Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-08
ga life 20 sacred, such serene repose,
Seem'd heaven itself till one suggestion


Mr.. John Scraggs, one fine afternoon in June,
was looking inten,ly at three live cucumhers
under glass in his kitchen garden; and was in
the act Of wondering why two OF them should
be as crooked as his cows horn, and the third
as strait as his lgnum vi,se rLie, when his vile
made her appearance, and smilingly presented
Mr.. Scraggs with five remarkably hne goose
berries, recently plucked by her own sair hand
from The prickIy bush which is planted third on
the left side ofthe gravel walk as you look from
the bow window OF The drawing room. 'umph!
calculated Mr.. Scraggs to himself as ne sur
veyed the donation, "a sprat TO ca'ch Whaie:
wonder what is in the wind now. My dear,
said Mrs. Sclaggs, 4 have been thinking about
this house. The lease, you know, Is out In
September 'Yei, my dear replied Mr.. S.
q know 1t is l mean to write Tomorrow TO
Mr.. Chatter about renewing II. 'lharstthe
very thing I want you not to do resumed the
lady; 'Clap,on is all very well for young chill
dren who want air. though that indeed will not
be left long. That new row Of houses opposite
The terrace will be the r"ia OF the place. One
used 10 be able to see Lady James tower on
Shooters lIil but soon nobody will be able 10
breathe. Nothing but brick and mortar all "a
bout us. No, my dear, as The girls are growing
up, VIC must think Of removing 10 town.. Mr.
Scraggs let divp his five gooseberrics into his
cucumber frame. Rcmo,ing to town"-'fes
Pray. why so?'-'Why we have daughters 10
introduce '-'ro introduce? 10 whom? If you
mean the Queen Of Wirtembuig, Pm sure Mr..
Lake will lend US hi, muAun, in parro, as he
calls il, TO take us all To- Queen OF Wiz
,cmbure! Nonsense, Mr. Scraggs! | mean 10
introduce by way of settling. oh, now un.
dcrs,and you; you want the girls 10 marry
oil hnf by from,
Claplon 10 do that? We have an excellent par
ish church at Hackney, and very audible par
son: it does ones heart good 10 hear him pub
lish The s.'-No, Mr. Scraggs, the girls
would be thrown away here. They are out Of
their element in the purlieus of Leabridge: ab-
soule mermaids out Of water. Sarah is tall,
and writes poe,ry;--and Amelia is reckoned We
ry like Miss Foote, and plays on The guitar
Signor Clinkauini has taught her 10 give il the
preiiiest thumps with what he calls the heel Of
her hand, and 10 accompany il with such roll
fhrr eye, that am greatly mistaken II she
does not, before her frs, season is over, Jump
into chariot and house in Park lane "a
house in Mark lane would be rather more in her
line, my dear gravely observed Mr.. Scraggs
Here the conversation dropped; and 10 single
spectator il might have seemed that the lady
| took nothing by her motion; hut married by
stander would have inferred otherwise Cont.
nuai dropping will wear away stone: and by
a parity Of reasoning, continual wIeing will
wear away husband In six weeks the family
was transferred TO Upper Baker street: MIR
Scraggs having on the day that preceded his de-
partuie from Clpton, taken a mournfn glance
through his telescope al the plous and coDspi-
cuous tower erected by Lady James 10 The me
morv Of her departed lord.
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t song, entitled Why do weep?' to the fun. ~
1T re Is nae luck about the house. in slow
.iiiie' II having been asccrtancd thar mil
'"'sS ere the most pathetic ones when suno.
'io"' ne song was written after The mo-;
appio,eu modern recipe. 1t depicts vo,nn
'i'a' !'''ed by the woman he adored. desn;s;,S
saietles OF which there is no evidence ,h,, Is
ever partook. He talks of'trsatin,. Other ho,,
l,cS win dlsdain,' without once adver,;nrr
lhr 'aoie OF he Fox and the Grapes. and ~
,ai'hs, IN vain Aimack's would bee kop M.
"nro"t making IT appear that ne was ev.r
eh'P'ed oy The offer ofa ticker Nevertho
d e, why DO l weep'is SO correctly prnne,
,,er '''e most appro' ed models now in vooma
i na' should NOT be at all surprised if il mr.
IA no we never meniion her. hors ne Gambia,
WI Gtlve ISABEL fairly off the barrel organs
eua haa JUS htted new pale blue ribbIn r.
- '"Ni"5 sung 1t across her necL -
a. practising tiit"des in the mirror, Are .
e1aS $ told me that they bad got into a de.
81, 'a M situation being not fftyyards distance
Se, mrs; siddons' Having myself always 6
ms VINE ther on public bare boards or nr;. "
he carptted ones, ventured to ask if H., H., n
u kn ,na' lay! oh no. was the answer; bu,
:, 70 this acceded '' '''ar ne
mere row entered visitor, whom the foot. ae
~ announced as Mr.. Wcllbut. The 80 Wv, la
" H. Ian; lame is Wexford, my grandfather and So
having been schnolfellows a, Harrow .T Thu WI
II h no",Ser's now SO generally altered 10 q.
'a; mat IT would sound pcdan,ic and o."
c!se TO call him by his real name III. 81" ~ t,q
l nSe, have heard, originated from the ST.,
""latner, the father and the pres, n; ran hi'
lfg got the habit OF cross-examininr na a" sur
s Out OF 'hcr favorite postions-in o t sol
w JS uhhorslns them from their bobb,es OF
nv Out, my d'ar sir. they will regularly saw pla
ny merchant who has found it eonyrn;sn, end
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