Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-05-06
No. IL

loving, chimney-corner smoking, snuff
ting anc tea tippling lynxs Of the three
grsnd divisions Of socie.y-turtle,
mock turtle, and plain horn. The
busy body. who busy themselves with
every ones concerns but their own
the meddlers, who meddle in every
matter they see, hear ul. or get the
scent Gf-the Doofittles, who spend
their time in hunting after some new
thing--the talkalIs, who in conse-
quence ofthe volubiIity of their Tongues
mast gather in or manufacture great
deal of matter-each, any, all, can
tell you ,ctat's The nelos.
It's an age of marvellous fecundity
j-whe ther the last was SO, | have not
taken the trouble to inquire Of my
grandmother-the reasoning appiied
to establish the fact Of the infinite de
visibility Of PARTICLES proves in prac-
tice true as to the infinite digis.b "
of stories. An ingenuovs story tel
ler-and who that talks 10 the fu Il
mount of ten sentences, and th;nks
! one-tenth Of sentence in The time, IS
not, knows readily how to make
hundred tales out of one, oy sispy
taking up the different parts ani put
ting them together in new order, win
a little occasional embelishner,.--
Such ali one can tell you ichat's TIE
neiCs.
Little Nancy Runabout popped in
at my grandmother the other morn
ing, and said plump, Bill Sutton and
Peggy Prim were married. The story
was just fortnight old took up the
clue, and determined out of curiosity
TO run back with it and see what L
came from; traced it 10 its origin
( would you believe it--throngh seren~
tpen editions only. The fist story
was: Ned Noodle and Fanny Fudge
spoke at the Church door--the second,
they walked from church together
Sd, Ned waited on Fanny TO chulca
and back-4,h, Ned was "a gallant of
her's-5th, was courting her-Gth. was
engaged to her The seventh edition
of the story was that Noodle was en-.
J gagged to the Squire's daughter-Fan.
ny Fudge and Peggy Prim, both had
the honour of being daughters Of
squires. and the latter was supposed
to be the lady alluded to; so the 9Th
informcr had it Noode was engage
to Peggy Prim the 9th, that PeSgy
was mortgagedto the young clerk at
the. Cross Roads-Nood!e and Bill
Sutton, both happened to be clerks at
the Cross Roads. end the latter was
here too mistaken for the former SO
the tenth story was that BIZ, Sutton
and Peggy Prim, were engaged The
! 1lih, that they were expected to make
a match /; 18th, were sOon to max a
match /; 18th, were to BE married il
the fall; 18th. to ba married III few
months l5h, few weeks; 10Th, "a
few DAYS, 18th, that ,hey were
married--Nancy Runabours srur,.
which having originated IN Ned Moo
dies speaking to Miss Fanny Fudg
had, IN passing through Seventeen va.
racous hands, with Out bare trifr oi
embellishments from escn, ac!uaiir
married two good people wno bad
hardly formed now dye CO aecugia..
tanee. laughed at it as AN 2odi9 and
Fudge story--but it's of the salac
class with those in common currency
every day--These are the reyso.s to
tell you ayaot'S tis hs,cs.
| Who then that is dear lover ai
news would not throw aside .'o news.
paper, and hasten into the strpers
pay morning visits, and af.erG.or VS.
! its, and evening visits sip Lsa aud
be idle; to become II partsf.r ~ tdls
feast OF language and this aaa of {es-
sip! la, says my little cousi ~ .a.
teresting 1t would b.. Tie ovrr OF
bran new intelligence neeo never
! experience dearth there il 'galjc-
! ty' enough to spice l,fe a life ic'Q as
Methuselah's--to be had ebeara asst
cost or less as merchants -'wavs seii
their goods |; aud every body psy
have free admittancc to a full beuoij.
who will subscribe this one agticio
of common faith listen to evcrr
thing that is said-beIieve all you
hear
. A gentleman remarked the other
day, that he knew but one pare con-
sistent politician in the whole county
and he was believed t. be- derar re ~.
This is as bad las Goldsm,th's indiH /,
but one attentive auditor in st, Paul,
Cathedral, and he Vas deaf aid dumb.
Private letters received in N.-York
from Carthagena, state that very
large sum OF money was toSnd AT