Smyrna times., 1858-01-07
Tipping.

most remarkable pecularities of our people,
II 1t should be taken into consideration by the
a Faculty. The man who would invent some
specific for the cure of this disorder, would
: give to his name the same Immortality acquired
by the name of the discoverer of arterial cir
culation, the discoverer of ether, or the genius
who invented the Patent Double Joinled,
: cooperating Cork Leg" Weare commu-
: nifty suffering from continual thirst. We eat
only when the pressure of appetite demands it,;
but we are cooked and primed for drink "
on almost every possible occasion. We drink
to promote perspiration, and again drink to
check it. We drink to give us an appetite,
and we drink after a meal to neutralize the bad
effects of over-feeding. We salute our friends
not with chow do you do 7" but with what'll
you drink q If we get the blues, if the dole
full sound is heard of ones servant scraping the
bottom of the four.barrel, and the exchequer
does not admit of its being Immediately re-
placed by another, we drink TO drown care and
induce an artificial excitement that shall Danish
the distracting idea, al least for the present
time. In short, We pour libation over nearly
every transaction of lite. We welcome and
take leave of friends, we clnch or negotiate
bargains, we falhom each others views and
cultivate each others acquaintances, and all
through the Introductory ceremony of " Let's
take a drink -
This thirst of our people has eliminated in
producing, as evidence of our advanced civiIi-
cation, race of bar-room loafers. Of these
the city has an immense stock They are
queer fish, these bar-room loungers! They ro-
tate continually between railroad depots, steam
boat landings, market places, and-their below
ed homes the bar-roems. They know every
body, and always have series of bland and
courtly smiles. to bestow upon any one who
is about to liquidate." They are always
about on such occasions and when drinks for
the party" are ordered by some verdant nd-
vidual, who sees about him half dozen per-
sons, they pour in from sundry holes and cor
ners to such a number that the unsophsticated
givcr Of the treat finds that "drnks for the
party " is very different matter from what he |
anticipated. You can single out the bar-room
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accuracy after little study. The former is an |
indefatigabe reader, and retains possession ofI
the morning paper until it is absolutely Legged |
from him. He r.ay be known by the painful
glossiness of his hat the brillancy of the brass
buttons upon his coat, the jaunty set of his era
vat, the "dd-you-cal.me! expression of his
eyes, and the never-failing punctuality with
which the stroke of eleven finds him preDared
to go through the physical drill of the lunch
guards. The bar-room lounger has other pecu.
liarites. He is sound in politics. and is always
ready TO rally round the constitution " at the
shortest possible notice. He lives absolutely in
clover. He tolls not, neither does he spin, and
yet Solomon in all his glory never passed his
time more pleasantly in the way of drinks, ease
and segars. Just before an election the bar.
room lounger becomes power in the State.--
He then shines in all his glory, and goes home
seven nights in a week with a face as warm
and summer-lke as the rays of sunset reflected |
upon copPer.skillet.
How stand the finances of such people no.
body knows; how they live nobody knows, and
in what quarter they disappear no one probably
knows. Yet that there are many such persons
in this city, who have become what they are
from pure habit of tipping, can be seen by
anyone who knows aught as to the ways of the |
world.
Strange, isn't it, that so many hardworking,
sober and worthy people can just make one
hand wash the other, while a large part Of
the community, without any visible means of |
support, wear the evidences of llenty in the |
midst of idleness!
People who are subject to " chronic thirst"
or who feel its premonitory symptoms to be
gaining ground, should steer clear of bar rooms
and shun ardent spirits as they would shun the /
shipwreck of their reputation. Now that al
most every species of distilled liquor is impreg-
mated to some degree with noxious drugs,
revival Of the patriarchal custom of quenching
ones thirst in cold water ought to be tolerated.
at least for a season.-PhiLa. North American
and U. S. Gazette.
The OUTER AND THE INNER WoRLD.-There
are some who seem to live entirely in the outer
world while others find their true position in
the in the inner,--a few live in each alternate
ly. 4...-
The first are such as seize the pleasures OF
the present, with no thought of the future, and
find matter for enjoyment and mirth in almost
any class of externals into which they may be
thrown TIE second are contempalive, sens-
tive and poetic; their thoughts are with the
glories OF the past, the localities of The present,
the bright hopes of the future. They merely
live in the outer world; their pleasures are all
drawn from the inner. The few, of the third I
class, combine a happy admixture of reality
and ideality. To-day they live in the outer
world, tomorrow in the inner. They laugh
with the cheerful, and dance with the gay, yel
deep within their soul lies contemp plative,
sensitive poetic gen., which, ever and anon,