Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-12
PRINTED arp PUBLISHED,
DAILY,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1927.
TUE RATTLE OF THE BREEhS, AND
THE MONKEY.
THO Passages IN tie Life Of IpiIEam vice. weaver
Nv ia Hum;!,0n.
ans nNrrLE on THE BREtK


ruE RATTLE OF THE BREsKs.
,f,an ,vnuder when think oil the Uiou'a
,;nrs that men bring upon themselves '"r"us"
~, or ,umption and common indepehoenee
- s,oeri, There now, was tar nae less IMAM
s;,h,.an wears as henpickit man as ever
.,,,,,ch, a, the loom. Maggy and me, ailer tue
g., week of our marriage never torega'heteo
.ael ,hegi,her. There was something uheo-
dour md imperious about her temper, ai'ho's'
! maun saw, barring this drawback, she was ""e
TIA, IN in her way either-that IL " says I
had sort Of kindness about hsr, anu
- ,rolv mitherly way 10 the barns, giei"
,hsn, a, things needfu' III the way OF ieedins
agd c,ai,hinr so far as our means adrnioea:.
R,u O man, for a that, she was a dour whe
Tb.rc WAS nae pleasing her ae way OF a"'..''
s and WHENEVER heard The bell ringing l0r '.e
.fjsk'i, put in mind .ongst boaDd, van n
s,xass eine, and abusinl Beyond bounds al
~. ,7,,a,I was a puir, broken hearted mar, ana
of,An wished mysclf in Abraham's BOSOM a'
r,,s the care. and miseries OF tins slh'u "o'ie'
Was ;os, saving that folk often rim 'nei,
heads into scrapes for want al a niot'e "a'u'a,
81 Ietnae man tell me that guide nature
and simplicity will get on best III 'nhs W.
-. faith. no. | hae had over mucSie t4peri
err. hal way: and the ,anser live has pts'eo
90 ,rs nv auld master, James Currie, lhim III
,bs Quarry Loan,) was M see lar wrang wheh
Re alleged, in his droll guide humonred way,
,b,t man should haze enough oil the Dell aooo'
ham IA keen the dell frae him. That was, aiter
:, az. o( the wises, observes haze heard oi ior
In, time. Little do SOPHIE that would
ever be oblsegaled 10 max use OF IN my am
Dar,icklar case;-but, bide awee, ana >e Sna',
sec how il was brocht about between me ana
Maggy.
Il was on wintry night when shs sst 2nl e
\
IA s,ulled, would hae lStft her to
bi,i. at hau,e and no fash her thumb abo4' a,
matter, which after a. was only an II thre>
happence rarthing and neither mere nor there.
But. ma; Maggy was name o the kind to let SIC
an object SIAN by; so out she sets, WI her red
cloak abou, her, and her black velvet bonnet
that she had Just that day got hame frae Miss
Lorimer, the milliner-upon her head But
maun first tell what passed between her apd me
on this wonderful occasion.
"And now, my dear" quo |. looking as cou'
thy aud humble as could, and pu'ing nv XII
marnock night cap wee grain aft my brow IL
kind os half respectful fashion, whats this
we're eanging TO BIZ about? Odds, woman,
wadna gle pirn for "a that has happened
What signifies pickle hour scrimp worth hal
proaI,'' Faith, | would better hae held my
tongue for nae sooner was the word uttered
than takin' baud o. a can, half fu' o ready made
dressing, which l was preparing 10 lay on ;
wab Of blue check was working for Mr.. An
drew Treddles, the Glasgow Manufacturer
say. takin' baud of this, she let it flee at IN,
head like cannon ball. But Providence wa
kind, and instead Of knocking out my bruins
as had every reason TO expeck, it gied bang
against our ain looking glass, and shattered i
into Ave hunder pieces. But didna a',heg,th
escape skaltb, the dressing having flown GU
as the can gaed by me, and piaisiered a M,
face over in manner maist extraordinary Il
behold By lingo, my corruption was rouseo
az this deadly attempt, and Gin She hadna beef
nv WIFE wad hae thrown about her neck Iik
tappit hens But, al was henpickii, an'
she had sic mastery over me as nae persaa
sions of my ain judgment could overcome. Ss
I could do naething but stan glowhring at he
like a moudicwart, while she poured out
muckle abuse as if l had been her iluaky, in
stead of her natural lord and master. Ance o
twice / faDd my nieves yeuking 10 gle her
clour by way Of balancisg accounts, but sue
was the power Of influence she had -obtaine
that durstna cheep for my very hearts bnd
So ava she gaed on her errand, leaving me SIT
tin by the fire 10 make the best oil my desPe
rate condition.
40, Nancy" said to my doc liter, as she Sal
mending her brither's sark, opposite to me, 81
ma your mither an awfu' woman?"
81 see nae,hing awful about her." quo In
cratur; 81 think she sersit ye RIGHT; and had
amap, would just treat him in the same wa!
if he.daur'd 10 set his nose against onythn
that wanted" declare to ye when | hear
this frae my ain flesh and bluid, was perfect
ly dumfoandered. The BARN l had brough
up on, my knee-that used, when wee thirs
TO come and sit beside me at the loom, an
who was in the custom OF wheeling my prn
wi her ain hand-odds, man, it was desperate
I could ma say abilher word, but fand
big tear come hap-happing over my runkle'
cheeks, the first that had wet them sin was
bit laddie rinning about before the scule door
What was her mither's abusiveness to this