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Entered according to Act of Congress, in Jnne, 1867, by J. W. Burkk Sc Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia.
Vol. I.
high and low life
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kingly
if® ill the picture on
this page —Poll,
V* with her pair of
children, on the perch,
representing the former,
and the dogs the latter.
We may justly term
the life the parrot family
is enjoying, “ high life
not merely because they
are considerably “ above
ground, but also by rea
son that their wants are
always amply provided
for, which, in the opinion
of most people, is living
a life of ease and plenty,
or, as we have chosen to
call it, “ high life.” Poll
always had enough to
eat, drink and wear; but
since the accession of
twins in the family, she
is drawing extra rations,
and never has cause to
complain of hunger or
thirst. Poll now holds
part of a cream-nut in
her—hand? No; that is
not the word, for it is her
foot she is holding it
with. She is eating and
also feeding her young,
who are already so sleek and fat. She
has all she can desire, and seems to be
contented, which is not always the case
with those living in high life.
There are many, very many, families —
parents and children—living “high —by
MACON, GA„ OCTOBER 13, 1807.
which we mean living in the upper stories
and garrets of high houses —whose wants
are not so well provided for, but press
upon them with a weight almost ready
to crush them to death. It was poverty,
not abundance, that drove them into these
miserable garrets. Put
there arc others who are
living high lives—per
sons enjoying an abund
ance of this world’s goods,
but such as waste the
wealth they possess in
idle show and riotous
living, seeking happiness
where it can never be
found—in the things of
earth. Os this latter
class, not a few are
brought from high life in
the mansion on the ave
nue, to high life in the
garret on the alley; all
because they wasted their
substance in extravagant
living.
But we must come
down a notch, and look
at “low life,” represented
by the dogs in the pic
ture. As the parrots are
somebody’s birds, who
cares for them; so the
dogs unquestionably are
somebody’s dogs. e
may be sure of this, be
cause we see a band and
lock on the neck of the
one standing on his hind
feet and looking at Poll,
while she is eating her
meal and feeding her
young. "W e think we see
a savage and sour coun
tenance peeping out from
the hairy face of the
standing up dog. He
reminds us of some children : generally
crustv and short until they meet with
someone in possession ot a stick ot can
dr. or an orange, or a handful of peanuts,
when they come up, with all the pleas
antness they are able to put on, expecting
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