The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-02-06
From ihe Detroit Daily Advertiser.


Sorrow Is upon the heart. a heavy grief up
on tho soul. and great affliction In tie home
of me, Doesticks. My friend, the charm of
my chamber, tho comforter of my lonely hours,
the treasure of my heart the light Of my eyes,
the sunshine of my existence. the borrower Of
my clean shirts. and my Sunday psntaoons.
the permanent clothing and fancy goods deb
tor of my life is no mnre. NV sack cloth gar
ment is no, as vet complete. my tailor having
disai pointed me; bnt dust and ashes iie in al
ternaie strata. undisturbed upon the head Of
me. Doesticks. Igrieve I mourn. lament, l
weep, Tsuffer, / pnc. drop, sink, despair,
| writhe in agony. / feel had.
Damphoot has departed this life
He is buried. but hc Is not dead; he is en-
,ombed. hut he is still alive. Afier netropo-
Titan existence of f,w morths had partially
relieved him Of his rural verdure. after having
SSlaSd dR 9re!HSss Ss sSs tsas saRtss ala
SELF to a s,agnant village in the western will
derness.--a sleepiy ambitions little townlet,
vainly. for many years. aspiring to the dignity
of CITY hood-but which still remains very
baby OF city. not vet (me aphorically speak
ing diyosted of those ruiimentary triangular
garments peculiar TO weaklings in an nnf evel
oped state-without energy enough to cry
when it is hnrt. or go-ahead-ism sufficient to
keep its nose clean. oa -h
A somhanbulistic town--for In spite OF oil
the efforts made for its gorificstion. IL has OBJ
stinatey refused to shake off its drowsiness--
q ,erv Rip Van Wrinkle of a town. now in the
midst Of It's twenty years nan. and which will
arouse and find itself so dilapidated that its
former friends wont recognize it--a town which
actuaizes that ancient fable Of the hare and
tortose---and. trusting in i.s capablity of speed
has gone fast asleep at the beginning of tho
course. only to wake some future day to the
fact that all her tortoise neighbors have passed
II on the way. aud IL has been distanced in the
race. rather than be disturbed in its comforta-
BILE snooae. A very sepulchre of town, into
which, ifa would bo voyager in the stream of
earnest life be cast away and stranded. he is
as much lost to tn really Hring world, as it he
was embamed with oriental spices, and shell
we'd away in the darkest tomb Of the Phsraoh's
A town whose future greatness exists only in
the ina aginaton of its deluded habiters whose
enterprise and public spirit are as fabulous as
the Phehx A town which will never be q
citv, save in name, until telegraphs, railroads,
colleges, churches, libraries and busy waro-
houses Indigenous to the soil of the Wolvo-
rines. and spring like mushrooms from the
earth, without tho aid Of human mind to plan.
ofhuman will to urge tho work, or human haad
TO place one single stone.
| FOT, sooner t0dn tfllS unTtHdIlt tOWu ehnii oo
| ma,ured into fourishing city by tho mon who
now 9oze away their time within its sleepy
limits: the dead men Of Greenwood shall rise
| from their mossy graves, and pile their marble
monuments into q trsdesman's market-house.
Yet here has the late lamented Damphoo'
resolved to bury himself. establishing there
an undsputed title tn the expressive name he
bears. and can only hope that in his exile
some stray newspaper may no wrecked within
| his reach. that he may come to know the heart
felt lamont of me. Docs,icks.
have ever tried. o /! mighty Dnmphool. to
forgive thy faults. md overlook thy frail'Ies
Some have insnna'ed that thou vert selfish,
even unto meanness-" guien snbe?' Some
ave said that thou vert law, hut havo never
seen thee cat. What though thou vert fop-
pish to a degree IL could fnrgivo.thy Shang-
hae coats. thy two.acre tnrn down collars and
thy pontaloon. so tight .hou hadst to pull them
on with boot hooks; thy gorgeous cravat. with
| its bow projecting on either side like silken
wing: thv lemon-colorod kids: thy cambric
handkerchiefs. dripping with compounds 10
me unknown; and thy blanket-shavl. which
made thee resemble half.breed Scotchman
| | could overlook The boarding school ism oI
the Miss Nancyish journal" filed with poe
try rejected of the press, with unmeanine
prose. with dyspeptic complaints of hard for
tune. or bilious rrpining at thy lot. and oil the
senseless Stiffness which thou didst insrriht
| therein. could endure the affected airs 'hou
di,lst assume before the ladv boar'lers, hat they
might think and call the Poet; tho abstrac'ed
air. the appearance of being lost in thonght and
the sudden recovory of thy truant wits, with q
spasmodic starts the shirt collar loose at tho
neck. and turned romanticallv down over the
coat; tho long hair brushed back behind ihy
noticeable enrs TO show thy "narble forehead.
/ could admire that selfappreciation Of per
sonal charms which made thee certain all the
young ladies' were smitten with thy fascina
tions. ea4
How faithful vert thou in thy eastronomica
affections how constant to thy first love-
fried oysters: and how attentive to The matu
rer Judgment billed turkey. with celery. How
unwaverng in thy economy. never parting
with n dime in charity, in generosity. or IL
friendly gift: but only dsbursing the same fo
a full equivalent in the wherewithal to decl
the outer man. or graiifv the inner individual
How consistent in thy devotion fo music apS
the drama: always attending the opera or tho
afre whenever generous friends would bnv th'
tickets. What an intense appreciation hads
T thou of literature always going fast asleel
over ANYTHING moro snbstantial than the morn
ing paper. How fashionably sincere in til,
, professions Of piety, attending church on Sun
|, day. reading tho responses whom they could b
. easily found. and sleeping through the sermon
. with a, moch responsibility as.any churel
, menlher Of them all: truly most estimab,
Damphool. shall greatly miss thy intermit
, tent religion. a
How lovely wort thou in disposition. hov
amiable in manners: with what an anectionat
air couldst thou kicb the match-boy ont o
doors, box The ears Of the little candy girl, ant
, tell tho moro sturdy applo- woman to go TO tn
devil. With what a charitable look conlds
, thou is,on to tho tale Of the shiverino bcggar
child, could SEQ tho bare blue feet. and view
the scanty dress, while thy generous han'
!, closed with tighter grasp upon tho chcrisho'
pennies in thy pocket. Ana'omically speak
. ing. friond Damphool, thou hadst hoart
emotionally. not trace of one; the feeble ar
, ticIc which served thee in that capacity knew
no moro Of generous thoughts and noblo i'm
pulses than a Shanghai pulet knows Of tn
opera OF Norma. ~. : ,.,s,.,,-, =.
/ Co. immorse thysclf in that western tow
whore, like tho rest who dwoIl therein. tn
abilities will be undevcloped thy talents will b
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