The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.


h@ogd by the wall, the Blass-eyed statues stood
~------------,hescm men Of SraAw
Wnyu yasao by The whole count Y wa
agi'aisd y the Intelligence Of the sppea
ance Of WAx-WoRx The period Of its
ar'iv,l 10 our vicinity Was anticipated win
the utmost iDPatieace. Various woro the
speculation winch p pfoceded It; the public
curiosity was wloughi to tho highest pitch
IL Came
"a consnmmation of delight"
Then forth the won dering neighbors ran"
Uncle Ned Iook me 20 see u. The feel.
ings with which en,e, ed tho room were
new and peeulia. A MUSIC Grinder, as ho
trcndied tho crank of his nachioe, sent fo,th
svains eDcbantiGg N ny sar, apd much mors
coplons than ,he living fountain winch buisr
fco'n Mount Hclicoo, when kicked by Peg
osus. The eyes of many fcnowned pc sbo
eges wsro Rxld upon me, ,nd particularly
6niniive ps.scn,s.ion Of Bonspsr,s--inc
sbopght OF whom was a, thst tlmc formlda.
kelselo', mach moce MS e. &c, "eye to eye"
l drew back IN night, F." Come along" said
oocic Nod, hey are nolh'og su' sTRaw )"
IhA ,ccne, tha, music, that gaze, ana ne
vo' ds OF my uncle Ned, had such an 1Hccl
upon ny 'seliugs, lbat tho Impression has
neve been cradicaed md uncle Ned,
" hougn dead, ye' spe.seta. a."--tli. word,
have imp,rfed conhtGnce 10 rnc q thousand
timss: they nave Deco = KIDD OF inverted
mitrv,, ,, winch l could dis,i0 10 isb the char.
acer And d,apositIoR, Of men, and ,hs true
worth ~ things. The b'aodishing pleasures
anb ,mposing vices OF the world, 1t saSs, arc
6raw.
"a Wnsn fop, In all tho SELF grs,nlatioo
>-,h,en his fashionable clothes inspise, starcs
ma Whb ,nqulsitivc import!ooncc and a,sur.
nnce, l hsar my uncle Nod pronounce bia--
Sfra~.
Wnen see would bc.grcat man dress'd
IN h,tic briet authority, pisyirg ian aslic
tricks" shininy by the splendor OF borrowed
capital, denouncins nuHa uirfute redemhtum
those who delve along honestly in the hum
slor walk. oil li,e---only Straw! says the
voice of uncle Ned,
Wsen soc an Nffscted dispay Of religious
sancti,y--oeop,e carryios 'ons faces TO church
--'psk,ng u,on all around as TO say, " Thou
s,pnr J" and pcscuciug through the week
ten ,nousand liltlo acts and tricks aud specu.
le,ions 70 grind their neighbors--mskiDg
themselves the conversation of he conduct
sna ous,uess OF c,he's--'udolG,ng free re.
IN X, o. sly winks and ,onuendocs, p eiuds.
enl 10 their repulatiens hear the voice oil
unclc Ned--yiie Sfrav!
Wnsn in tho female characteristic char.
ac,cr ioi med ~ chssten, and hslow, and sof.
ten iife's sunshine, aud cheer is seasons Of
"a rkness--shcn, insteaS Of this, 6nd it q
compound OF prudery -Esssion, fus,ian, dc
eeit aaa capsice--s pad laugh usurping tn,
place Of tho "dimpling smile"--io short,
when sue h,s character in any othsr hablii
mcnis than ccntleness and modes, (its most
perfec, lovei'ncss,) on, how forcibly does the
vcice oi my uncie Ned strike my car--sll
Straw!
I hsve grswn 80 unreasonable that when
hear more than ordinary pretsstations OF
friendship, I think Of Ssraw--snd sometimes
Ihavo alnos, fastened my uncle Ned's words
upon the world cen masss." Fmaily--
when the ~s,ld points ,hs Ginger Of seo,n,
end some oflisious meddling o,itic pssss,
ucn,ence us,n my productions, I stand firm
upon the immovesblc bssis Of Integrity Of in
tention. ans pronounce, Iiks my knowing p'o.
gssitor Nothing but Siraw!
--.o:ox>oso:--
Il Roviand for yosr Oivev, I'VE read
with some interest, the account Of female
SslsaSsndcr, Signors GissdeIli, who bss bee
exhibiting her powers at Edinburg Ec, she
sioks iuto the second degree, when compared
wi,n ,bc other sex, who has been lately DIS.
playing his astonishing qualifications to The
amusement Of tho John Butts in London. -
He no, ooly performs the beaoiif opera IONS
of being baked In an oven---of swinmine 10
yed no, load, and running his IN into fur.
nace, to pclI cut nselted iren osc 10 his bend
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