Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-07-28
MlistsAansuus
For the Spirit of the Age.
Making Light of People.

making A1ShL VI 1cOP1C.
Some people there are in the world, who
think they are something ''mighty smart" .
when they are trying to make fun of some
one or other, in some way or other. 1t is
not ~unfrequcntly she case that ladies, espe
cially elderly ladies, 60 clad plainly and
comfortably, SO as to be at their ease. In
such cases, how many of the wo0td bel
aristocrats are casting significant glances
at those plain, neat, graceful m~atrons, who
are, perhaps, plying the proud and sense
less victims of error, that are endeavorlng
to make sport of them !! Miss Jane
Snipes ought not to look round with a sim
per at Mr.. Guess, and point towards aunt
Mary Moss's plain bonnet, especially while
in church. Mr.. Guess may have accom-
panied her home from church once In his
life, but if be is a discreet man, aud a good
Judge of girls, he will not 60 again, unless
he should see quite a radical change In her
conduct. Lizzie Long should not curl up
her pretty little symmetrical lips at Sallie
Shorts plain gloves, when she, with half
the value Of the rings and jewels about her
person, could keep Miss Short in fine gloves
for a twelve month. Miss Laura Laugh
ter ought not to laugh at the pale and bag
gard appearance of old Mrs. Watchful
she has been watching over the decaying
body of a lovely child which she has just
consigned to her long sleep, and narrow
home. With what eagerness did she bend
over the dying child to catch her feeble
accents Mrs. Watchfui expected to bt
conforted concerning her child but in
stead of that she hears the noise of sarcas
tic mirth /; and secs the gestures which
proceed from a vain and cruel heart ; Mis-
Laura forgetting that Mrs. Watchful one
saved her inebriate father from freezing t
death Miss Harriet Hill acts quite poor
ly, when she affects to be amused at an al
ticle written by Miss Piety Pierce, whe
she, herself, is not able 60 compose a singl
grammatical sentence. She ought first I
learn to write herself, and secondly to az
p~reciate those that can, aud thirdly, to pi,
; those that can not. Jack Jones ought
be a little careful how he laughs aboV
George Green's old hat; for Green mig
get offended and purchase the note TIL
Jones gave for bis broadcloth suit, at ff
per cent discount, and incline to give b
feeble purse a eight tap" Aaron Ande
son might as well hold his silly tong
about a little photographed error made
TO- Charles Clayton in a political speech;
Aaron, were he to undertake to spea
could not advance further in his orati
than "fellow citizens" before he would
compelled to cut short his defamation
want of words, and retire ; and we're be
write a political article he would be apt
write, "tellor sitazemse," for the two Fl
words, aud the two last, nc the three !
would be, "Eighrun Anterior Ascwior'
Is Samuel Slow would do well to mind h
he speaks of the biblical knowledge of z
son Patterson for he could not tell to s;
his life, without looking, who cut off ]
vid's head, Ananias or Simon Magus;
if bc would be so obliging as to read
5th chapter of Obadiah, he would find
own doom plainly written. Nelson N
man ought not to make fun of his bum
servants Grammar, until be first finds
wbetaer it was f'ithagoros, or POM
who wrote Murray's Grammar.
KITTY KAY
Oak Bower, Ga.