Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-05-27
FOR THE LANCASTER eAzET,
TOWN AND COUNTRY
GcoNcLUDED.l

SdllS DIS Iiie tdtIle III toWn, at least IN
ing: it is only the difference betwee
dlc-dum and tweedle-dee. There h.
ways be some dish-water in conv,'
some light and scattering fire, that Al
may be suited. Confusion to the
woman who always requires you to n
the most trivial chit-chat, and if Va,
random hap-hazard remark incOOS
takes you up with an air of ",cisdon
ty, profound conceit," and calls Won
to account, and forsooth demands W,
sons, and frowns upon you as if n
committed a mortal sin. These 4
bores of society, who ought to be !
therefrom, and on Temperance sb
sent to the house of correction.
should be said, in justice to the coupb
are not peculiar toit: they exist ever,l
and, what is strange, exist unmolestel
chief difference between town and
tattle is only in extent: the former \.
rily embraces a greater number and
of-objects, and the changes Therefore
quite so frequently rung. In vain y
difficult to discover the difference, !,
both are exceedingly small. fractionl
titles. Madame De Stael gives raj
amusing account of small talk which
ed her not little in retired situY
the north of England. 1t answer
well for own latitude, from the sea
to the west. Here it is, viz: "BM I
riage, and death comprise the histor
society, and these three events ha
variety here than elsewhere. Imas
yourself how uncomfortable it mus
been for an Italians like myself, tobe \
at the tea table for several hours en-
after dinner, with the little circle Of
ther-in-law. 1t consisted of seven
the gravest in the county: two of the,
fifty years old, but as bashful as girls
teen, and with far less sprightliness
of them said to another, my dear
think the a0oter has boiled enough to l
upon the tea?' My DEAR answei
other, II think 1t IS too soon, for The /
men are not ready to come IN vi
sat a long time at table to-day ash
third; 'schat do think Of 1t, my dsui
don't k',o,o,' replied the fourth, 'ItaI
the election Of members Of ParliamaI
place merit aOeek, and perhaps they nnI
talk upon the subject NO said the
at IS more probable that they are taHyI
the for hunt they acre engaged IN sohg'
aoeek, and aohich they are to comm@e
neat Monday. HoaUever, Think At&I!
| I0sre ooo7s DC 0Ugr. in I ane apta N
sighed the sixth, and silence ensued. N
been in the converts in Italy, and tg /
to me full of life, compared with this
and | knew not what to make of it. \
quarter of an hour you would heard
asking the most insipid question and 1
ing the coolest answer; and the emf
was raised for moment, fell again Vi
newed force upon the women who
would have believed unhappy if long hsa
not taught them to bear every thing.
the gentlemen came in, and this monA
anxiously expected, did not produce i
change in the manners of the ladies
gentlemen continued their conversatu
the fireplace, and the ladies remain
the other end of the room, sending
the tea, and when the hour of departs
arrived, they left with their husbands
to renew the next day the life which,
differ from that of the preceding but
date of the Almanack and the traces
age which at last were impressed up
faces of these women, as if they had
ally lived during this time. 1t is no
that we can easily disregard the opinl
the mass of society; for these, dea
every effort, wound us to the quick.
await us in those moments in which
ority has caused us modification,
with the utmost Indifference, he bN
expression of but little meaning in
but which is, in reality, of exceeding
ity,-for we can only endure envy
place where this same envy is exct
the admiration that talents inspire.
greater misfortune can there be than
where superiority gives rise to jealou
not to enthusiasm ?"
In regard to hospitality the country
to claim precedence: it is there acc
MED with more genuine feeling, al
facility of access and intercourse soon
Won on an intimate footing in sOciety