The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-10-09
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From she London Literary Gazette.
THE TWO COATS.

To me thou'st been,
And gralefu' sIt, ! winnA scorn
Ny ga,d Old irien'.
Allan hansoy.
Shakespeare says, that many man @"a.
IN his fstnes, and hke most loiDgs he mas saia
Il " { NC. How many afe s'bere VINO "ouiu
be naAns fal if D. were not tor their veal
msnIs! People ssy tna' old tiend, a'e o0"s'
,nso ocw ones: presume tns1 ibis docs moi
hold good as relates 10 hsbils--fof ths PSI
sou | meaa---.or ell the world prefer nc"
ceals 10 old ones, aud sIltas we'io ihus' oe
right.
Ii 1, now ivs years, when The sun shall
have set upon the l2,n oil Jone, 1877, thst
,pv IA 4 coa, wa, brought noms. Wnn what
dslghi did | survey IL! now eagerly hs.en-
ed ia tho exboflaiions OF .he nskeT COW 10
fold !, W! bow CAUTIOUSLY | pm ~ on, ahd
how carefully lett IN aDy pocket tor mi Key
when locked ~ up! Its co!os was suitable
to ,hs TN, OF any m,nd; IL VAS bright greco
with Waterloo buttons. Green Goals were
then inc s,ne gaa non OF q beau. Back anu
biuo " md tneit diminished heads" o. rs,her
tails aud al.hough now aud then brown aP.
pearod, IL passed along amidst the seons OF
the MutI,ude.
The h.s. yea. every thing went well.
stslk:d down, bond street. at Inc iuii glare OF
hall pas, four. Wa, n0E afraid 10 meet the
pu, ~ proud STARE OF the g,iucr,ng onen'ai IN
Hyd. Pa * OH Sunday; nor did shfiok be-
fore the g.snce OF a 81. Jame,'s blood. Inc
soc oad year, IN spite oi all my anxiety, an in'
Cipient whncness began ts aPPeaf Oh the ei.
bows. Inc Waterloo buttons seemed some
VIVA, snotn oi thsir beams, snd The collar had
bsen shshtIy annoyed by thctoo rude pressure
of no nat however, 1t mad 10, ye S,d reg.
ola wo.tn;, u omit the bsptislng II got
tsom my. hailsotry TO Miss P,oiocoi, in giving
her more than nef snare of my cotton ON
brella. But mo third year now fast approach
cd; years rolled on, C: nos mutamar m lids
and so did my coat. Tue thread OF the lives
oi two Of Its buttons had been snapped; one
was wsenched of by ifiend, notwihs, auding
my agonlzed look, whiist he WAS ieili0g mo
ths iste OF MS iatcs The other tell into q
G,eduai decline, and died a naluraI death.
Tna oight geeen had now faded, and had i'm .
bibed int ot brown the collar Was diiapida.
tad, the cOtT, We, IN runs.
struggled on, however, smother year, but
left my iosmer scenes. 1 would 20 hall .
mile oui vt me wy 10 avoid 81. James street
IL would goa mile out ot my wry, rsthcr
than pass Hyde Patk on a Su0dsy. Three
more buttons bsd fell nDder the scytne Of
Time I; something 'nust be done--l sent a.
to be repaired, and hasdy knew IL again
The WAIerl0o butons once more dazZled by
their brightness; uew cuff, aod collar sprang
ND Ike phGI!xas from the ashes ot theis fs =.
.thets aud lhouyn the fashion Of coats had
some wtfat altered, yet held an erect head.
But ah this was a dccei,fui spiendor---a
glimpse oi sunshine oo a raioy day the con-
sr, ution oil the Coal was ruined, and il soon
suffered ceiapsc.
AZ last my resolution was taken----a new
coat must bc ordered. II was ptecept Of
my iate ,espected uncle Nichoiss, that one
good dear gnrnen, 10 worth lwo bad chesp
ones and always act up to il. walked up
boldly 10 Mf. s., in Bond. street and al
though met win some broad s,ares al my
entrance, yes when my purpose was known
every thing was respectful atten,ion. With
what elevation did 1 soevsy myself 10 the
double vpirror ciuse to tho window Win
what haute1r did I bid the trades,nan be
punc,oal as to the hour! How he,ceIy did
brush Ivy the beauX in my return, with the
dsh.htiai thought that l should soon have il
in my power TO cut them all out. How ma
ny are the advantages OF uew coat! new
Pais Of Iowsers rstiier serves 10 contrast the
VsouSss os wv uppS' 6~'"SV' WV" o"u
novelty bu, a coat clffoses It's splendor
p through tho whole; il brishtens withered
pair Of 2an,aIoons, and re.vivi6es fadod
Wsistcoat, IL iiluminatcs wocn out beaver,
aud even gives . respectable appearance to
IN aotiquAtsd pair Of gsi,ers. A man in q new
Goa, holds hts head erect, his ches, forward |;
be shakes the pavement with his Gathering
heels no looks defiAsce 10 every man, and
love TO every woman; he ovet,urns little
boys, end abuses hackney coachmen: il he
t, sD,ers tavern, he calls iustiiy Tor his drink,
aad knocks tho waiter down ii he does not
bring Il soon enough. But man in an old
e coat hangs his head, iumbles In his money
! less pockets. and s,umbles at every third ,tcp
: he Is scorDed by the meo, and unno,iccd by
the women; he /, jeeted at by children, and
. hustled by jIrvcys; at tavern, he enters the
paiIour with q sheepish face, knosing his,
righ, to be thete, but fearing II may be dis.
pu,ed--,he waiter singers, sod the landlord
builios hin. Such then is tho difference