Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-05-28

| neltner leave the room nor enter It RlthOu
Il tussle to get past them. IfYur patne1
wants any ice, you have to sqheze though
them to get it. And then they pm up close
iEagain the instant you've gor through, as
though they were all hung on aigeA and had
aoorsprings in their backboncs IN Tooth
plckers belong to the family of WaRowers
but there are between them somenarked
point OF difference, In the first ylS, they
are only found of the male sex, y far as
we can learn, no one ever yet has zen fe-
male Toothpicker. IF ever ore sisted ii
may now be classified among the Stinctani-
mails. Again, unlike WallAowers, e Tooth
pickers are seldom; to be found insidehe draw
ing room. They frequent the ice bom and
the staircase, and the landings; hat pe walls
of the drawing room are gene-ay Eoa from
thems The doorpests are il no%syer o1 their their
the V ToetPpokers asd ., ds congregate They
are not shy animals out they like to keep to-
gether and thew mt care to associate with
Other than their ecies. They avoid locomo-
ton. and seldo, take much exercise but it
must not be j erred that they are weak or
muscleless. ,fhey way in which they stand
about the dorway the whole evening is sat
isfying pr1f that they have no mean crural
power ara that their dorsal muscles and pro-
diglousIy dGeloped is shown by the tenacity
with which hey nightly in the season stick
their backs against the doorposts. They ad-
here to places firmly as Government Off
cial and, IKE the Wings, if you displace
them, theyfare certain to come back. A cry
of {" SApper!' generally induces them to
nee, but have known a herd of Tooth
pickers refused to be disturbed by it.
Although they condescend occasionally to
stalk through quadrille, it may be laid down
Is rule that the Toothpickers don't dance.
recollect once asking one the reason why
lie didn't, and he graciously informed me he
hought "dawncing gweat boaw-for it
made one feel so-aw-sticky, and it-aw-
lisawanged ones waistcoat." In general, the
Coothpickers are not very communicative
Two words In ten minutes seems about the
pace at which their conversation travels
After supper, certainly, thanks to their liba-
ions of pale ale and champage, they general
y contrive to sparkle up bit But till they
et the liquids they are generally mutes-
hey are really, in more senses than one -
Dr. they look, in their white chokers and ex-
ressionless fixed features, much more fit to
e on duty on the doorstep at funeral than
} be hanging, like wet blankets, about the
oorway of drawing room. Another of their
eculiarities is, that one never hears them
ugh. 1t can't be for the want of having
luse for laughter; for you know at every ev-
ming party there's always lots to laugh at
tut l suppose they don't like the 'twouble,'
nd think it 'gwat boaw,' or are afraid that
he exercise of laughing might fatigue them;
r, possibly, it may be that they think it
Jude to laugh believe it's thought sigh of
bod breeding not to laugh. At least, it GER
inly is the fact that the higher the society
le less laughing you hear init. If the best
jokes be cracked, (and you know in some
rcles it is thought extremely vulgar to crack
kes,) you will always find the Toothpickers
IAN smile at StiRSsssnd tRssSsn to do the '"""+ Lit moro
Indeed, their heartiest fit of laughter is on
loud smile. They seem to bottle it up
'me how, and let it explode inwardly, like
nd ginger beer. | have been all my life an
Dserver of the Toothpickers, and l declare
ever heard one actually laugh. You often
atch them smiling, but this is all they do -
nd they do this la Carksr, just to show
leir teeth.
The most boisterously bent of them shrink
ON an indulgence in open cachination. If
ney ever are amused, (and it is easy labor
} amuse Toothpicker,) they smile sort of
alflaugh as proof of their enjoyment
rack your best of jokes with them, and this
all youget for it. They dare not open their
ps far, for fear that their toothpick should
rop out, or lest they might disar-
ange the curl of their moustaches As wide
,outh are thought vulgar they take care
OF to stretch theirs by giving broad grin
cal Of laughter; you might as well expect to
ear them ringing a Bob Major.-Punch's
'ocketb00k.