The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-20
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
TIE OLD BACHELOR.
No. XIV.

Diligst lila semen 0uondsm sed ct ipsa ma
rito
Tune quoque cum fuerit. non videstur anus
A. MART. EpicR. XII. LIB. w.
Fair Concord ever on their bed .t,ead,
And Cythcrea the blessed pair befriend
When youth is past and wrinklsd age appears,
May nether to the other seem in years
The folio wing Communications are from my
country trend aud CORRESPOND mt John True.
name, retouched, he tells me- by his good wife !;
in whose oehslt. offer conformity, the prayer
OF my motto, wnicltt have borrowed, for their
sskes, from Martial. 'che reader win remem-
Der the pathetic story which this good man told
as of the death Of his father at the seige of York.
do not know how 1t is but there is some
thing i'll his simple, natural. old times tIik that
takes stronger hold OF me, than all Tn, flowers
OF modern rhetoric The suojec, of mis- present
letter is very well chosen, and set out in man.
ner which will be much more pleasing to the
great nass of my readers than any that could
adopt. 1 beg Mr. Ttuename to continue his
correspondence with me he VIII render there
by useful service to his country snd do honor 20
his own head and heart.
TO pocroe ROBERT CEcr..
Dear, Dear, -!sr. Old Sache!oy, @-, .,...
H"u have brought re into one
OF the very worst Eredicaments that ever need
to be. iiow.cam you to publish that poor lea
ter OF nine, with so many words spet wrong
and so many improper expressions in ii, that
was afraid you would never make it out Aud
fear too, II you publish many more such letters
all your readers will quit the Old Bachelor
AS for the spelling, 1 would have had that more
correct, but my boys had carried our Eatc to
the Sohool.house and le,t it there; and as did
not wish any body 10 know OF my writing TO
you, did not she " the letter TO my wife, who
Is much Better speller. and better scholar in
most things. than am :, and VIVA, is more. can
keep secret very we'll ssnn: any thing that con
Germs me. Alb Old Mr.. Bachelor, YOU can't
imagine how strange-1 felt, when opened one
of the Enquuer5 at tn posi- Office, and saw a
long piece IN pin witt Iohn Truenamc at the
Bottom oft. My hcar~oeai., .. my hand shook
SO, that am sure little post master had noticed
me, he wouifhsve seen Ia ii something WIS the
natter but doubled up the psper as quick
as could, and stutica il into my pocket
As rode along homo read over my prin d
letter, and your ccmarks upon il; and it struck
ne, That there were sonc things in my letter
that would be very APP, to be,ray me TO my wife,
iksbe should REID 1t, and had great mind 70
throw the pape. away into tie woods b,u l
knew she was SO fund of reading the Old Ba-
chelor, that she would send all over the neigh
borhcod to borrow the paper rather than MSS =
nuI1ber.
When got home, threw the papers care
lessly ON the table and walked out for | had
not the courage TO be present when nv wife
should read my letter After some time, 1
went in. and had scarcely taken my seat before
Fanny said, Why, here is one of the most carl
Gus letters in the Old Bachelor that ever saw !;
and it's my belief, old man, that you wrote it,
That wrote 4, old woman Yes, said she, F" /
am almost ours YOU did" Poh! Fanny, said +,
can you think that would be sending let
tiers 10 be published in the Newspapers, when /
can hardly spell my own nsine She gave me
keen iouk from her black eyes, and said half
Emiltnp. 60 old IS II To 10
worth while to deny i for will find you out 70
Indeed IT was not worth while to deny it for
my looka told her was guilty, as plain words
could have done. So confessed all and told
her further. that had another letter Irady for
you, and should have carried i, to the Post OF
flee that day, if had not started from where
was ct work in the plantation, and forgot To
CONS by the house for il. "But, old man." said
she, 1" why did YOU not sbew ne this letter be-
fore you sent il think ! could have helped
you to make the spelling aud the language
something better thar it is" told her, kne w
that but knew also, thu; she would have op-
posed my sending any letter st all and rs was
determined on it, thought the bes' way was,
TO say nothing 81 all 60 her about it, But have
often observed, Old Mr. Bachelor, that if ever
do snv thing OF Importance, without consulting
with Fanny about 1t, am very apt to repent OF
it for though she never fads fault if it turns
out badly, she has my credit, and the welfare
of Our family 50 much at heart, that she is very
apt TO see what is Tor the best.
1 went and brought my other letter and gave
it 20 her. When she had read it over, she
said, sc Well. really think there are some very
lust remarks In this letter but l suspect Dr.
Cecil vii! not Ike your story about the poor
member of the Assembly. 1t looks too much
like turning our public men into fdculs /; and
you know he has complsired already of many
Of his readers thinking themselves aimed at Ivy
things in the Old Bachelor" Bat, said I. | lad
no thought that my letters would be Published !;
and ifthey are, no one need 10 take that story
ON himself for the poor member removed to
the Western coun ry many years ago, snd was
killed by the Indians and he did not leave any
family thst ever heard of
We'll, old nan, said she, as you have pro.
missed fiie Old Bachelor another letter, suppose
] take tbs,and copyi it off, and try what can
do at correcting some parts OF it little Per
bsps It rasy do for yarieiy's sake, ifthe Old Ba
chclnr should think proper TO publish it,
gave my consent and when she was done, she
brought il 10 me, but said, she did not like IL
II it than she expected that it was ike alter
iy cut ai first. When had read it over, and
observed the alteration she had made in it,
could not help thinking II very much like
my own appearance, when she has fixed me up
in my Sunday clothes TO go abroad. She will
never rest till she has me as clean and neat as 4
new pin, tho there may be here and there a
darn ora patch on my clothes, aud some parts
fine and some coarse, and some in the fashion
and some out.
But vii, keep you 20 longer from my men
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