Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-03

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which he isn'ticqual hv education. tastes
or interests, just thenhe does titus a whcln,i
fool and tuft-hunter': F'
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blob was MT particular in his rre6irc.
lGr lns great object was 10 show OF 10 ihr
gidny ana envious world, what Il lot of
FaIiant, e1I, stupendous,. respectable, sacred,
sublime fashionable, glit,cring, distin3 ,
gnshed, famous, wealthy, renowned. hon
cred, popular, impcrishable, denthless and
immortal folks he was accustomed to swan.
pnSte6oard and foolscnp with. There was
NOBODY on his ticket except The eminent
prominent, and prcemincnticing varieties
q a, al That was great, digniRed, proud,
no9Ie, worshlPtul, Iordly. grand, stately
s"!"st' pSlnccly, imposing, trauscendent,
majestic, and high-hown. And ] must
say Ih"t used to wonder how some of the
him" " A''V
"lle lied some, Texpcct." ."@EG3
- Yes; but lie rather4sprcad than lied
For instance, whenever he dared TO do it
lie always called people hv their first
names, even when they never called him
ANYTHING but Garden. When man does
this. set him down for II bcastly snoL,-
bnt behind peoples backs old Blol,-peyer
spoke OF surname. Every body was
Dick, Aleck, Tom, Bob and Charley then.
rus sometimes got him into scrapcs.-
Once, down at Washington, Blob thought
hc,d venture on grand rush He was
escorting very fashionable lady across
the reception. room, when he mot oId
General Deadwo0d, who has been minister
to so many courts.
Lew" said Blob, Shaking in his shoes,)
'h-hOw are vUu?"
;. Sir" replied old Deadwood, very no.
llteiy AMI pleasantly, ''my name is not
Lew. But we are quite even" lie added,
'iof do not remember yours
but Blob managed the bluff pretty we'll
after all. He went around and told the
story everywhere, beginning with, DID
you hear what first rate sell old Dead
%G31 @leT 8ot S9t of G1 on me- at the reception the
didn't he know you 2 Bob struck out with:
"'Know me! Why ultimately, all to
pieces. Cot letter from him in my
pocket. Here it is Tie old fellow ouly
wanted to stick me for drinks
''Iou see rs soon as Blob got home he'd
written letter to Deadwood, inquirinc if
it was true, as he had heard, that his Ii
hrary was TO be sold soon at auction If
anything will make a literary gentleman
Squ"l, that will, no matter who pinches.
ihA itS Oc5uWOOU never dreamed what
Blob was after, he did answer, short metre
when I hear such story as that" /
put in, "what disgusts me is not the mean
aeviltry of the Blob. SO much rs rcmcm-
6ering the lots of reptiles who would grin I
on henring it, and think that on the whole
it was pretty smart trick
"Let 'em squirm,' said Hiram ''Itil be |!
Iong before all this words slime III be
dried up. BY Jovc!' he continued, pitch +
ing his cigar-stump viciously at little ,
body or Sritcfsng folks. 6S Sa} tHih hs
lrorid don't appreciate manly, generous, /,
truthful people. What n thunder is the I
world? Why, Aztecs, niggcrs, dosd-rnb-
bits, Caffrs, Dutch uncIes, gipsies, digger
Indians, and millions of Aongo-linrs who
haven't got an item of moral sense, help |
make it up. And Blob, after all, is
kind of Caffir, half-sly and half-stupid.
We've NIL got perhaps little color-blind-
ness. DIR. Wilson says every one in cigh- |
teen has5a sure thing of it,
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