Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-25

A hS9Vg w EtN0h E1AtFGttCSSe oNHO 1O0so Wv
reclaimed. Thus determined, / sought
an opportunity to introduce the subject
Of domestic economy into conversation,
without very distinctly ~intitnating my
own opinion, understanding to elicit
hers After some little hesitation, she
frankly avowed her conviction, that ii
was grossly indicate for a lady OF
fashionable education TO superinteDd IN
person domestic concerns, and that she
had come To the conclusion never to ap
pear in her kitchen. | cordially thank
ed her for this full and frauk disclosure,
and as frankly communicated TO her my
deliberate resolution nGs TO a. axe all,
person mistress Of my family, VINO
would not be mistress OF my Kitchen
Alter playing off some few airs of co
quetry, as signs, and tears, aud OF di
plomacy, as regrets aud unchange
opinions, the negotiation vas determln
ed. Her mother, at this moment, com
ing IN, bearing her arm, full OF wood,
not a little increased my disgust at the
above seat,meHt, and FASTENED my DC
parIure. La bidding her farewell, L
expressed an earnest with that she
might never experience the disastrous
consequences OF indulglng such high
toned aud rulnous doctrines | could
never forgt her, and often inquired OF
my friends near her, after her welfare.
she soon after married a young mer
chant III FAIR business, and carried her
high notions inlo full operation. The
consequences may be easily guessed.
Whh extravagant furniture, numerous
servants, aud attendant expenses, her
husbands Affairs became embarrassed
and his creditors alarmed for the safe
ty Of theic debts. Hoping 10 find a
reformation 10 his domestic manage
ment, they delayed pressing him, ill
hops had He'd, when they se,Zed his eft
fects, and the high minded and accom-
pilshed leila had the modification oil
returning to her fathers house; in less
than u short year, a victim TO her con
ceits, -
SUMMsRY.-From the RostonBulletin.
POLICE Court Donald M' Don.
AID, lH gears Of age.-Tni. walk
ing record OF the psst--ibls memento
of ages gone hy--,his dtsceBdent OF
The land OF ''cakes aud kail"~-lhis
speaking chroniciei of The events oflhe
past cennry's youth. with The lamp o,
memory obining brightly III bis brain
Tins eye witness of the passage Of bu
man lives, as they bubble onward on
the stream OF ,ime-ihis lone pine
which has survived the decay of the
forest, green at his birth, was brought
before the Coort this morning for being
a common drunkard!
Where now are the companions o!
his yonth? those young loves which
clong around the hopes of his boyish
daysr his companions in arms! the
Highland heroes OF Fontenoy, with
whom he fought: ask of their molder.
ed bones-Of the grave:--darkness
and silence engross their story. The
folly OF life, the atomness of Time 10
comparison with the magnitude of e
terniiy, the frailty and notbingness OF
earthly ambition, the dignity of man,
all are illustrated and exempllfed in
The persona Donald M Donald, at his
age, before the bar of the Police Court
on the charge of drunkenness!
The eye of wonder gszes upon him
as he seemingly steps forth from the
recesses OF an age which is known on
FIy by history; on him alone rests the
correction OF many errors which have
crep' Into its pages What he has wit
messed be describes distinctly, even so
iaE'asl 1t relates to persons, places. time
and circumstances, and unless they are
now embodied as they fall from his
lips, error goes down to posterity as
error has come 10 us. Donald was sent
TO the House of Correction, whence
probably he wilt be removed to the
House of Industry, and his remaining
Gays made comfortable. He accom-
panied the officer with almost as erect
a person as that Of the officer HIMSELF.
Since last released from the House of
Correction he has been a traveller.
aud car walk 90 miles per diem.
though upwards Of 40 years older than
the venerable Judge who sentenced
him -