New-York tribune., 1874-11-23

Change iuto Gatternss Of dAiiSat
Or (what's more likcy) Of alright.
Tie merry mOck-biids sonsf
Bockow! Such is the hdeOus name OF minor
town on the line Of tho Maryville Branch OF the
Kansas City and Council Bluffs Railway. Bolckow
we'll it isn't near 80 pretty Sweet Auburn to say
nothing of the difficulty of spelling it, and even ii
we do not take into account the agony of pronounc-
ing it. 1t is thriving business village and many
letters are sent to its postoiCe though it must be
by large good luck that some OF them reach their
destination. For statistical clerk in said post-oflco
has observed that within thirty days letters came
there addressed in thirty three different ways viz.
1, Bolckow which is orthodox 2, Balca; 8, Balka
4, Boko; 5, Blowkow; 9, Bnl-cow (good gracious y:
Z, Bueko; g. Bocow; O. Balcah; TO- Balcko!
II. Barlcow; r. Bloxow; 10, Baca: IA,
Blcow; 15 Balchkah; 16 BalcboW; II, Bolke; 10,
Bolk; 10. Balcoo 90, Backow; 81, Balcho; %, Bal
kow; 23 Balkorr; "a, Bowlkow: %. Bullchow; ~.
Backlow; 81, Bolckla; 2s, Balcha; %. Borckaw ;
30. BockOw; 81, BalklOw; 81, MolbOlckow; 49,
POLKA !-and mighty pretty dance the name seems
to have led puzzled correspondents! The bold man
who deviated from the regular initial " Is" and IN
vented the original prefix Of Mol" relieves the
monotony of the matter in a way which entities
him to credit though not to quito so much as tho
genius who hits upon the wild originality OF
"Polkar
The distinguished Englishman, Prof. Francis New
man. is, it is well known, of the vegetable persua-
sion, altogether abstaining from the feshpOts
Being requested to do so. Prof Newman has pub
lished in The Dietetic Reformer NOndOn) nineteen
bills of fare being of dinners actually eaten by him.
and from which fish, flesh and fowl, besides good
red herrings, have been vigorously excluded. The
list, however, seems to be toothsome and appe-
tzing. There are peas puddings, savory vegetable
pies, gooseberry tarts, green pea soup, harcOt OF
marjoram and thyme with fried onions and oil. lots
of cheese, fried batter pudding blanc-mange, pie OF
cabbage, onion and egg stewed mushrooms, young
potatoes in parsley sauce strawberries and cherries,
rhubarb tart, potato fritters, curds and whey,
wheat mush mixed fruit stewed, cabbage with
scrambled egg blanc-mange with slowed goose
berries, the same with orange marmalade and cor-
tain wonderful baked pudding of rice sago, and
Sutana raisins. with top of bread and butter, which
we trust that Prof. Newman will have on the table
when we NAV happen to dine with him. Though he
cuts outlets and bolts not steak though chops to
him a vanity, though roast meat is rubbish and
boiled meat bitterness and stewed meat a stumbling
and offense and fried meat folly, and minced meat
misdemeanOr, yet really it does not appear that
Prof. Newman Is in imminent danger OF starvation.
1t is wonderful to observe how prejudIces are Gre
ated and from what extraordinary data some men
deduce their opinions of other men. A specimen of
this we notice in the way in which a Montgomery
newspaper tried to persuade the people not to vote
for certain candidate, because" says the editor,
" for fat man with short neck and Napoeonic
cast of countenance, be is perhaps the most unmit
gated humbug that wears silk hat" Fault also is
found with him because, while making speech. he
rubbed his left Napo!eonio eye with the corner of
q yellow bandanna" Again, it is complained that,
during the delivery of the same speech. he ad-
yanced his left leg, run his right hand wildly
through his hair, blew his nose, and struggled man.
fully to suppress his virtuous emotions so that
even the chairman of the meeting albeit unused to
the melting mood, was seen to snap his eyes vigOr-
ously to curb the lachrymal glands" A candidate
so false to the Country and the Constitution as to
use yellow bandanna the platform, must have
been ignominously beaten by great majority. We
To To, the orator with the left NapoIoouio eye,' a
Waterloo was predestinate.
Since the war those hot discussions of Slavery
which preceded it seem to have taken upon them
selves all the dim quaintness Of antiquity. Here is
little book of George Bourne. very rare, The
Book and Slavery Irreconcilable," published in
Harrisburg in 1872. which in style and manner
seems as far away from us as tho Arcadia or
Euphues. The sense Of attacking o colossal and
rooted wrong. the danger and the audacity of the
STEP inform every line of it, The Book is ransacked
to prove that Slavery is wrong. when printing the
Testament now seems enough for that purpose. The
dedication shows the state Of excitement In which
the author wrote spirit Of the Lord who didst
anoint Jesus of Nazareth to preach deliverance to
the captves; o illumine o regeneratel blind. cor
rupt oppressors;' and the Envoi has this warlike
sound: Book Of strife! go forth slay by the two
edged sword all the uncircumcised Phllstines; and
may thy light convict the children Of Mammon." 1t
took more than this valiant little book to do that
million of men in arms were necessary to finish
the work. 1t is pleasant to think it is done, and
that such emphatic rhetoric is no longer needed
Mr. John Bright's opinions are of that immensely
liberal sort that he cannot endure even compulsory
vaccination. He publicly declares that no has
always felt that the law which infcts any penalty
on parent who is unwilling to have his child vac
cinated is monstrous and ought to be repealed.
Anti-vaccination has never won 80 notable a cham
pion since the days when the first unreasoning
prejudice against the treatment was overcome At
present it is compulsory in England and rightly 50,
We think. The citizen certainly has right to be
protected from those who, resisting vaccination.
may become centers of smallpox infection. Bat
the more imperative vaccination law is made. the
more strict should be the taken to procure
vaccine matter 1t is ordered in this city. We be-
leve that in public practice at least. this matter
shall come directly from the anlmat-and there can
be no wiser law.
The Paris journalists have made the report Of the
discovery of Mana Sahib the reason for being of a
thousand delightful tales. One Of these comes out
in Figaro and is written by Frenchman who pro-
fessed to have been saved at the Cawnpore mas
sacre by CLEAN of Pity in Mana Sahb This
CLEAN was the last thing the Frenchman remembers