Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-09
rno fermentation of Mr.. Doestrcks.

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wax. Jan %, 1855 borrow is upon the heart a
law grief upon The soul, and great affection in the
,n,S If me- Doesticks My friend the charm of my
nbsmber. the comforter of my lonely hours, the rea
.rre of my heart, the light Of my eyes the sunshine
INV existence the borrower Of nv clean shirts and
nv Sunday pantaloons, the permanent clothing and
iancy goods debtor of my life is no more MY sack
cotb garment is not as yet complete my tailor having
disappointed me- but dust and ashes lie In alternate
s,raia undslurbed upon the head OF me, Doestcks
Vaen with me svmpatbizing world, bear helping
hand to lift away this heavy load of sOrrowful sOr
~ Of woeful woe, of bitter bitterness, of agoniZing
,yonv of wretched wretchednPss, and toruring tor
,Tre which now af1cts with its direfu weight the
head of me, Doesiicks. grieVe, mourn, lament,
weep suffer, pine, droOp, sink, despair,
wrthe in agony, feel bad
Damphoo has departed this life.
He is buried, but he is not dead; he is enombed,
Init he is still alive. After a metropolitan existence
Of few months had partially relieved him of his ru
raj yerdure after having with approaching eyes
the suburbs Of q town which alone contains the en-
tire and undivided Elephant, he has voluntarily ex
lied himself a sagnan village IN the western will
derness-a sIecply ambitious little townet vaInly,
for many years, aspiring to the dignity OF clyhood,
hut which still remains a very baby Of city, and not
t(metaphoricaly speaking) dvestng OF those rudi
mentary triangular garments peculiar to the weak
Iings in an undeveoped State-wlthout energy en-
ough to cry when it is hur or go'ahealsm SUFFICIENT
10 keep it's nose clean.
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forts made for lis glorifca;ion, it has obStinately
refused 10 shake off it's municipal drowsiness-a very
Rim Var Wrinkle of a town, now In the midst OF lis
twenty years nap, and which Will arouse some time
and find itself diapdated that lis former friends
won't recognize ia town which aCtualiZes that
Gent fable of the hare and tortolse-and trusting IN
its capabiy of speed, has gone fast asleep at the
beginning OF the course only to awaken some future
day 10 the fact that all her tortoise neigbbors have
rassed the way, and it has been dstanced in the
Il, 10 g,rf, had ofCryn No
snooze. very Sepucher Of town. into which, if
would be voyager IN the stream of earnest life be
aas away and stranded he is much lost 10 the re-
ely living world, if he embamed with orien-
TAI spices, and shelvpd away in the darkest tomb OF
the PharaOhs. town whose future greatness exists
only in the Imagination of It's de!uded hablters, whose
enterprise and public spirit as fabulous as the
Phoenix. town which will neVerbe city, save IN
namc until teegraphs, rail roads, colleges, churches,
libraries and busy warehouses became indigenous to
the soil of the Wolverines, and spring like mu6h
rooms from the earth without the aid OF human mind
10 plan, or human will to urge the work, or human
hand to place one single stone.
For, sooner than this dormant town shall be matu-
red INTO a Furnishing city by the men who now dOZe
away their time within it's sleepy limits, the dead
men of Greenwood shall rise from their messy graves
and pile their marble monuments into tradesmer' s
market-houSe.
Yet here has the late Iamened Dar pbool resolved
10 bury himself, establishing thereby an undlsputed
title to the expressive he bears and can only
hope that in his exile some stray newspaper may be
wrecked within his reach, that he may come 10 know
the present heartfelt lament Of me, Doesticks.
Some have insnualed that thou vert selfish, even
unto meanness-" quien Sabe p Some have said
thou wcTt lazy, bit such have never seen thee eat
What though thou vert foppish TO a degree IL
could forgive thy Shanghai coats thy two acre turn
down collar, and Thy panaloons so tight thou hadst
to pull them on with booi-hooEs; thy gorgeous
crava with It's bow projecting either side like
ken wing thy lemon colored kids thy cambrc
handkeIchiefs, dripping with compounds to ME M
known; and thy blanket shawl, which made thee
resemble hall breed ScOtchman. | could oVerIC Ok
the boarding schooism Of the Miss Nancysh = jour
nal" fl ed with poetry rejected of the press, with
unme0ning pose, with dyspeptc complaints OF hard
fortune, bilious repinngs at thy lot, and ali the
seDsr,eSs Stiffness vi iCh th~u dldst nscThe therein
could endure the affected airs thou dldst assume
before the lady hoalders, that they might think and
call thee Poet: the absacteI air, the appearance of
beng lost in thought and the sudden recovery OF
thy truant wits, with Spasmodc start; the shirt
collar loose at the neck and TUNED romantlcally
down over the coat; She long hair brushed back
behind thy noticeable ears, to show thy marble
forehead | could admire that selfappreciatiOn OF
personal charms which made thee certain all the
young ladies' were smtten unto malrimony with Thy
destinations.
How faithful vert thou in thy astronomical af-
iecnonSi how constant to thy first love-tTied Oys.
ters and how attentive the choice Of thy malureI
j0dgmrnt-boiled turkey, with celery. How IN
waverlOg in thy economy, never parting with dime
in charity, in generosity, or in friendly gift; bu
only dishursng the for full equivalent in the
whrrewithal to decorate the outer man, or CRAFTY
he inner individual. How consistent IN thy devo
ton TO music and the drama, always attending TIE
opera or theatre whenever generous friends wCulC
buy the tickets What an intense appreciation hadS
thou of literature, always going fast asleep owe
anything more substantial than the morning paper
How fashonaby sincere in all thy professions o
pIety, attending church on Sunday, reading TIT
responses when they could be easily found anC
sleeping through the sermon with much respecta
biiity any church member of them all; truly
most es1imabe DamphOol, | shall greatly miss thy
Intermittent religion
How lovely vert thou in disposition, how amiab
IN manners; with what afectionate air cOuds
thou kick the match boy out of DOORS box the
the little candy-girl, and tell the sturdy apple
woman 10 &c to the devil. With what a charitable
look couldst thou listen to the tale Of the shiverins
heggar child, couldst the bare blue feet and view
the scanty dress, while thy generous hand CLOSED
with tighter grasp upon the cherished pennies il
thy pocket. Anatomically speaking, friend Dam
phoCI, suppose thou hadst heart; emotionalIy
not trace of one; the feeble article which serVet
lhee in that capacity knew more of generous
thoughts and noble impulses than Shanghai pulle
knows of the opera of Norma.
10, immerse myself in that Western town, where
Ike the rest who dwell therein, thy abilities will bt
undeyeloped. thy talents we'll vailed, thy energies
rush out and thou wilt become, like them, peram
Olaing passing perpetual sacrifice 10 the lazy god>
OF NIoth and SdnctIly.
shall mourn thy taper legs: shall lament thy
excrucating neck tie ; l shall weep that last coat
maj dd SO very long tail unfold; shall sorrow fol
my unctuous hair, and gTieve for thy perfumeC
"nskers shall look in vain for thy polished boots
and Jewelled hands I shall miss thy intellectual
Gogntenance, -adian, with innocent imbecity; and