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VOL. XIX
TH£ TEMPERANCE BANNER
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Organ of the Sons of Temperance i
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Slate Convention of Georgia;
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pvhe Temperance Press, who will ?”
SONS OK TEMPERANCE.
Pleds of tl Sons of Tfimpo
ra.nco.--L without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor as a man that I will neitheriiiuke.lmy,
■all nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or
Malt Liquers, Wine or Cider.
Officers of tlicOrnjHl Division.
K. H. Myers, G. W. I*. Macon.
B. Brantly. G. W. A. I’enfield.
W. S. Williford, S. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Grannlss, G. Trims. Macon.
D. P. Jones, G. Chap. Palmetto.
Wm. Woods. G. Con. Madison.
TS M 3loodworth,G Sent. Liberty Hill.
MORAL AND I! HI. 11110 US.
Man's Estimate of Himself.
Very much of a man’s conduct in
life depends upon the estimate ol him
self. There is a pride which elevates
one too high, in his own opinion, and
leads to an evil practice, and many
homilies have been delivered against
the sin of pride, and the vices to which
it leads. But there is an evil in the
opposite direction, which no', only pas
ses without reproof, but is often lauded
as a virtue muter the name of humility.
There is such a thing as an abject sell
abasement, which paralyzes every ef
fort to do well, and checks every noble
aspiration after the good and true; and
it may well be questioned, whether the
influences ot this spirit are not even
more detrimental to the cause of virtue,
than those of pride itself. If a man is
born to a low estimate, and feels that
he has no power to rise above the con
dition of weakness and dependence, in
which he finds himself, the great proba
bility is, that he will .sit down content
ed where he is, and put forth no ellbrt
io rise among his fellows. But let
him learn to respect himself—let him
understand that there are in him pow.
ers that are capable of rising above the
advetse circumstances that surround;
him, and of working out a higher and
nobler destiny, and he will put his!
hand to work in good earnest, and toil
manfully in its prosecution. Thus al
so is it in religion. We need a faith,
not indeed to foster human pride, hut to 1
give us such a view of our powers and
capabilities as shall awaken us to a
sense of our high dignity and destiny,
and encourage us in every effort to ex
alt our natures, and strive for an assimi
lation to the divinity himself. Precise
ly here it is that the theology of the
present day, fails and exerts its worst
Sld most fatal influences. It gives to
man, in the outset, a nature that is
Wholly corrupt and totally depraved,
so that none can of themselves think a
good thought er do an act that is not an
nbominatinn in ilie of Uml. It
liids him feel Unit the strono hand of
ian innate and toiul depravity, is up m
i him, so Unit he is utterly unable to do
; good, or put forth any elfort that shall
, make him more or better than a child
iof wrath, and an heir of perdition. It
; surely cannot be expected of one who
I entertains such a view of himself that
1 he will be very careful of his conduct,
, or that he will make any very vigorous
; efforts io subdue bis passions, and train
j himself to the obedience of Christ. —
Before he can do thi. lie must been
cournged, with, at least, some faint,
! prospect of success, lie needs a high-1
ierand better estimate of himself, lie;
needs to be taught that he is not thus
abandoned of God, and all goodness,
from his birth, and from the very laws’
of his being; but that lie has within
him powers and capabilities that are an |
overmatch for all his baser passions,
und that lie can rise from one excellen
cy Io another, until bis heart shall be
pure, and he can do deeds that angels
may admire, and in reference to winch
God hiniseit shall say, “Well done,
good and faithful servant.”
In this respect the teachings of the
Bible, meet the wants ot man, and are
calculated to lead him in the paths ot
viriue. They give him to understand
that he is not a degraded thing of earth,
and the bond-slave of an invincible de
pravity, whose thoughts and acts are
necessarily “evil, ami only evil, ’ and
that continually, but that he is the child
ol God, made indeed a little lower, and
only a little lower than the angels —
that he is formed by the hand of the
wise and beneficent Creator, and en
dowed with the power of endless ap
proximation towards the perfections ol
God—that tiis origin is divine, and iiis
des my high and noly. Tnus do tliev
instruct us to encourage every good
| thought and aspire to all good deeds,
. and assure us that it we ask we shall
j receive, ami if we knock the door slial
most assuredly he opened unto us.—
t his is the only view ol ourselves lliai
| can give us strength to war a gooo
I warfare, and enable us with firm am
1 unflinching resolution to light the guot
I light. —Gospel IleralL
!J U V Ei\ I L EJ) EFA It I ’ M E VT_
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Uiirlslllti lii'oiiier.
BV MF.S. E. C. JUDSON.
) ‘'Toui'h him sof'ly. Murgaretta,”
Thrca-yeurs Annie wisely spake,
j Lest his curious, waxen lingers,
lu our strong, big hands should break
j Never was there such another,
As our darling baby-brother.
! £' ‘ See his eyes, like brook-side blossoms,
| And his Itttle parted mouth,
With the soft breath coining through it,
Like the May winds Hum tiie South:
Oh, God never made another,
Half so sweet us our sweet brother!”
i l- l have just been thinking something—
Something beautiful, iftrue,
Ail I bend softly, Margaretla,
While 1 whisper it to you.
‘Well we know earth holds no other,
Like our darling baby brother.’
•‘And my thought is, that the Father,
Whom we pray to in the skies,
Just because He loves us dearly,
Just to give us sweet surprise,
Sent His angels, with no other,
Than an angel, for our brother.”
(From the Child’s Paper.)
“I Forgot ”
I was visiting the house of a friend,
I where there was a boy earned Oliver;
. and 1 am going to say something about
i Oliver, which 1 Inpe will be a looking
glass for some other boys to see them
iselves in.
j “Oliver, did you carry that basket to
j the store, as i told you?” asks his fa
- ther. “O no, sir; 1 forgot all about it,”
; answers Oliver. The father looks as
\if the omission had put him to
‘considerable inconvenience. “Why
[did you not come direcily home from
j school, Oliver ?” asked his mother;
[ “you knew 1 had a special errand for
j you to do.” “Oh, mother, I forgot it
| till this very minute.” “Where is
j your Sabbath School lesson; why arei
| you not studying it ?” says the teacher, j
. when Sunday comes, and Oliver does
! not seem to have his lesson. “I forgot ;
j to bring iny book home,” is ihe child’s
: excuse.
These were the kind ofques'ions and
answers which were continually heard; !
‘and as you may suppose, Oliver’s for
getfulness was liable to hinder ihe fami
ly work, and give trouble to his parents,
for lie could not be at all depei did up.
‘on. For all his disobedience, arid fail,
ures, and unfaithfulness, it was, “I fir
got,” just as if that was any excuse at
all. Suppose the father forgot to pro
! vide for his family, and the mother fr
got to do her sewing, or bake tiie bread,
and the butcher tabring the meat, and
the master to go to school ? what disor
der and distress would follow. By
thus looking at the habit of forgetting,
you see what a miserable habit it is ; 1
and just so far as any child indulges i-,
just so far he. help to disorder the I- oily
I fie Ii vi * in.
PENFIELD GA FEBRUARY 5, 1853.
But there is something more serious
about forgetting than all this. Let us j
see in vvliat light God looks upon it.— !
When the children of Israel, whom
God took such kind care of, and gave
them the beautiful land of Caiman to
live in. ‘ forget llic Lord their God, and
j did evil, uis anger was kindled ugaiust
11hem,” and he allowed their enemies
|to come and plunder their cities, and
carry them away captives. Uedid not
I regaid their forgetfulness of him as an
I O O ....
j i xcuse for their sins, but a sin in itse/J
worthy of punishment,
j And on the contrary, who does the
j apostle James say shall find a blessing?
1 “tie that is not a forgetful hearer , but a
doer of the word, shall be blessed in his
I deed.” A forgetful person cannot be
1 a doer, his great fault is, that he does
not do. Oliver, and all the children
j that resemble him, are “forgetful hear-;
ers,” and it is forgetfulness of God
j which lies at the bottom ot all voun
; fiulis. How afraid David was of it: |
“Bless the Lord, O mv soul,” he cries.!
| ‘‘and forget not all his benefits.” 1
| want you to reflect seriously on this!
j subject, and do not put it off, for there I
jis a time spoken of in the Bible, when
a “book of remembrance'’ will be open
!ed against us; and we shall ti en find,
it we forget God, that God has not for
gotten us.
Tnink of this, children, and never
again excuse yourselves from duty with
an ‘T forgot,” without considering the
consequences, which may follow from
the liuhit, both in this world and the
next.
I’ve told you good and wholesome truths
Os your great dudes here;
I’ve told you of the eternal One,
Whom you must love and fear;
I’ve bid you tread the narrow path
Which the dear Saviour trod,
That through his blood you may appear
Spotless before vour God.
Anew year now dear little friends.
Dawns both on you and me;
Let us strive each to act our part,
Kindly and faithfully;
And treasure deep within your hearts
Tne lessons I have given;
They’ll guide you through this world of sin,
To a bright home in heaven. S. R.
Iu daor Sports lor Children-
Three varieties of Blind Man's Buff.
—The following Irom that very enter,
mining book, “The Boy’s Treasury of
Sports and Pastimes,” will be capital
games for a winter evening :
Shadow Huff. —Shadow Buff differs
very materially from blind.man’s bull’,
but it is equally amusing. A sheet
or table-cloth should be fastened neatly
up at one end of the room so that it
hang free from wrinkles. Buff (not
blindfolded) seats bimselfon a low stool,
with his face to the sheet. A table, on
which is a lighted caudle, should he
placed about four or live feet behind
him, this being the only light in the
room. Bull’s play-fellows next puss in
succession, between the candle and
him, distorting their features in as
grotesque a manner as possible, hop
ping, limping, dressing themselves ini
bonnets, shawls, clouks or other dis-j
guises, and performing various antics,
so as to make their shadow very unlike
themselves. Buff must then try to
guess to whom the shadows belong;
and if he guess correctly, the player
! whose shadow he recognises, takes his
place. Bull is allowed only one guess
(breach person, and must not turn his
head either to tho righ; or left to see
who parses.
Buff with the 11 ‘and. —The several
players join hands, and form a circle
around Buff, who stands in the middle,
olind-fold, and hearing a long wand or
stick. The players then sing some
chorus, and dance once round when
they, and Buff stretches out his wand,
which the person touched must take by
the end. Buff then cries out three
times, and tiie player caught answers
in a counterfeit voice, hut if Bull'gues
ses his name rightly, they change pla
ces. .Should, however Buff guess
wrong, tne wand is released, and he!
continues to guess until he names some i
[one correctly. Sometimes Buff pays a
| forfeit on each failure, as does each;
! player on being caught and named.
Jingling. —This is a west country I
! sport, and may be played in ala rue |
! apartment, or out of doors; if the 1 -attor, j
! within a rope-ring. A player has a bell
fastened to hiselbiw, or holds one in his!
hand, which he keeps jingling, arid!
hence ho is called thejingler. liecn-!
deavors to avoid the several other play-’
ers who are blind-fold, and who strive!
to capture him. ‘The jinglor may
jump from and shun the others ns best
he inav, whilst they follow the sound of !
the bell, und, not being able to see, turn-!
b!e against and over each other, thus
all uding great aiuuseinc-nt to the spec
tators. Whoever catches the jingler
within an agreed lime, generally twen
ty minutes or half ari hour, wins the
prize; but if alter this time, thejingler be!
hoi caught lie is accounted the winner.
To b-- ashamed to practice the pro
copts which the heart proves, makes ■
1 • Me and imperfect character.
Tallahassee. Fla.,.lan. 17th, ’53.
Editor Temperance lionnrr:
Sir .- Knowing that you feel a deep
internal in the progress* ol the lent
pern rice reformation which is now
sweeping over the country, and believ
ing that vour excellent and valuable
paper lias an extensive circulation in
this Slate, as well us among the friends
of the cause generally, I avail myself
of the opportunity to enclose von a copy
of the law which recently passed tiie
Legislature of this State, increasing
the tax on licenses lo retail spiiituous
liquors from twenty-two to tiro hundred
dollars, together witn a circular of tnc
comptroller relative to the time when
•he new law went into operation, widen
I hope you will allow a place in the col
umns of the Bonner. Some of the
grog-shop keepers n. this city, suppo
sing that this law did not go into lorce
until the latter part of the past week,
renewed their licenses on Tuesday last,
with a view to evade the two hundred
dollar tux for at least a year to come ;
but you will perceive by the comptrol
ler’s circular, that the law is considered
as having been in force from ilio time
it received the signature of the Govern
or, (Bth iust.) und all who have pro
cured licenses since that time, urn re
quired cither to retu n lii un anti receive
back their money,or pay the additional
sum of Sl7B before they can legally
retail thus entirely defeating the
schemes of those who look out licenses
on the Btl.
i I think this law will have a very
I beneficial effect; it will certainly be
die means of closing onc-lialf, if not
three fourths, the grog-shops with which
our towns and villages, and as many
1 places in the country are infested.—
i There are many who are now engaged
in the Iratiic, and who make it the
means of procuring a livelihood, who
cannot afford to continue the business
when they have to pay the sum required
by the new law i’or the privilege of
spreading misery, destruction, poverty
jin its most buzzard and revolting
shapes, crime and death amongst our
[otherwise happy and prosperous peo
ple. 1 am confident that even here,
\ the capital of the Slate, there cannot be
more ill in one“tippling*shop” sustained,
and many of our villages will be, freed
entirely from this pest.
There is no doubt, in my mind, that
the people are rapidly awaking to u
sense of the innumerable evils resulting
to themselves from a large continuance
of this traffic in their midst, and 1 earn
estly hope and fully believe the day is
not far distant when the people will
rise up in their majesty anil might and
efface from our statute books, a law
which has so long been permitted to
pollute and disgrace its pages, and with
one overwhelming demonstration of
! their disapproval and indignation, crush
; and suppress a traffic which basso long
been permitted to spread far arid wide
in our midst its witliering and blasting
influence. To effect this much.to-be-1
! desired object, however, it will hence- 1
jessary for temperance men—those who!
j have enrolled themselves under the!
j banner of the cause of all mankind—l
j those who desire to see a reformation!
in this respect —to “put their shoulder!
to the wheel,” and to exert their utm i.st 1
energies to present the subject to the I
people in its true colors, show up the
deformity of the liquor traffic in all its
hideous blackness. The “rummies”!
will doubtless put forth all the energies !
jto retard the progress of the refonna- j
lion, arid unless we put forth our efforts
to counteract their iiiflunnees, they will :
put in operation to ensure the attain-;
merit of the end they desire ; it will 1
probably be a long while vet ere we see i
the banishment of the demon alcohol
from our midst, but if” we arouse our-I
selves to the contest—if we work with!
that energetic zeal, which our glorious
cause is well calculated to inspire inj.
the hearts of its advocates there is lit-! 1
lie reason to doubt that success will ! 1
crown our efforts, — right must and will
triumph. \ |
I remain, &c. •
A SON. |
j -4;t ar.t lo amend the several acts cm
cerning Licenses to Retail Spirituous
\ Liquors.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of Florida in General Assembly
convened, Thut hereafter Retailers of
Spirituous Liquors shall pay annually
the sum of S!2UO for the privilege of re
tailing Spirituous Liquors, upon tiie
issue of License as now provided by
law.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
if any person or person?, by hirnselfor
herself, their servant or agents, shall
relaill .Spirituous Liquors wi liout u
Lie ■•use, they shall he liable to he lined
S5l)0,00, upon indictment and convic
tion ‘.hereof.
[Approved Jan. 8, 1833.
A License granted after the, dale of
the above Act, will not exempt a per
sn from liability to its provisions. If
I) • has taken out L’cense sin -e the pas
sage ot the abovH Act, lie may take hts
J choice, either to demannd and receive]
j hack wlint lie has paid, or to puv tho ■
! additional sum required by this new
Act. If he has already paid tjTJ, he 1
i Hiust pay Si7B more before ho can lo- ,
gaily retail.
JO.IN BEARD, Comptroller. i
Tallahassee, January 13, 1853.
‘ Great Cry and Little Wool ”
J lie following con.monlarv on the |
Into famous decision of Judge Curtis in
; Rhode island, from the Aew Haven
Advocate, shows that the rummies, like
! their master on a certain occasion, will
have more “<•/•/’ than ‘ wool ,” for their
ipa ins in this matter. It is from the
j l’ ( “” °**e ot the ablest lawyers in Con-
I neutieiit, and as it uunun r *iates and
I demonstrates Icgislalional and judiciary
principles ami propositions, that are tip
plicable to all the Slates, us well us to
Rhode Island and Connecticut, we pro
sent it to the renders of the “ Cataract ,”
and without any further prelude than to
say, that the decision in the Rhode Is
land case lias no bearing on Massachu
setts, as our Maine Law, and our State
Constitution, life dKit/reut from the
j Maine Law, and Slate Constitution
ol Rhode Island. — Cataract,
judge curcri.s’ DECISION.
1 lie enemies of the Maine Law scetn
to suppose that they have gained a sig
nal victory, in the late decision of
Judge Curtis assisted by Judge Ditmuu
in the Circuit Court ol” Rhode Island.
Ihe friends of the law ought therefore
to understand the extent of this imagi
nary triumph. The fi tends of temper
ance ought to understand that the con
stitutionality of the law of Rhode Island
is not a question which either the Cir
cuil Court, or the Supreme Court of the
United States can finally decide.—
Tnose Courts were not constituted for
any such purpose. The Legislatures
of the several Stutes are fully compe
tent to make their own laws, and tlm
judiciaries of the States to decide on
their conformity to tho Constitutions of
the Stales. Tnis has been decided re
peatedly by both United States and
State Courts. 7 Pet. 250, 351, 8 Wend.
Rep. 85, 100, 12 Co-in. Rep. 252.
A law of Congress also requires the
Courts of the United States to be gov
erned by the law of the Slate in'which
the transactions took piuce, unless that
comes in conflict with the Constitution,
treaties or statutes of the United States.
‘Thedecisions of the State Courts, or
the construction, and for the same roas
j on the Slate constitutionality of a State
statute, has heretofore boon the rule for
the Courts of the United States.—l 2
~, - . .
! Coheut, 153; 13 Conn. Rep. 487.
j If, therefore, the Supreme (Jouit of
j Rhode Island should decide that Uie ;
! law in question is constitutional, Judge
Curtis ought in any subsequent case, to’
reverse Ins own dicision, or he ought to’
be impeached. A contra decision
! would be u complete subversion ofStutes
rights, uml suliject the police of every
! Suite to the control of the United States
i! Courts. It would give to a citizen of
:|New York a right in the State of Con
| ueciicut, which the citizens of Cotmec-
I licut would not themselves enjoy,
j i( judge Curtis had rested nis decis
ion upon the ground, tiial there was an ;
! tin warrantable restriction io the law
on the l ight of trial by jury, in roqui- 1
j ring an uppellant to give a bond lo pay j
! the judgment that might be recovered,!
iilieie would have been no ground of I
[complaint, us that is u question thut
fairly admits of a diversity of opinion, i
Cnitd Justice llomer lias said that;
“by a violation of the trial by jury, lie
1 understood, taking it uwuy, broliibuing
i it, or subjecting it to unreasonable and
i burdensome regulations, which if they
Ido not uuiouni to u literal prohibition,
are at least virtually of that character.”
But he further says, “it may be sub
jected to now modes, and even render
| oil more expensive, if the public inter
’ est demands such alteralion.”— 4 Conn.
Rep. fjilll. Citiel Justice Williams op
: proved ol tins duel ric.—l2 Conn. Rep.
233. If Judge Curtis is right on this
(joint, the people of Rhode Island will
only he obliged to alter their luw in
this respect, and this they can do with
out meit/rially impairing it. Tho luw
which was passed in Massachusetts,
and the bill which was proposed in
C mnecticut, are not liable to this ob.
jection.
But when Judge C’uriis is reported
to have held that the seizure and de
struction of the liquor was unconstim-!
tioual, because (fipiii'.uous liquors ure
recognized by the luw us property, be-,
i cause no owner was named in the pro- j
cess, ami because a man is presumed!
to be innocent until tie is proved to be
guilty, ho owes it lo his own reputation,;
, either to correct the statement or to!
justify it. Judge Curtis knows, or In
is unlit to hold the high station which
lie occupies, that the Legislature ot any
i .Stale bus full power to declare what i
acts or oim-:-.-i jus of duty, shall fnlidij
a man’s tit io to properly, and thereby ;
prevent him from ever u covering it.
It lias also power to declare what j
shall be r-guided u a nuisance, and;
authorize any person without a warrant
to iibalo it. This power extends ns
! wlmt is recognized as properly
as to that which is not. Judge Curtis
” ill not ho disposed lo deny the author
jll . v ~f Ui-s own brethren on the beech of
!); Court. Chief Justice
: an °y “Every Slate may reju
lle its own internal trullie ic spirtuoue
liquor* according to its own judgment
am) upon its own views of the interests
of its citizens.”—s I loward’s Rep. 574-
Judge McLean siys, “The acknowl.
edged police power oi'a State extends
often to the destruction of propgtiy. A
nuisance may be abated. Everything
prejudicial to the health and morals of
a city may be removed.—4 flow. Rep.
589. Judge Gri- r says, “When speak
ing of tho ground of police regulations
relative to the sale of spirituous iiquors,
it is for this reason that quarantine luwrt
which protect the publio health, com
pel mere commercial regulations to
submit to their control. They seize tho
infected cargo and throw it overboard
5 Dow. 532. Judge Woodbury says,
“After articles have come wit:.in tho
territorial limits of Slates, whether on
lund or water, the destruction itseifof
what contains disease and death, and
the longer continuance of such articles
within their limits, or the terms and
conditions of the continuance when con
dieting with their legitimate police,
seems one ot the first principles of State
sovereignty and indispensable to the
public safety.”—s How. Rep. 630.
None ol the oilier J udge* dissented from
t icse opiu.ons.
It is clearly thou the opinion of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
that ilio Legislature of u State lias a
right to declare spirituous liquor kept
for sale, a nuisance, ulthough otherwise
regarded us property, und to authorizo
the destruction of it in u sumary man
ner. It is also clear that if an objeot
constituting a nuisance cannot bo üba
ted until the owner is known, in many
instances it would not he abated at all.
Nuisances are generally deposited se
cretly.
Will Judge Curtis hold, that an of
fensive articie deposited for salo on the
side-walk of a ciiy, contrary to its by*
; luws, must remain untouched until the
owner cun be discovered? Is it not
the common practice in Boston, as well
as in other cities, to dispose of suclinui
| sauces without the formality of a war
rant.
Judge Curtis must he familiar tvltfl
’ the common-law doctrine of forfeiture,
which is us old as the common law it
self. According to that law, both reel
1 and personal estate, of whatever value,
were often forfeited, not only by crime,
but by a mere unlawful use of property.
: Laws have been passed from the earli
est periods of English history to the
present time, not only imposing penal
i ties but declaring property forfeited by
I certuin acts. Money loaned on usury
is usually forfeited. Reul estate, die
posed of contrary to law, in frequently
declared to,be forfeited. Tiie owner
in these cuaea, loses bis little by tilts un
lawful act, and not by the verdict of u
jury.
Lax.
’iho Liquor Business.
‘I lie traffic in ardent spirits Is said lo
bo almost universally attended with
! such fraud us would disgrace and de
stroy the followers of any other calling.
< jin is improved by the use of sweet oil
and vitriol, which give it a “heap ”
Irish and bcolh whiskey are made of
American by the introduction ofu little
crco o e, to give it a smoky twang. Bale
and dark brandies are made of whisky
by the introduction of u litilo of tho
coloring matter, &c. We read lately
in the papers thut one of the delegates
“f ihe Cold Water Alliance, recently
assembled in Utica, New York, in tho
course of a narrative of his experience,
informed the delegates that he was ones
engaged in the distilling business, ami
bud frequently made and plueed on sule
good brandy, rum, gin, and wine, from
whiskey, in the short space of four
hours, und he c u'd at any time mabiv
sparkling brandy from whisky, which
would deceive tiie palate of the upper
ten. —Philadelphia ‘Telegraph.
“A Single .Man,” says, “a wi fit
should have nine qualifications widely
! begin with the letter I*.—piety, perse,
verunce, patience, prudence, palrhe sm,
politeness, persuasion, pencilulioii and
portion. That which should lie first of
all, and most of all in consideration,,
| which is piety, is now-a days lh<) least
ol ail—the last of all, and wiih many
not at all. Thai which should fio the
; last of all—portion, is now become first
of all, most of ail, and with some all in
all.
I
1 lie tiltru dandies of New York iw
adopting tiie moiisetail fashion sot
umusiaehi s, as describ? and last year,
as tfie militury fashion on the Cuscine,
at Florence. By means of gum or
soap the moustaches are made toglantJ
out on either side of the face like lit*
horn* of a ciullsh.
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