The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-03-29
For the "Star Of The North,"
Genera and Species or the MidnIght Pol.
-iticians.o OF Greenwood. !
A DREAM.
By cuvrrR, IN.

A rare dream il was that we had the 9TH
er night-a vision OF kind and character
worth relating. Whence lis origin we know
not unless il was caused By an hours con-
verse with "one o! 'em" who labored hard
though without succeeding-to look deci.
dedly unconscious o. mornings 'after the
midnight orgies of his 'order. Atlanyrate we
bad laid ourself down in the blessed hope Of
a long and comfortable nap, when, soon af-
Ter our senses were quoted to all surround
ing, The drowsy god showed manifestations
of playing prauks with our imagination,
such as he bad never emboldened himself
10 be guilty Of before.
We were carried away--not along the
highway or in public, but snsakingy through
hedge and field and DER bog and fence-to
a house III. stands conspicuous in the vii
lage OF NJ, and ushered into a room
where shutters were closed and doors locked,
and 10! before ''our minds eye" weie as
se.nbled in one conglomerated mass,
"Black spirits g. white; blue spirits & gray"
forcibly reminding US of The tabled court of
Pandemonium, where in the 'deep and
dark" The councils Of the neither regions
were held.
At frst sight we felt the quivering OF
alarm, and began 10 fancy our olfactories
detecting the "odor sulphurous." Thipkiag
that we had been eniiced ibilher by the
Saudi giniieman in black" we wefe abou,
beating q retreat, when a voice from an invisi.
BILE source whispered In our ear, ''sisy, and
hearken TO the plotings of the 'Know-Noth-
ings' Of Greenwood" Heaven save us! was
our mental ejaculation, but on The instant
our curiosity surmounted our fears, for our
second glance at the medley throng before
US satisfied us that there were some instruc.
tive specimens Of the genus homo within the
room and having Inherited a certain share
OF The passion so rre-eminen,ly possessed by
our very illustrious ancestor CuviER, Senior,
as a Naturalist, We, upon learning that we
were in the midst Of The aspiring and very
ambitious politicians Of our chiyalrous little
township, found our whole attention CON-
pleiely absorbed in seiziug upon the marked
physical characters oil the animals" before
us, in order 10 see with what precision we
might classify Them. Neither on. manners
nor our morals were contaminated by re-
naming, we are sure; for in our collecting
of the salient moral end physical peculiari.
ties OF the several gent which We had the
satisfaction TO examine, we entirely forgo,
10 take cognizance of The schemes and plot
lings of the "nisht enshrouded' assemblage.
But, scientifically, that 10 US was q matter of
very small moment. We were loo busy in
our classiica,ion,-an here they are.
The first grand division that claimed our
attention were what we likened 10 the SImI3
or plainly Monkey. OF this class there
~..e ..~ss.l rssAaAt-Thsy-AAvs -smaIka-
bly, low foreheads, and quite unsymmeIical
projection OF The jaws. Their disposition TO
ape and mimic their superiors is Inherent
ibis they are apt TO do in gesiurs and man.
net. The more prominent in the gathering
might be distinguished by the buttons on
his coat. another by his glasses, worn 10
appear learned-and 10 hide his sinister eyes
The next class among them we marked
down as belonging 10 the REpTILE--animals
that are cold blooded, "wilh hearts adapted
, 10 their necessities" This class, as they
"on their bellies crawl, /" very generally leave
a wee'bit of their slime. They are of "earth,
earthly" and never aspire 10. aughi above
Terra Juma.. In more senses thar the adopt.
cd one they are "Know-N oihiugs !" and were
IT not for the fact of their having a vote, no,
; one of 'em would be suffered 10 ''drag bis
slow length" to the council chambers of The
order. There are too many of this genus 10
require minutsr skeiching. They love fiat.
terry and--rhiskey.
The third class,-and several of them we
, studied might be set down as belonging to
the tribe Of master REYxARD-the Fox. The
physioguomy as well as the peculiari,ies oil
the animal are too familiar to all 10 need
description. Cunning is the predominant
trait of his character, and if foiled in our d.
%reciion, this fertile "bumpn suggests some
unique scheme to carry him through in an.
, other. "lf the 'dimocrats won, promote me
10 be care-,aker ofthe 'blg house, at Blooms.
burg, 10 watcE The limbo needing rouge
that may be sent ;here, and 10 become
h-gm-n of the couniy-an enviatle trio
OF honors-why, eh, hem, the new party
may do the thing that's NICE" With the
Baconian apoihegm, "cunning is a crooked
kind of wisdom, but there is a grea, differ.
cree between q cunning man and a wise
one" We leave him fol-
Our fourth division-ihe PoRpoIsr. This
species have a wonderful propensity 10 blop
Upon extra occasions they initiate themselves
10 such an extern, as to cause enc TO feel thai
without the intervention OF the Cooper 1--WE
amt classical) there is imminent danger Of q
burst. But after a thunder.gust ofhsrd swear.
ing, and h~aransues consisting of ''distinc.
lions from beginning TO end,n after the de.
livery OF which both you and they are as
wise as you were before they begun, you
find them rapidly receding downtown ,o
their normal dimensions, without injury OF
loss, excepiing--windi If Vulcan don't know
/, himself. we'll pray with the poet
O wad some power the gihie gle him
To see himself as iihefs see him.
Our fifth class-ihe CHAMELfoH. These