Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-11

miscellaneous.
rr5m Dickens Household Words.
DOOlUR ~PANTOL0G0s.

ApcilCuttum II. Let 1t NC IN BlllkShlrc. We
don't want, DOWN at Accident IN, the Government
Commissioner. or any other commissioner or cam
mission whatspever. Ii we have grievances, we
can suffer and be strong, US MIR. L3agicllOw says
on as ou~ homely synonymc mas it, we can grin and
bear il.
DOctjr pantologos was q very learned man. lie
could not measure lands nor prcslgc tidcs and
storms, nor did the rum1r ran that he could guagc
bat he was as full Of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.
as an egg is popularity said to be full of meat. H..
was a walking dictionary. \ Thcsaurus in rusty
black. A lex, On with a white neckcloth. Baylc,
Erasmus, the S~caligers, Bently, Sllmasius, and the
Scholiast upon Everybody. all rolled NJ together.
The trees, clad with leafy garments to melucr
mortols, were to him hung only with neat little
discs, be1ring dcrivHtIons Of words and lenses.
The gnarlcd oaks had NJ roots to him but Greek
roots. He dcspised the multiplication-table, and
sighed for the Abtcus back again. lie thought
Butfum and Cuvjcr, Audubon and Professor Owen
infinitely inferior, as natural historians, to lIIny.
lie had read one novel-the Golden Ass OF Apn-
.leius; one colkery-hopk that of Apicius. GHlcn.
CELSIUS, Esculapius, and llippocra'cs, were the
whole Of the faculty to him. Politics were his
illumination and lie deemed but three subjects
worthy of argument tho bull of IhaIarls, the
birth place of Homer. and She -Euljc Digdmma.
On this last subject he had written Il wora-a
mighty work-still in manuscript, from which he
frequently read eXtrPcts, which ppbndy could I'M
derstand, AMI which orax, the Septic, declared
the Doctor dilu't understand himself. Either. SAID
BDrlN. the lrutIi'll, the OH T'tl'E WIS illll ''''
he began the work, or he would 60 mad bciore he
fnishedi. 1t was a wondrous book. Written on
.innumcrablc fl .monts of paper, from sheets OF
f,olscap, to envelopes Of letters and backs OF
washing bills. The ule-paSc, and some hali-i,l
en- sheets besides were fairly copied Out and ready
for press. \ Treatise on the Origin and History
of the KDlic Dignmma with s%trictuaes upon tn
Sch1liast of Everybody, of course), 10y Ihouky
dides pantogolos, h~ead-mastcr at the Free Gram
mlr School at Accilentium. Thus classically did
- -. 1900. l. 49, 80 +Ln w.tI,
creed, and scornel the mean, shutting, evasivc
Thucy dides nomenclature.
Whenever things went contrariwiso with the
Doctor, he flew for consolation to the treatise. lie
mlao a feint Of not employing himself upon 1t IN
.school-holrs; but, almost every afternoon, and
fe Iucntly in the morning he would cry, after many
uneasy pinches Of snuff: boy! go to my domi-
cile md fetch the lalthcrn satchel that leth ON the
parlOur table" Straigltway wuIid the boy ad-
dressed. start on his GRAND for, though the Doc
tors cottage was lose by, it oft-times happened
that the boy managed to find time for the purchase
of cakes and apples-nay, for the spinning OF tops
and the tossing Of lcathcrn balls even, and for un-
lawful chivying rouhI the worn old circular stone
stems. surmountel by a stump: all that remains OF
the old cross Of Accidentium. Back would the
hov come with the famous leathern satchei gorged
with papers. Then Doctor Pantogolos would dip
his b5nv arm into it and draw forth a handful OF
the treatise, and would fall to biting his pen and
cleuching his hands, and muttering passages con-
cerninr the welfare Of he Eolic D%igamma, and in
a tree hewould be happy forgetting the din and
the dust, the ruiuous schoolroom, his threadbare
coat. the mislpplicd funds, and his inadequate rev
enuc-forgetting, even, the existence OF the thTee
Great nlogues Of his life, his sister Eolumnia, his
sister VolnmniA's children, and the boy Qnando'
yolumnia was the widow of a Mr.. Cory OLanus
an Irishman and an cxciseman who had fallen
victim to his devotion to his ohlcial dnmes, heyin!
lost his life in s'a difficulty about an Illicit still il
the countvi Tippe rary, much whiskey having beer
sniff nm the occasion. and some blood. 10 WHOM
should the widowed Nolumnia fly for projection
and shelter but to her brother Thoukydides Panic
loros? And Thokydides PantologOs, whose gene
vi mcckness and indebtedness would hav'
nromnted him to receive the Megatherium witt
omen arms. and acknowledge the Plesiosaurus as
brother-in-lnw had he been requested SO to 49, did II
not only receive, cherish, aid and abct his susie
yolumnia, but likewise her five orphaned children
-Elarabalus, James, Commodus William, Mariu
Frederick. Drusilla Jane, and Popp@a Caroline
Thov had all red hair. They all fought, scratched
Bit. stole. and dcyoured, like fox-cubs. They tori
the Doctors books they yelled hldeous choruse'
IN distract him as he studied they made savag,
for,vs mon the leathcrn satchel they fashlone-
his mems into pea-shooters, ate his waters, ano
nonrel out his ink as libations TO the inferno! gods
In a word, they played the very devil with Doctor
Pantogolos. And Nolumnia, whs9e halr was req
der than that Of her offspring, and in whose admir-
able character all the virtues of her children werl
combined. watched over this young troop witt
mothcrly fondneas: and very little rest did she lie
her brother have night or day if the bereaScd or
phans of Mr.. O'Lanus wanted new boots, or tcAs
or frocks.
Mrs. OLanus had no money, no wit, no beauty
no GOOD qualities to speak of, but she had Il tcn
Der. By means of this said temper she Kept tn
learned Doctor Pantogolos in continual! lear an
trembling. She raised storms about ms ears, Sl
scoldel him from doors and ObjurSated HIM trul
windows she nut ''rntsbaue in his porFlSe ana Ia
tors 10 his pew (iguratively Of course, shl
trumneted his misdoings all over the village \
more harmless and iuoIansiye man than me doct0
did net EXIST; she spent threeiourti5 "l h's SlHa
income upon herself and her red-halred chluuren
vet Thoukvdides Pantogolos bore 1t all with p
t;cnee and was willing to believe that Nolumn
was a martyr 10 his interests; that she sacrlhce
her children to him, aud only stayed with nm
ave, him and his house from utter rack al
ruin.
Did | ever mention .hat a grea. many years b
fore this time, Doctor PautOgolus took to himself
wifo-a delicate lady who diel--sal!eI f"Fm2s
and who dying left u little chllI-a glFi' cane
Pulchrior? | think not-yet it was so; and at tn
time this child had grown 50 be a brown-halre
rosy-cheekcd, buxom little lass, some fifteen SUI
mers oil. 1t pleased very much Doctor Pantogol
TO remark that she was not weak, nor de''eAte' ~
ailing, like the poor lady-her mother-"h9 u's
and that still she had her mothers eyes, and hai
and CHEEKY LAUGH. She was n very merry good lit
girl was Pulchri0r, and | am sure ! don kho
what the poor Doctor would have done witho'
her. Volumnia hated her, OF course. sue Gale
her "rubbage," a "faggot," and other qncl"ssiei
names, which | am ashamed the widow OF a
O'Lanus should have SO FAR forgotten EerSeif as
make use Of; poor Pculehrior had to 90 the h9rde
work, and wash and dress the five red-headed en-
dren. who always fought, bit, scratched and yellC
during the operation she had to run errands L
Volunuia, notably with missiyes Of a tender natu
addressed to Mr.. O'Bleak, the squirting apoth
cary at the corner tNolumnia adored lrisAmen
SHE had to bear all Velumnia's abuse, and all 4
turmoil Of the infants with red heads, but she d
net repine. She had a temper, too, had Pulchri'
and that temper happened 10 be avery good on
and the more Yolumnia scolded, and stormed' al
abuseI her, The more Pulchrior sang anu sli'G
and (when she could get into a quiet corner
herself1 danced. ,
Luckily, indeed, was it for Doctoy Pantog9hl