Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-09-01

ieNc Duck inc virgin page, and "Fair Au-
rora, with impun!ty. But when it came to
Together let US range the fields" where the
high contracting parties talk about s.,nklipo
rills' and "rosy BEDS" the old lady who had
hitherto ;at in seeming carclcssncss on the So
III, hcnmlng doyleys, requested to speak with
| me III tho back drawing-room and after shut
ting the door, asked me my intentions Nv
heaft was IN my mouth, which plainly implied
| That 1t was still III my own keeping Never
| thelcss, had no answer ready; so Jane Cum
| ming and l were married on that day month
| My Uncle George was so delighted at my being
settled, that, after making us present of a
| silver ooflee-pot, he exclaimed 81 shall now die
| happy, an intention, however, which he has
! since shown himself in no hurry to carry into
effect. Now came my wife's mother into play.
Sparrows leave their daughters Z, shift for
| themselves the moment they are able to take
| the wing. (My Uncle George calls this barba-
| rous, and says. they should wait till they are
| settled.) But IN Christian countries, like Eup-
iahd, one s wife S mother is not so unnatural.
| Mrs. Cumming lives, as before mentioned. in
| 1t. lielen's place; i reside in Finsbury-circus:
| SC that the old lady has only to cross Bisbops-
gato-street, pass the church yard, and issue
| through the IRON bars at the base of Broad
| street buildings, and here she is This makes
IL so very convenient, that she is never out of
my mouse Indeed, all the congratulations of
my wite's friends, verbal and epistoary. ended
with this apothcgm ''Then it must be so de-
ghtiul to you to have your Mamma so near p
is, IN fact, not only delightful, but quite pro-
vidential do not know what my wife would
40 without my wite's mother. She is the orqan
blower to the organ--the kitchen Jack TO the
kitchen hre-the verb that governs the accusa-
tive case. Mrs. Cumming has acquired. from
| the pressure of time, rather stoop i'm her Gait
Dut whenever my wife is in the family way. my
wites mother Is as tall and perpendicular as a
rrusslan lIie-guardsman. Such busting about
the house, such a cry of ''hush'' to the pre-ex-
iStent children, and such bevy OF directions
to Jane! The general order given to nv wife
is to lay flat upon her back, and look at moth.
ing but the ily-trap that hangs from the ceiling.
For five months out OF the twelve. nv wife Is
parallel to the horizon, like good quiet monu
mental wife III Westminster Abbey, and nv
vines mother is slttln beside her with bottle
fol Eau dc Cologne IN one hand, and one OF
my book-club books i'm the other By the way
talking OF boOk-clubs, it makes great differ.
ence, as to the utility Of those institutions
| whether the members of them are married or
single MY wiie's mother is a woman of un-
common purity of mind, and so consequently
10 my Whe. we have accordingly discarded
our Malone and Stevens TO make wav for
! quarto edition of Paradise Lost printed by ]
| and j. Rltcher, Great New-port-street, in 1894.
Is dismissed to an empty garnet, because it
contains cuts of our first parents undecorated
by the tailor ,nilliner
sent up stairs yesterday for something to
aaa%"sf me- h9png I95 5 eystoc ana "Sw
with portrait OF the author prefixed. I nv.
SCH drlnK nothing but water, but the secretary
oi the club brews his own beer. sent back
Da'erstocK ON Brewing, with request for
something more funny; where upon INV wiGr,s
mother sent me down Sermons bv the Reve-
rend Something Andrews, of WaIworth. with
d portrait OF the author likewise prefxed. Mr.. |
nufridge, the indigo broker happened to be
WIN me when this latter publication arrived |
ana when we happened also to be liscoursing
ABOUT "hat trade my nephew Osgooa should |
be brought up to, Mr. Burridge cast his eve M
on the portrait, and said, f." Has your ncnbcw !
got black whsker?" " Yes" | answered |
AND white shnt collar 2" :" Yes" Then
Dfing him up to the church." Itappears to me
that a book-club would be good thing if we |
couid out get the books we want, and when we |
want them. But perhaps am too particular. |
we never have dinner wit ont, of course, |
inviting my wife's mother Indeed she always
settles the day, the dishes, AMI the party
L Last Wednesday begged hard to have Jack |
smith invited ; but no-my wifc's mother was |
memorable. The last time lie dned with rs
lie was asked tor song Mrs Cumming
wanted HIM to sing "My Mother had a
Maid called Barbara thinking that dauohters
should bear in mind not only their mothers, but
their mothers maids whereupon what does
Jack do, but break cover as follows -
me Greeks they went fighting to Trov:
The iroJans, came out to meet 'em
lis known to each little school how
ilo" the Greeks they horse Joe ky'd and beat 'em.
NO house In that day secured:
lhcv made them too hot for their holders
And Enea' not being insured
Packed off with his dad on his shoulders
Singing Rumpti &c.
This was intolerabe. A man who would mem
ton husbands father thus irrevcrentlv. could
only wait Tor an opportunity in order to lam
pooh WIfes mother Jack is conseuueutlv
suffering under the bann of the Finnsburv en-
pre-. This reminds me of an odd incident
that happened under my cognizance before
had wlte's mother. [ went one nirbt into
the Green-room Of Drury-lanc theatre. When
young girls are called upon TO perform in Lon
don play houses, it is customary for their mo-
theirs to come to look after them, to adjust their
dress, rub their checks with a. rouqcd harc's
foot, and prevent vlscounts from falling i'm love
with them. 1t so happened that five YOUNG
girls were wanted i'll the drama; the consc-
quence was that five fat black bonneted moth
crs biockaded the Green-room. odd Won ev-
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