Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-11
From the Cleaner.
THE QUOTATIONS OF MY UNCLE
JOHN.

JOHN.
Dear Uncle John,
/ ADDRESS myself to you, becaue
believe you willing, it you arc able, 10
give me advice in very delicate matter.
sbout twenty years ago ] was married,
after a courtship of eleven months, to
MIR. Cartwell, For many years he
made me kind husband, lookedlwell to
the farm, and provided every thing ne
|cessary for the comfort Of the family.
Without vanity may say, have per
formed n,ypart like good. house wife
besides attending to the dairy, SO that
|our butter and cheese are esteemed Tor
twenty miles round keeping the family
|decently clad in lilSsn aud woolsey-and
helping my husband in the field during
having and harvest time-Ihave brOvghs
him seven children, four sons and three
daughters. Thoagh not Immediately 70
THE purpose, / must say, that two'oi my
girls are manageable, and there are mol
many girls OF eighteen and twenty III
the country, who are more tidy, bettE
cooks, dairy women or spinners.-Ennt'
can embroider a little, and Fanny is
tolerable mantua maker--preseryes biscS
berries without sugar, apd makes cur
rent Jelly to perfection.
Tn short. sir. by our mutual iildHstrV
fer we began life poor, we hayea99:ggf,sa
Ia competency for our old age sand IN
lean be preserved, shall be able to is@s
something decent to each oftbc chlldreI'
But instead Of that cheerful view, which i'd
IA few years ago opened to US, recent w y
harry circumstances have sloudea ~
Iour hopes, and the future offers eply &.
melancholy prospect of a declining lLI M
Iof poverty and Indebtedness. lhew
Ibappy circumstance | allude to is THIS
Inv husband has unfortunately talleHna.
Ito the habit Of intoxication and thelts
scarcely a week that passes over ,. ~
head. that he does not, when IN llSw
make some foolish bargain, ana o.
|suuandering away all our ProFO
learned by the labour and economy
His usage to me ! would not puD y.
complain of. When sober. though y. y
bid, he is not cross. When in bis .a,t,.
he IS, like other men | suppose, s e.a'
times foolishly fond, and at others .sj
and and, upfeeling. But ] do complain
seriously too, that our hard sa ir,sa.
should be wasted by his folly anerr,
Inersnce and that, after twenty !s" !. ii
industry, ] should be doomed 70 Glide Il
lace Of poverty, and TO leave mys sp"ipC,
|beggars. spoke of our hard eal ~ &
The property has been acquired Z, y b
Iioint labour, and sit r 1T thal ~ III
band should be permitted TO TAM ,,rp
line every farthing Of itF he .ssrf
| sell the farm without my es 's NJ
should be still entitled, aI'' 'Olu u;ur
dover. Can he then, by runn% :"
debt. give authority to an oille e' r;sht
1T. and by that scans take my "a asr
dover from me Is there no, 10 ~ -
which a man, who gives hlmsen 4 IN
It;reIy to the folly and madne's ,oaspb
cation. can be restrained from . 'qSIs
Iing his estate. and involving .n, ~ ~
IfaH;Iy in ruin ?--Have womes p 8'.iis
,sr1a'l thew e unworthy the son'idsf'D
the lawsf .nrot bds
Ivhy should not the perseI'';', d,
insane by liquor, be RESI- res, e any
Live me this trouble; and : ~. !. rrsE
exists by which part q a ','S IBID
lean be occurred to pyseh -