The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-11-06
SMALL BEER CHRONICLES.

SMa LII 5GER CAHONl lCbGS.
Under this head All the Year Round
makes eloquent lamentation over the vir-
tues ana characteristics OF various institu
tions and fashions OF olden times In the
following quaint style is the obituary OF
,l.e obsolete Door knocker recorded:
"The deceased door knocker had Its
good and bad qualities like other things.
One got to know ti.e knocks of certain old
friends and babilues of the house, and the
we'll known sound was often r+iv welcome.
A bell tells 70 tale of individuality. IN
liss r,.nner he bore had h.s knock and
cre cooi3 Fl l,r ,h- back door, or hide.
between tie tif,c WREN he rap ell and he
moment sbcn the door Vas "p.red. The
o~l gives 10 such warning. The single
knock 't tho e,cGiu- or the dependent,
apd .i,e enieiy crash o: :he post man. agina
old tte,r ia'' r.sinly enrugl. And the
mention of ,iaf last knock by the by,
biI.ge la {. /. c,.u-iG~ ~, ion OF the troubles
conb,e,.d wifh tee an)ckcr What a
thp.s 1t va - be accidentally passing
thronyt the ball or &c usiiy d pr aching
tn" co"r shen The po-tmau arrived! To
say Your heart Came Into your mouth at
such .rients j. Do so5; oi exagg-rd,ion.
snd ! -i,o,!sJ say t:iel except he j.sin. il
4
Of being sho, - could be sit-i..-d yi;hout
actually going through III. process Itself.
A. - ,:ie D3isti..s.s of character which
were TO te got out 0i TILE dis-as ii iBs.lu-
ton. they We're cnii~e- as they acre
uia'ihle. A OTTER less falling. here vas
one tina could slwsy7 b- relied Oh. Let
. man cnEc,al hi, chalsc ~ al carefully a.
have known peoIle, apparently the meek
est of the meek aud The een,lest of the
gentle. and vino hal the CIR dil OF being 80
Ia society, to exp sc themselves 10y Il
sharp and fierce mariner ol knocking at
ones door. and have never faIIed-havin,-
had my suspicious thus aroused to OBJ
serve that under trying circumstances ie-
r1ciou- traits OF character have come ou,
IN such persons.
liere then. at the very entrance TO our
domestic establishment The visitor pro
claimed himself fer what he was. How de-
sirab- this wssl You might sit ir your
secret lair. the dining room and form
your opinion on the character Of your
Trend. with perfect confidence, knowing
that the knocker test would not ia !. Here,
for Instance. WAS Younghusband, coming
to look after your daughter. 1t was natur-
al you should want To know all about him
Rat, tat, ta;ity, tatity.' Away with him,
the match must be broken off, man with
such ieebleness of character will never do
Fat, tst-tat-ta;. TAT. TIE passionate vii
lain, he would break the poor girls heart
in fortnight. Blubber again had spoken
to you about certain investment, and had
described IN glowing colors the certainty
OF It's success, and enlarged on the splen.
dor OF Your prospects if you went into it,
lie comes 10 talk the matter over with Won
for the last time. 'Ra, tatara. tatsra. tatsra.
taiara, tat, tat. tat The shallow impo,tr
The sanguine deceiver of himself and
everybody else! If you do not button up
your pockets after that knock, you deserve
anything you get.
The irrate man, the obstinate man. the
undecided man. the boastful man. all re-
vealed themselves as soon as they touch
ed the knocker; and 30 did TIE truthful.
the amable, the firm. 1t required, how
ever, great penetration and experience to
distinguish some Of the finer shades of
character. 1t was not easy, for instance.
to determine on a rap where iirmness end
ed AMI obstinacy began, or TO separate
amiabilily from leebleness. Still it was
done