The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-31
Was the Yankee Girl Created to
Rush Through Space.

The English mind when it gets filtered
through the Saturday Reries', is very clear
and sharp not TO say impertincnt-as wit
ness the following from that journal OF
February 4th:
Perhaps the plcasantest form of Winter
fitting Is that of fitting by sea, and get-
ting rid Of war and rumors of war alto.
gethcr. Justice has hardly yet been done
to life on board packet. Nothing IS 50
hostile to social existence as railway
compartment; nothing so favorable 10 it Us
the deck of y steamer. Everybody is Who'll.
ly dependent on every body else. There
Is oil the variety of a club without its stiff
isolation; there are Calvanistic Scotch
couples, who ponder over their ailments
and prefer to make no acquaintanccs: per-
sons very much on the loose; prim English
matrone; and Yankee girls of very un.
prim type indeed. The Yankee girl was
born to live in packets. She gives one the
notion of being created to rush through
space. She is always on the move: last
year in Paris, the year before in San Fran.
cisco; she has taken run back to New
York on her way to Cairo; you meet her on
the Pyramids, you flirt with her in the
Sierra Morena, you jostle her in the stu.
dos of Rome, and you cut her in the Tuil.
leries Gardens. She is equally fond Of sup.
per and sentiment; and breaks into ones
rhapsody over the sunrise to spout out ~
order for hard. boiled egg, and two slices
of ham ''cut lean" She is silent when her
mouth is full, and that is fortunately pret-
ty often. But a.great deal of her conver.
sa.ion when it is empty refers to tho mode
of filling it. She is great on sa1les d
Aots and critical on hotels. Her pocket
book is full of charming recipes for dishes
she has met with, mixed up oddly with de-
scriptions of Rome and the names of her
dancing partners. She delights in telling
you how rich ''pa" is. ''I'm Yankee gal,
guess. and ma keeps pretty slick out Of my
way" Life takes free and easy turn in
this absence of maternal supervision. For
a certain noisy kind Of flirting, nobody Is
the Yankee girls equal To do her jus.
tice she does not mix with it the slightest
tinge of romance or poetry. She has, in
fact, great horror and contempt for all of
the higher and moro poetic sides of human
sentiment. She likes to amusc and be
amused, but she hates nonsense" She
never saw you before, and she never cares
to zee you again, but while you are there
she will laugh with you, chat with you,
tell you her secrets, swear q constant fideli-
ty, and give you lock Of her hair. 1tis
difficult to say whether she is married or
not; If she is, 1t docs not matter much, for
her husband is as often without as with
her. II love my husband" she tells you
plumply; ''oh yes; I love my husband, and
= good many other people besides" And
then she goes down to supper again, and
sentiment is forgotten Ill sherry. .cobbler:
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PRESIDENT TuIERs-NoT A PLEASANT
PICTURE orTHE FIRST MAN OF FRANCE. -
A writer in the Brisisa Quarterly Rsuieso
says Of him: "As to physical appearance,
1t is impossible to conceive more ignoble
little being than Adolphe. Theirs. He has
neither figure, nor shape, nor grace, nor
mem; and truly to use the most unsavory
description of Cormeum CTimon), looks
like one of those provincial barbers who.
with brush and razor in hand, so from
door to door offering their savonnctte His
voice Is thin, harsh and recdy; his aspect
sinister. dcccitful and tricky; . sardonic
smile plays about his insincero and mock.
ing mouth; and At first view you are dis.
posed to distrust SO ill.favored q looking
little dwarf, and to disbclieye his story.
but hear the persuasive little pigmy, hear
him fairly out, and he greets you with such
pleasant, lively, yolubio talk, interspersed
with historical remark, personal anecdote,
ingenious reflections, oil conveyed in such
clear, concise, and Incompatible language.
that you forget his ugliness, his impudcnce.
and dishonesty. And, as Rosseau said in
one of his most eloquent letters, in listen.
ing are undope.' Asa journalist he was
successful, as historian he was popular,
~ minister he was notorious, and No.
tional to . certain extent. uo has, no
doubt, many talents and many defects, but
his success in life Is more owing to dis
worst vices than to his negative virtues.
He 10 probably the most intelligent man in
Europe, If . perception of the wants and
wishes of tho million indicate intelligence;
but somo think him also one of the most
mocking, and corrupt Of. public
men, and at tho bottom one Of the shallow.
est in all sound knowledge" ta' ,
AMERICAN WRIT Is rather noticeable
fact, that while Major Jack Downing, Ar
eemus Ward, Miles O'Rcilly, Doesticks,
(Mrs. Partington), Fanny Fern,
Orpheus G. Kerr, Lowell and others of our
ea5ly American humorists camo from the
Eastern States, and in most cases from
New England, the funny men Of the pres.
ent generation are almost all from the West.
Nasty halls from Ohio, while Bret Harte.
Mark Twain and Phenix Webb John Paull,
though originally from the Atlantic States,
developed their humorous talent In CalifOr.
aia Josh Billings is New Yorker, and
the elder civilization among The
"'ts. 81 IS. - s4'#s tisa4~ Il s. rui.arinas
Called. -.
NJ. Frank Kenyon, pioneer laborer IN