Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-23
SIMCERITY.

SINCERITY.
!" I'll never consent, while ! breathe. 70
treat a scoundrel with Difference. at the
expense ofan honest man TO dlsappolnt a
friend..-to spare the feelings Of q fool. be-
cause no Is u fool, aud a stranger...no, not
even straDger...Hn intruder.
NoU you ore in earmest--.nO'o believe
you.
That I am. / see friendship, love, COM
mon sense, and common honesty, sacritl-
ced every hour, to what is called polite
ness. see women every day---Cat c re-
spect, as they sag, TO their AUSb0nds---
tricked out with better dress, with better
looks, aud with better humor, to receive
strangers, than to receive husband---the
rogues-. -persuading the good, easy fool,
when they give other men Ocleaner table,
cloth aud better dinner, that they do IL
out Oflove and respect for him! ~"
Abominable /! they treat the lord OF
their affections, the partner Of their bed,
the father Of their children, worse than any
other man, they do indeed, there's no de-
nyingh. =. ...s..M
Wis all wicked, proHiga.e, cold.heart-
cd lie, and they know II. They call Il
hospitality. Worse and worse. Hospi-
tality 10 not ostentatioN. Hospitality Is
simple aud sincere. No, they want 70
please stranger, to deceive him, even for
an hour, TO appear better OF IN the world,
and more comfortable than they really are.
They are secretly tired Of home, Of that
pluin, quiet. comfortable, beautiful decen.
cy, which makes home 50 dear to mail.-..
Such women are sure to be sluts and n.y.
pOcritos, Just In proportion to the difference
they make between their household and
the world, the stranger and their husband.
They 90 slip shod about the house, their
caps o. one side, hair flying loose, and
themselves filter for horse.pond, than
marriage bed, or q dinner table, Gill, In
mercy 10 their husbands, some stranger
knocks at the door.
Oh, but II you ask a man 10 dinner with
you, you must give him something better
than pork aud beans.
Not III cut pork and beans myself.
But he'll be offended. 35E ;
Let him. He's fool, IL no expects TO be
treated at my own house, by my own wife,
better than myself am. Sir, ] can tell by
looking OF the plate Of man, exactly how
he ID esteemed by the woman Of the head
Of the table. st M
OF course. The higher she esteems him,
and the more she loves him, tho better he
vii! be helped.
be worst Off; and II there Be- any pSfsiiSsst.
lar, dear friend that comes often-some.
body to whom the family are under great
obligation, you may know him by the
drMMsticks In his plale--the muddy cider
--and tho small claws Of a lobster.
But, after all, if we cant be free and ca
sy with our friends, with whom can we be-
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Free and easy! Goldfish and potatoes !
Is that what you call being free and easy :
Make your friends eat pudding and, goose,
out Of the same plate. But 50 Il ever 10
we always trea. those worst, who trent ~
best; man will borrow money Of his best
friend, TO pay the rascal who has put him
in iaiI, and then let his friend whistle for
his money, or come to'a down-right quar-
rol with him, IL he should refuse to lend
him any more for the same purpose.
..t' Ds W"Hoes
Aascdote..--Soms months ago, the Rev.
James Armstrong preached at Harmony,
near the Wabash, when b Doctor at that
place, protested Dels. or InRdcl, called
on his associates 10 accompany him, while
no attacked the Methodist ne he said. At
first he asked Mr.. Armstrong ifhe did not
follow preaching 70 save souls. He answer
ed,in the affirmative. He then asked Mr..
Armstrong II he ever saw q soul---no |; II
no ever heard o soul-..no; ifhe ever tast-
ed soul--no; if he ever smelt q soul-..
no if he ever felt asoul---yes, thank God,
said Mr.. Armstrong. Well, said tho Doc.
tor, there are four Of Ave senses against
one TO evidence that there Is no soul. Nj,
Armstrong then asked the gentleman ifhe
was a doctor of Medicine, and he answer
cd In, the. affirmative. He then asked the
DR.. IL he ever saw q pain-.-no, replied the
Doctor; If he ever heard pain-.-no /;
if he ever smelt o pains..no if'he ever
tasted pain-.-no; if he ever felt pain
---yes. Mr.. Armstrong then said there
were also four senses against one TO evi.
dence there Is no pain, and yet, sir, you
know there is pain, and ] know there is
a soul. The Doctor appeared confused
and walked of.
| Iracts.-When minister speaks to an
ungodly man on the great concerns Of the
soul, Poh, says he, 10 Is not worth while TO
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