The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-24
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
1 For Addit,oaat Local Hems see Third Page.l

For Additional Local HemS see mara Fdge'I
BoNHoMMIE. - Good-nature and good
heartedness, warmth OF heart and soul, exceed
ing love of our fellow-men, purely truthful,
Christian love, make up what the French Ian
guage expresses in the significant compound
word bOflbOmrnie. How comprehensive! Like
the legal ct cgterd of Lord Coke, it is pregnant
with meaning. Je ne sdis quot is another OF
these Gallo compounds that, like the Uenl, UtdI,
oici of Caesar, or the peccdUi, the punning des
patch of Lord CLYDE, 81 have Scinde," contains
a world of meaning. She has a certain 3e ne adls
guOi, l do not know what-an indescribable
something's charm beyond words about her
expresses the inner meaning OF the expression,
as bOnhOnnlle pOrtrays all the good inherent In
the human heart, and practically eXhlolted IN
truly good mans everyday existence IN MS ln-
tercourse with society. We have few such men
among us-very few, indeed, We question
whether in the whole circle OF our acquaint-
ances we could place our hand upon the
shoulder of a single one, while our literature IS
brothers Cheeryble of Dickens arise before us f,
and these gentlemen were really actual exist
ences, and not myths of the authors imagina-
ton. viii some one send us the name of such
living parsonage, that we.may do honor to the
living representative Of the true Christian spirit
on earth
The world, however, is not without good men.
Their name, happily, Is Legion, in all classes OF
society," however high or low, as well as good
fellows who are ever more in the majority.
What the world calls a good fellow, Jolly,
ry.hearted, rolicking, "rakehelly" sort OF a
creature, always willing to do his cOnTrere good
turn, spending his money freely when he has
any, often to his own sorroW-he abounds
everywhere. The nationality of bCnhOnme is
limited, contining itself almost entirely to the
German and the pure national American ele-
ment, with the former perhaps originating in its
memories of the vateTland, and utterly distinct
from the Clannishness of the Irish character.
But the American is truly Slu generiS and cosmo-
polit8n in the perfect loOseness OF his expression
of this sentiment. He is a hail fellow-well
met wherever the sun shines, and his Countrys
flag faunts its starry glories and aurorai
blaZonerS.
There are many men, however, who, for bust
ness purposes, affect this virtue, aud ostenta
tiously exhibit its kindly characteristics-gen
tlemen with fair, open countenances, who never
approach you except as eXemplars of the living
spirit of kindness. And how many are there OF
these, and every one with an ulteror object in
view, his eye upon your affections and your
purse-the Sir Dudley Deadly Smooths of
the upper circles of society. Such, of course,
ought to be avoided; but how to do it, for there
is invariably sort of semi-bonhonlnlie, an over
flow, very flush of generosity of soul over
soul, an apparent frankness and confidence, an
appreciation Of ones merits, desire to make
your acquaintance, to obtain your friendship.
that, will We, nil ye" draws the uninitiated
and unworldly into bis web, from which he
emerges sadder and wiser man. Out upon
such cattle, who put shame upon the race !!
Good-elowship is one thing, bOnbOmnlie an
other. Leigh Hunts admirable ''Abou ben
Adhemn in modern Oriental, and the uatient
Job, of the ancient, expresses the word in its
true significance.