Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-11-09
GOOD BREEDING.
Public Manners OF Our People at the
Centennial.

The manners and opinions of the
visitors to the Exhibition furnish a
good deal OF interest i'm themselves.
The occupants OF rolling chairs are
Enthusiastically the objects OF a slight
scorn to those on foot, akin to the
superciliousness OF early risers. And,
Notwithstanding hundreds OF daily
instances to the contrary, the pedes
TRANS are evidently persuaded that
everybody in chair is the victim OF
some strange manning or malady,
about which they cannot conceal
their curiosity. The interest taken
in any purchase by the bystanders is
so intense as TO be painful to the
purchaser. A ring forms Immediate
ly round the latter and the vendor.
which increases momentarily, until
the transaction is over, all hanging
speechless on the dialogue between
the two. When this is carried on in
a foreign language the audience looks
discounted and displeased, as IL
baked Of its rights. A lady ac-
quaintance told me that just as her
purchase was concluded and the ar
ticle replaced in the case, so that it
became undistinguishable among its
fellows. a stranger OF her own sex ar
rived on the scene, and, seeing that
it was too late. doeged her until they
reached a secluded spot in one OF the
less-frequented departments. Then
she accosted her, in low voice:
You bought something just now"
Yes" "What was itp" But this in
quisitiveness is generally sympathet-
ic. witnessed the sale of an Indian
shawl. at which the buyer was anx-
ious 10 see it folded and tried on. A
couple of good natured young. En-
glishmen, evidently noyices in play
ing shopman, were helplessly pulling
it hither and thither when a very
nice-looking, middle-aged, woman
with an ardent gaze. stepped up
from the circle, took it from their
hands, gave IL in trice the proper
twist, and then, turning about,
deftly threw it over her own
shoulders, and stood there on ex-
hibition until everybody concerned
or not concerned was satisfied.
That sort OF readiness to oblige
IL a characteristic OF our coun-
try folk; but both abroad and at
home, it renders us liable to be i'm
posed upon by foreigners, which is TO
be observed at the Exhibition in the
conduct OF the attendants. A friend
who has been at more than one OF
the European Exhibitions recognized
in several OF the departments men
whom he had seen At Paris or Vienna,
where they had been civilty itself.
Under the influence OF our good hu-
mored Democracy they have become
cAuchcly iuipcItiucHI. Ou TIE OJn-
er hand. the misconduct OF ones own
country people has more pungent
power OF annoyance than that OF any
other: and it was almost intolerable
to see them handling articles the
most easily broken or soiled with
total disregard OF the placards, where
one would suppose to the commonest
consideration placards would be su-
perfiuous. Iwish / could have felt
certain that the person who raped
and shook every article in the Chin
csc annex was not "a fellow-country-
man. Unfortunately, there could be
no doubt of the nationality OF a pair,
male and female. like the first sin
ners, who, having broken down the
protecting rope, were spreading
themselves in their dusty clothes on
the Gobelin sofas in the French de-
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.