The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-05-21
Observation-Disclosures and
COsmetiqaes.

Observation-Disclosures and
COsmetiqaes.
IT is sweet and pleasant thing to
know that we have United States Sen
ate, though unhappily It is not now in
sessi0n-wherefore we and this city
mourn. 1t is sweeter and pleasanter
thing to know that when our devoted
Senators are here they are not set of
uncouth and unwashed clodhoppers,
with no delicate sense of touch and taste
and smell, but, on the contrary, are
highly organized, courtly, costly, las a
gentleman should BEL and capable of n
languishing enjoyment in the perfumes
of Araby, the colognes of France, the
camphors Of the Indies, the bay runs Of
America, and last, though not least, the
soaps of England. We say 1t is sweeter
and pleasanter thing to know that these
Installations and fragrant compounds
are the delight of Senators, and that
such Senators are ours. 1t gives us pleas
ure, furthermore, to feel assured that
these our Senators-of whom we are
proud for the great ability which they
show in the use of soap, and the practi-
cal good sense they display in the use
of sponges with it-take sufficiently
correct and catholic view of the gene
rosity of the govern ment under which
they live,as to take for granted that it is
the governments highest pleasure and
qualification to furnish them gratuitous-
ly with these and other sense -enraptur-
ing distilments. knowing full well, rs
1t does, that the use of these not only
argues the finest sensibilities in its
Lawmakers, but has added much to
the prosperity of the country and taken
heavy burthens from the shoulders OF
the people. For what wholesome legis-
lation could be supposed to flow from
legislative body where soap was con-
traba nd where cosmetiques never gave
tint to cheeks made pallid with public
care; where lemons were never squeez-
ed for the public good /; where alcohol
bathed not, inside and out, the wasted
wrecks of intellectual labor wher
The bristles of that noble animal, the
pig, came not nigh the chin; where
ginger warmed not the vital parts into
ruddier and more spicy life; and where
camphors and colognes, runs and bay
runs, never revived, with their aro-
matte and titillating powers, the Ian
gushing senses, and restored the ex-
hausted energies? What, we say would
legislation be without these? Laws
would come into the world still-born,
without the least zest or favour of their
creators in them heavenly as lead forbid
ding as soapless Senator, and f. only
to be observed by the soapless Hotten-
tots of Boreoboolagha. Let US rejoice,
then and be glad, eat, drink, and be
merry, in that we arc possessed Of Sena-
tors with tastes and habits above "the
fbeasts that perish" and that in the laws
which they vouahsafe to US there is the
aroma of
"Thine incompatible oil, Macassar." )"
In witness wheFeof, obligingly among
other similar items put in the contin-
gent expenditures of the Senate for the
past year, behold:
. For4swhite cotton gloves, ,(police)$3S on
T, For boxes lemons, at $l2 per
box. 4S 0O
For 19l TBS crushed sugar, at 19c 36 2S
, For box honey soap, (English,) 0 90
, For ! gallon cologne, s OC
For ! dozen esh.brushes, 900
, For gallon bay rum, and bottle, 8 sc
! For 1 dozen shaving brushes, 12 O(
For gallons alcohol, 25 OK
For bottles extract ginger, 8 W
For dozen plate brushes, 25 On
For quart spirits of camphor, 2 81
For 7! lbs bathing sponge, 35 81
9 For gallon cologne, and bottle, 10 81
= For ! dozen cOsmetiques, 3 OF
! For dozen mugs for shaving
:. soap, OF
For 20 boxes lemons, 3l7 O
A. w. WINFIELD, furnishing tea
and making the same for the use
Of the Senate, 81 sc
= Making l brass facsimile hand
stamp, w. p. Kellogg. II On
Repairing facsimile stamp for
Hon. b. f. Wade, q
For l2 dozen palm leaf fans, 10 on
: : For l20 extra Scotch wood pin
cushions 122 0,
q Not to speak it profanely, permit us In
= q mild form and briefly to inquire, what
!, would any Senator be, though he wer'
"loil" to the uttermost, and legal and
logical down to his toes, and every incl
}, law.maker from natural aptitude
without mug-a shaving mug, W.
mean, of course? Literally nothing
And what sort of an opinion should w
!, form of him If, when performing hi
toilet in the morning, with his mug re-
flecting in the glass, and his cosmetiQue
. and colognes and camphors, and twenty
boxes of lemons beside him, he burst no
= out from amidst the lather on his Sena
torisl chin into rapture of gratitude Al
y he looked. .around him on the evidences
. of his country's benefactions, and ex
claimed. with tears in his eyes, 'Thi
is my own, my native land y
realizing feelingly that no other Liant
is in the habit of soaping and shaving
and fumigating her legislators at he
own expense, and supplying them grs
to tuitously with five gallons of alcohol
We could not help looking upon him a
an ungrateful wretch, and deserving {
-, being cast out among the Hindoo
!" . where half dozen flesh brushes an
seven and a half pounds of bathin
- =, sponge might be employed with advaI
-, :, tage to their epidermises, If not to IL
=. laws of Hindoostan. We rejoice to b
e lieve, however, that our devoted Sen
" tors are no such thankless barbarian
and that thew fully aDDraciate the or