Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-09-03
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A Punjob.

A subscriber has received from inquiring friend
who is in pursuit of Oriental knowledge under acciden
tai difficulties the following ponderous and omnibus in
terrogatory which is handed to for answer. The
undertaking formidable considering the length of the
inquiry If we expected to answer categoricaly and
in detail. Nevertheless, subscribers as well as dplo-
matiss entitled to distinguished consideration
and are in duty bound to make the awenspirng at
tempt to answer. Our miscellaneous inquirer asks
anybody know what the Punjaub? Every arrival from
quiet" Now, what is the Punaub Is it fierce Wild
beast that ought to be raging and roaring for its prey and
state Of violent crupion-or high wind that ought to blow
and smash thingsor sort of Member of Congress who
policeman on duty-or steam engine-or " Short Boy
or Dead Rabbit or bird that sing but won't sing
and Who keeps quiet and what right have they to
and what would Go it cGSnt quiet and how long will
remain so and why is there such fuss made about
Is anybody afraid of it, does belong to menagerie
Punaub, and does anybody care is quiet? Is
y9Ey SId can nP grand s
Or is it Lottery in South Carolina Gift Enterprise
IN New Orleans or grand Military Ball for the poor or
new book or conspiracy against Napoleon or anything
na belongs to an aquarium or an india rubber oyercoat
h that killed young Whatshisname in Brooklyn or big
SNIP or :ne author of 'Junips y If none Of these then
the reason that he keeps internal quiet? And in any
case discs not c. H. B. think that Cllo lick him?
begin to fear that the Punaub whatever he may be-
will commence kicking up row OF some kind or other be
fore can learn what he she it for if at ali Of
Vous disposition must be getting very red of keeping
eXeruflatngy quiet as to attract so much attentionso,
Our friend and subscribers friend although evidently
IN great state of anxiety specially concerned
about the fighting qualities of the Puniaub as is appar
ent from repeated manifestations of solitude as to wheth
he can be licked or not by G. IT. B." or Chuo or
a thoroughbred grizzly.
We do not know precisely who G.. II. b j" is, unless
he is Of the boys in the Custom House. or the au-
thor of catbird in the bush correspondence which
occasionally appears in one of contemporaries, or
some fellow that always gets chance to lit back -
We do not profess to know, either whether Cbuo is
crack pugifst, or fighting politician, or q Bengal
tiger, tan terrier And we may as we'll add in the
same connection that we have not the honor of an ex
perimental knowledge of the allembracng fighting
qualities of full booded grizzly We MAY be permit
tea 1urther however, to express the opinion that either
one OF tnem whatever they may be, would have their
paws full in furnishing the Pun auh if it was not quiet
at the commencement. John Bull thinks so: and none
put bockheads are likely long to differ with Johns
Judgment III the matter for he knows what the Pun
aub is by experience and example and that is the
reason why be keeps telling it is quiet and why he
thinks 1t ought to remain quiet and wishes it should
and thinks 1t will remain SO. The wish is father to the
the thought, as grizzly is father to another.
John knows that the Pauniaub is something about
equal to one wild beast if not several but does not
think 1t should go roaring around like lion, seeking
where it may catch somebody's for in that it would
become great de; than volcano which so vi
wildly reminds poor sinners Of the only place where they
would not go to see their respected friends and fellow
citizens" 1t would be nearly bad as Congressman
like MattesOn and morals and more than match for
for Morrisey in muscle. 1t would put policemen on
their guard however long they might have neglected the
duty of guarding the people
And as its provincial and providentia province is to
spread itself over OF under as the may be- great
many East Indians which amt exactly like the West,
and large portion Of Uncle Johns largest empire
which isn't so large Brother Jonathan's farm which
farm isn't more than half large it is going to be,
we think it would be considerably more thar a match
for large number Of Dead Rabbits or even the great
Giasticutis himself, and would make good deal more
of muss generally than bleeding Kansas. The Pun
jaub, in word is many headed monster at present
asleep In the most populOus provinces of India. 1t is
very fortunate for transatlantic "parient that it
quite just at this tme for if it wasn't it might upset
all her calculations and smash all her crockery.
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