Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-09

a, the present day, tar Rnd feathers ar
used. Now whether Mel and the ipsec
tribe are preferable 10 Pir Liquda and
feathers from the body Of a bird that ono
saved Roman garrison from destruction
we are not prepared to state, not havin,
tried either, nor will our desire TO benefi
generations yet unborn" tempt US I,
the experiment
So much by way Of introduction, t,
what follows.
OuR FRIEND HARRY loved to natter
aud be flattered Here the anaIogou:
cases will be recognized, for, in our opin
ION one who courts hatery is like The
man whom The Greeks besmeared. 1t i:
very pleasant at first, but when the in
sects OF envy, malevolence and spite clus
ter about him, the torture begins.
! 1t Is years ago since we were intimate
| then, we were so intimate that many took
"' I" Nc p'o'H'ia VI COUSINS VI SoiHc kiht
OF relations; the latter hypothesis was
correct. We both traced our parenlage
io-Adam.
/ Among other riees, Harry had one for
writing rerses. la good truth, and We
cay It rh sigh, he was an arrant serb
Ter, destroying qulre after quire Of paper
enieavorlng To manufacture an "epic.
1t one had desire to raise Harry to the
very piunacie of bliss, 1t only required a
word ia praise Of some stanzas he had
"perpetfated, upon torbearng public.
CJ,i his attention 10 some muddy couplet
trpiet OF quartrain and tell hun YOU are
reminded OF Atuc verse, and he is lifted
To the very empyrean oil delight. Ihel
WI. he favor you with epodes and ex-
tracts IN much the same manner that a
/ physician favors his patient with epson
salts. We nave often watched hlm bu.ld
ing up 4 sonnet with as much labor as
, one might fancy vas expe nded upon d
/ SphynX. When flashed, II reminded US
ol the oldg pics We used to bake in child
hoods days "Oi shapes various, oil
mould miserable, oil effect void, as some
one has saIl speaking on a subject and
applying II To a case somewhat similar to
the one We have in hand,
Poor HAIRY.
/ lie would never forgive US, if he knew
we were thus discussing his "weak
points" But he is among the mountain:
( of the Sierra Nevada now, and distance
has such an effect upon valor, that we
/ tear him not Bat that he was born &
poe, or could make himself one, was al
idea too ludlcrons, IN view OF his many
attempts, 10 retain Tor single moment
and one day he found 1t out and has gre
knew no bounds. "Oh, what a fall wa.
there" from heights Olymplan But The
sudden descent was, III the main beneh
claI. He took to business as natural,
as a duck takes TO water, and when tht
gold fever broke out IN our pau OF the
country he caught It and posted off, un
der ITS Influence to the golden gates q
the Pacific instead OF through the colder
gate OF the poetic,
4 Harvey once fell in love
Now men al well as women cannot dis
crmlaatc when Cupid has once lodged al
arrow IN the heart. Needless of conse
quences, they rush on as sheep rush aite
their leader, though il lead TO dire de-
straction. They ale petverse, too-a
much SO as that animal is who wont bt
"coaxed o. driven though a Balaan
belay them with bludseon big enough
for GoIiah. had he been native Of tn,
Emerald Isle and needed shillalah.
j Harry (of coursel iiattered himself tia
he was no, regarded with indifference
When he visited her 1t was with the re
mark that his visits were not disagreed
bic to her. When he sent her bo9ue,
he battered himself it would prove ac
ceptabe.
Such protuse repetition tired the lady
but she bore up under the infection lk
a martyr. until he proposed" ilat,erin!
himself that his character and his posi-
ton would commend his case TO her re
gard. This was the straw tina, brok
the camel's back so she. in very lat,er
ing terms remarked, that his presenc
was less flaltering than his absence an
10 F.. the flame oil love, dampened so rudel
by the aqua OF refusal, slowly expired
He endeavored to embalm his fate i
lyerse, before the Burial OF Love, bu