The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-27
Oshkosh Correspondence.
ISN'T IT VULGAR ?
OsHNosH, July Il, 1860.

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aud keenest inquiries into some Of life's
vusgarisrns' Strange, indeed, and does
not specify one Of our lone, now-a-dav,
I vuigaristns. We may costly talk and
write of the voEgarisnls and savage Gus
toms of Hiudoos, Hottentots aud Ethiopi-
ans butcan't we hit upon something un.
fashionable or va gar nearer home Let
us assume the word in It's widest aud most
extended sense, and we can apply it in
multitarlous ways. We generally under
stand by vulgar person, one Of those
stiff, inflexible, uncouth, clumsy, don't
care ifIdo kind o. old fogies-one who
can lay no claim to relationship with the
beau mopde-one who understands moth
ing Of The bon ton, and never studied the
first principles of poIiteness as taught by
| Chesteifeld, or he7ru es of etiquette as
given BY the N. Y. Ledger. Sill, the
yulg arities would be few were they solely
confined to such individuals as the above,
but it is not so. They have even found
/ their way 30 the beau monde, l. e.: among
the Hterati. But which are those yulgari-
ties how are we to know them? What
marks have they by which they are to be
distinguished! by what criterion shall
We judge them? by custom or by public
/ opinion Nell, to begin, it would be vpl-
gar for the Milwaukee Sentinel or the Osh-
kosh Northwestern to praise up DovGLAs
or " Popular Sovereignty" 1t would lie
equally vulgar for the Manitowoc Pilot a
the Milwaukee News to recommend 'IIon-
est Old Abe" for his dexterity in splitting
rails, bis honesty in being a Republican,
ard his self denial in not chewing tobac
co. Its vuigar for political stQmn : :::--.4.g
.ers not to spin Sc ne yarus al The expense
| of their opponents. 1t is vulgar for a1in-
listers of the Gospel not to wear black
hat, white cravat, a long coat and long
face, with demure phiz and sweet smiIe.
It might also be considered as bordering
on vuIgarity, were they not occasionally to
"pitch into" their neighbor's faith and
morals, thereby proving, Of course their
own orthodoxy. |: is vulgar for lawyer
to discourage man from commencing a
| suit, whether he be in tie right or not -
It is vulgar for physician to refuse med
iclne under any circumstances, or to re-
fuse drugs whether they can dnqnose the
disease or no. | would be evually vulgar
for him not to call Mercury hyl2ugayae,
ard thnbarb 'hea,m payaqfu01, and worm
remedies anthetminticS, Sc. 1t would he
vulgar Of a store keeper not to sell at nn-
precedcntcd low price, and not to have
greater facilities for buying cheap in n.
Y, &c, than any other house How wi
gar 1t would be for men to wear wide pan
falcons, or women (ladies, mean) to wear
narrow skirts Is it not Vulgar for ladies
to drink beer or eau dc ne 2 and equally
SO for men to drink water Z? What a ain,
~ lie must De to delight in Cling his Cpl
gastics with tie black water, ., hen lie
mi2ht as well 't&ale he barley broe,i land
drown his cares III Ambrosian nectar -
Amt il. kind Of vulgar not to be able TO
.manducate The t".weed, "-and thereby put
tho salivaryr glands in motion, and emit
from the mouth brown viscid juice! 1t
is truly vulgar for young lady to spend
her time studying history, sacred or pro
fame, mathematics and the like, while such
papers as the n. !. Ledger, the ,Nustra-
ted -A'esos, and Harper's -Nagazjne are to
be perused. It'svulgar for politicians 10
attend church, lest the, good might Le
thought to be Prsjudiccd, Goodleason,
It's vulgar to eat fast, to drink much, to
laugh heartily, to pray long, to sing any
thing comic, or without aflectation 1t
must be considered 10 be rather vulgar TO
bear the cognomen of PATRIck contract
ed :,PAT alas PADDY BRiDGEr alias BID
by; DARBY, NoRAf, WoLFGASG, CUHE-
GUNDA, Go1rFRtEB, ZAcHARIAs ct JEREMI-
us! So much, Mr, Editor, about vulgar
.isms, which, were it not for the lack of
time and space, could enlarge and further
describe. Pro tenn. adieu .I To
t.."..r r -------4z S,s---------- 5.t.s
A HARD RAP-SAM RYAN, of the APP
Pleton Crescent, gives the traitor, FIron,
the following hard rap over the knaclles
AID AND CoMFoEr FOR THE ESEmY.--
The Manitowoc Herqid has decided to aid
IN giving the electoral vote Of Wisconsin,
to Lincoln by supporting breckenridge
The Heroa knows that every vote thrown
away on that ticket is half vote for Lin
coin. One Of the wicked and peryerse
generation" atour elbow suggests that the
reason why the Herald takes such fool
lsh course is because its editor is ColIec-
tor OF the Port of Manitowoc. Of course
it is unjust to believe that such a motive
would actuate man in cutting loose from
bis party, and lending aid and comfort to
the enemy. We are frank to say, howey-
er, that 1t would be more manly in that