New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-30
XX.-THE LAMENTATION OF NE, DOE
STICKS.
Seventy Hundred and 0Oe, Narow.'t, !


NEw.YoRE. Jan. %, 1855
Sorrow is upon the heart a heavy grief upon the
soul ard great affection in the home OF me, Doe
sticks. Ny friend, the charm 81 my chamber, the
comforter of my lonely hours, the treasure of my
heart the light Of ny eyes, the sunshine Of my exis
tfrce the borrower Of my clean shirts and my Sun
dsy panialoOns, the permanent, clothing and fancy
gceds debtor Of my life, is no more. Ny siekclo'h
earn en-, lie not a. yet complete my tailor having dis
sppoirted me- but dust snd ashes lie in alternate
strata undsturbed up N the head of me, Does'icks
Weep with me sympsthziDg world, bear helping
band TO ft away this heavy load Of soro sfu soros
Of rcefu woe of bitter bitterness OF agoniziDg ago
nv of yrstohed wretchedness and torturDg torture,
which now sflics with lie diefu weigh, the head Of
NE. Doesticks. grieve, | noun, lament, weep,
suf,r. pine, | droop, snk, despair, wri'he IN
sgony, feel bad
Danphool has departed this life.
He is buried but be lie no, dead; he is entombed,
but be IL stll alive. After metropolitan existence
of few month. bad partially relieved him of his
rural veidure; eiier having with apprecia'ing
eyes the suburbs Of town which alone contains the
entire ard undivided ELEPHANT, he has voluntarily
.liled himself TO a stsgpsot village in the Western
Wide fnts;-s seepy ,mbi iou- tile towplet vaiay,
for many years, aspiring to the dignity of city hood
lmetsphorieay tpeakme 81 Invested f those rnduent-
Dry triangular garments peculiar 10 we1klings 10 an
unoeyeloped state--whou energy enough - cry
when it is hurt, eO-ahesdisn sufficient to keep its
clean
Asomnsmbulsiic t0wn-for 10 spite of all the efforts
made for is gor fos,ion it has obstiDatey refused to
shah off its municipal dr. w-ness-a very Rip Van
Wiz kle OF q town. low in the midst OF its twenty
ysars nap and which " arouse some time ana find
ts.f 70 cilspidsted that its former friends won't
ogl IL. town which ac'ualzes that ancient fable
Of the bare and tort0ise-and trusting IN Its capaDy
of speed has gone fast asleep at the beginning Of the
course only awake future day to the fact that
all her tortoise ghbos have passed 1t on the way
and it has been dstanced in the race rather than be
csturbed in it's comfortable snooze. very sepul-
cher Of town Into which, If q would be voysger IN
the stream OF earnest life be cast away and snded
he lie ss much os, TO the resly hrsng world as If he
were smbalned with oriental spices, and shelved
away in the darkest tomb of tte Phsraohs. town
wbo.e future greatness exists only in the alton
of deiuo,d habiters whose enterprise and public
spirit are a. fabulous as the Pbenix. town which
will lever be city, save ID name, until telegraphs,
railroads colleges, churches libraries and busy ware
houses become il digenous TO the soil OF the Wolver
ines and spring like mushroom. from the earth with
cut the aid Of human mind TO plan, human will TO
uY. the work, or hunal hand to place "ne single
stone
For than ID is dorm ant town shall be stured
into iournbiIg City oy the men who now doze
avsy their tine within its sleepy limits, the dead
men Of Greenwood shall rice from their NOISY graves
and pile their marble monuments into tradesmeus
uaTktt.bouse.
Yet here has the late lsneI ted Damphooi resolved
10 bury hinself establishing thereby an undisputed
title 10 the expressive name he besrs and can only
hope that in bis exile some stray newspaper may be
wrecked within bis reach that be may come TO know
the pres. IT heartfelt lancet Of me, Doesticks.
have ever tried, o mighty DamphOol, TO forgive
thy faults and overlook thy frailties
Some have insinusted that thou vert selfish, even
unto meanbtss-' qIteR ,abei' Some have said th.t
~ l.. 49, Al
Wts, though thou vert foppi-h 10 degree Il could
for, i've thy Shanghai costs, thy 40 turndo
e"srs oId thy psntaoons so tight thou hads; 70 pull
them on With boot-hooss; thy gorgeous cravat, with
iis bow pro letting either eide lik slken wing;
tky lemop colortd kids thy canbr, handke re aiefs
Gripping With compounds 20 unkno WI and thy
bla; ket shssi, which made thee resemble e half
breed Soo,ctmsp. { could overlook ths boarding.
sci COL lem u the Miss NaDcyish "Journ4l," lied
with poetry rejected Of the press, with aning
pru-e With dyspeptic complaints Of hard foruoe,
bilious Tepinings ~ thy lo', and all the senseess sil
nee ~ ich tboa ddst iD-cribe therein. ! could
dure the sf c,ed airs thoH ditst assume before the
lsdy bosrcers, thai they nigh, think and call thee
Pct the sbsrscied air the oesrsnce OF being lest
il thought ard the sudden recovery Of thy truant
viii with sgasmodic start the rbrt-collsr loose at
the reck, and turned romantissly down ever the
eos;; TIE long hair brushed back behind thy noice
able carr. to show thy marble forehead" | could
soh ire bs, self appreciation Of personal charms which
made thee certain al the young ladies smitten
unto ps.rncpy with thy fsscinanons.
How faithful vert thou in thy gastronomic.l afsc.
tiops Row constant to Thy frs. love-frisd oysters
ard bow stientiv the choice Of thy insurer judg-
neu.-boilsd turkey, with celery. How unwavering
in thy economy never sr,in2 with dime in charity,
in gensrosi'y, in friendly gift but only dsbursing
the same for full equivalent in the wherewthal to
ceeors;e the ouier man, crafty the inner indivii
ual. How consistent IN thy devotion 10 music and
the crams; always attending tie opera or theafer
ph. never generous friends would buy the ticksts
.1.ssL -
ala ave going fsst ssleep anything substan
tis than the morning bsper. How fasbionabiy sincere
in ell thy professions Of piety, attending church
SuIdsy, reading the responses when they could be