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CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY IN NEW YORK.--On this day, the
anniversary of American independence, all creation appeared to be
independent; some of the horses particularly so, for they would not troop
“in no line not nohow.” Some preferred going sideways, like crabs; others
went backwards, some would not go at all, others went a great deal too
fast, and not a few parted company with their riders, whom they kicked off
just to show their independence. And the women were in the same
predicament: they might dance right or dance left; it was only out of the
frying-pan into the fire, for it was pop, pop; bang, bang; fiz, pop, bang;
so that you literally trod upon gunpowder. The troops did not march in
very good order, because, independently of their not knowing how, there
was a good deal of independence to contend with. At one time an omnibus
and four would drive in and cut off the general and his staff from his
division; at another, a cart would roll in and insist upon following close
upon the band of music; so that it was a mixed procession--generals,
omnibus and four, music, cart-loads of bricks, troops, omnibus and pair,
artillery, hackney-coach, &c. “Roast pig” is the favourite “independent”
dish, and in New York on the above day are “six miles of roast pig.” viz.
three miles of booths on each side of Broadway, and roast pig in each
booth! Rockets are fired in the streets, some running horizontally up the
pavement, and sticking into the back of a passenger; and others mounting
slanting-dicularly, and Paul-Prying into the bedroom windows on the third
floor or attics, just to see how things are going on there. On this day,
too, all America gets tipsy.--_Captain Marryatt’s Diary in America._
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IRISH DRAMATIC TALENT.--Difference of taste makes it difficult, if not
impossible, to say which is the best comedy in the English language. Many,
however, are of opinion that there are three which more particularly
dispute the palm--namely, “She Stoops to Conquer,” “The School for
Scandal,” and “The Heiress;” and it is remarkable that the authors of
these three beautiful productions were all Irishmen--Goldsmith, Sheridan,
and Murphy.--_Literary World._
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THE MORNING.--The _sweetness_ of the morning is perhaps its least charm.
It is the renewed vigour it implants in all around that affects us--man,
animals, birds, plants, vegetation, flowers. Refreshed and soothed with
sleep, man opens his heart; he is alive to Nature, and Nature’s God, and
his mind is more intelligent, because more fresh. He seems to drink of the
dew like the flowers, and feels the same reviving effect.--_Illustrations
of Human Life._
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