Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-28

one of the legs Of my arm chair bro
ken. and an ugly hole burnt IN my
carpet. When their mother arrived
about six o'clock, she found me bust
T ~ employed in repairing the damage
and casting her eyes compiacently
round the room, exclaimed, 81 am
afraid Miss Barbara, the children
have been troabIesame--hut the dear
little creatures have such spirits!
But this, Mr.. Printer. was only
the beginning Of sorrows. Mrs. Pry-
about took tea with me, and cende-
scended to make all manner of InquI.
| ries about my domestic establishment,
| and to give me all manner OF good
| advice-ia a very neighborly way.
In the evening, I was favored with
! the company of Mr.. Pryabout. mrs.
| Fidgetty, and the two Misses Peep
inthedrawers, who all proved them-
selves to be excellent good ne'ghoofs
by opening my cupboards, inspecting
| my bed-clothes, and counting my I'M
en-. As they were only ne'ghoors'
and meant to live without cere-
mony. they staid late, devoured my
cake aud fruit, and promised on dc.
partine to come again very soon, and
make me another neighborIy visit.
( went to bed with sick head
| ache. But as ! am an early riser ]
found myself dressed in the morning
before aBy of my kind neighbors
were stirring. | was just coming o.
yer the stairs, when loud rap sum.
moned me to the door. l found lit
tie dirty child shiveiing in the frosty
| air. "Mother wants to know Ma'am,
| if you will lend her your washboWl
she is Just getting up. and wants to
| wash her face this morning"
And who is your mother? exclaim-
ed with some astonishment.
Oh, shelves just here in the neigh
borhood.
anu Has SDb UO WdSH UU"tS
No, ma'am. when she washes her
face, she always borrows.
Amused with the novelty of the re-
quest, llent the little urchin the wash
bowl, and exhorted her to make use
of it herself before she returned it.
In about five minutes, Twas SUM
moned again to the door, "Mother
told me tell to you, ma'am, that you
forgot to send her a towel. She never
borrows a wash. bowl without a tow>
ell"
In some amazement. I handed to
her towel. sis there any thing
else. my little girl-for mother seems
to be quite neighborIyi"
Notwithstanding else at
present. Neither wants to borrow
some soap; bat she told nae to come
again for that presently-for if !
asked for two things at once you
might not be willing to lead them.
returned to the parlor, musing
upon the blessing OF good neigh
bourhood, when half dozen rapid
knocks at the door again startled me.
The servant came in and said that s
or d children at the door were all
asking to see me. FASTENED to meet
them with no little alarm-"What is
it my children1 do you wish to see
| mex"
All.-Ma'am-Miss Barbara
Boy.-Uncle wants to know If
you'll
Little Boy.--Mother sent me to
ask you to-
Girl.-Please Ma'am to-
ALL LEND
Boy-him your axe.
Little Boy--her your tub.
Giri-sis'er, your thread case.
Man approacbing.-Can you lend
me your wheel-barrow, Ma'am3
Woman just behind hin.-l want
to borrow your clothes-line just for
| bali an hour, Ma'am.
'Ihird boy.-Father says, if you
take the newspaper, Ma'am, he would
like to borrow il for little while.
Before could answer these multi
farious requests, little note written
! in a fine Italian hand on rose colored
paper, and very Enthusiastically turned
up at the corners, was put into my