The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-01-24
Doestieks Goes to Church.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND One, }
Marrow Street, New York. {


Christy with cachin alton, and No. 9 Dey
street with effiliation; having visited Cas
tie Garden, the Modern Artists and the
American Museum; in fact, knowing some
thing OF almost oil the places OF amuse-
ment in the city, resolved to complete
and crown my knowledge by going to
Church, and may receive due credit for
my pursuit Of amusement under difficult
ties. | made known my heroic determi-
nation, to my new found friends, and they
instantly resolved to bear me compa-
ny-Bull Dogge by way of variety and
Damphool from force of habit. (Bull
Dogge seldom goes TO Church and Dam
phool always does.) Sunday morning
came, and the aforesaid individuals pre-.
sen,sd ,hemselves-B. D. looking pugna-
cious and pugills,io, and Dampbool per.
fectly marvellous-in fact, majestic as this
latter named parsonage had ever borne
himself, and importantly huge as he had
ever sppearsd-his cost-tails were now
so wonderfully short, his collar SO enviably
large, an unusually and magnihcent)y
lofty-,hat be certainly looked bigger
phool than ever before.
Passing up Broadway through crowd
OF people of all sorts. colors, and COM
plexions; countrymen running over every
third man they meet; New Workers sresd-
ing their way through apparently unget-
,hroughable crowds without rutiling their
,e,npers or their shirt collars. by the
way, | have discovered that no one but
genuine New Yorker. born and bread,
can cross Broadway upon dignified
walk.) Firemen in red shirts and their
coats over their arms; newsboys with
very scanty allowance Of a shirt, and no
coats at all; Dutch emigrants, with dirty
faces, nasty breeches, and long. loPpy-
looking pipes; Irish enigrants, with dirtier
faces, MASTER breeches, and short, stub.
bier pipes, spruce looking darkies and
| wenches arrayed in rainbow colored habli-
ments-we at last reached the door OF tbs
church. Every thing looked so grandly
| ginc ncerbready, that hesitated about going
lin. Little boy in the corner, barefooted,
with letter to the Post Office, told, US TO
| go in and called us Lemons Did moi
perceive the force of his pomologieal res
mark: but went in nevertheless. Man
in q white cravat show'd us 10 pew; floor
covered with damask, with little stools to
kneel down upon.
/ Pretty soon, organ-soretlme es
grand and solemn, bat generally fast end
lively enough fer contra dance. B. d.
said the player got big salary to show
off the organ, and draw a big house. He
commenced to play Old Hundred, Dam
phool suggests Ancient Century, Al
first, maIestic as it should be, but soon his
left hand began TO get unruiy among the
bass notes, then the right cut US few
monkey shines in the treble, left threw
large assortment Of quivers, right led OF
with a grand flourish and few dozeT
variations. left struggled manfuily to kee!
up, but soon gave out. dead beat, and al
ter that went back. tc first principles and
hammered away religiously at Old Hun
dred, in spite of the antics of its fellow
right struck up march into quick step
quickened into gallop, left still kept q
Old Hundred, right put in all sorts OF fan
tastic extras, TO entice the leit from 1T
, sense of propriesy; left still unmoved; rgh
pu, in few bars FROM q popular waltz
left wavers little, right strikes up favor
ite polka, left evidently yielding; righ
7 do shes into jig. left now fairly deserts ii
! colors and goes over TO the enemy, an
both commenced an animated hornpipe
!, leaving poor Old Hundred to take care q
:. itself. AT length, crash, roar, rum
' ble and expiring groan, The overture con
:, oluded and service began.
Ikept as cool as could but could nc
- help looking around now and then to Sc
the show. Elderly lady on my right YER
: devou., gilt edged prayer book. covere
fan, feathers in her bonnet, rings on he
fingers. and. for all know, "bells on N
= toes" Antiquated gentleman in sam
slip, we'll preserved but somewhat wr'nkle'
smells of Wall street, gold spectacle
:. goldheaded cane, put three cents in II
:. plate. Fashionable little girl on the lett
II two flouncss on her eantale,tss, and d
" mond ring over her glove. @
s. Young America looking boy, four yea
:, old, paten, leather boots. standing cola
" gloves, cane, and cigar case in his poe
- ct. Foppish young man, with adolesce
;" moussache, pumps, legs la sPermac'
! candles, shirt front embroidered a la g.
~ race horse, cravat a la Julien, vest
II, II. pumpkin pie, hair la soap, coat-tails
y. -, la boot Jack, which, when parted. disco
a. cred view Of the Crystal Palace by G
Ugh, on the rear Of his pantaloons, wri
m bands a la stovepipe. hat Ia wild Iris
70. man, cane to correspond; total-,a
he Shanghai.
Artificial young lady, extreme of fas
ofI ion; oan't properly describe her, but he
~: goes; whalebone, cotton. paint and viii
n. wash; slippers a Ia Ellsler, feet la
: pa1ese, dress a la Paris, shawl q Ia eley
hundred dollars, ringlets la corkscre
,et arms la brooms,ick, bonnet a la Bowe
in. gal-Bull Dogge says the boy without b
ed tons on him brought it in q teaspoon
TX. teen minutes after che entered the house
Us neck a la scrag of mutton, bosom a
nd barebones, complexion la mother
fy, peart, (Damphool says she bought IT
Phalom's) appearance'genereIly humb'
Bull Doggc offers TO bet his hat she do
ad know a cabbage from new cheese, o
I'D can't tell whether sirloin steak is be
he chicken flesh or fish.
he 4 do declare, Sal. you look pre-
at enough to eat Solomon, amt | eati
pc. ss fast as | can,' replied Sal, with