Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-15
4 TIRESOME GUEST.
Sedet eiern'mque sedet.-VIRcIL.
He SITS, AND WILL FOREVER SIT.

There is belonging to the race ofhuman bipeds,
sort of troublesome beings. who. setting val
ue on their own time, care very little how much
thew trespass on that of their more industrious
neighbors. They are sort OF stay-forever per-
sons, who having talked over the whole world at
one sitting. commence again andtalk 1t over anew;
from beginning to end, before they are ready to
take their leave. In word, they sit. and sit,
and sit, long enough to fully justify the motto
we have just quoted. Besides their disposition
to hang on there's generally about these persons
wonderful hebetude, slowness at taking a
hint. unparalleled with the rest of the human
race To give single instance of this sitting
propensity, we will introduce the story of plain
spoken old lady from the land of steady habits.
s. never seed the beat of that are Captain
Spinitout,' said she: $: would you believe it, he
called at our house last evening jest as had done
milking, and wanted to borrow my brass kittle
for his wife to make apple-sace in. Dyes, says
|, she may have it in welcome, Captain Spint-
out: and / went directly and fetched it out of the
back room, and set it down beside him. Well,
presently our tea was ready, land could mt do no
less than ak him to take tea with us. Ono, he
said. he couldn't stay minute; but however, he
concluded, he'd take drink of cider with my
husband, and so he did. Well, after we'd done
tea, | took my knitting, and worked till thought
it high time honest people should be a-bed. But
Captain Spinitout had forgot his hurry, and there
he was still setting and talking with my husband
as fast as ever. i hate above all things to be
rude, but couldn't help limiting to the Captain
that it was growing late, and may be his wife was
waiting for the kittle. But he didn't seem to
take the hint at al-there he sot, and sot, and
SOt.
"Finding that words wouldn't have any ef-
feet, l next rolled up my knitting work. set
back the chairs, and told the gals twas time to
go to bed. But the Captain didn't mind the hint
no more than if it had been the bite of flea
but there he sot, and sot, and s0t
"Well next pulled off my shoes and roasted
my feet as commonly do jest before going to
bed; but the Captain did mt mind it no more than
nothing at all-there he sot, and sot, and sot.
81 then kiyered up the fire, and thought he
couldn't help taking the hint; but la surs! he
din'nt take no notice ont at all, not the least
grain in the world-but there he sot, and sot,
and sot.
"Think says l you're pretty slow at taking a
hint, Captain Spinitout; so said plainly that
| thought it was bed time-speaking always to
my husband, but so as | thought the Captain
couldn't help taking it to himsel-but la. it did
III 90 no SOou at all-lOr lnere ne sou, ana sol,
and sot.
"Seing there was no likelihood of his going
home, axed him if he would stay all night. D
no he said, he couldn't possibly stay minute;
so, seeing there was no use in saying any thing,
went to bed. But, la, would you think it, when
got up in the morning, as true as I'm alive,
there was Captain Spinitout, setting Jest where
| left him the night beforehand there's, conclud-
ed the old lady. lifting up her hands in despair
ing attitude, '.and there he sot, and sot and sot''
asa5e5as-
The London Sun contains, among many re-
ports of police affairs, the following complaint of
- Little Man. against gang of noisy boys
81 keeps bit of shop, your worship, and while
me and my Mjssus was in it, in the evening, one
of the ringleaders came bolt in and asked for a
ha'porth of mustard. While my back was turn
ed, he took the opportunity of throwing lighted
cracker behind the counter. Now this is specie
of firework I've an maaccountable antipathy TO-,
though I'm naturally as bold as lion. My wife
in her fright, jumping on the counter, upset the
treacle jar right into the bag of mustard l. in my
hurry to get rid of the danger, run my nose spank
against the door post of the parlor, and got cap
sized into the treacle and mustard, by which l
spoilt the seat of new pair of black bIeeches.-
These your worship. are the outrages, the repe-