The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1825-12-17

al wrong against any living being; this should
have saved me from the taunts of ridicule But,
alas from circumstance over which had 10
control, and for which, therefore, ought not to
have been made amenable; from mere whlm
of nature freak Of fate-I was doomed to
suffer those miseries and humiliations from nlne-
tsnths of those whom chance threw in my way.
And, for what? | was-Seven Feet High!
''The very head and front of my offending
Hath this extent-no more"
Would you credit it, Sir for this have been
followed like some strange animal unseen before
among men: for this | have borne anguish and
wounded pride, and undeserved disgrace for
this have been gazed at as huge libel on the
human form: as a creature which had little In
common with the rest of mankind; and for
which mankind entertained to sympathies as
an indebe blot on the fair page of life-a curse
personfed-
"a tear on natures universal smile.'
At one time greasy jacketed fellow, bearing
a ladder and torch, asks me, as particular fa-
your, to save him the trouble of ascending the
former, by taking off the tops Of his lamps, and
applying the lighted torch to the wicks; adding,
whilst he screws his mouth up to an impudent
assumption of gravity, g Your Honor won't have
to stretch much-you needn't stand on hp-toe,
Sir No need of stills, your Worship" SC.
At another time, willing, whose eyes happen
to be some inches nearer his mother earth than
my own-a coxcomb, clad In white corded small
clothes, with drab CATERS, and piece of very
DOUBTFUL apparel on his back--a something,
which is not long enough to constitute benja-
min, and too long for dress coat or spencer
stops me in Broadway, and with an affected
drawl and vacant stare, tells me, he should feel
particularly obliged-materially honoured-ex-
tremely gratifed, if | would let him know the
hour by St Paul's clock; as he is SO far remov-
ed from it, that curse him, if he can distinguish
one hand from the other. One, with pretended
earnestness, accuses me of having stolen flower
pots from his garret-window. Another charges
me with the murder of his wife, who, he AYERS,
caught cold and died, in consequence of the
rain having penetrated through, the roof Of his
house upon her bed; all of which. he says, was
occasioned by my having taken away the tiles:
while little sneering fellow, in suit of rusty
black, wishes to be informed, whether it is true
that the atmosphere becomes colder in proper
ton as we ASCEND. But am getting tired of
recountng the multifarious insults have expe-
rienced, the unmerited sufferings have under
gone. Yet, one thing must not omit-the wo
men, those seeming angels, from whom thought
we received the better portion OF our nature
to whom | conceived man to be indebted for
half his divinity the Women-whose eyes are
suns--whose words are muslc---WhOse looks are
love--treated me as unceremOnlously, and as
coldly and unfeehngly, as those OF my own sex.
| | was never phlegmatic enough to contemplate
| beauty without feeling of acknowledgements. oc-
| casionally, without love. | offered my hand at
various periods of my life to at least DOZEN
C1a r,cca axcusa1 herself hv saving that she