Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-23

ian nl;taia ang wolnani,y ,hr n '"N 'tr
ing Tor hrr.-Thc penny poS,. - as" :
weeks a%'. brought ne a nat. lev
ran ti'dS: . re Bachetors' C,n5 """'
Their respects 10 their colleague. Ar ~" n"J
art. n&a "''iy him hat meq ct,+t,',
tier oaRtreTsara an WtaRe,,Ion, ,1''
n the Bank CgBie Nonsc-rrg;so:3 IL. ast'
chHtins dishes. IN table at far, a., g..
ifcr m't' a pientfat mppig # G.hE3
los trcen'g ri55M gears oitl .,L,,j,;.n I.
Shall SO. or shall nat said r,",
'rif: | certainly dislike old barbJ
VET hive | no aversion to lru,io, ,
Madeira acknowledgement as il IT,
once IA YEAR. I'll meet these membc, wy r
the ancirnt regime, drink with H.,
Laugh with them, take up the cu,!cpi. r.
m"trlmony. and WIN knows hsl m
make a convert, tlipogh even on the
dy side Of fifty. Tie hope Of s,;'
sn"d, and striking a pure spark on, !,
rusty steel. determined me, and at Co.,.
precisely was there. Almost Sind.
ne"usly. :: beau Of the old schuol, yoIi,I
cd and polite. adjoining the fair sey ~
still unmar led, made his eatree. and =
ter tDar OF five modern bows II
squeezed me afftcti"Eately by the h,rJ
and was rrjoiced To see me. p.r'|
thinks |, is bachelor Of unpar,lons,L
celibac! - nc is no enemy to matrimonr
but has put off the day of marriage
long. that it now presents an awful >,
pect. and terriIies him, as the fell :
battle alarms the acknowledged couaT
The room soon filled: there were Som.
of o.ergrown fortunes, of moderate IA,
sessions, of fat and jolly persons, and
Of lean and Iantherned yisases- fl
were all we'll dressed, yet there wa,
certain something about their apDa,5 .
that had the air of sluggish indiiIerrr
as if their wardrobes sighed for tlr 50.
perintcndiug care Of some Kind female.
one mans pocket handkerchief was IN.
hemned, the ends ofanolher man'sca.
"at we're nibbled and ragged. here and
there few holes peeped from the can.
brio ruttlcs, and struggling rent ras
pcrccptihle in the heels of some stock.
ings. How much care these "chAIrcp
Of a larger growlh" seemed to require
..-how so!itar! they appeared to me, al
though their faces we're dressed viii
smiles. hiGlo's bell soon announce
the dinner, and to it they went-..no Ct.
remoAy. no cotnp!imcnts--- appetite an!
epcarism united to pin attention to lie
we'll stored table, aud the poor crestgra
In all their movements, seemed to iGtI.
cate lie want of some female, wLos
daily presence might refine their nM.
neIs, control their appetitcs, give gaze
to their actions and apolish to lht'
COM crsc. The old vine, together VI
pipes and segars, made theI appearance
and as the battle went briskly rCuu
and their old clay moistened, reyivt
and invigorated, each man had sont
thing to say in praise of bachelors
life. Marriae C, says an old fellow. WIZ
OWNS twenty brick houses in the city
psllaw what man would surrender BIZ
frccdom.-.siv up the joys OF cel'Oac!-
subject HIMSELF to the eternal CHATTER
"a wnmau's tongue, and a host OF oil
tabbics in the shape OF aunts---be STUD
ed to death with squallius brats.'.
raised with illness, accouchmeuts, dO'
tors bills and christeninss' VII
would reIinquish the happiness Of bfmS
free. uncontrolled I'D untran!mcllto
Here am /. happy as a lord ! can
drink as many bottles OF NiblO' ON
stingo as please /; can reel home
talnhIc myself III bed. boots and ALI "
wife to upbraid nc for absence, s0'
me for snt, or turn me from m! PII
at eight in The morning; my ears az
not oiftnGcd by her shril' tones, norH
eyes offended by her sour looks;
phil!is cooks my steak, makes my Sn
smokes her pipe in peace, and Is awe
glad to see me, drunk or sober'--'""
your sort:
a bachelor leads merry life; =
Few folks that are welded live better
ey. Howard, y ha. do you Sd! ~
| right I'D Chronicle ? Do you no y
ditto ?-.-No, sir. said !, with sreaS
witty, ] a.n not with you, | disaPFU,
of your whole position. DO not say
TO. A forfeit, a forfeit, exclaimed
whole company---herr's trra'on aH
US, a spy in our camp, an adv oc"I ''
matrimony, fine him, fine hIm' W.