The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-10-09
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From the Portsmouth journal.


4 N
~ time for al 'i,ings."-- Ssion,cs.
IN hour before the worshpped sun,
Ped forth the golden window ofthe east,
a e1bied mind drove me 10 walk abroad"
Shakspeare
PNps II IL no, known to oil the Bene.
ticss W mssnsnimousiy live, (s Captain
Dslrss hath ~ "Io. ,nelr own peculiar"
Who Sely shu, them.elves on, rom the
eommi pe'ils Of domestic calamity, end
sno's long - theg please eve'y morning
IN ihpown hired houses --Pei hsps IL 10 no,
kno4fo such most comfortably situated gen
iemh what an event Q WUhing Day Is (;
howe'd when, II begins, and when, end how,
/; y ss1sN a Washing Day ., home, then, Is
the lcrea day Of the week; II geoe,ally be.
gins O'Clock io the evening OF Msndsy--
AID cpinues foul weather, w,,h b,eezes, ill
he akpoon Of Tuesday.
Thsd, esdfui notes OF preparation" ave
6ssi. .sosdsd BY the splsshing Of buckets full
of wsIe on the evening previous 20 the III
faied dt II would seem ss If the second
sack pfTroy hsd commenced; the hum OF
leiekeisnd ke,iles-,he ismiiisr house hold
wofds'h Polly, and 2honas, and Naboy, &c.
i'efsiedrom one extremity Of the house 20
the o,hr, oil iodics,e mo force OF he enemy,
and the the bs,le 10 waxing hoi.--Pol!y IS
~,n,eyin the memo Of the brass kettle, Tho
mas ilrequifed in behslI os the tub, and Nab.
By 10 Principal engineer Of empty buckles
Poor eisnalk,n is turned out Of doors; and
Pcn.o wisely chooses the BAN, instead OF
seald. All sorts and siz.s Of the hu,Dsn d,ess
are cdecicd from their lodging places, and,
(as Ml,on make. hi, devils throw dit q, each
othss in jscula,ion dire, thrown into a
mass b the kitchen.
Doahcse, alas. are only the preliuinarics
Of ihsbusiness Before,
"lurora. now. fair daughter Of the dawn,
sliinkles with rosy lgh, the dewy lawn"
ye>! nd before you have dono with your first
nsp---iou hea, strange. sounds, above, be
oes'h, sod around you start up; you fis'
think bf thieves, then OF thunde, storm, faiD,
hail etd earthquake now you are wide a
wake md realize tho return OF WASHING
DAY; and accordingly jump meehao'ea,y
from de bed, hang on your clothes, and make
: Ptedpi,s,e retreat.
You secretly determine not TO re.enter the
the end Of the campaign, and nos'
"ososAss,y md s'ssr~--..iy 10 yon se, Oh, on
gouI. morning travels. But, hunger, that
"e'en the gods o'erake," over
skies you: with ominous foreboding, and
suspicious fears, you return to reconnoi,re
The strength and position of The enemy and
It length boldly march into the camp
"Whs, do you want hese ;" cries the bot.
,e' hslf Of yourself
"My breakfast, iove?" e. soft answer turn.
''h awsy w'sih,) "my breakfast, i0vs"--you
'eply. .,,
/" B'eakfast breskfss, ! releva,ing the head
o an awful altitude l-breakfa't on Wash.
ne Day Z" ..
BY and by you set down alone TO your pre-.
:,ous repsst Of burnt toast. muddy coffee,
'ggs boiled to the cspscry Of grape shot, or
,ersdyenture no, boiled at ell lou "pick
:ican teeth" for Is minutes, and in huff
mako another desperate sor,is from the
house.
After suffering tho "schiog void" Of 40
Empty stomsch.lhrough the forenoon, you
make another charge at one o'clock, with 70.
'ewed impetuosi,y. On going into your din.
ng room you SEQ no preparation Tor dinner !
'ou inconiinentl7 ring the belI-oo sn,wer.
10 otter despondency you Nv into tho kitchen.
"And what do you want Ae,e5" erie, on,
j, once the whole battalion Of scrubbers and
Ieourers.
"Ny dinner"---you mcurniGlly reply.
" II I. washing dsy"
I" know IL 20 You take o handkerchief &
rom your pocket TO slisy pe'spiraiion. .--Uo.
ocsy deed! One OF the .y'phs who preside
,ver the tub claims II ss her lawful victim.
My dinner !"-you exclaim 10 fsul.eriog
,ceen,s.
"Tho handkerchief! !" shouts the wosher
II clothes, louder thsn O,helio.
My din" you family artieula,e.
" The hspdk-"
You mediate sn Escape you ,uempt TO
uo--you fell upon the slippery noor--you
ismsge your brosdeIoth, and you are rifled OF
'oW hspdkerchiei--you lose you' dIoner,
piri,s, handkerchief, and all.
After msdi,s,ing upon your fotlorn condi-
ion. 10 this state Of deep sfliciion--yvu make
] dinner. u dinner may be called that's dinner
zone. Ge.) You range the closets end eat
slthoot method, or discrimination, of butter
md esk-, aud bread and apple, end cheese
md sugar.
You seize your hs,, and run yourself "
ruch out Of b1esih, % did The Bohemian,
Hayraddin Mspgrsbio, in the so'y OF Quen'