The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-06-28

"sI}, suspicious, disconnected leeT
ana never looked you honestly in tn
: race. They gave the dog Inc air Of
piekPockei; and 1 seldom ever met
Without lnsilnctively pntting my baud {,
my watch or my purse. Had an,
iai'ii III iransmigration, should say tina
me Soai oi Bill Soames had passed into
| me ugly body Of my old aual's poodle
bu'' as II lie natural expression Of it,
eyes had been sufficient to render The
"east hateful, an accident must need.
occur, TO remove all doubt upon the
Poiht. Some months ago, the contents
OF phlai Of spirits Of hartshorn were
overturned. into Nc. LoyeIy's right eve
- ior Lovely IS the appropriate name
fo' The exquisite creature which said
right eye has not only Lcen ever since
renewed of the performance Of all opti-
cal duties, bat it has assumed an apnear-
ance by no means so agreeable as 10
| warrant description. liz skin too -
The common saying that * beauty is
but skin deep" would, in this instance,
become a gross exaggeratiou, for Mr..
Loyely's beauty is not even as deep as
dat He is, 10 make a literal use OF
another common expression, in a very
ugly skin. II is Of no imaginable cell
QUA sort of yellowish-gree nish-
brownish-grey-an unearthly, vampire
Iiage. And here again accident has
slept in, 10 make bad worse. By the
Iupsetting of a caidron Of boiling water,
tie unluchy animal was wofuIIy scald-
ed and TO this hour he bears evidence
OF has suferings, and his miraculous es-
cape from death, in two large, ghastly,
Eiuls spots--one on his left side, The
o'her or Tie nape of his neck-as free
from hair as the palm of your hand.
Now, though it would be impossible TO
Ike such mass of ueliness and deform-
ity, yet, had it been a weIl.dsposed,
kind-hearled, gentleinaniy, uhassuming
dog; a dog of progressing manners,
respectable habits, decent conduct, and
u0im ieachabln morals CT, were il re-.
markablc for lis talents and accomplish
rnents; one might, upon all or any of
these accounts, and in consideration Of
lis suifeIlngs, have piiied and endured
it. But, no: as it is the ugliest, SO it is
lie worst Of created beasts sulkv,
snarllrg, savage, and sneahing, thank
less aJd dissatisfied Us artant thief as
magpie, as finished biackguard AS "a
butchers cur; and, for accomplish
nents. II could moi set upon i3s binder
legs, pick up penny piece, or fetch a
handkerchief across The room, were Ell
iher of these feats to be made lis bene-
fiji Of clergy.
ltmay be asked, Why be at tire pains
Of describing SO worthless beast? Be-
cause the beast, worthless as il is, is the
sole arbiter Of The destinies of The only
Iremajnng representative Of three an
cient houses-ihe Thwaites's, The No
lands, aud the Briggs. Besides, the
beast has clear income of twelve hun
dred pounds a year; or, which is the
same thing, he has The disposal Of il.
Yesterday was my old aunt Marga-
refs birthday, when, as USUAL, all the
members Of her family were invited 10
dine with her. Poor Jack No!and and
myself, are her only immediate relations !;
the Briggs's Consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
b. with their son and daughter, Pompo-
nious aud Julia and Miss Priscilla
Thwaits, Ga maiden lady of fifiy-feyen)
being merely first cousins 10 her late
husband The assertion that all the
members of my Aunt Mafgaret's family
were invited 10 dine with her, requires
some modification nothing more must
be understood by il, than all such as en-
| Joy the honor Of Mr.. Lovely's patron
age, and nave been wise enough to keep
terms w!th him for, besides the seven
persons enumerated, there are fifteen
others, who, owing 10 various offences
committed by them against he peace
and dignity oil the rascalIy liule poodle,
are now IN more considered by Aunt
Margaret as her relations, than PFes(er
john.
Now, since Aunt Margaret, as jack
NoIand very sensIbly observed TO me
the other day, cannot carry her money
with her to The grave, il must be evil
dent that The prospects of us seven, who
sill continue in favor, are improved by
the removal Of the unfortunate fifteen ;
but, in proportion as our places are
more valuable, our duties, our cares, aaG
our aDxieties are more oppressive.
The brute seems TO be perfectly aware
Of this; he appears 10 have studied our
dislikes and antipathies for the iiendish
pleasure of exciting them; aud he
takes a daboical delight in tormenting
us 10 within 40 inch Of the forfeiture o
our legacies. He is perhaps more cir
cumspeci in his conduct toward me thar
towaids the other expec;ants; for
long ago gave HIM a lesson which III