Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-07-17

disposition not simply TO forget, but 10 cast
ridlcule upon our National Anniversary by
mock hcroics, ,burlesque professions, and sham
patriotic speeches. In some neishboring
county towns, these were the only .'remcm-
hrauceS' Of the llh. In your town itself, on
the afternoon of that memorable day, dense
crowd lined Market street from one end to the
other, to gaze upon and admire the demcanor
and decorations of some thirty or forty Fan
tasticals-or as dame Partington would deSig-
nate them, Fanatics, mounted. The human
form divine, made a little lower han the an
gels was arraycd in all the ridiculous garbs
possible-princiPally, rather exaggerated rep
reservations Of fashions of male and female
drcSSes-past, present and imagined-and
their success was perfect in Disgusting all ap-
rearance of rational and accountable beings.
Playing the fool is one of the inirmitics of
our nature, that needs no labored effort to rep
resent How would men feel thus arrayei if
conscious that they were 10 be summoned to
/ the judgment seat in that plight; and how
would profeSsed Christians feel if they stop
/ ped to reflect how much encouragement they
| lend 10 such silly sights! These exhibitions
of innate monkeyism are calculated TO cast as
much contempt upon our National sabbath,
as drunken carousings and horse racings
would upon our weekly Sabbaths.-TasteS,
however seem 10 differ most dccidedly,and all
celebrate" their own way. The sight was as
good as Circus, and less expensive Of time
and money.
%. Being awakened. the other night, Gust
after having by ablutions conquered some
troublesome feversh sympioms,) by catgut
chorus with homo vocal accompaniments,
, could not but reflect while trying 10 WOO
balmy sleep agan,thai the young men S really
excellent concerts would be much more con.
sonant with good breeding and public pleasure
if given soon after nightiall or at daybreab-
any time other than the hours designed by the
all-wise Creator for peaceful Slumber Physi-
clans agree that disturbing of early sleep is
injurious to the heal;h OF the one so disturbed
especially when Ill or ailing; nor can
it he denied that the screnaders more or less
impair their own health weaken their nervous
energies, set an evil example Of night rowing
and expose themselves TO injurious influences
in addition. My good fellows. pray please the
ladies while sunset yet siIds the western sky,
or at the dawn of "inccnse-brea,hing morn"
4th. Why will immortal men get drunk
and why, worst Of all, will they select the day
Of independence to wallow most of all in the
filth and disgrace Of intoxication and why
,1or l., I'll.
,n,kes IT. r--' - -:',---,
and why will Christians, temperance men,rent
rooms in which The cup Of intoxicaiion is filled
as well for the unsuspectins youth as for the
hardened, hopeless sot, and why will any Of
the hard-laboring, free-handed, well-diSposed
mechanics and miners Of the Union Furnace
make such public proofs of their love FOR the
demon which ruins men and families for time
and for clerni,y7 WHY! echo answers
Milesian-fashion-Ah who can tell y
5th. Two evenings in succession in your
town heard street preaching-in both cases
under circumstances far from complimentary
to the true sense of propriety and shrewdness
Of the open-mouthcd auditors. The first was
from white man, evidently deranged in intel
lect, probably harmless, but handling the
Word of God in a manner by no means cal
culated 10 elevate or retain our reverence for
It's sacred teachings. (You Editors by-ihc-by
too often make quotations from or illusions ic
the Bible needlcssly al best, but some times
fippantly and even prolanely)' Your people
have commodious houses for public worship,
with able pastors, and suppose mostly avail
themselves of those advantages for spiritual
Improvement, so that genuine street preach
ing is here entirely useless. But such MIN
icry tends TO dcract from the solcmniy Of
pulpit minisraiions, and degrade the heraldS
, of salvation especially in the eyes OF the young
and Of the thoushtesS. Far better would it be
if all church members and lovers of the Bible
should pass by without even looking at those
unfortunate men, although their vain babbling
may occasionally be relieved by a shrewd
remark, or cause a shout Of laughter. Give
them no auditors, and they will soon cease.
The other was genuine son of ebony who
I can no, now name but who professed 10 be
on philanthropic object and received several
dollars for its advancement. No one that
inquired of had seen or heard word of evid-
ence that he was accredited 10 receive money
for any benevolent or praiseworthy society
and while certainly hope he may benefit his
own race as he proposed to do, | can not but
: believe that he will audit his own accounts,
and will find no more TO "administer' upon
than will suffice 10 pay the Agents expenses
and salary. His lungs and ivory and sinews
and eyes were satisfactorily sound and may
his heart prove equally so! A Amodest person
asking directly aims for himself or herself,
would not have received as many dimes as
this unknown and unaccredited stranger (who
professed 10 have been a slave) received dol
lars. As people, we are too creduous, and
careless in the bestowal Of public charities.
Blu, have complained long enough, with
out rerrimanding the weather which no doubt
will milk the clouds or dry up soon-the
"infernal improvements which can not be
mended as regards the past-the Comet. with
his ''billion miles of tail curled up and out
of sight in his retreat from his encounter with
the earth on the 18th ultimo, (thc only effect
! of which was what Washington Irving would
denomina;e an incontinence of water y