The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

actress
who have borne my criticisms approving
ly. think. | should not resign the chair
editorial. without giving the men, part
ing salute. But OH me, what woman:
heart canl They deserve 1t in thous
and respects, but they II only laugh and
ridicule. or what's worse, compliment
me out of nv senses, and when they are
gone I'll berate myself for being so silly
But, the women won't forgive, unless
hit the men too. So here's at EN-
As honorable profession as there is in
life, and the one in which there is in re,
atty more elegance of manners, is thai
of
Statesmen IN STORES.
I'm not going to repeat the stereotyped
caricatures of couuter-hoppers. 1t is an
honorable and worthy avOcation, and one
that demands the politest culture. But
the tiniest, littlest, most incOnceivable
minute specimens of the genus homo, are
too often found behind the merchants
counter l mean those ofhcious sprites,
who, not content va a cOurteol ezhi.
bition .of their goods and wares, have an
endless display of empty-headed cOmpli-
ments to lavish on every lady who may
chance to enter the store The poor goose
thinks to make himself agreeable and
popu ar, and the poor woman is compelled
by custom to wbimper, ehd giggle, and
smile as if she was pleased when in heI
real soul she comteunns the ereature before
her. Merchants are judged by their
clerks, and they should protect their Gus
toners from such shallow pated fellows
Give one of these creatures three month ?:
experience with the yard-stick, paper
collar fancy neck-tie, and rattan stick
on Sunday, and the long corn rows in hi.
fathers field are remembered no more
lie is the mirror of fashiOu"-the mode
the style-the Chg steraeId ofiihe day
in his own opinion. Ladies regret such
supereiliousness in clerks, because they
are forced to come in contact with them
Clerks should content themselves with
such polite attentions as are necessary TO
a proper exhibition of their goods, and
then stop. If a lady desires society as
sociation, they will most likely be invited,
on some social occ lsion.
The next most inefably amusing class
of the genus homo is
THE MERCHANT HIMSELF.
The lawyer, the doctor, the mechanic,
has to acquire certain qualifications,
before ne can be recognized as such, but
any man, the happy owner of a few
thousand, who chooses, may assume to he
a merchant. | amagine, there is no line
of life, which in truth, requires more
minute knowledge or more general infor-
nation. Ladies', for the most part are
educated merchants in so far as quality
of goods is concerned, and keep pretty
well posted as to style. We, sometimes,
enjoy the "greenness" of the merchant,
and especially when the 'bumP:of conceit'
is so large in him as to make him feel
that he knows it ALL and we are his in-
nocent victims chanced TO hear the
following colloquy
UerchaHt-"I assure you, Madame,
lholding piece of cotton lace) this is
genuine vaIenciennes. l bought for Mrs
-, but it was more than she needed
and IL. You see it don't pay to brin 9
such goods to this market"
noticed to see if the man 'eas in earn
est, hut his bland, blank smile only stared
out his real ignorance Similar scenes
occur every day. Some merchants doa'I
kao,e any better. Thfs class, and there $
not few of them, should employ clerks
who do know. and learn their business
precisely as other professions learn
theirs
Ladies can abide the manners Of clerks
aud merchants, however, for withal their
faults, they are polite on general prin-
ciples. But the boorish prorsssioneI man
the pompous ego'ist-
TIE DoCroR-THE LAWYER.
These self-established oracles-these
conceited depositaries of all human
knowledge-these encyclopedias of vani-
ty-these strutting automatons of mere
ns-they-when disgusting, pale
all other society Doors into insignifcance
a sensible lady naturally hates such &
creature To see one of these boorisl
doctors, in the social circle, assume tn,
air of a learned professor, and merciless
ly launch out an hour of teehnicalities
numbering good English with the same
facility he would patients if he had the
same opportunity Or, to hear his cOun
terpart of conceit and vanity-the boor
ish lawyer, talk of authorities, quirks
saws, and quibbles, aud above all "1a!
opinion or as some have it my construc
iion of the law" But, my greatest won
der is, that all lawyers and all doctors
are not fools Why, it is the effort of
SOCIETY TO MAKE THEM FOOLS.
The difference is, that the women make
fools of doctors, and the men, makes fools
of lawyers. 1t requires good mind il
either to Withstand the surroundings.
Did you ever see the chrome of tn,
''spectacled' goose, with head awry, de
liberating on the condition of a eick hen
in the poultry yardt Ind the whoH broo,
gazing in awe at his wise look If so
you have the picture of "the doctor O
the day, with the average family grouI
around him. But the hallucination TO
ward the Doctor is sympathetic, while
that toward the lawyer is combination
of ignorance, deviltry and mischief To
some people, all opinions. Judgments, or
creeis, are the merest gapmon, because
lawyer Smith, says, its "un-con sti tn
ton nj, aud cant e dill; and bless poo,
Smith soul, maybap he had never read
that instrument in his life, or if he had
was paid for my "consIruction of the
law" So it goes; the men are
THE GREAT ..BAMBoozLED,
after all The weak q man assn, to be
the intellectual superior Ofany woman He
is educated to believe it, and he does be
lieve. without exception. And, we poor
silly women. havnt much respect foI
them unless they do believe it. But is il
not a fact, that men, proud men, are the
dupes and victims Of any who chance
to exercise the necessary impudence, per
fiy, and sharpness. So it is and so il
will always be.
The acme of bigotry, arrogance, and
conceit. over-shadowing all others in it: