The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-20
Fanny Fern with John Bull

Fanny Fern is roughly criticised ty the
London 4:tm am W g.ys a specimen
with Fauny's reply:
"Fanay" {~hether Dis, or HISS aPPe4r-
eth DOT IN her books dos not scem tohavs
country bone i'll her body or country hair
on her head The upstairs, down stairs
aud back stairs life Of towns. with all its
pretcuses and ambitious struggles, seems a.
we'll - Der as it can to any respectable
woman of average fortune. She delights
in slang A mother, with her, is "a mater
RaH- a,nan n 1lascaiiae'-and women ARE
temtnitfs She is bujstsrOus On the subject
,ttgmale hppPing-nor less animated when
hcciorinu the lords of creation III regard 30
what they should put ON; Il understand,
says sh,,, the architecture uf a coat 10 u
charm: kauw is quick as flash whether
il is all right, the minute | clap my eyes
on il. As to vests, call myself a commons
setIr. ..Styc, = are only III for We'll street,
Gp, Yourself sofne nice silk ncrktlee, and
nsk our wife, or somebody who knows
soncting 10 lungitndIHize them to your jug
uar. Throw your c0lored, embroidered
and ruiiied shirt-bosoms overheard: leave
cane an cigar u, home; wear pair OF neat
dark gloves sport an Immaculate pocket
handkerchief and dickey. A fern leaf the
above! Nay, rather let us call it a grain Ct
'clat1 DO review slang by slang) presented
by Boz to BIZ and seraw led by the former
on the back Of an unpaid tailor's bill.
Johnny, had you any little pr.irats reason
OF gour orca tor emitting the closing sen
tcacc ia the obnoxious fern Leaf above
quoted viz: and sJaa5 u eeery 'romGn as ioR
uou.i irish goRr mother or sister 10 ba YD5tn
IL" Oh, JOHNNY, Johnny, you will nfcc'
get out OF your mouth the taste OF that cup
OF ten that my forefathers mixed for yours
in Boston harhor, Will you never CEASE
fLtipg, Johnny! "Not a county bone IN mB
boay.' Ask the $4,000 buyers of Fern
I<areS Ct 70 by my publishers advertise
men,s as to numbers, keeping sharp eye,
with view to a settlement by and hyD
Ask them if Fern Leaves Show that do not
love the country Johnny, dear, was
"rGise3'' in the country, not far from spot
called Bunker Hill, where il | remember,
104 once received shot. How il came
10 hit you in The back is best known to your
self
As 10 the architecture Of coat, 10
know It, and also know, whenever see
man with one that is bsdIy out, and whose
bump of se!r-esteem draws 50 powerfully
on the cop ofhis head as to lit his heels
from The ground, that--he Is an Eog,tsh-
nan.
But Johnny, forgive you; partly because
penued sundry little squibs IN feF'' Le'ea$
about YOU Britshers in full expectation OF
box on the ear, and partly because | knew
how many little things you have had lateN
TO try yon placid temper. 1t Is aggraVaung
Johnny, 10 have Golden and Hume con
SANITY hammering Parliament about the
New York Tribune, and thrusting 1t INTO
your tory faces us model Of hat an Eng
hsh newspaper should be, as to price, sue
and matter This must b. very provoking
Johnny, to Il person OF your imitation az"
ponpositY. Aud then there ii hossutli
Sheffield eEp0sa of your miserable, shuiilIng'
pnsy-cat-war policy dispatched your ar,
mes just in time 20 b. t00 zd'a jar action ana
allowing your fleets to hover about points
from which Russia cannot b. riialy me
naced, instead Of sinking them out OF Their
boots, as you ought, and as Ur did SoN:
Johnny, after that little tea-party before al
lndcd TO.
Well we forgive you, Johnny, for being
suoh Mastering coward. Your younger
brother america, Is getting along Nicely
and throws back in your teeth your Old
,an0t Who reads an American Book r.
Literary "faminity,' is wide awake and very
successful over here, literary "moscal'nHP,'
'Vcxed, and while patting us po'roniz'ng,iy
With one hand scratches Us silly with the
other; yet by the laws Of Providence and
'ie cdtorot the New York Daily TINES, we
saal continue to nib our pens aud coolsy
pocket the receipts.
FANNY FGRN.