The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-08-06
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1928.

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still to be tolerated in relation TO the object
they have in view. thus tho law oil
England making it penal to bury the
dead in any other commodity but wooden
cloth, may at first seem ,riAe in the
dignity OF legislation, but II nevertheless
said to be wise law, inasnuch as il en-
cohrages the staple of the kipgdom.-
But laws depriyinS men of tho liberty Of
kissing their wives, or restraining all I'M
der the degree Of knight from wearing
steel points upon the toes of their shoes
over given length, are foolish, con.
tcmp,ible, and ridiculous. In fine, the
more witch laws, the more witches, and
all the acts of grave legislators upon the
matter will serve but as additional fuel
for the charmed Cauldron. This great
Legislative secret may be summed in
the advice of the old quaker lady, "Let
them alone, s they'll fall Of themselves"
Where, gentlemen, are the evils bro't
upon society by the doings of this old
fortune teller where the call for
prosecution Is ii because she sets her
sage representations at the enormous
fee of s5 cents ltell you nay i, is got.
ten up by some can,ing monkish zealot,
who affects the alarm that his craft is in
danger-his motives may be good but
his notions and habiliments are better
suited to disciple Of James Naylor, or
jemima Wilkinson, than an American
grand jury man. The prosecuting witt
ness protests before you that he is not the
voluntary complainant in the business
lie sought her skill, heard the tale Of
his fortune, paid the pi,tance, and is sat-
lshed. Is he defrauded, has she cheated
him If he be deceived, he has sought
the deception himself. tits true he 4yiY
no., he cannot tell US the one half .ba,
was told him; but sufficient Is under.
stood from the "viliainou8 trick of his
eye, and foolish hanging Of his neither
Ah," for good guessing of the whole ma,
ter--he is content, nay delighted with his
9aid fro quo good Rowland for his
Oliver. His future Dulcihea,i is, no doubt,
TO be faircr skinned and sweeter disposed
than he even anticipated before he visited
Mrss Church some other interloping
Pansa is 10 be routed from the wind mill;
the lip upon which he is fated to sigh is
never to be sighed on by another and
she who Is to "share his pleasure and his
heart" is TO be all his own. Dare l fur
Their trow, gentlemen, would Jump
at the guess from Bsdgley's phyz, that
she IS TO possess withal competent
share ofthe smoother of fuIrowed cheeks
anc sweetener OF boisterous tempers, that
rare commodity, which, according to the
mood ofthe time,
"Like Aaron's serpent swallows up the rest"
lhe warning voice of this defendant
appears the establishment and delight OF
the country round. Even the virtues as
cribed TO love in idleness fade away be
fore the mystic wave ofthe wand Of dame
Church. Satyres are changed into lovers 4;
and the Transformation Of bottom is no
longer with parallel. by its unyield
ing magic, lost pocket books 3re restored,
and animals, fere nature, reclaimed
The people Of Raccoon township NAV
now lift up and rejoice at the coming
of that blessed prediction,
I"When wolves and bears will learn TO b-owze
And go to pasture with their cows"
Her house is not only the "cemmodi
ty, nay, it is the very staple" of spring
love and good fellowship. Tbither re.
Epair,
"Tom, Dick, and Benney,
And Sal, and Kate, and Jenney,
All--all, in merry glee -
| There, "like elves and fairies in ;
ring" they dance around this modern
Titania, who carelessly casts her enchaD,
ments about her, and dispenses happ,
fortunes with the case of widow Wunks
and the facility Of Robin Goodfelow. -
Where is the "boon laddie Of Gala Wa
ter," the bonnie lassie of Gretna Green