Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-26

deed let her dress be what il viii, il appear.
alike unfit Tor the stage through which she
has just passed; or the one whish she Is
boat to enter. Her intellectual faculties ard
conversations arc in an equally uncertain
state and che person who addresses her is
sorsiy puzzled how TO hit the right medium
between J1vea,lity aRd maturity She has
n made up her mind whether she likes BY
ron or the skipping rope bsst, but decidedly
prefers Mrs. Opie to the asthor Vi Nayegty
III you tax of school you offend her aud yes
she knows not how 10 discourse about any
thlag else--sc that all the conversation con
sists oil an abrupt observation and em5ar
raised rejoinder; and If she can be prevailed
to venture more than six syIlablcs at time
she has a had habit of speaking unpleasant
truths, and afterwards loolSng distressirgly
conscious, not exactly knowing whether She
has doUe tight or wrong. She sits on her
char. boiling ia ono band white pocket
handkerchief aud not little pcrpexed what
to do with the other, with an eternal shipper
hanging around her mouth. ready TO be az
gravated into a laugh on the most trivial oc-
caslon. Ii any body tells joke with grave
face she looks grave too. but is nightly tick
led with the hyrnenial illusions and malriiuo
nial witicisms OF which the more mature
part of the company are delivered. She does
not understand or appreciate worldly know
ledge, yet she has school eara.ng enough to
find out it you talk ioolishly. Ia short, she is
altogether IN very unsettled state, filled
with ehlldis h Ieminesccnces aud womaniy as
pirations ami is, when man feels grave or
low spirited, one Of he most uncomfortable an
noyances with which he can he well afflicted.
Bat if your girl-woman is an undesirable
individual, your boy-man Is one of The great
est nulsances upon the face of the csrih -
There IL something charming about the ie-
male sex at almost every period OF her exits
tence and even IN town, n reyg young lady,
though certainl, subject for apprehension,
has some redcening points; while IA the conn-
try, after scamper IN the fields. or a chase
after bird or butterfly. with her eyes filed
with fire and animation, her checks glowing
with health aud exercise, her clustering carIs
dancing in the wind. and her pretty bonnet
hanging loosely and carc!essly on the back
part other head, she is truly beautiful and
p1etieal object.--But your boy man is mon
ster wherever YOU NEE, him. In the conn
try he is an .unlicked cub, Tout, bs,nPkin;
III town a halt made up eoxcomb, an unhnish'
ell puppy, a thing with nearly all the vices
and iollles OF man, without his sense or pas
sions Ii IS his oath that rings loudcst in the
tavern, and his tongue that is most clamorous
IN ITS demands for strong drink to destroy
his puny constitution, merely because he
thinks il looks manly. He is eltogethera fool
iSh and cootemplible creature, for even his VI
clous habits do not afford him pleasure lie
does not, like The real voluptuary, roll SIN
like a sweet marsei under his Tongues, but
eounteriets bad habits, and viii drink and
smoke, though both be unpleasant TO him and
make him sick, me rely because older peo-
pie do so and this is which prevents him e.
yer becoming what it is the height OF his am
b;t'on to appear--a man; aud this II Is that
makes so many portions Of the human family
bear such striking resemblance to 'forked
redishes,' and thread papers.
Then the swearing OF these grown children is
perfectly disgusting From a man, borne II
way by passion, or from an old sailor, TO
whom, it has become trick OF custom ana
who moreover, seem TO be sort OF person
privileged to wish his eyes no good, few
anathemss do not come with so bad grace;
but 10 hcar these would he men repeating,
like parrots, all the vulgar oatiis that low
blackGuardIsnn has invented and perpetuated,
merely because they arrived al the dignity oil
shaving, IS very nauseous These too are
the siaall fry that swarm about billiard rooms
and the theatre lobhies, that open box doors
and stand IN the doorway adjusting their rim
gtets, much to the discomfort of shivefDg Ia
dies and fhenmatia Old gentlemen. ina ginning
all the time that the eyes of the whole audi
ence are turned 10 the particular spot which
they occupy. They are, Indeed, take them
alto sether,simply the most empty impadcnt
noisy, lmpertinent, obtrusive set Of vsrlets
that can be imagined, and are not ashamed
oil any thing except having 40 wLiskas'
On UGlking Man may be dsfised ga
walking bIped;' for no creature on two legs
can walk except man. Ducks aud stost el
derry dowagers naY ,csdiie; grampusses and
equity aldermen may SoH; dancing dogs, dan