New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-17
A California schsel Essay.

A California Schsol Essay.
A fond mother, Of the golden California
sends US tho following essay, which wa
written and read by her youngest treasur
on the occasion of leaving school. As it i
praised by the local paper, we venture t.
reproduce it for the benefit Of our schoo
girls:
IRREGULARITIES"
An essay by Miss Hattie Clarke, Of Contr
Costa, was one of the features Of the even
ing. In addition to the quaint bits of hume
with which it abOunded the reading by tn,
Here it is:
The peculiarities Of the human family ar,
as varied as the contents of echoo
teachers pocket; which depository usually
contains-as results of lucky descents upOr
the form Of ack-knives. miniature fiddles
tin whistles, etc. Small things. yet strongly
expressive Of the natural bent of the twil
he is supposed to train in the right direc
ton. So, in lettle things, do the olde,
children Of earth reveal the inherent tend
denotes Of their natures. A little extra
motion in the gait a little longer roll of the
tonSue, slight motion Of the hand each
betrays a mans popularity, and becomes
the cornerstone Of his personality.
What is it that makes this person view
the world through rose colored glasses, that
one through smoke begrimed orbs, through
never enter! How do we account for this
difterences 90" we say, sit is owning to
his peculiar temperament; it is the peculi-
arity of bis disposition"
There are all sorts and kinds of these
peculiar people. There's the man who de-
lights IN giving the impression that he has
important business on hand, by tearing
through crowded aisles utterly regardless
OF his neighbors pet corns. The man with
elongated visage who complains about 1.-The
exceeding levity of the age" Tue old wo-
man who is so anxious about your health.
and advises opodeldOc or catnip on every
occasion. The minister's wife, whose ex-
cessive neatness causes, her to follow her
husband up to the pulpit for the express
purpose OF removing microscopic portion
of lint from the tail Of his coat. The man
who tries to be funny, and manifests it by
punning on everybody's name, and then ex-
planning the point Of the joke and inform
ing his audience that it is original Then,
there Is the ofici0us man, whose peculiarly
u rather dangerous one, inducing him to
throw throw packages out OF the car window
after gentlemen, and then finding that they
belong to the woman who wants to get out
1t the next station.
;. Even nations are not exempt from pecu-
iarities, and our own has not the fewest.
'One not to the manner born" might think
Dur general style bordering on the '.spread
eagle" but if his philosophical education
has not been neglected he will lay it at the
1oor OF our national peculiarities.
A Yankee tourist visiting an Esquimaux
court for the first time, might be a little
averse to the ''rub.nose system" practiced
y that people as the mode of greeting; or
should he chance to visit Turkish country,
re might experience some physical disconl-
ort with his lengthy dimensions in assum-
ng the tailor-like posture Of the hosts We
an imagine his CONSERVATION when having
into the empire Of the moon. |
yed Celestials," he vanly attempts to imi- |
ate their style of supplying the inner man |
Nth food; but he is obliged to pass these !
hings BY as pleasant u varieties of national |
and make the best he can of |
hem. when one is in Rome he must do |
8 the Romans do"
As our Yankee friend draws nearer home
his Journeyings he sees this foreigner |
hrugging his shoulders. that tapping his
'rehead. Another swelling to his full dimen-
ons whenever the land Of his birth is men
oned, while he astonishes them no less bv
ls nasal style OF rendering their language,
nd BY the fabulous stories he writes-and
u which he is proverbial-of deeds done
nder the spreading wing Of the bird of
Should we attempt to classify humanity
,cording to these peculiarities, we should
nd the classification al difficult and in
icate as the deciphering of one of Horace
reeley's manuscript editorials. or any
her equally hopeless task, and, despairing
success. we are forced to exclalm, with
le venerable old lady-whose savings are
often ouoted-"Well. well surely every.
'dy has his peculiarities,' and who will
sny it, Applause.