The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-21
THE PROFESSOR ON THE GREAT CITIES.

The witty writer of the "Prof,s,or a
the Breakfast Table," in the April numhc
of the Atlantic Monthly, expresses his min,
freely Oh several Of our great cities. Bo,
ton, of course, comes first:
BOSTON.
Boston is the brain of it. &. e. the new
worId,) and has been any time these hun
drc'l years That's all claim for Boston
that it is the the c.ntre of tie continen mt
and therefore Of the planet.
'-- And the grand emporium o
m"'lesty,-saiI the divinity student IL little
mischevnusly.
"Oh, don't talk 20 me of modcsty AN
swered Little B"S,on,-'m past that J.
There ism. thug that WAS ever said or
done in Boston, from pitching the ten over.
board to tile last ecclesiastical lie it tore
into tatt":s and flung into the dock that
WAS not thought very indicate bv some
fool or tyran' or higot and al the eutrails
of spiritual and commercial conservatism
are twisted into colics us often rs this revo
tnliorarv brain Of ours has "a fit Of think
ing come over it. No, sir :; show me any
other place that is, or was since the mega
lo>anrus has died out. where wealth and SO
clal Influence are so fairly divided between
the stationary and progressive CLASSES -
Show me amy other place, where every
other drawing room is not chamber Of
the lnquisitions, with papas and mamas
tor inqulsitorS, rS,-anI the cold shoulder, in.
stead of the 'dry pan and the gradual
fire the punishment Of hcrcsy ="
BALTIMORE.
e. We think Baltimore il "A pretty
civilized kind Of Il village" sail the Young
Marylan'lcr, good na,ure,lly. But | sup.
pose You cant forgive it for keeping II lit
tie al'ead Of B"slon in point of numbers.
tell the Truth new. Are we no, the centre
Of something -
"Ah, indeed, To ne sure YOU are. Yo,,
are the Ga>'r"n"mir uctr"rolI> of the
Cn'"". Why don't You put il canvass
back drrk On the top Of the column q
Why don't you @e, 'hr lady off from Bat
tie M'"nni"n, aud p!ant Il tcrrapin in he,
'itc" Why will v"u ask for "ll,.r "ln.
ri"s when y"n have soft crabs! No, sir:
yon live too well to think as hard as we ,.n
i'll Boston. Logic comes to us with the
salt fish of Cap" Ann; rhetoric is horn of
the beans OF Beverly Tut yom, it YOU
open y"". mouths to speak, na,urc stops
them with Il fat oyster, or offers Il slice of
the breast Of your divine bird. and siences
all your aspirations"
PHILADELPHIA.
And what Of Philadelphia 7" said the
Marylander
"Oh, Philadelphia? Wa,erworks, kill
ed by the Croton and Cochluute;' Ben
Franklin, borrowed from Boston; David
Rittenl,ouse, made an orrery; Benjamin
Rush, made Il medical system both inter
esting to anlfuarians; grcn, Rcd river
raft OF medical students, Spontaneous gene.
ration OF professors t" match, more widely
known through the Movarncnsinr hos.
company and the W:>tar parties; for eenl
"gical section of social >,rata, go To the
club. A good place TO live in. first rate
marker, trt"p peaches. What do We
know about Philadelphia. except that The
e"@n" companies are always shooting each
other"
TIE METROpOIIS
AMI what do you say to Ne York
asked The Koh-i-noor.
"a grra, city. sir,'-replied Little Bos
l"n-"a very "pnl"nt, splendid city A
point Of transit of much that is remarkable,
an' for pcrman"nce Of murI, that is re.
spectacle. A great money centre. San
Fran,isco. with the mines above ground
and some of EN- under the sidewalks.
have seen next To nothing grandiose, out
OF New i"lk in all our cities. i, makes
'cm all look pal'ry and petty. Has mnny
e'e'"t"'s of civilization. May stop wIer,
Vehlce did, though, for augIt we know
The order OF It's development is Just this :
wealth. architecture, upholstery. painting,
sculpture. Printing, as - mechanical art
just rs Nicholas Jenson and the Adj. who
were scholars too, made Venice renowned
for 1t. Journalism, which is the accident of
business an! crowded populations in great
PERFECTION. Venice got rs far as Titan
and Paul Veroncse and Tintore,to-oreat
coior'sts.. mark you, magnificent on the
fieslrand-blooi side of At-but look over
70 Florence and see who lie in. Santa
C'oce, and ask Out Of whose Ioins Dante
sprung!
20. yes, to ! 9 sure, Venice bulrt her
DucaI Palace and her Churcl, Of ST. Mark
aud her Casa 'Oro, and the rest of he,
golden houses; and VENICE had great pic
lures and good. music; and Venice had 4
IGo'drn Bopk. in which all the large tax