The Wilmingtonian., 1823-09-18

l"s pipe anu III, Poe !" Huiet, ana Mrs l}arries
Twas woman who abhorred pipes and po,s as,
affected STYLE Her parents had lived in rsn',N 'a
mems families, and therefore, she must live GOV Nv
Iteel, let the consequences be what they m;nL.
she hated low life. So she cut dash. Whit, ~
smoked his pipe ; and the consequence wac ,h..
MIR Barrier, in one short twelyemonth. wns CIV
down from fourishing master boot-lnaker ,o'
mere journeyman maker Of boots. He reaec,.I
ION this altered state of his affairs reHrc,;us
brought remorse, remorse brought hatred. ,rS
hatred soon separated him from Mrs B,rr;a.
Since their separation their rows have been fre
qien, for Mr. Barrier, what with vexa,ion .nd
smoking, was unable to make good the sums hs
agreed upon for her separate maintenance. mi
she never failed TO rate him soundly for his wau,
Iot prnctality. She even brought him bctors
the Magistrates, some two or three months a,,a
and there charged him with having deserted be,'
Through his inortina,c love Of stewed gbets .n5
goose berry larts a charge which she totally f%
ed to snbstantiate. Upon that occasion, boveyer .
she and the parish officers together comp4ei
him into a bond for her supports and it serms
that he has since paid it pretty regularly though
i'm SO doing he has deprived himself OF manya
comf,rtabc pipe of Virginia, and AS for trnp or
any thing beyond pint of heavy it was ',ite
out Of the k'vesion' with him, as he said. MI
ertheless, with All his pinching there were time,
when he could not make up her money to The
very day. This was the case with him on ,ls
preceding evening, when Mrs. Barrier cam, m
him. at his employers shop in the Strand. to dc.
mand the payment then due To her Fain wnnM
poor Mr.. Barrier have crept out Of her way. even
by hiding himself in Wellington boot, had K
been possible; but it might not be- she bad her
eye upon him before he WIS aware Of her nre.
sence, and he approached her with much ,he
same sort OF feelings as squirrel approaches
|the jaws OF rattlesnake. lie told her as onetIv
as man could do, that he was not exactly prepared
lat that moment, but that if She He was
Iabout to say, il she would call on the morrow.
lshe should be paid but before he could finish
Ithe sentence, she seized last from the counter.
and swung it at his head with such violence. tina,
Ihad it caught him. She would probably have seen
the last OF him. Luckily he "douk'd his head"
land the last went smash through the shop win.
dow INTO the street, demoshing two panes Of
Iglass III It's way. The noise of the breaking glass
lbruught the mistress into the shop; and She.
VERY naturally, desired Mrs Barrier to withdraw;
lwhcre'pon Mrs. Barrier seized a boot-tree, and
WELDING It over her head she swore she would
lannihllatc her husband and all who interDosed
between him and her wrath. The shricks Of
the mistress now brought the master into tbe
shop, crowd gathered round the door, con.
stable was called in, and, with much ado Mrs
Barrier was conveyed to the watch-ho,ise.
| In her defence before the Magistrate she plead
led justiiable violence her husband being, as she
averrcd, nasty, dirty, idle, lurking, rascaly,
oodfor-nothing fellow; and his Worship, not
being satisfied with this defence, ordered tina.
she should find bail to keep the ryace.
"Oh that's it, is it !" said Mrs. Barrier. ",ben
here gocs!" and SO saying she jumped up, like
la cock at blackberry" and gave Mr.. Barrier
such u smack on the cheek, that all the Office
echoed to the blow Having achieved this feat,
she tripped gayly after the gaoler, nod,ling her
little head, snd apparently quite satisfied whilst
Mr. Barrier, poor man, slowly walked away, hold
ling his hand to his face, and ever and anon taking
it aways again, to see whether any of his teeth
were in it.
!. William Coombe, esq.-This gentleman,
long known in the literary world, lately
died at his apartments, Lambeth road,
;, London, in the 82d year Of his agc. He
,originally excited great attention in the
\ fashionable world, by poem entitled the
:, Daboliad, the hero of which was generally
, understood to be nobIeman lately de-
ceased. The tour of DIR. Syntax in search
,Iof the Picturesque-The English Dance
! of death and the Dance Of Life-The His
S tory of John Que Genus-The Little
!. Founding of the late DR.. Syntax, all illus
trated from the designs of Mr.. Rowland
> son, were among his latest and most popu-
lar productions. He was also the author
OF the Devil upon two sticks in England
. and of several political pamphlets, which
4 made considerable impression on the
Npubllc, among which were the Royal In
3 tervlcw-A Letter from a country gentle
man to his Friend in Town-A Word in
j Season, and many others. He also wrote
a those Letters which appeared under title
ot Letters Of the late Lord Littleton. Mr.
= Coombe began life under the most favour
!. able auspices. He was educated at Eton
:, and Oxford. He possessed great talents.
' and very fine person, as we'll as a good
$ fortune, which unhappiIy, he soon dissipa-
ted among the high connexions to which
his talents and attanments introduced
n him, and he subsequently passed through
e many vlclssitudes of life, which at length
h compelled him to resort to literature for
support The life of Mr.. Coombe, if i'm
partially written, would be pregnant with
o instruction; but those whose literary con-
o|trlbutions might have provided materials,
It are probably most of them with him in the
: grave; and he will hereafter be chiefly re-
' membered as the author of DR.. Syntax.
D A Dutch lover of the celebrated Mrs.