The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-05-19
THE KENTUCKY LADIES

nc lauleS IL kentucky are IN General
larger in stature than in your state. SprinS
ing as it were, from richer soil, their nos
sons indicate regular, well proportionsa
and more healthful growth; they are larca
enough to be stately, without being awp,
ward; their symmetry is more the gift of na.
ture than of art or fashion: their featnrss
are in general regular and handsome with.
out being beautiful, aud are we'll adapted IN
convey the impressions Of an improved mind
Their departments are in general dign6ed
evincng exalted virtues yet gracefully con
descending, easy, candid, and unaffected
though in some few instances, rudely care
less of what they say or do, and regar,eS.
of the respect due to others. Accustomed
to social intercourse and the frequent intro.
duction to strangers, they are at once affabe
receive Il gentleman as friend, and stran
ger as an acquaintance. The generous hos
pitaity Of their hearts is displayed in the
kindness of their manners. Their style Of
dress is neat, easy and fashionable, though
sometimes too ornamental
an general, their minds are stored with
substantial and useful knowledge, and in ma
nv instances embellished with the fashions.
bic accomplishments. Cheerful in disposi
tion, their conversation is seasonably lvey
and interesting; the follies and foibles of the
sex, and the beauties of beau, or tine FASH
ions of a dress yield to more rational and ed.
flying subjects of conversation. The ladies
Of Kentucky possess all that is useful be-
longing to their sex in any state, but they are
destitute of that engaging sof.ness of the
southern, and attractive beauty of the north
ern ladies'. met, however, with few in
dividuals of the sex who possessed every
thing that was necessary to please the eye, 10
interest the heart and delight the mind"
There is wit and truth in the following hit a,
the iipentiue genius of our country, and at wha,
is really mschevous, the facility with which men,
: who have acquired names of some influence.
lend themselves to the support o. such gtn
f cr0ckS.-
Patents.-"Patent trisscs, patent teeth in.
struments, patent pills. aud patent lanccts, are,
in our opinion, all of piece; and when medical
men countenance and even patronize such use
less efforts Of human ingenuity, they encourage
artizans, who might be better employed, 10 labor
entirely in vain What is there III this country
that does not go by patent We were lately
= q'Iainted with gentleman who wore patent
VI hat, bought patent boots with cork soles, and
daily besmcarcd his toes with Conway's paen,
c corn plaster; not satisfied with this, he crawled
I into patent doe skin shirt, and KEEP up his small
y hands warm by patent spring black gloyes-and
: finally, falling sick of fever, took forty dolars
a worth Of patent Physic from patent docter, and,
: after languishing awhile on one ofJencks patent
bedsteads, he dicd--as all patent things do--pre-
o maturely-was placed in patent cedar wood
e coffin bcne on patent spring hearsc to patent
J., alright tomb, where he now lies--a striking en-
II blem of the numerous inventions which claim the
!, protection of our American patent laws"
:. HAMILTON, BUTLER COUNTY, (Ohio,)
{. April 5-Snguiar.--The body of Mr. Eli
! Johnson, lr. whose death we noticed in a
: preceding number of our paper, was found
e on Wednesday last, after having laid iii the
water upwards of two weeks very sim
rular circumstance attending this is worthy
. of notice Since the day this young maj
was drowned, many frutless searches hat
: been made, for his remains, by surviving
{ relatives and others On Tuesday night the
I mother ofthe deceased dreamed that he had
( been found on Caldwells mll-dam the
!, dream made so strong an impression on tht
: mind of the mother, that she earnestly re-
:" questcd that search might be made: thi'
request was complied with, and, singular tl
relate, the corpse was found on the ldentica
dam above named.
.r Uorthu Of Imitation.--An act was passc(
~ =, At the last session ofthe Legislature of Maine
~ providing for the distribution Of copies OF I'll.
J, Constitution of that State and the L. States
~, to be used in common schools. 1t make
:, provision for printing and distributing 1000,
-, copies of these Constitutions, bound in the
= spelling book form, and requires "that the
= ;, Sclectmen OF towns, and assessors OF planta
= tons, receiving such books, Shall entrus
u them to the instructors OF schools in the sev'
~ - eial districts, in proportion to the number
- scholars" and makes it the duty Of thes'
u instructors to cause them to be read in theil
" -, schools, and when practicable, to be com
N Eitted to memory.
tn Steep and suhher-eating.- cann%
Us sleep if they eat any supper, and certainly
an the lighter this meal is the better. Other
lt need not put on their night caps, ii they @
to not first bribc their sto.nachs to good be
ho havour by a certain quantity Of bread an'
n cheese and beer, &c. &c. and so to bed almos
re immediately after. As to the wholesome
n ness of solid supper, her Sc, we do not thini
a, it advisable, but habit may have made
Ell indispensable, and we know it is often tn
n most comfortable meal among the middi
m classes of society, who have as large shar
IL Of health as any. We caution bad sleeper
:. to beware now they indulge in the habit
exciting sleep, by taking any of the prepa'
atipnc of all Ill