The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-10-07
From the Boston Telegraph.
A GREAT DISCOVERY.

DaDer, great discovery WHICH mas laleiy
burst upon my mind; and which, nope,
will be Of general use have always blam-
ed the selhshness of those, who, when they
have found out any salve, or nostrum, lock
nm the secret in their own breasts, and sui
fer their ncighbors to perish for the want OF
Il. unless they will purchase it an cxorbtant
price. shall adopt more generous meth
od and hasten to tell of discovery, which,
if the world will only rate it BY its utility,
will place my name on level with Napier, |
Franklin or Fulton; and even entitlc me to
outshine the glory of Columbus himself
You must know, sir, that was one OF those
fools who get married before they get any
thing to eat !; and / had dozen mouths to
feed, before had hardly crumb to put in
to either of them. When l was about nine
teen wears old, took notion to go to a sing
ing school, where saw Lydia Loveful, whose
black ewes and warbling voice wounded my
heart and shot all the little prudence had
stone dead. To make long story short
one, courted her, and after the usual guam
tity of smiles, tears, poutings, Sleeps eyes,
onarles, and reconciliations, married her,
Oct. 3. Ammo Domini 1910. We should have
married a little earlier, only could not rake
and scrape money enough to buy one iron pot.
one skillet, three chairs, a bed, and par OF
bellows without a nose Gan mdtSPeRSsote
article of household stuff with which con-
viences we furnished our chamber, and be-
gan housekeeping, as happy as the most an
mingled love, without one particle OF fore
sight, of reflection, could make u.s.
The honey moon flew away in bliss land
must own the first two or three years OF our
wedlock were not so miserable as they might
have been. I was strong and hearty, and
two good hands to my body, which had been
accustomed to work and Lydia was Thrift
ty girl, who managed our expenses with some
economy. But after all | was miserably poor,
and had an abundance OF the poor mans bles-
sing. What, how ever, beyond, amy thing
else increased our difficulties was, that had
fallen into the practice of drinking grog every
day. | had been habituated to it from my
youth, and had been accustomed to reckon
little rum and water (no matter what proper
tion) among the necessarics of life. follow
ed a laborious profession, and thought lit
tie stimulus necessary for the health OF the
body and keeping up the spirits. Indeed
could not do without it: 1t was out OF the
question. So welded was to my superfiu-
Gus appetitcs, that my bringing jug and my
tobacco box were the idols of my heart.
Did you ever see, MIR. Editor, man OIL
our harbour in boat-wind and tide against
making no headway! II you ever did, YOU
have certainly seen, Jack Ncw-bottle's coun-
terpart, was a woodsawycr, and worked
like dog and yet | never could get ono
Bit of bread and butter beforehand. | was
np early and late never meant to be, and
never thought myself all idle man; still,
when I retained money, my dish was never
lip. Accounts came in before could settle
them people came dunning, knew not how
to answer them. / never thought myself a
hard drinker--never suspected such thing
but when Tipplcton the shop keeper brought
in my bill for drinking, am almost ashamed
to tell how long it was 1t was nothing bu
ditto do--dito !; like the dull UNMARRIED mott
of the cuckoo, or whippoor-will; ; and charg'
at the bottom heavy enough to sink the hear
of a Cre-us himself. believe the rogue
overcharged me; for cannot think half
pint day with one or tz?o exceptions, is'So
ing to amount up to barrel in three months
have no idea of bearing on my shoulders al
the sins of the knavish shop keepers.
But the worst of my troubles was at home
I have naturally good temper, except whe
something provokes me but my wife, in TIL
midst of my misfortunes, seemed to gro'
dreadful cross and scolding. She wante
tea and sugar, when she knew ! had no me
ney to get them; and we had something t
quarrel about every day. | suppose di
not provide for her SO well as l might; b,
then no husband likes to be scolded at, eve
II he is to blame. Sometimes she woul
remind me of my promises, when | Wa
courting her--just as if counting time wer
to last always. Sometimes she would snivt
and cry: sometimes she would try to act til
pathetic, and sometimes the reproachfl
part, while the children would look on, All
think their parent wanted whipping MOI
than ever they did, o, Mr.. Editor, if 70
could have looked in and witnessed some
our nuptial scenes-the room in confusion
the skillet overturncd-thc Johnny cakes
the fre--the ashes all over the hearth; n
children CRYING, my wife scolding and swea
ing; YOU would certainly allow that matr
mony, grog drinking and poverty, are thr'
Of the most illsorted companions that we
ever patched together.-My children gre
very ragged, and what is worse, fear the
clothes were but emblems oftheir minds. N
wife too, not only neglected her temper b
her person. She was entirely changed fro
the spruce black eyed girl fell in To-
with, at the singing school; and r
member one day Tom Seaver coming to VII
me, and seeing her snarled hair, said TIL
her head looked as if it had six mice mes
built in it, and the seventh was buildin
But could have borne the mice nests on h
head, if her heart had not been ratt
snakes den.
Tins sir we went on growing poorcr n