The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-02-16

At a late schoo, examination in Oxford,
Alabama, Mss Emma H. Spencer read
composition with this title, which, says
| the Selma Sentinel, swas conceived by
the fancy gents present rather tight pa
per- and conseq aentiy Miss Emma's name
was used in unmeasured terms" The
offensive article which has made an Ala
bama girl so suddenly famous, ought to
| have run, for 1t castigates as severely as
justly q class Of young men who are be-
coming quite to n numerous all over the
country. Here is the missile alluded to:
"Itis the quality Of that precious metal
which men worship, to glitter, but it does
not therefore follow that everything pos
sessed ola shining exterior is gold; for
we often see the basest metal luminous
with the most precious, and so fequent
is this the case, that counterfeit may
often be detected by its very lustre!
There is a significant moral in this, and
copious illustl atoms of its truth may DO
found in almost every community. Look
at our own village, town, or neighbor-
hood; look at cur gentlemen of tho nice
sort. See that fellow with enormous
moustache and bloated self importancel
He carries glided walking cane, and
smokes cigars; be speaks great swelling
words of vanity, and dom neers before
respectable men like Goliah Of Gath.
He is q clustering idiot, a noisy braggard.
In short, he has all the fuss xnd feathers,
all the "glitter" of superintendent gentili-
ty. He may be merchant, or doctor,
or splendid loafer; but he is, never,he-
less--in the eyes of all sober peoples
pitiful fool, miserable leatherhead, a
mere animal in broadcloth! These gill
ded specimens Of the geeas homo-thess
perfuned daudes, ana ws mGst say
beautiful fools, are as plenty in the
world as the toads were in Egypt, and
ike Pharaoh's vermin, they often come
into our. houses! 1t is said they glitter,
and so they do; look at their finger-rings
their watch-chains &c, And 80 snowy
are they. that they often show more than
they bargain for--their ignorenee, and
all else that is abominable. The old adj
ageis very appropr ate here:
!" A bea tifll fool. dressed in fne clothes.
Is like an old hog with gc'I ring 10 his
nose
They sometimes go to church, walk in,
take their seats, and behave with forced
Lightly, looking cunning liks 80 many fox
IS; but spit rivers Of amber ON the floor,
and curse the preacl err when they leave.
1t is amusing to notice their excessive
vanity among the ladies, the way they
f.ng 'sheep's eyes" at tie fair sex. and
count the number Of their sveet-hearts
on their soft fingers. Of conree, when
we speak of beaux and gallants, they are
The acknowledged lions Of the day The
most presumptuous one generally the big
e st fool; neyert elsss, he leads the bal
ance wherever be goes, and thus the
whole herd of these contemplate simple
tons are pest to the female community
SAN is not gold that glitters' moth
ing is palmer than this declaration. Yet
how many are they who mistake mere
pretender for gentleman When was
child l thought every man who had
broad-cloth coat and pair of boots was
finished gentleman; but now | asrs
done with childish things, find, notvih-
standing all the glare and glitter Of men
and things, there is little that is real. and
that all is not gold that glittcrs.