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Show Hi, Essay Calgh Doscants on Customs, Hab ltd, otc. H rilBLUDE. M Tho (act that wn jirogrtii In fomo Bi rcioti nnj romaln ilatlonary a to M olhon, Uonoot IIiobo IbltiK that will t, do to dUcuii no long Ulicuiilon doos !not leaj to aUcmiteil t-xplnuatlon, Tho writer of tlila little chapUr Imi ien tho footptliil. at n (raotlon over twoicore yeirt linptlntud upon tho mil of lltnu, and with even that great Tlila of experience to liU credit would ai iooii undertake to decide whether the nml hen laid the tint t-KK or the drat exK hatched out tho tint hen at to explain anything uit now. The faot la, the le otuio a Ivlluw hai for explanation the hetter, ni u Kuueral thing; and It ometlmiii piy to ho ellent even In tho pnaenco ol n pri'-Ingcauie. pri'-Ingcauie. Thl brloga me haok to tho ttatllnic point. The thlogi that wo projren In are, iV" at n rule, thole wliloh rrjulre lei. 'B effort than itnudlUK atlll dooi. It m tikri, for lottanco, u mtii ut .lamina, ,P ferfld InitKlnatlou nnd ready wit to j atand agalnit tho unward nwevp tu the social whirl ol a wlfo ho coulroU nnd growo-updaughten who Ignore him; while by standing In with the lunaey K and hulng awept away ui though on V the hurrlcauo dock of a nn'iMlde, In. voire no mental ell'ort at nil and only V ufllclent oxortlon lu a phyt.uil way iT to enable one todreisunoim'ortably i ., and act unuatu rally. The render will please obiorvo that thli laiiotunex Lr plauatlou hut no vxpoaltlon, an he will f! readily oompreliend If ho Imi ivtr K bien there or thereabout. We are ; getting on, truly; nn J If whitover Ii jj) herein eel forth may abed any llht on I bow and u hen nnd where wo do no, or cltbi-r of llifin, ull that una dialgued . will hare been accomplished. 5 ritONli.NISS TO HOVtLTV. A. neighbor regarding uhosu friend. S ehtp 1 now rntertuln some well- "' Rrouudrd doubts, on L'hrlitnita day prrsented uiy boy (10 years old) with u util.keyod and tisht.heuded drum no- companled by the ouitomiry njipend nges for beating the name; thu by hasn't slept aoy since imi tile rest ol uj very little. Hj that, II what Is herein contaluej shall be found even morn rambling than usual uud there hhnll appear here and thi-ru n word 01 so that hitch up closu to the swearing point, the reader will pleate overlook j nnd foritlro as ho would eipect to be forglvou under similar circumstances, We acquire a custom with great facility aud get rid of It with gnat OtliUrailou r at all. It Is only uei.es. I bbbHbbbbbIbiW-Z' "'W' atJi 'tWW try for some ouo to Introduce a now style ot doing things, of Urrailne, net lug or what not, uud though at first It may appear tlJIculjui, abiurd, oon lenipllble well, If Ibe Introducer only "ticks tu Itnu will slowly but surely look upon It with leas aud Irasofdepre ratiou; then ue uense to olji-tt If even to notice, uud finally we are at It our selves for all wo ore wortli, ao to arak. In tho chn.te ytt ebiitlu language of my friend Haxeyl l a Ii a monitor of turn hi Itoei mien. In ta t.il.il nc.di uolr In ba .am. Hut npii uih.ld, fanil.ur Willi il. re, W . Urit enauitt, Iben il, ttitn einWaeo. Well do I remember the first blaier that came to lawn. Men weru unused, women (for this occaalon only) speich Iraa; the small boy took lo hla heel, and dog lied from the aoene so pre. olnltitely Hint even that lllustiiout coiintrj man of Columbus, Hambo llalle. .ui, could nut hive ojught one of them. Hnveraloftlio boys armed them, selvea, delermluel to take h shot nt the tiling If II ever showed II. inoe ur other part again. Hut ulaiM for tho good Inleiilioii. of man, whin liuit Ihey UlUoIiI the luonttroaliy there were three of It aud lu i Iojo proxlmlt I Is tlila an Irrealttllile Innovation or tho spread of u oi.titns.lonf ipioth lliey, und tho shuts were never fired, they ucoonipllthed no more guo t than If they had been so many policemen. When a man tiukltm a mountain lion In City Creek cinyon ur elsewhere, he doesn't .top to ut' iUtstlous, heuiuso for euro that nometluiei lu'ipilly might prove fntnl; he either shouti or rum, utually the latter. And when the blizeMiutilera found the obeot of their search nnd saw how It had multiplied lu a night, uud moppet to rukiiuos-tlous rukiiuos-tlous about It, tho Jig was up. na lliu Iliad says, The renali-snncu of Joseph' raiment In cjiuo lest unpopular with pertlalency uud Its ntimbir greiv apuce; It succeeded lu becoming the lattttlad, at Cicero would have put If, aud all the boya who amounted lo anything any-thing eru onto II, or rnthirlt was on-to on-to iheiu; uud soon It became the oiae that the conspicuous man was tliouo that didn't Imvu u highly I11IU11104 zebra exlrrlor on lilt upptr clicuin fereuce. T.I I) tells the whole story, that Is Its owu itorj; mlno la not yet tlulihed. lltlll.MiCI'.NCK ANI1 C01II-A1IIS3N, I well reoiember mo what Joyous Units we uiod to have nt our Territorial fairs, when thu adtnlrslou uus nothing and Ihe tame to ri t out, nnd J ou could go as ofiou us you pleased for the same amount. lVople brought In their fat tattle, blooded horrea, home made clolhluir. h nil. worked l.nl. spreils, crochelid tidies, rtllw, cur. uillles ami lcli nut lo show how fur uhejj of somebody or everybody elto Ihey were In such particulars, nnd to riullze money uud Unie Ihcrtby, but lo spread I eluro tho pooplo at a plnnce ucomprthenslvn luw of Ihe Teirl lory'. Industrial status, progresa 1111 1 irosnents; to ttluiulate 11 healthful emulation In tho malttr of Improve, inuut lu all material things, and lo swap 1 oltita and ldeat rather than lies, as It very nflon the cate nowadays. nowa-days. Finally thu board quit diving strawberry plants nut Windsor pear cutttnes for prlzn because that which litHscntso many to Join Jay Gould and others of llko character had got Into our midst nnd rutmilemanjed Ihitprlzoa betllhtr Ihoilucnts ol the realm or something clorely related to them; nlso that vlsltora 10 tho show be required to 101k over In valuables of like Import and moaiurcment. Thlt butted tiiu bualnest wide open and for ytara Dtero was 110 fair. Thu directors inennllme held over and fed tijon suuh dignity nt they ha I I cell able to bring along with them from the duj s ngoue. Thiso represent tho lapso of time; each aiUrltk means a lear. Then there Main revival. Wo hajgotover llug a Iree-lrado community through Ihuinllux of that which makes tho mare go aud our transactions were nt last 011 n strictly ttsli bails liver rllilng came up, and the directors concluded that now was the tlmo to pull tholr loug-neglectel show out of its strawberry lied mid place It on the adamantine foundation of very liar I cadi. Tho board was tnlnrgcd nnd It adopted a constitution and by-laws not repugnant to thu Constitution of the United Hlutea nnr Hie .-imei iltmmu thereto, nor yet to any lawof Cougruia ur 1 reclamation of tho Governor. We, or ruther tlioy, ulso adopted many reforms, as they are called. The 1 rlze ox, the maaterful (or inUlroiidiilj be! comforter, the leviathan sqiiath, Iho lutcloua Irull, the gorgeous decorations, and so forth, weru not uttraotlve inough, at leas'. Ihey savored too strongly of theporlol fwforethuawnk-eulng fwforethuawnk-eulng (Ihe strawberry use), aud four fo-ur Ihey mint needs lnect Iho revolting revolt-ing customs olsewheru Into our show lo make It uu ail, ns the tihoshonoe huve It. Wo nnut have balloon .seen-aloua .seen-aloua with 11 man or boy rliklug hla neck by a parachute dt-aoent for the aptolal delectation of nervoui women and children a feat requiring no skill or anylhli.g to wonder at, thu only qualltlea iiuoJod being uere, strength niidfoolhardliicii. I'lion by ollerlng n few iiicvsaiiry arllclis lu a liouanhuld to tho boy and girl who will git married In Ihu prvceuoo of of the gaping, teriug crowd, no can have ouuormoreof those ceromonlia rthtch lu ol l-fashloned days weru too saired and luvo.led Willi too much of consequence to be mado n peuny.gatl utlractlonof. Agaln,a prevailing custom rltewlicre was eatlly aislmllitwl, meaning a show of balms; Iho noo having the moitadlptwotlatuuto receive Ihe first prize, tho one having the k-att next, Ihu 1 retticst one anollur, aud so on; thlslllllu circumstamuouly permits a low men who may or liny not know something of the.ubecl 10 Infllot an oiilrngouiion n liuudred ur so niothera whose children do not strlku the Judges' fancy and nru thus pro-iiouucid pro-iiouucid Inferior but nuer mind; this tenth century pastime haa been relved elauHheru unit we'o got to have II. Wo nru not prcjreMlvo, nurcrly loyal to our country, if wn don't, I know of 11 mother who got sweetly etcn Willi one ul'lhat gentry once; hi r rejected ollsprlog had n buu aua mid dropped a el thereof where n Judge Immeillalvly trod upon It mil sit down with pn-cliltatlou nnd vloltiice, hla lirnlu recelvlug such u uoutiiiMluu that hushed tears, but that molher'a eyes remained at dry ut an orderly toiitoti of the City Cbuutll, x Tnere nremany other features ol the I-'nlr worth namln nt llluslratlvn of how cuitom has crept In, grown with ourgrowthand bvconio strong enough to take us by tho most acccialblo part of tho trousers, lift ua-out of thu Hloujli of Despond and placu us on thu feucu to dry; so, without even mentioning that dovu opment of cerebral aquafortis called Iho "pretty girl contest," In which u pretty girl o'tencr thau other-wle other-wle gets Ihe prlzs and for what uaturu did let mo pats uu. AS TO POLITICS. Itls perhaps In tho domain of politics poli-tics that the Ktettrat advancement la notoJ. We didn't ute lo havo much of this article, and how much of our llvtn haa been woatud by reason uf such deprivation may never bo known, Au electlou used to busuch uqulet, orderly proceeding that none of ua then Imagined Im-agined how much of fun coulJ bo extracted from one of them when properly oonductnd. A fellow would llieu go to the polls an I vcte, return to business and never once realize what the possibilities Is such cato made and provided were. Uuch n thlug 111 u Judge of election being cross-countered on tho aw for refusing to let uu ambitious am-bitious voter of several hours' residence (Ut In a ballot was not thought of; und llltlu diversions like dropping n voter' ballot 011 Ihe Hour aud pulllug lu another Just lite It only with different names, ha 1 not penetrated pene-trated our misty iiiideratandlug, Look nt ut now We havo all tho political parties extant and a few extra In tare of need. Ho proficient III this depart, meiit ofiolltlcal economy have some of usbrcomo that It does not roducu any ether feeling than one uf un-dllulejpitrlollim un-dllulejpitrlollim to hear men whose namoa have been honurud for 11 genera-lion genera-lion reviled, Insulted, reproached, be-ciuae be-ciuae they belong to some other (arly or hae refused to declare In favor uf any. llioae who were oooo sincere friends havo found out that maintain-lng maintain-lng such relations against tho belli tu of Ihelrreaptallvuiartleala n namby-pamby namby-pamby condition only upheld by fogies uf thu ellurlau perlol, nnd thu one that can produou the moat laughter and nppUutentthoozpontonf a neighbor, friend or brother becautu ol some misfortune mis-fortune ur wiakmts and dlllcrlug liollllos, la tho hero of tho hour. It looks as If tho greater tho blackguard black-guard tho blugtr tho statesman, states-man, and thu wider the latlludo tn'ien by him in holding up revired rites lo rldlaule the more emphatic thu step with which hu stamps upon sacred custom the more pronounced hit abilities aud tho mom secure hla triumph. Oh, yet, wo havo dono pretty well lunllproBrestlve roipects; but when it comts to politics, we havo lust simply yanked tho dilapidated linen oil ihu shrubbery. Bet? a bociai. ciiArri.it. A or J a to society. Hero Is n department de-partment of Ufa 111 which we have Just tnuru than spread ourselves. It is everything to be imlllu and ngrceable uud sociable nnd a on; but thesu qualities as they were luanlfttted a quaitor nf a caulury ago, If brought into active service now uouldsuhjett tho perpttrators to harsh treatment. Whou an Intro luctlon took place In Ihe green ae, wo used lo clap handa na heartily aa though our souls were pulllug too strings aud making tho lerformanco eniphatlo and lienrty; now wo huinpoiiMelvei up Honiothlug UUo a camel with thu ohuleru uud Iook at uacu other at sheepishly as though I wo had donu something wrong, I as and If anything should accidentally bo said thatnnt a grain of senioln It we nro Instantly plaioJ ou thu .usplclous Hit, iKotuiu such behavior It a block and 11 linH from being (11 TVjlt (I believe be-lieve that Is lis name!. Whenever two or liireo ladlot whom liuibaudaaro wealthy nrhollngood-IzsJ nrhollngood-IzsJ ofllco gut together by ucolJeut or design nnd vat or drink something, not only the circumstance In chief but what Ihey rat nml drink mil the clothes they wear constitute Ihe cholo- st kind of society new; It wasn't that way before, lu fact, such Ihlugs wtre scarcely over spoken uf; but now Ihey constitute Information of such conicqueuru aa to Justify the dally papers I n prl nil ng colum n after column of mom. I will hern ltd J that what men tat on 1 drink, especially tho Infer, la not rcportoJ no any more thau It everwa,aud It Is a gool Ihlug for some of tnem that the hnnd upon Iho dial of progress titopa at this point. Thotu wno scour tho c ty for this data of neut ciiy think they get ull of It, but they dou'l. Tmru Is, lu fact, much that goes 10 thu aery heart of civilization, to the marrow of progn-ti and 10 Ihe adornment of our nodal ayntcm that they mtts altogether. I have been gleaning In that ileld, nnd herewith preset t few discoveries which, but lor bucIi labjr, would un. iloubtolly hau perished 011 thu Uesurt mr. Here tliey are: Mrs, Genenl Thlngumliih gave n low tea nt her elegant residence ou Maverick Heights list night, rievrn people went 111 cnrrlsgua uud six uu foot. The let used 114 this ncuailori waa genuine store tea, nud Wat pronounced pro-nounced by our Informant, Mitt Kuphomla O'Quth, "exquisitely delicious." de-licious." A quiet little wedding took placo nt therealdenco of our if teemed fellow-citizen, fellow-citizen, Hon. Justinian Muloa'jey, No. l Cowboy I.aue, oil Prl Jay last. The victims weru that brlaht and vlvncio-is yojrig butim-at man who receives $1S uwiek for his highly aiprtclntedser-vlcta aiprtclntedser-vlcta lo Hnorlley, McUoozle A. Co., tho rest ccted and euterprlslug alothh rs of Jloodlo Avenue; and lovely Aim Julia, theiiinlablottiidpopulariluughtcrof tho host- Thu ceremony Was Impressively performed by Itlgnt Ilav. T'innthy Tulpllpoundtr, and at Its conoiuslon he was presented with n beautllul pursu containing 11 vu silver dollats, Thu brldn was uttlred In a flowing robo of Honretu barege cu trainc, Irlinuied with l-'lve 1'oluts lacr; thu skirt was caught up on thu side next to Ihe puts), tentlary with n red, white and Hue dingus lu tho form of a Union l'aclllo nhlild; lurhalr was arranged a la cer-foriiri cer-foriiri nu J shu carrlel n fan with pretty pictures on It, none of which, however, outshone hertelf; 11 bouquet of evergreen sprigs, tralllug arbutus, Hlx Ward pauty aud royal dog-fennel reposed Uiou her tireast, whllo au Iduho diamond ret so It would not fall out sparkled un her shapely throat. Tho bridegroom had on his other clothes nud looked every luch a mau, which doubtless ho was. Tho proteins uoru numerous nnd costly, some of them having run up to usmurhns J1.73, so wu nro told. Mr. Alters (Miliar wore 11 silk veil which mutt havo cost qulto considerable. Mine. Hsrdcnth, wife of our well-known well-known aud highly esteemed ,mll-llouiilro ,mll-llouiilro friend, was respondent In 11 blue Bilk which hal uovor been worn be'ore, mi J jewelry of real Hock Bprlngs coal set in gold nippers. LaoryboJy, lu faot, woro something nice and Ihe occasion wat putdowu by all hands as u corker. Marquis I.afayeltu O'Toolo lias returned re-turned from uu extended trip through darkest Wyoming anil resumed tils dutlesat third aislitsnt cashier to thu collector of dog lux. He foela spleu-did. spleu-did. After examining Urn Revised OrJIh-nncei OrJIh-nncei nnd llndlng that ho was tier-rallied tier-rallied to do so, our genial friend Tom DeHmlllt took n little drive out of town behind hlobrnu row horsa Jtrry Hlmpsonou Friday last. Ho alio returned. re-turned. Mitt CerlMi Jerutha Jones, of Ogleii, itou a visit to the Misses Mo-tiquash Mo-tiquash ofTimbuctoo lane. A theater parly last night contained Mrs. Major Li Urlppe, Miss Tarantula Taran-tula O'Dowd, Mis. Hophronfii Chlotgo rlwlpet and Mrs, Kureka DeHwIgglus, ncoomiauled by their geutlemen. The latter nero lu full dresf, the ladles were not, there being eoraothlng of n sliorlaifo at tho upper uud. Allot this might hnvo gone unrecorded unre-corded but fur me, nnd, since they maknnilerp und nn Important notch oulhushlDgleiilprjgress liereabiul, it setnisns though I had not altogether lived lu vain. Yours to swear by, to, or nt, as clr-cutiiatautes clr-cutiiatautes may require, IXuvCaiuii, |