Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-10-10
From the d t,oit Advertiser, Sept. %.

Theatres with appreciation. George ChrlSty with
exclamation. aud No 2 Dey street with afiIia-
tpn having visited Castle Garden, the Model
Artstes and the American Museum. in fact,
knowing something Of almost all the other places
of amusement in the city, ] resolved To complete
and crown my knowledge by going To Church, and
! hope mny receive due credit for my ursult
of amusement under difficulties, made known
my heroic determination to my new-found friends,
and they instantly resolved to benr me company
Bull Dngge by way ct variety aud Damphool
from force of Il ibit-(Bul Dogge seldom goes to
church and Dumphoo diiodyS does.) Sunday
morning came, and the aforesaid individuals pre-
scented themsclyrs-B. -. looking pugn0cious
aud puglstc, and Danpho"l perfectly marvel
lous-in fact. ajrstic n this latter nalncd per
sonage Ind ever horne himself. aud importantly
huge rs be had ever appeared his cont tails were
now wonderfully short. his collar 50 enviably
large and 50 Independently upright, and his ha'
So unusually and magnihccntly loity-thai he
certainly looked bigger phoo than ever before.
Passing up broadway through crowd of peo-
pie of all sorts, sizes, colors and compleXi ms;
cuuntrymen running over every third man they
met; New Workers threading their way through
apparently un gctthroughabIc crowds without
ruing their tcmpers or their shirt collars. tBy
the why, | have discovered that no one but
genuine New Yorker born and bred can cross
Broadway upon dgnfcd walk Fircmcn in
red shirts aud their coats over their arms news
boys with very >cnty allowance of shirt, and
no coats MT all Dutch cmigrants. with dirty ia
cc~, nasty brccches. and long loppy looking
pipes; Irish cnigrants, with dirtier faces, mas
tier breechrs, and hort, stubbier pipes; spruce
looking dnrkies and wenchrs nlrayed in rainbow
Colorcd halimrnts we at last reached the door
of the church. Everything looked 81 grandly
gingcrbieady, that hesitated about going in.
Litt5 boy in the corner (barrfroted, with letter
in the posi- office told Us to 'go IN" aud called
~ - IrlD0US - bIH a. the force pf his
pomoogical remark, but "Went in nevertheless.
MIN IN "A white crnyat showed Us 10 "A pew floor
/ covered with carpet and seat covered with da-
mask with Into stools 10 knecl down upon.
Pretty soon, mnsic-organ- sometimes grand
and solemn but generally fast and lively enough
for contra dance. tB. ID. said the player got
big salary to show off tho organ, aud draw
big housed He commenced To play to Old Hun
drcd, tDamphoo suggests Ancient Century)
At first, lnnjc -tc rs it should be, but his
left hand began to he unruly among the bass notes
then the right cut up II few monkey shines in the
trrbles; left threw IN II large assortment Of qua
vcrs, right led off with grand flourish and few
dozen variations; left struggled manfully to keep
up, but soon gave ont, dead beat, AID after that
went hnck to first principles, and hammered
away relgously ut Old Hundred in spite of the
antics of its fellow right struck up march, mar
! chrd into quick step quickened into II gullop;
left still kept ut Old Hundred; right put in all
SOftS III 1uliuSllc extra, To cltcp t1c ltt from lis
sense of proprcty; let still unmoycd; right put
/ in few bars ola popular waltz; left wavcrs
! little; right strikes up avortc polka; left evi.
/ IDENTIFY Welding; right daShcs into Jig; left now
! tnrly desserts its colnrS and goes over to the
/ enemy. aud both commenced an animated horn
| pipe, leaving poor Old Hundred to take of
/ itself At length, with crash, squeak,u rush,
! u ronr. n rumble and an expiring groan, the over
/ ture concluded and service began.
/ - ~ cool ns could. hut cnul helm
! Looking round now aud then to see the show
| Elderly lady my right very devout gilt edged
! prayer book, gold covered fan, feathers in her
! bonnet, rings on her fingers aad, for all know,
! "brs ON her toes" Anticipated gentleman III
| same slip well preserved but somewhat wrin-
! Killed., smells of Wall street, gold spectacles,
| gold headed cane, put three cents in the plate
! Fashionable little girl On the lcft-two founces
/ on her pantacttes, and diamond ring over her
/ glove.
Young America locking boy four years old,
! patent leather hootS, standing collar, gloves,
! cane, aud cigar ense in his pocket. Foppsh
Young man with adocsccnt mou,achc, pumps,
p legs n Ia spermacett candles, shirt front en-
hroidrred Ia !. 10 race horse, Cravai n la Julien
vest la pumpkin pie, hair In soft soap, coat
tails IA la hootjack which when parted discovered
view of the Crystal Palace hv ga, light ON the
rear of his pnntaloons, wristbands II Ia stove pipe.
hat la wild lrishman cane to correspond total
Artificial young lady, extreme of fashion:
cant properly describe her, but here goes
Whalebone, cotton paint and whitewash slip.
pers la Ellsler, feet la japanese, dress la
Paris, shawl la eleven hundred arS parasol
II Ia mushroom, rlnglets Il la corkscrcw, arms II
la broomstck. bonnet la Bowcry raI, tBull
Dngge says the hoy without buttons ON him
brought it in II teaspoon fifteen minutes after She
entered the 'use) neck la scragg of mutton
bosom Ia barebones, complexion n la mother of
pearl, tDamphoo SAYS she boughti at phalon's)
appearance" generally humbug Dull Dogg of
iers To bet his hat She don't know cabbage
from a new cheese, aud can't tell whether sir
! loln steak is beef, chicken, flesh, or fish,
AT length with another variette upon the or
gan, the service concluded. | thought from the
! manner OF thi, last performance, each member of
! the choir Imagined the songs of praise would
never get to heaven If he didn't give them per-
! onal boost, in the shape of an extra veil.
Left the church with a confused idea that the
only way 10 attain eternal bliss is To 90 to church
! every sunday, and to give literally to the for
! elgn missionary cause.
Bull Dogye tried to convince me that one-half
the people present thought that Fifth avenue runs
straight into Heaven, and that their through tick
! cts are insured, their front seats reserved. aud
! that when they are obliged to leave this world
| they will find u coaeh aud four and two servants
! IN livery ready to take them right through to the
! other side OF Jordan.
Yours, reverentally,
| Z. X. PmLANpER DoEsrICk: F. b.
| That staunch Democratic paper the Charles
| ton Mercury, has a leading article ON THE Wing