The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-14
RULES.

NILS, VI youl OWD pOCket handkerchief
Always observe. the Abyssinian Gus.
tom--neyer to speak nor to drink, unless
your mouth be quite full
Champ whatever you eat, making as
much noise as possible, which will shew
you relish, and are pleased with what
you are eating.
Should any thing at dinner stick in
your teeth, do not allow yourself 10 SUI
fer from il for moment; but use pin.
or if you have not such thing about
you, fork will be a good succedane-
um.
Always begin TO speak before another
has finished what he or she has TO say,
as it will serve to shew the quickness of
your perception, in being able to under
stand thing before it is uttered, and
give the company great opinion Of
your good breeding.
Be sure, on leaving room, to turn your
back on the company +; and if the door
be open when you go out, be sure to
leave it open, particularly if the wealth
err be cold.
Should you have occasion to use your
handkerchief in company, do not mince
the matter, as the fastidious are went TO
do, by eighty COMPRISING the nose
but boldly and decidedly blow it, (partic-
ularIy at meal time) until relieved from
the inconvenience and the more loud
and the more violent the different pro-
pulsions of sound are, the more genteeI,
easy, and agreeable you will be consid-
cred.
When in company, should you ever
be at loss what TO do with your hands
and feet, Gas is often the case with young
people, you can occasionally put one
foot over the other sit cross-legged !;
pick your ears with the head of a pin !;
run your fingers through your hair; pare
your nails with a penknife /; remove SUI
perauous hairs with your nails; blow
your nose and look at your handker-
chief; beat a tattoo on the table; bite
your nails; cape now and then; stretch
yourself TO open your chest Toll back !;
tilt your chair; cut notch or two in the
arm of it with your penknife (which
should be in your hand ready for use J
scratch your head, or any other part that
may happen to itch, and in so doing you
will convince the company that you have
been well brought up, and are perfectly
free from vulgar habits.
At tavern or coifee-house il is an ad-
mirable device to make a general mo-
nopoly of all the newspapers in the
room, holding two together, sitting on
others, and placing your elbows on the
remainder. Peeping over a PERSONS
shoulder while he is writing or perusing
letters or papers: this shows great know
ledge ofpoliteness, and ought particular
ly TO be encouraged, if you wish to rise
in the world.
If you have remarkable pale face,
make it still paler by wearing a prodi-
gious quantity of hair-powder till you re-
semble the efigy Of a white lion at a
village alehouse, or loaf of double re-
fined sugar. If invited to dine with a
friend. go 10 linen as black as printers
devil: it shows a noble independence
and that you go more 10 satisfy yourself
than any other person.
The employment of fashionable ant
cant phrases give grace TO converse
ton, such as, that sort of thing, that:
your sort, there she goes, keep moving
what's 10 pay, owe you one, push on
that's the dandy, and this is the barber
sc.
you wish TO appear of consequence
in society, boast of your wealth, birth
education, &c. and as much as possible
magnify the amiableness of your wife
the sensbility of your children, and tn,
astonishing achievements of your ances
tors.
lnterlard your conversation with vel
chosen Oaths and fashionable swearing
This, when properly managed, display
your ingenuity. 1t is an excellent sub
stitute for genius, wit, and talents. Be
sides, your word is more regarded wher
your conversation is on oath. If you
swear before the great proficients in tht
art, vary your mode as much as possible
Think Of something new, and wisely re
collect, with .Acres in Sheridan's Come
| dy, that /" damns have had their day."
The Deuil-Sticker of South .4merica.-
In many Of the huts or habitations in thu
Indian villages passing up the great riv
ers, is TO ne found the devil-sticker. L
is of a soft, spungy nature, and smootI
skin, not unlike the large slug of England
It is brought into the hut with the fire.
wood, or it may creep in from the out
side mperceived. II, however, crawl'
up the side wall, and getting on the edge
of the rafters Of the ceiling, to which i
adheres, it looks like a small ball, or,
more properly, like the slug coiled up
| II is frnnupntlv known n drnn from its