The Republican journal., 1869-10-28
ALL ABOUT A BREAKFAST.

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for the day are influenced by the surround
ings and associations Of his morning meal
that if lie sit down to It neatly laid table, with
snowy CLOTH bright cutlery, shining ware,
fragrant coffee, appetising dishes and nice
butter, that the genial and soothing influences
thereof viii follow him even unto the going
down OF the sun, sweeten his disposition,
Tighten his toll, promote his amiability and
make him as much Of an angel rs frail hui
manity can be, until his couch invites him to
repose. We note this fact for the benefit of
our lady rcaders--a sort of q recipe for pro-
noting good humor well worthy their consid-
Grafton. Some wise observer of human nature
says the way to q mans heart lies through his
stomach, and that she who would preserve
her husbands love must see that his food is
well cooked. We saw in New York daily
paper recently that man whose breakfast
was badly prepared deliberately killed his
blame him. Who can tell what the mans
stomach had endued-what horrible rcpasts
he had madc-what cindcrcd steaks, what
leadcn bread, what tophcts Of dyspepsia he
had suffered
But this is aggressive. We had purpose
to say something about particular break
feast, which, without any special merit Of its
own, has become . matter of public com
mcnt. The Prog. Age has the following
Incredible as it may appear. the editor of the Re-
nal foil t,n Of ho
southern democracy. has really, Though he says
nothing of it in his paper became rcconccd TO the
nlggcr and has come to regard him a 8 man
and BROTHER The other morning he might have
been seen at one of our hotels in company with a
single other white genman" at the breakfast table
with select company Of thirteen gentlemen of CO.
lor one OF whom carried a poodle dog. He ate
heartily, was >orable, and did not seem at all sell
his account almost cholcd him in DAYS past We
are certainly glad 10 this evidence that demo-
cratic hatred to the negro is turned to love.
Ordinarily we take our meals in quiet at
the far end Of Church street. On this par
ticular morning, circumstances induced Us to
seek relroshmcnt at the American House.
We were accoStcd on the steps bya Bangor
friend, atorctimc 4 resident here, Who has
persuaded q fortune out of the silver hills of
Nevada. Hold on said he !" 90 slow
they al. cooking 4 late breakfast to order
Sit down and take q chance with me-" George
is q good nam TO follow in such 4 case. as we
found. The meal was really excellent, and
was leisurcly discussed together with the
weather, the coming horsc-trot, and a little
OF politics-ior our friend is a republican,
who rolled up his sleeves to some purpose in
the IIamlin Senatorial fight
Our meal was about concluded, when the
sido-door opened and there appeared negro.
his eyes rolling i'll hungry anticipation, and
his huge shirt-collar pr0truding. after the
manner OF the burlesquc ministries. He was
followed by another colorcd individual, and
he by another, and another, until we began to
think that Africa itself was being cmpted in
to the hail. The procession ended with the
thirteenth specimen of Goods image carved
in ivory" and that specimen led bya string,
not > poodle, but = huge female dog, in 4
high state Of maternal solicitudc!
Our friend, who was lifting his coffee to his
lips, when This column of free Americans of
African descent commenced to move, held
the cup suspended in the air, like Mahomct's
coffin. Setting ii slowly and untastcd back
to its place, he freed his mind Isn't this a
little rough on the white population ~ my
friend,' we replied, DO not disturb Yourself.
or indulge in conectWcs why this is thus II
is what You have all been voting to bring
about, for To- these many wears. 1t is for
this that John Browns soul went marching
on. For this was fought four years of bloody
war, and huge debt piled mp. For this the
churches sent missionaries south, which re-
suited i'll a biz crop Of molasses colorcd
babies. For this Butler cleaned out all the
spoons in Louisiana. For this Lincoln made
his proclamation, and Congress passed the
civil rights law. All these labors have borne
their tluits--and here arc two white gentle
men breakfasting with thirteen nig@ers and a
bitch pup! Blame not the landlord. He
can't help it. He is liable to suit and fine. if
he interfcres. Doubtless he held back those
hungry sons of Ham as long as possible.
And he is powerless if they insist on coming
to any table. But there is one thing to be
sad about this particular lot of heroes
they are smart looking, a good deal more
so than some white members of YOUR party.
will lay a wager that any one of them can
put more brains into the management of q
paper than does the editor of the Prog. Ace
and include the bitch pup in the lot. Let
us go"
That is the true history OF the breakfast
The great and reigning sensation in New
I Ork, last week, was the arrival from France
OF Father Hyacinthc, the Barefooted Carme-
lite friar whose eloquent preaching has Stir
red the religious heart of France as it has
not been before stirred for long time. But
his great cloquence has not been so much
the sensation, as q resolve made and acted
upon to discuss the relations of the French
government to the Church of Rome. and to
call attention to alleged abuses in the church
itself. 1t is certain that no language so bold
has been uttered in 4 Catholic country for
many years. The result has been the con-
domination OF his superiors in the church, and
involuntary exile Of the bold preacher. What
hol,nar in no f,,{, no =, A.