Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-19
WINTER EVENING TALK.

THE New York Gazette evidently felicitatet
itself that 1t was too good for this world In 1t.
valedictory, last Saturday, it wound up thusly
"The world was not worthy of the Gazette
and so 1t quilted life in calm Indifference. Moth.
ing so became 1t in life as the leaving of 1t. We
are Wiser than our contemporaries. We know
when we are dead and gracefully submit to the
course of Nature. Yale! The journalistic godf
have already received our soul -
MosEs A. Dow, of Charlestown, Mass. the pa.
pers state, has recently presented handsome
public fountain to that city, and it is to be erect
ed In the principal square, Mr.. Dow has made
his money-a good pile-in the Wayerley Mag
azine," which he established and has conducted
on entirely original principles. His contributions
cost him little or nothing, for he prints such as
young ladies and gentlemen afflicted with Gu
cches scribendi' choose to send him. So he pleases
himself and the writers, and large list of read
ers, who are delighted with the tales of love and
adventure, diluted in character but startling in
plot, which this plan secures.
THE WASHINGTON PAPERS report that the
Members of Congress are bringing their home
circles to the Capital More than half the Sem
ators and at least fourth of the Representatives
have their families with them this session. A
large proportion of the Senators keep house, but
the Representatives, from the more transient
nature of their residence here, generally take
furnished lodgings.
In CHICAGO they do not seem TO think BRIDES
maids must necessarily be maidens. Mr. j. Young
Scammon,wa married, there, on the 9th inst, to
were married women.
It's AcuRIous FACT that there are people who
do not know, never having tested, the pleasure of
eating raw oyster, while there are still others
who utterly deny it,after the test The following
effusion probably does justice to the oyster fami-
ly, in all respects, and it is not improper to add
is from the pen of Frank Wells, of the Bulletin,
who is popularity supposed to know all about the
biyalves, since the Norfolk people declined to
furnish him any, ION tick
All hail thou great discoverer | still unknown,
Who, wandering, pensive, on some rocky shore,
Weary, perchance, disheartened, hungry, lone,
First from his bed the strange crustacean tore.
Speak from the cloudy Past, and let us hear
What the first feelings Of the swelling heart,
whether Of courage bold, or trembling fear
As thou the bivalve widely wrenched apart.
What were thy thoughts, as first thine eyes behed,
That strange white thing, with opal tints nlaid 20
As DER thy fingers the sweet juices welled.
Vert thou astonished, eager. or afraids
How didst thou eat him? Didst thou take him raw
Bolting him down, with hunger desperate;
Or did'st thou muse on him as one who saw
What might be fortune, or what might be fates
How didst thou eat him On that rocky coast,
Dd'st thou fire enkindle of drift wood,
And with an instinct blind thy treasure roast,
And so deyour him, and declare him good?
How dd'st thou eat him In a sandy pit,
With heated pebbles dd'st thou build him up,
And heap hot sand above, and patient sit
Till on baked oyster thou did'st, sumptuous, sup?
o, great discoyerer! tell us of his size B.
Had he been growing years before the food
Until that happy day when glad surprise,
Thy heart invaded, with the coming goods
Didst thou walk around his mighty shell,
As it lay gaping to the coming tide.
Or was he in his fastness locked full well,
Till thou with brawny arms his hinges prieds
Thou did'st not know in those primeval days
The oyster-learning we have gained. Poor thou
Untutored, dreamed not Of the various ways
Thy great discovery is served up now
Could'st thou come back to this sublunar scene.
Thou then, n,would'st wondering, in amazement stare,
And wish thy happy destiny had been,
To eat FRIED oy stcrs at the GRACE CnURcn FAIH.
G. o. D.
BosToN is beginning to pride herself on the lack
of applause and the grave and earnest steadiness
of attention displayed by her people, when listen
ing to the higher order of oratory. We think it
must be this that is the matter with our Whining
ton audiences and cheerfuy look forward to the
time when we shall feel proud Of ii.