Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-10
Yr Rustic Editor Visits Yr Metropolis.

II huSLAC 6u1JOE NISlIo II NANNANEN-~
! Your rustic editor purposes brief trip to
the wind-swept city of the Bay. lie pines to
view the metropolitan condensation OF mart
and beauty and earthquakes. In his noun
tain home your rustic editor has little affinity
with BARRIERS. Your rustic editor, under the
rose, is an earnest politician. In drcam.lnnd
visions Of exalted position float before his dis
tempered Imagination. lie is, in his ambI-
tiuuS vagarieS. the wiScSt among the wisdom
at the State Capital Rising like smoke from
tar.kiln or buzzard from dense exhalaton from
carrion. pursued by the hurrNhs Of mn adini
ring constituency, your rustic editor, so he
iancics he will be, is in the distant halls Of the
Federal Legislature. No end or limit to wild
ambition Of rustic editor. So at home your
rustic editor is one Of the people. lie is none
of your proud frllows-oh no! lie cultivAtcs
a roughncSs Of attire lie weareth coarse gar
ments and unclcan linen. lie strolletb about
with legs Of pantaloons in boots lie drink.
eth whisky equally in lager bier cellar kept by
dcpravcd German, amid smell Of dcCaycd Bo-
logne sausage, Ns in choice rustic bar-room
with walls decorated with AmorOus paintings
So urbanc and polite SruStc editor he Wilget
drunk with the humbcSt Of his fellow citizens
and Mt all times Of day or night, Familiar OF
address is your rustic editor lie never says
" Nr. Albright, how are you now lie s'npS
Mr. Albright famliarIy on the shoulder and
eXclNinS. Tom. old boy, how are your bow.
els" and Mr. Albright, though he works one
Of the best claims in the vicinity. laughs and
is tick'cd thercnt to be thus Salutcd by rustic
editor
just before issue Of rustic sheet rustic cdi
tor becomes solemn md dsniie'i. The Etna
Of his mighty mind is in fermentation. Mon.
tcA PdrtUria,t. He at times rrtitrS my>teri'
ouslv To small room rrdocnt with smell Of
printers ink old clothes aud damp paper
lie faccIiouSly STYLES this apartment his Sanc-
tum, In these rrtturhcd and my site intervals
rustic editor has been known to refuse \ drink.
Upon issue II rustic Shrrt ra~tie e+iiter again
d"ns his familiarity. liz gocth about upon the
streets with compliment l",k,-llt. meets mel
chant and asks merchant if he has rcnd his
article an influence Of WaShoc on our trading
Interests lie asks lawyer II he has pcruScd
his treatise ON the Judiciary. lie queries
ag,r.hicr man how he likes his, rustic editors.
view on hops Rustic editor is conscious lac
has produced all intcnsc excitement, but rustic
editor cnlcavors To preserve calm amid the
editorial whirlw inds he has unlooScned.
Mainly does rustic editor affect rustic Polit.
clans. He hold private coReiAveS with them
lie advises them and vauntngly assures them
if they oppose his views he will fnlmihAte All
editorial against them.
Rustic editor is vastly exclusive with the fc.
male sex. He frrretS out the blue stockings
Of the mountains and discusses merits Of old
poets with them To ilattcr said maIdcnS Of
literary rroclivities he invites them to write
for rustic sheet. Thus does rustic editor win
his way 10 the inner temple Of their hearts.
Bat rustic editor, late emgrant to rustic
regions. becomes restless. lie hvthinhS him
Of his oldcn place Of scjourn, the city Of mart
and beauty and earthquakes Privately cX.
tracts lac from cNrpnlcnt trunk his dainty
and metropolitan attire; AMI carefully thruS,>
he it in carpet bag lnSohcr is lu>tir editor,
>o horruw> he >uiii,icncy ofcoin from rustra al.
mrcrS. lie a>ccnhS stage coach. Lager bier
man To whom rustic editor Is indebted, witness
Is ciaharkmcnt of rustic editor aud ncrvou>ly
presses towards the departing coach. "io"l
bye, Van Hansen, loudly cries rustic editor
with extraordinary assumption of unconccrn,
"G""d bye. mynarrr Johnson" responds la.
Ecr.b:ds man in trcmulous voice. We use the
name johnson to escape all suspicion of per.
sonali;v. The name johnson is as common as
Smith. Away daShcs stage coach. Rustic
editor at once becomes familiar with stage dri.
yer. He treats stage driver and exchanges
anecdotes with stage driver Rustic editor
arrives at Sacramento. Stealthily enters he
hotel, but soon energies, garbcd in rich and
comciy city attire, No more is he rough rus.
tic editor. In SAlutaton he affects the cour.
tcous city gent. Rustic editor hunts up
steamboat captain. lie presents the inland
mariner with late issue Of his paper, the
RipsnOFting Democrat, and IntimatrS the ne.
ceSsity Of having his hat chAlkcd Then
comes rustic editor to this city Of mart, and
beauty and earthquakes. II will not do t.
detail about rustic editor further. Soon will
he leave here. Soon will he he in rusticdom.
A queer bird is rustic editors rare fish.
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