The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-02

authority OF my years that my esteem
for his worthy, Flooding old father whom knew when
he content with fair days wages for fair days
work, am compelled TO catalogue Par Venue IT,, who
may be seen on the avenue and in the first society
a. Genus, snob; Var. Codhshi While my young friend
petuanty strikes that fancy upon those elegant
panaloons and the immaculate patent esher while he
raises his gosser hat with his kid encased fingers to
salute some passing beauty, repeat
Remember your Great Grandfather;
for one hundred years ago that worthy old gentleman
wore sky blue coat with silver button hoIer and huge
cuffs extending half way up the elbow short breeches
which barely reached to the silver gartcrs and an en-
broidered waistceat which almost low The
ladies wore-hoops With all these disadvantages Of
costume, and with the absence of those great inventions
which are now looked upon necessares of life can
easily believe that Par Venues great grandfather was no
further in than Par Venue himself may counted
by the fast young of 1858. Itrcmbe to think of
it-e hundred years hence dirty little newsboys selling
"this mornings San Francisco Union" on Pennsylvania
ee at the portrait Of my young friend and In
the year Three Thousand, Russian savan NAV in St.
Petersbugh, repeat poor Gliddons mistake by gathering
alearned audience about him, whom he shall delight
with the history of Pocahontas and finale, exhibit
the remains Of the Indian princess-Pr Venue, jr
Personal and Preparatory.
and several gentlemen who have done much better
things than weekly gossip have been accused of writ
ing the Musings and to them from tho unpleasant
Of being charged with what could only be the pro-
ducton Of idle pen, beg to endorse their denial Of
the paternity Of these paragraphs 1t sometimes anus
ing to to hear my Musings criticised the work of
Others and to how the personal regard or dislike Of
the critics for the supposed author influences the ud
ment which is passed upon his work. suppose may
count myself public benefactor nasmuch as have
o,,uad odd; l,laIo Of
not fertile field of small talk have noticed lately
that persons who have been accustomed to limit their
conversations to the meteorological phenomena of tho
day have exhibited unusual sprightliness of de-
meanor and drawing two three groups recently
found the of their unwonted animation was the
form of salutaon and the fresh fund of small
which have been unconsciously furnishing Thus at
the Presidents evee, found brisk old gentleman "a
luting lively young belle WITH Have you read the
Middlc-Aged Man r. Charming Musings this Week y
Every bright Metropolitan yesterday" ''Ihe Union is
very fine to-day" Even at church, my minister forgot
his sermon and actually took the Sunday Union out of his
pocket and about to preach from the Middle Aged
Man, whcn fortunately something funny met his eye,
and he hastily beat retreat saying et Muse when
he should have given out his text. In the midst of the
Kansas debate in the Senate last week. two fierce
political opponents approach each other with peculiar
CLEAN upon their faces having read in the London
Times of the deliberate boodthstiness of the Amer-
can people, instanced in ARRAY witnessed
by the veracious Mr. Arrowsmth looked for a place
of security during the conflict and found it be-
hind pillar. The two stalwart men, one trained
to the dangers Of Georgia life and the other accs
toned to perils in far Wisconsin, approached slowly
firmly looking each steadily in the face of the other
they drew near; EACH at the same moment plucked
from his breast, and flashed in the face of his opponent
the Sunday Union; and, with singular calmness, sim
ultaueously inquired, "Ca you tell who writes the
Metropolitan Musingsf" Something more passed be-
tween them, and then proposed to go to the post
Office consult the postmaster suppose; and as they
left determined to relieve the public anxiety on this
score by revealing the authorship Of the Metropolitan
Musings" do, by assuring the reader they are
written by the MIDDLE-AGED MAN. N