; his growth is exceedingly ra
u "' id and an uncommonly tender top.-Quer
Ia Are shawls to be worn this season by Il
li'u- swelled topped bipeds p" that's the que
COM ton"
aea Tho gentleman who sat his beaver U
'' der bench ire church the other Sabbat
ners. ,rboo IL :ac.-.. 81, o,,,t
SIS Ill &C tobooo g., - ~,
0i'' has openly declared himself opposed to VI
u'i'' ginia distractions.
'P1, eea- The chap, who was too stingy to su
scribe for pap:r, sent a note to his frier
~ for the loan Of his moose paper. lie receive
''''i' in return the marriage certificate.
oi' Bag~ An Editor down South has been tr
ing for the last six years to live down son
ISLANDERS perpctrated against him. lie sa,
that he finds It tedious process like washing
ar;or negro white.
,-os LITERATUHE.-Prose IS the meat, corn an
tho potatoes of literature; poetry is the for