The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

CHAMBEI

;entleman.
ays of his e

towards literature.
hands in childhood

,
• -r "'" '''''Y ILL about, like a downright maniac, arid it was only by .
2tion, but in histories and encyclopedias. mising her some warm spirits and water in the evening,
3y day and night I read, and duties required by parents that I could in any way get her to keep her tongue to herself.
--rudgerl if they ...nrirn tad rn r, A.'5.... ,4.....3.. Even my Y I was so upset, that instead of my friends congratulat-
,ss determined inz me on my improved appearance, they did nothing but
_ontrol at sixteen, tell me that they could perceive Mary was worrying me
,00ks to all ordinary dreadfully, and that they had neverseen me look so bad
courses of _industry. It was but a proper sequel to such
a before. And they kindly advised, me to get the jade out
beginning, that I should have scarcely reached man-
of the house as soon as possible, saying, that if she were a
hood, when I had become an author." servant of theirs, they should expect to be burned alive in
To THE WORKING CLASSES.—Towns are always more their hods, for that drunken people were always so care-
unhealthy than the country. In the country parts of
England and Wales one person out of every 55 people dies less with'their candles. While dear mamma (who is na-
turally, a long-headed woman,) said, that every morning
every year ; and in the towns, taken one with another, she confidently expected to find the place destr'
one person dies out of every 38 people every year. If you fire, and that her dear children bad perished in the flames
compare these numbers together, you will see the truth of
All which took such a hold on my mind, that I couldn'
what we have said. All towns are not equally unhealthy. act a wink of sleep for a week afterwards, and was alway
One out of every 37 people dies every year in London ; ?ancying I could hear the boards crackling, and ker+
but in Liverpool one person out of every 28 people dies ting up and going over the house, shiveling, :-
every year. London is not a very healthy town, but if dress, to satisfy myself that all was safe.
Liverpool were as healthy as London there would be 1800 We were, at one time, as many as fourteen in the draw-
funerals less every year in Liverpool than there are. if ing-room, and all of them highly-desirable acquaintances,
Liverpool were as, healthy as some other parts of Lanca- being peonle very well to do in the world : when mamma,
shire, there would be 3600 lives saved every year. Th. - lof her cherry brandy, would persund-
very burying of these poor people costs .iIB,OOO a year to f,.;,,,,h: tri take SOME —if it was only a glassf,i
- - nll the trouble and .---

:e from

yed by

m my nig

who is so pro
friends to talk
;4- 1,

So (bother

heir relatives, beside;

caused by their deaths
many burial clubs in Liverpool to help the poor to hem
the expense. There is also a great deal of sickness more

't is no wond,

tupid cherry br

hick sure I couldn't see the

of red and white wine on the

than there ought to be. It is not so bad for the working
men who live aiood deal in the open air, but their wives
and children, o live at home, suffer 'prodigiously. It
has been calcu ed that there are no fewer than 100,000
cases of illness every year in Liverpool more -than there
oueh4

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table ; and that was good enough for any one any day I
should think. Besides, I had set-my mind upon keeping
the cherry brandy quietly to myself, as there were only
two bottles of it, and Edward had just laid in several dozen
of port and sherry. However, I returned with one of the
bottles and an agreeable smile on my countenance to the
drawing-room, little thinking that I was about to present
some of my best fi

_ to.be. You will now be e
there are so many bent

le to nnderstand why
t societies and sick clubs ; and you

of that horrige wash

the doctor's bill
You are

Some of you are
iged to go to the

that that tipsy, thieving•
with. Then giving it to
that she should fill the gla
it to herself. So, the go,
and handing them round,

7 had filled up the bottle
nrna, I told her pleasantly
and have all the credit of

I said,

know tha'

nteel connexions,

Auld like.her to try that;

but in London, which is

•ed heiself ti

he would find it very fine

nd not to be got everywhere, as she had ma

ler own peculiar way; anc

at she felt convinces

astry cxx

would g

adly gig

made a point of using mine but die very_l

could be got for money, together with the finest Morella
cherries that were to be Ricked up in Covent-garden mar-

'When they had all got their g

s, clear

sous mamma sat down with a self-c-ontented smile, wait-
ing for the approbation and eulogiums which she confi-

y expectec
T

lm her wi

the wash, all the res

'ollowed her example. Dear ma
made a wry face after

well the -poor thing r

I'm afraid tl-- 1
; but

:u, Mr

fraid of my de'ar

hurt you, I can

I think yot

Mrs. L—ckl
answered, "

bottle of such as that would not
a, Now, really, I shall begin to
you don't finish it. On which
n extremely well-bred woman)

m sure.'
another spoonful of the filth

y good—it's very nice,

~..,)on poor, dear mamma (who
was determined not to be baulked of the compliments she
innocently thought'she was entitled to) tried to prevail on
some of the other poor things (who really, considering all
had borne it like martyr-' • - Rut 1W

!he thot

) to go on with theirs
ty excused herself by saying 1

,o rich as some of nioti

ght
s that she had

tire of tasting before, and that's`
aid that she was afraid the
and so it had, with a venge

) On

ward (lawyer like), fancying something wa
wrong, and thinking it a good opportunity for teasing hi
poor, dear, innocent mother-in-law, took a glass himsel
and had no-sooner tasted it, than, instead of swallowin
it, like a gentleman, be spit the whole into the fireplace
declaring he had never in all his life tasted such beastl
trash. Whereupon dear mamma, who believed that h
only said as much to annoy her, took a glassfull likewise

scream, and the

mouth again, exclaiming—
Mary I now it's her !

soul spluttered it all out of h€
" Oh that shameful minx of

If she
he bad(