Seasonable Thoughts [pp. 41]

JANUARY 26, 1861.]
VANITY FAIR.
41
THE NORTH STAR.
ONVENTIONS are
Charleston,having
<g///y,f/ /27- t I, met to consider
the propriety of
a// /dabolishing t he use
of the magnetic
/'_~~~ Th~~~needle,because of
mits constaincy to
, ^ - Ad1 S ~ the North, the
following Resolu tion was read by
the c-hair,
standing teesavr
praiseworth vaiton
:ofin the magnetic
from the due North,
s.til, -in ie of ts
- _ - iuniform nsancy to
that odious and de tested pinto h
~-~Ni~(tcompass s
its us,9a estdrn
t he opret, j te
as inc eoum with
a ruea and
fealty the Sha.
Mr. PINE -K.OT
~~ - A'so ve,/said he did-ot
consider the reso-
~~-' m y / / Ad t5 8/ lution suffidiently
X i eomh r ehensive.
Why not include the North Star? There were plentyof elegant
Southern stars, that, as far - as he could see, were just as good-as
the North Star; certainly they were brighter and larger. He had
kept the "Ocracoke"o full and by, for hours together by means of
one or two Southern planets of his own discovery which he would
make public if desired.
Mr. Lzu ScuPPiR didn't see no use in no stars n-o-way, nor no
stripes neither. A man that couldn't sail his vessel without them
scientificethingemagigs warn't no sailer. People might talk about
the star spangled banner, and the bones of their aunt's sisters, in
his opinion the star spangled banner was a rag. (Sensation.) —
Mr. MARK TWAIN proposed to insert the words "Northern half,"
so as to make - the- resolution apply to the Northern half only of
the needle. He did not see why the Southern half should not be
retained. (Applause.)
Mr. RoBERT STAY didn't know much about the magnetic needle,
as he had never used'em, but he knew it was something like a
sail needle with the eye out. — He did have a compass once, but
when he got outside, and -the "Polly Ann" began to jump, the
needle wiggled about so that he had to make it fast with a bit of
spun-yarn. He generally steered for the fishing banks, and kept
the lights abeam. HQe was in the Tar business him-elf, and was
not ashamedof it. It was a fortunate thieg thIat the South is a
tar country, she had her tar and her tar ad ethe North might
find they had caught Tartarrs. (h rs) He would advise
abolition emissaries to haul their windout of this as soon as possible.
In his opinion the Ship of State had missed stays and wouldn't go
about, they were all "hard up" at the North,- instead of being
hard down and standing by the sheets and braces and if Captain
BipeHANAN didn't keep his weather eye skinned, they'd be on the
banks. The Captain ought, t send some one alofth as know'd a
flash light from a sailor's pipe and ld tell an outer buoys from
a porpoise. -, D?,
Mr. RABLIN was glad to hear that Mr. STAY was in -the Tar
business. He hiad heard that GFERRIT SM[TH an1d WzNJ)SLL PHILLjIPS
were coming South this winter, fr tfor the o ir health.
After a little further discussion the resolution was carried as
amended. -
Mr.~~~~~~.:m TYdd' nwmc aottemgei ede
Cina Ware vs. Domestic.
amazed, that John Bull razed
Chinaman's Pekin,
not praised, though We have raised
hull of John P. King.
Fruits of War.
bout Raisin' a siege, do they always use Grape
Ih The
I
When an army is a
i' shot?
i..... 1.....
II

BEFORE. THE RESTAURANT.
I stand at the corner of Chambers Street
With frozen hands and with frozen feet
Like serial diamonds the fine white snow
Wafts on the keen wind to and fro, -
And the draught of the cheerless street strikes in
With its cutting fangs through my shivering skin,
Yet I brave the cold and the withering sky;
And stand atthe corner-I'll tell you why.
Less than an-hour since, down Broadway,
:I saw him dash innhis splendid sleigh,
W-:' —ills sle,nder form and, his face so fair,
-Wrpt' in'the skin of:the:Russian.bear;
~dgay- companions were at Phiss-ide,
Muf.;led and furred for: the joyous ride'
.Te. buttrfly friendand t. orgeu swell,
I wate' hew indows;,s at sawthe light
Up'in t:?h[:;rn er room' shne..brlight','
Ahn. Ohr''h dim frost over+the' glass,
Cominganild going I saw himpas;' -:
I c"oul0dnt mistake him,:- and I can swear
That ied his voicen J the frosty a-' ai r,
Laughinganjesting with:caref,lessgee,
But heid't see me-he did' see me!
Thum'- alost blindg wit telly'iou::Wi hgs'n-"
And deFtc'tlisheaQlasethE~4e sens;
Whos 4t'- s e'~te emi xes!'
Theohill is notin
Am alone an starving —'ll- tell ~you wh>y.''
But no-I will' thebt is old,
And by thousandsof quivering -lips been told.
'Tis the same o'ld tales and the same old song
Of man's. deception and woman's wrong.
Oh! you curve your lip, andyou frown me down,
And you bunt me over the pitiless town
But look at him-he is blithe and gay
Which of the two has the best of it, pray?
Thicker and thicker the air becomes,
And the cold my every limb benumbs.
Oh for one deep and vital draught
Of that ruby wine which he just has quaffed!
-Is life worth having when this is'life''
,My hear is crushed with the bitterl strife-"
So I'll wander down where the- ferry-boats lie,
And the morning papers may tell you why!

SEASONABLE THOUGHTS.
How rich a material for costume is fur! how nice Mrs. MENDIP
looked to-day in her squirrel cloak, martin boa, mink muff and
chinchilla skating cap! But one must bel reserved upon the subject of fir; you must not tell the whole truth about it inpolite
society. Suppose, for instance,, that you were to say tn some
amber-lighted drawing-room-" I saw -rs. MF,NDIP to-de-y, and
she was dressed entirely in the skins of wild beasts,",-TaTvry-that
once, and you will be-socially branded withH for Hottentot and
left to perish.
Did anybody ever yet see a man of fashion proceeding through
the streets with a pair of boots in his hand? Certainly not, unlessthe thing was done for a wager-; the man who kicked at society
with his boots in such a way would find -the recoil too much for
him. But every day that the', ball is up," swells of the heaviest
metal may be seen proceeding in the direction of Central Park,
each with a pair of those winter shoes known as skates dangling
from his wrist. Fashion then, it seems, forbids its votaries to
carry about on any pretext whatever, foot-gear constructed exclusively of leather, while she decidedly -encourages the hawking
round of that kind into the composition of which steel and wood
enter as well. Skate on, Fashion!-since boots'are so vutlgar, no
longer let your children walk I
Our German Again.
I dinks Mishter RAREY s6ofers pooty bad as some vorse allaweil.
I sees in de bapers he catches a vresh colt moost avery day.
I
i
i
I
e.:.* - I
I
i
i
I
i
our G~e Agin.