Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-03-12
FlDDLING. FUN. AND pHILo 5ss Ss,as''d

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= The study Of the law IS dry business.
practice Of the glorious uncertainty" yoc, quo The
poses on the professors many dsagreeable wi" In
bsrious duties But the gentlemen Of the IAN ana Ia.
age to mingle with their more serious emnl" man.
modicum Of mirth; and semi-occasonallv ..lts
abandon themselves to gleeful enioyments "..sas
greatly relieve and brighten their sombre winch
p'acacai Joke upon the seniors is always s%Is
send TO the b'hoys, particularly If the SAID sG%
should venture to assume patrarchal . 1au senons
ing airs towards the junior brethren, as maa ons
times happen though, in. truth, any malice sun
thought % the said juniors is thing unkno,,ss ofe
1t is refreshing the abandon and iovousno.a
which the bar, one and ALL throw themseln"S With
any amusements during their ATTENDANCE 81 into
courts. Some who are sober-sidcd enouoh y" tAe
and there preserve all the dignties and carr nome
selves with stately gravity and d,corum. WIKI ne'n
the circuit bid goodbye to all such cravo " On
and leave them north Of Sandy Hook 81 MATTERS
Yankee adventures do their puritanic motto young
sailing South. '"S'"hea
After . all the world and the rest of m.,,.,.
are commanded by the crier to assemble aaa;n
morrow at ten O'Clock, and the proclamation "r w.
save the State and this Worshipful Court h,, H@
in the distance, no more business bo.hers Iea
brains until the appointed hour. a'ea
Now is the time for circusses, fat women ,n,,.
babies, thimble-rigging and hocus- pocus scntu VIZ
tai songs, niger extravaganzas, no matter wb. ael
" call them amusements, (admittance onas,' VIZ
and the lawyers are there bodily, young and Ill
jolly and grave, all young and jolly together WY.
ever has power to please the natives aud nip1ss,
has power to please them. And the broad ;aS sses
the clown as surely wake up display of Omen ;.' VI
bones and worries in these wise heads as in ~.
dense mass of frontispieces of "cullurd nusSou.s
who then and there assemble, and are equally h",
Ply for half the price. Now, "'p'
"Warly cares and warly men,
May AL gang tapsalturie, o."
And the old Court House, and all its duties ~.
dev'linents may 60 to-sleep It'll DAYLIGHT doa,
appear" OOes
Who has forgotten the intense ANXIETY. even 80,
ny, expressed by the crowd at the imminent dsN.
ger Of the clown, when, az drunken man. hs ruSh
es into the ring from without and tumblss nuda.
the feet OF the wild, impatient, but well.trained
horses! Who has not laughed when some homes
lmpulsive bystander has rushed in to save him,
Who, that witnessed it, has yet done laughing At
the regular sell Of NJ A. ESQ. who nlo0a ~
ed in after the drunken rascal" caught him b.
the leg, proclaimed hinselfa magistrate and dr,v.
ged him jait~ardx by virtue Of his authority as
justice OF the peace, assigned to keep the peace in
and for the county Of -?
Two Of the patriarchs Of the bar, Messrs. H
and W, forgot it, at least forgot to carry out
analosics professionally, at the last session of the
county court Of --: The selfstyled Juliens"
were then and there holding forth in their vocation
OF banjo and bones, and Ethiopian exhibitions gen.
orally. They had been rather unsuccessful, and
painful impression was anoat that their scanty IA.
tr"nage and lean 9ouscs rendered the payment of
their tavern charges little precarious. The sym.
pahes Of the bar aroused for the professors"
and general effort was made to give them that
nIUh q fIlIl hons lol
aforesaid professors could have been better pleased
ut the result, than the two patriarchs who, from
commanding position enjoyed with ostentatious but
exquisite gusto all the niger jokes and tom fooe.
rcs and particularly the grotesque attitudinisings
of Don Hernandez, the Cuban. There was quite a
mixture of colOrs and conditions to be sure in the
pit-for it was all pit-white gentlemen and color.
ed ladies and negro nurses with their charges; dig.
nitied gentlemen and drunken understanding
the same seats-a distinctions waived, all laughing
aud all happy together. "Picayune Buffers Com.
ing to Town" was the theme, when drunken
BLACKBOARD staggered through the crowd to the
boards among the professors of fun whom he griev.
ously worried by seizing the banjo and "harp Of a
thousand strings" and swearing that he could play
better than the best Of them. The annoyance caus
cd the music to cease; and there was imminent dan.
ger that Mons. Pcayune Butler would never get to
town. This tipsy vagabond soon dashed off INTO
dous hubbub followed, of persons seemingly in a
big fight. The performers looked bewildered, and
the manager peepci through the calico curtains at
the fray for moment. then returned to the stage,
announcing in the most lugubrious and dcprecatCry
tones that two OF the performers had unfortunately
become intoxicated, and were then fighting about
their relative superiority as actors; that he deeply
regretted the shameful occurrence but he could not
help it; that the performance must in consequence
cease; and all he could do was to say to the ladies
and gentlemen who had honorcd his company by
their presence and appreciation thus far, that they
might retire and receive their money at the door,
One of the patrarchs, in contemplation of the prob
ability that many of the audience would re.ob their
quarters, and the worthy hotel keeper find himself
minus, exclaimed, "confaund the drunken brutes,
pitch 'em out, and go on, go on!" The other, after
making several we'll known but unspellable sounds
with his tongue and teeth, expressive of regret and
disappointment, said cncouragingy to the manager,
ooh go on my friend. Don't be disturbed BY these
fellows. Play out the play" And forthwith the
said manager, applying his left thumb to the ex.
tremty OF his proboscis, and giving sundry provo
kinSly arch gyrations to his digits, the band with
one accord burst out with great spirit Picayune
butiers coming to town'-and the play went on
amid the roars of the irreverent and knocking ju'
niors, and grand display of mirth on the part Of
the surrounding ebonics The patriarchs aeere sold
that time, and no mistake; and the bhoys knew it,
and did not fail afterwards to use their advantage
wherever they met their victims All the next day
you might sec them touch the tips of their noses
and say something about the expected advent to
town Of that distinguished parsonage called Plea
yune Butler Even the little nggers in passing our
venerable friends would cock up their laughing eye
and tschce, tschee, though they had vast deal o.
happiness pcnt up internally, which it might not be
quite safe to let out in their presence
Our two friends saw nothing in particular to laugh
at: but If people would laugh why let them
1t was well intended on their part they
were conscious Of that at least and this mems con-
scia recti bore them through the trial with adg
nifty becoming their years They bore it meekly
AS philosophers and christians should always bea'
the buffetings Of the world, andwith reverence b
it spoken-of Satan.