Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-05-21
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SUNDAY READING.

IHe DdnUury NSWS man Is once III
while witty, aud we might as well
laugh as pray on Sundays-both are
good for the soul. We quote the fol-
lowing from the Centennial sermon
of our contemporary at Philadelphia:
PHILADELPHIA, March 10th.
DEAR DANBURY: Gimme room.
There are three or four events largely
embroidering the conversation OF this
City of Penn. Notably-Atlantic City.
the scarcity Of books, and the last
man. In the common intercourse of
life, ease depends OH letting the tongue
run the gauntlet of association, and
nothing is more stupid than stilted
talk. From brown-stone-front talk in
tenement house deliver me. Grave
thoughts may intrude in the best reg
ulated families, especially If there is
"cuteu boy about; but silver. mounted
words in a huckster's mouth are out
of place.
The last shall be first, so commence
with my last man Of the procession.
He has been chosen. 1t is sad to think
there must be last man in process
sion. There is no pride or pomp in
him. He is weary, worn, pathetic
creature, faded and disheveled. Boys
jeer at him, and bummers point him
out with, "D'ye see that hairpin at
the tail?' "Aiu't he a juniper" "You
hear my horn?" He gets tangled up
in yellow dogs, mint sellers, fan mer-
chants, drays, old women hunting er-
ratio children. Boys and Dus drivers
run over him. The beer gives out be-
fore it is his turn. The speeches and
toasts are all said before he gets in,
and he is the last man home. On the
Fourth, the head of the column will
be at supper before he gets to dinner.
Since there must be last man, make
him attractive. Give him three or
four aprons, fur lighthouse for his
head, and stick him full of flags. Pro-
vide him with plenty of fizz-whizzes
to let off. Let him be boomerang
Fourth IN himself Give him a name
that will be a trademark people will
respect. Call him "Revolution,p or
"Trip Van Beecher," or "Winkle Won
Butler" or "De Witt Babcock"-
something that even beer-wagon dri-
vers esteem.
And now the scarcity of books. Au-
thors, / appeal to you. There isn't
publisher in this city who has more
than thirteen hundred books in man.
uscript. This is not as it should be,
and the committee on highways are
inquiring diligently as to the cause.
Just look at the nice paper from Slut
gardt, in Michigan, Flint, in Kala-
mazoo. and other old-world cities, and
think of your chances for literary
fame. I have been so affected by this
scarcity that have mapped out few
that are ON hand, lest visitors here
might think we had entirely retro
graded in this line.
Trip UP.n-This is a thrilling ac-
count of the life and times of canal
boat cook, who owned a cylinder es-
capement pup. The preface is by Bel
KNAPP. The scenes are laid along the
gas pipes in Buffalo, and it is CON-
panion piece to "Bare- Back Bill, the
Eagle Terror of Detroit. 1t is admi-
rably filled with pathos and literary
slush. Some of 1t is sublime.
We quote:
"The cabin was dimly furnished
with a rickety teapot, about which
languored Ia coined word, evidently
wrinkled hag and shaky cook.
'Adieu, fond youth, she cried, and the
boat was left to the mercy of the
waves.o
Fond parents who are educating pi-
rates should not miss this volume.
Cloth fifty cents.
P. ST. venture there amt boy in
Danbury who wouldn't rather read
this book than saw wood or hunt the
wild cow in his pas acre lot.
Then there is "Skillet's Alley; or,
The Thug of Mayunk,,-a narrowing
tale on the Pocahontas style, and
makes a good gift for frontier girls.
There is no gore or crash of orchestra
but what the heroine stirs up. The
Indians take her for awhile, but the
hero is good sort of fellow, and
honestly believes that she put the
handkerchief in the wash.
He may feel different in the second
volume, which has been delayed ow-
ing to the delay in forwarding the
proof sheets from London. The ship
had no Boston man on board, and they
didn't think 1t safe to trust the pre-
cious manuscript without one.
While / am on books | may as well
admit that have been studying some
of the new forms of advertising, called
the centennial Guide.n Here is one
regarding a gift concert. He says,
"The grand prize will be $4,000 in
gold, which we will put up just as
soon as we get 1t in from the sale of
tickets. Wives, we call on you. De-
ny yourselves that speckled ribbon,
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er than miss ticket. Young ladies',
pause ere you throw that dollar into
the whirlpool of fashion, and borrow
another from your pa to buy ticket.
Think not, on young man, in the days
of thy youth, that you can get ticket
for nothing. This amt that kind of a
lottery. And you, little child, stay
thy tiny hand ere 1t drops the nickle
into box For the Heathen.' Think
of what you could do with 1000
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