The American patriot., 1855-01-17


travestying the human ANIMAL and making II look
like cross between a monkey and parrot, or, at
least, like anything but what it was 5Q aissl VI },
In China he would see mothers bandaging the
feet of their female children, to make them little
In New iceland he would observe men tatto.,. 4
ing their faces. In the Orint he would discover
ladies dying their nails black He would see tho
Esquimaux with bits Of bone stuffed through
hole in each cheek the Flat Head Indian, with his
forehead compressed till it looked like that Of an
idiot; and the African negro with his bushy hair
full Of butter, and stick out on every side 50 that
dies in Constanople muiiled up to the eyes, and in
Paris wearing dresses beginning too late, as Tai ri
leyrand wittily said, "and ending to early"
In one country he would learn that fatness was
considered a female charm; and in another an un-
naturally pinched waist here beauty would consist
in fiagility; there in the opposite; in one latitude
dark hair would carry the day, and in another
faxen trcsses. On tho promenade of Madrid he
would see the ankles coquettishly dispayed in
Chestnut street they would be shut from sight by
the amplitude of skirt that swept the muddy pave
mcnt In Persia he would meet the magnificent
ly dressed Mahomcdan; in London he would see
thing in round hat and tight trow ers calling itself
a man. Of 4taff hHH s41
He would find the custom of various nations as
diverse as their dress; and we may add as much J.
opposed to the standard of nature and common
sense. In the countries pretending to be the most
cultivated, among the very cl'isseS enjoying tne
highest degree of education, he would discover the
majority of the people going to bed at daybrcak,
rising at noon, taking what they call morning
rides towards evening, and dining after sunset. He
would learn that in the wealthest society of New
York weddings were celebrated by gas lights, on
bright, sunshiny morning. He would see some
Americans making themselves Temporarily crazy
with drink, tho taste, Of which they professed to
dslike and Others quite as refined, chewing con-
tinuay on dirty weed, which, they would tell him,
had made them sick the first time they used it lie
would meet lady, one evening, and be privi.
ledged to take her IN ms arms, ana SPIN around
with her, before room full OF people, tn she fair
~ sank ON MS bosom; but II he attempted to press
even her hand too warmly, the morning after, he q
would DC struck rom the list OF hcr acquaintance,
ior having, as she Wouiu say, lnsuiteu ner. ,yi o5
tls ihs'ruc.ve, M occasona,y, " MINK Oh these
anomahes. lhe sosoIulty 9! asnion' whe.ner IN
aIess OF IN soc''l customs Is never SO pam as
wneh % we ',lus contrast one 'asary Wl.h ahotner'
Ace peace money nnd health. h then convinciro.
ly appears for what is of nc niore worth than
chhus pahbie' --f"'faaeepA'@ Led9er aaiW q
Wv r .l1A
Who AXE f9uh A%lsio.hAls'- ,s =, ~ years
ago tls one hlaue e"nu.es 'a. Que soIu cneese anu
gu,.Sr' a''otcr p''encreo' anu iour'n carr'eu On
o,suhery' announcer was cohtr"ctcn on nv cahals,
o.ileis WIZ ny Inau's I a1a oooa. ano
aoqu'',e' WIN oo'ii ouS " SVcv'y' uS '''eH Si
ureh WI, oe aitgr .ilen, tho"s'i WI hot ao 70
say out louu'nror oiteh you shali nhu tnat these
toing worms hatch out'e,ilies, ana tney i've ABOUT
year Dea'n plnss uisis,on ia .. Propely, anu
tl,n gor nnt aiss' hs o ,ora,as o,u and hon;ns ~
te,yors ,,ovart,, which La rooch.s hof,ro
deoth m his ch;'hrcn AZ ;fhe aoes not So tint
in mct thonoh there is n sort of moneved rnce X
seasons of cotton will send generation Of men IN
a score of wears will bring them down. and send
their children to labor The father grubs and
grows rch-hs children strut and use tho money.
Their children in turn inherit their pride. and
20 to shtless poverty: next their children, rein
vigoratcd by fresh plcban blood, and by the smell
of the cold, come ilp again. I'D fsi4a 81 ~3l
Thus society, like a tree draws its sap from the
earth changes in its leaves and blossoms; spreads
them abroad in great glory; sheds off to fall back
to the earth, again to mingle with the soil; and at
length re-appears in new dress and fresh garnturc.
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some Register, the ioowlhg rcsoiu''oh 'ias pass
ed the Grand Lodge of California: la3 r
Peso1re1 That the proctice of dueng is repup.
nant TO the PRINCIPLES of Freemasonry, and in al
cases where the brethren resort to this mode Of
settling their disputes. IL becomes the duty Of tho
lodge or lodges Of which they are members. or un-
der whose jurisdiction they may be- forthwith to
expel them from all the rights and privileges of
Masonry, subject to the confirmation ofthc Grand