The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20
THE PROGRESS or ExrRAyAeANcr.

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Every body who has seen Amsirrd nm.
! must know that very useful class of men,
called the trnye1s, reside there. They
generally trundlr Il wheel barrow before
them, attend mercantile houses, carry let.
trrs, messages, hntihens, and make ont
Ia procure u comfortable subsistence aud
some of them something more.
There was one of lhcs. " huse name was
Isaac. Fle was called Isaac the Croyer.
lie seemed To be- nj the Top Of his business,
and was computed To be n warm fellow
and was worth 10000 gnildefs. "A Isaac
had acquired this property by industry
aud attention, 80 he lIhorrd che1lnlly Ia
increase II by rcononly and irugaliiy -
Naturally parsimonuus, he and his wife
seemed 10 have no otltr view than the IN.
crease ot then guikirrs. They lived in u
Mind of cellar kitchen, whic'., though some
times damp, WA always comfortable. An
adjacent old clothes man hlmslssi their
wardrobe. Thus situated, as our Isaac
was returning from his accustomed ser-
vices, he stopped AT place called kag
tair Seeing hat nearly NEW aud likely
10 gu on very cheap, he hid Tor il, and on
paying five gni1dera, avery small sum con
snlcrIng its real value, that hal WAS Iaac's,
Although hc had never INDUCED himself
IN snch .xlrh,t9ance before, his wifi, mot
wilhstandng the natural aversion of wo-
mcn To dress lit,'d the bargain well enough,
rs II was but for once. In the following
day Isaac aud his wife ms uaunl went 10
church the hat pleased nightly. Yet
every nhus did no, sui, fnr isatc wore
II cap II WIS therefore Determined tina,
/ by the next Sunday, he should buy a.per
Nlg, He recolIeeted the pacc OF his late
purchase, aud thai also for rider, nhnnt
fourteen guiId,rs, supplied him with u
good wig. BcItoid Isaac and his wife
trotiing forth, tire envy ard admiration
Of all his profession. One OF their arqanin.
tanccB happened however 10 laugh nj him
for wearing fine hat and peruie, with u
short Jacket without any cuiis orcollat n
conference WAS held, and for Il few pud-
dsrs more, Isaac shune forth in n prett,
decent halfcast black coat aud rnlilcs. An
was still rolelablc, Isaac labor'd ms usual
and their money Notwithstanding the late
purchases, did mol decrease.
Mar lsaav's ionly iabitalion MAS the
Residence of barber his lady kept the
bpst company IN Town and entertained
very genrrcIIy indeed she gave the ton
In The whole street PerccisIng Isaac TO
mend IN his Sunday appearance, shc
thought il her duty Ia bring lsaac's wife
forward. Illuminating upon this, whcr
she was returning from carrying new
dressed wig hoD,c, fhe stopped 10 see The
old woman; and inst To chat bit Will,
her. TIN Crnycr care home in the even
ing my dear, says his wife, Ito not you find
omr kitchen grows very damp bless nv
(say2 she, conshing) il viii certainly Kill
me-, shall die 81 Il consumption, A con
slant repetition Of The same thing, some
times forces conviction. lie determined
To hire II small room IN gnff,l. but he did
uoi know what To do with his wheel bar,
row. After scme reflection aud talk With
his life, lac hired u small, decent house
/ This required 800 additional gnlldrls q
year rent. 70 b. sure the house must be-
painted aud M soul could endure IL with.
uui heluB whtcwashcd and ~ the cough
aud dhmpnesS continued, the barber
wife told the old woman nothing would
cure il hut tarpit ami she would come
ihr next day and dlink lea with her. This
MAS u sore stroke lsaac mud his VIII, had
Dc,cr drank tea in style, aud they hardly
knew the USE uf the carpet. The bag ol
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! considering every thing, lshar's wife wac
! Told AT the teatablc, that IN the course OF
Two or three ytars she might be pretty
gcntcrl if she would but keep hish cdn,-
panS.
The BARRIERS wife had some grand nc.
b.. qnalplancrs, among others, WINS Yiitow
! Wander Fliss, II very handsome lady, about
as big AS an hogshcad her friends howcyu
o,erlookrd ,his 10 the inlow, Ishac'.
WIFE was Introduced. She lived inn hi ri
house, which served 10 u orr-hcuse fnl
| Dutch CHEESE and behring's Israc'a wifi
became quite polished IsUic himself
was introduced 10 Mynhcer, who very ri
| Willy treated him viii. bottle OF his owr
brown ( wine. On tho Sur Any following
Isaac, insic.l of reg; ling himself in hii
walk with light, ehLap beverage. wa,
ia circle OF Dutc', " ss. They talked u
bout the tsherlrt, lHlculed the states, nnt
ab1sed The Stakeholder Isaac became
M" man, p got the newspapers read t.
ann, iear ia III ink Clatct on Sunday,
talk politics. Ills wife one evening wa:
takc'l ,eIy H. Ai1or SOME little time,
however, She got Over her Gt. Isaac ten
j'IerIY inqurlng nltar ihr reason of ber i'll
- 81, WIS Very fhll'h fhr"bed 10 ithu lllhl
n n select party ihat afternoon. Mrs. Van
{ Spachard declared that she could not staJ
where Isaac'a wlfu was he was IA Croyer
lived in a smal house, and tr,ndlrd Il
rhr,I barrow when the Croycr heard
this, he sworc he would challenge her
Ills wife, however, would not suffer hln'
IL risk his life, and therefore very prudent
! ~ exchange the chaIIcnrr IN Illrirga lar
/ ger house, and burning the "heel.harrow
the rent startIrd Isaac, it Was three hun
d-.d snildrrs more than he had ever
given. But this was lane aed at by a large
party of Giends who came 10 spend the
afternoon & evening al his house Launch.
ed forth into the circles Of splendor and
raiciY. ihtir rnmnAnY Was universally