Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-07
1861
Cabin Reveries and Jokes on the 70
castle.

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READER! it is a rare pleasure to us to a.
vite you into our 'sCabin," there to enjoy
confidential, free-spoken chat. We alway
feel friendly, coy, chatty and old fashioned.
when thus situated with you. Our " Cabin
is a quiet and snug little affair of our owl
hid away from the eyes of the world and the
ships crew even. So come, Reader, here
an extra chair for yonldrop into it and
us hold rererie together. Hist do you hea
the feet rush of the waves on Times old
Ocean as our gallant craft rides proudly on
What a lesson they teach passing aIray
Here T! look out with us from our little win
dow-look up to the sky so far away. What
is beyondand beyond! All! pool finite mind,
we know not but we do know that the blue
waves of that sunny sky dash round witt
music whispers about the Throne of the
Great Architect who robed the trees in CLOS
sy green, painted the flowers Of meadow and
hill, gave out a Thousand songs for the bird
in the boughs to cheerily and m~errily triIl
and who also taught the great sea to cham
its sleepy anthem. We can and we will EN-
joy ourselves together, my reader. Come il
{ tnen you shall always be welcome. We
| have a thousand things to tell you as we find
> them recorded in our Log Book. If you be
old, we will talk of old times-3the sleeps
Past and the war with the middle aged, We
: will talk Of the Present and its benefits witt
the young, we will paint bright pictures of
d the Future with their curly heads and dim
e pied handsi in the foreground as live Presidents
or Corporals and Editors even With BACH
elors and old snuff-rubbing maids our 4" talk
n will at all times be short by choice, and here
. indulge the hope and the hint that they
make us short visits. With the young Miss,
% we will talk of flowers and-but our Cabin
ID is our own, our confessional ditto, so by the
of Prophets beard we will talk of what we
III please, or rather-but that is our business
Come now, our log-book is open and we will
m have a lesson of fun and philosophy undis-
er turbed by the noise and stampede of busy
a. life. If we raise a hearty laugh over the fol-
,at lies of the outer world, the outer world will
never be the wiser for it; and if certain
9 ears burn" while we sit here, that will be
no new or particular sin for everybody
nd talks of everybody else and it would be clear
we ly " unconstitutional II we were not al
lowed our say as well as the rest of mankind.
-av The WoRLD.-The world is in similitude
with the great sea, life and death are its eb-
E bling and flowing tide. Wars and personal
strife are storms which lash it into fury and
bloody factions. The cursings and clamor
r. Al 100000 .rIoL;Eop @ n % lilo tho distant
Is roar of the summer cloud or the noise OF
;nc swollen rivers rushing over their rocky beds.
Peace is the calm succeeding the storm, and
, in then the pillows of passion are at rest. Pros
18th perity is the sun cleaning out on the waters
noe and plenty is woven in its golden web. An'
Adversely is as the clouds overhanging tn
coast and the flood that sometimes burst i
fury upon all.
dis ANOTHER TELLER" BLowED UP.-It
-lmi+hAhlank drnn of sorroY on auE pen Tia
will we record a lamentable accident Detailing
t in very worthy middle aged bachelor. Lev
tars Dishrag, not having the fear of the "Ol
you folks at Home" before his eyes, went, a fey
you evenings since, to tell his love to Miss Salli
able Solitude. After the "old Folks" had retired
Our he cleared up his throat and paid his hun
is, bic deyoirs to the ealico divinity. The r.
for suit shall be made known in Lewis ow
Iook words. lie turned Poet Immediately an
: gives US the following:
Gently, Oh! gently 1 kissed her lilly hand,
And timidly l embraced the lovely gal;
L vowed I'd be her guardian on sea and land,
that And told her how much L loved my darling Sal
u0n And then Ctwas moon shine) she dropped her pc
lnty, sive eyes,
All And her tears, like the briney tide, did like to aoy
eral- "Dad blast yer ternal. ugly pietcr ! let me 90,
Levi for I'll holler jist as loud as 1 ever can eff "
don't!w
Levi employs his time in writing poetr
and reading Zimmerman on Solitude" sin
- the catastrophe.
rbres To PREVENT BEER FROM BEING TURNED
THUNDER.-If the beer is not already turne
draw it off in pint-pots. Then having call
an together an equal number of sots, to be four
ltion, almost any day in and about Grog Alley.
,ting, and after arranging them rank and file
Oduc- the reception room of Grog Pit, No l, d
Y tribute accordingly. This will answer
up the hottest weather and most electrical stat
OF the atmosphere.
mimi IHE GRAVE.-A gloomy looking mort
other chiseled out of the ground, which moonga
gene ing poets and frost bitten lovers wish theI
ms to selves safely wedged therein, but take speci
es for pains to keep out thereof
'kins. IA Some years ago the Legislature pass
an Act prohibiting Lotteries in this State
inc is cause it was seen that the system was wro
nthly. and its operations a np;eonoo 1f .uoh
~ DC Act had not been passed somebody mig
% have made money by lotteries. Whot re
has the Legislature to rob us of the Gbeyt
bought with the birthstone and salt-peter
our fore-feythers ?" Wanted to know N
e cit SMILES are not always the index of a fai
low ful and honest heart. The surface of n or
mani. stream may be smooth and sunny while r;
enous sharks roll and dart beneath with,
~. causing a ripple on the surface.
5 Of Prudence. (An oEd Maid, es 53. and q M
'ulta- rehement hater Of the male ser.1 All NJ
! one Anabel, | exceedingly regret I am so un
# we cial and melancholy. I know l am a II
Iorth to my friends.
N IA AnQbel. Indeed. Miss prudonoo -