The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
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For the Wilmingtonian.

For the Wilmingtonian.
WELL we moved on the last t'centy nm, and
moving we had Of it. You know what day y
was-cold, windy and wet. l, myself, got COM
plcteIy duckea; and as for the black men who as
sisted, they became m0ist; THAT before we hah
finished they were timber as rags-one fellows
c)rns hurt him, so he could work no longer-a-
mother fellow strained his back and the third was
candid enough to acknowledge without equvoca- a
ton that he ,cns drunk. There were several
things lost, some stolen and more broken. But
what completely ovcrset my aunt Susanna tenn
per was the sudden demolishion OF an oM CHINA
cream j,lg, which she said was her mothers mn
tier's mother's, and which had been kept safe
and sound until this day, except having the ham
die broken offin 1854 and having piece knock
ed out of the side in 1905, both Of which frac-
lures had been handSomeiy mended with cafna
plifY MY aunt is not one OF those wor1en who
can keep her temper "tho' china fall" III tell
you how it happened. There IS cur ircni MRS
liokcns, who has at ali times manifested k'!Sl'g
kindness for my aunt Susanna-thls said Mrs fio-
she very politely frees the big cni OF hall DO
zen other progeny to assist a. the moving WE'LL
one Of these children, quite small one, by some
means gets the said antique cream jug, and with
! all the speed of childish industry, started to car
t ry it 20 our new abolc. The child's limbs beng
of rather weak texture, it forced by fatigue
q TO take rest at an intervening corner Ever
p pleased with novelty, its infant mind forgot the
+ brttleness of china, while gazing attentlvcly at
. a passing load Of household goods, and with all
the good nature of forge,fIlncss deliberately
struck this Jreakabls commodity against the post
=, ON which it was leaning. The sad disaster immedi
stely unfolded itself to the arightcd child, wicr
away it scampered with all the speed OF fright
and left the fragments scattered in destructive
confusion on the pavement. 1t happened that
was the first who discovered the great loss ant
. with all speed "picked up the pieces" and as
+. suming dolceul sympathy prcscn cd with al
Of the sill nee of sorrow, the shattered cream jug
aunt s. sanna. "IIorrors on horrors head accu
n,ala,c' aid shc (for You must know she i
sometimes c!asscal,) "For century this piece
Of china has been preserved in our family, an'
{ now it must be broken by the careless hands
child, sent by thaklcssy oHcius woman,
t have some time been pcstered with this trouble
. some woman and had thought OF offending he
longtime since, but it seems as II tate was
eanst me- Ny table cracked by man, look
oy ing glass broken by my maid, and this vaiuabi
and reverenced cream Jug now destroyed D
q the carclcssness of a child Itis too much, MED
l., lev. send all those children home, with informs
no ton to their mother tha, they have injured m
more than their heads are worth. Il soon di'
charged my duty for don't like these cherer
tlcv arc SO inquisi,ivc and noisy,) and ny hohe
I'M the Young IIokcrs' walked oil Ike fellows attt
a), being logged, Well, thinks !, sorrow heVe
'r) comes sngly; here is broken crean-l"s an
broken friendship; moved on, while Tie chi
Tor tlren moved oE This said affair kept aa''' 81
to SAUNA in fear all the day, and to no other rcaso
an in the world can attribute the poor and ia'
ph snDpcr which we had that night, than to N
rds brcakinc Of the cream,iug. 1t was nothln
all day with her but ''creanJHg carcies
In ness, ofliciousncss, IIoScns, &c. She refused
on, rive the men their full price, she q''arrellcd VII
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maid and threw cat out fthc second story WI
49,. dow into the street. Depend upon 1t thercis I
telling the extent Of a woman's anger when .
casoned by breaking of chna. 1t is kind
consecr,ted ware, and you might as well a'tem
~ y, to remove religious opinions without opposite
he ,s break china without causing irritation.
iio On the same night of the 25th before we HI
'"e got hall fGred, one of the ncg'bors Mrs sl''
mid us n visit, which from evidence, | wou
'es' conclude was intended less for consr'tulat
Ses- and good neighbor'ess, than to have the iii
eat chance of caumniatng the rest Of our part OF
Town. There was scarce family which S
ries supposed we would chance to become acqua
erb: ted with, that she did not SANDER at dread
S to rate. Also she said ''not from any bad moti'
is of only that we might beware Wit. whom we mig
bccome familiar with".-Yon know there
Mr.. such persons in the world, who wish to lnsnu'