The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-05-29
A TIRESOME GUEST. /
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| He sits, and will forever ait. ~
There Is belonging to the race Of hu
man bipeds, sort of troublesome beings
who, setting no value on their own time
care very little how much they trespas,
On that Of their more industrious neigh
bors. They are q sort Of fstay-forever pei
sons, who having talked over the whole
at one sitting, commence again and talk
lIt over anew, from beginning to end, be.
fore they are ready to take their leave
In a word they sit, and sit, long enough
to fully justify the motto we have Just quo
ted. Besides their disposition to hang
on, there is generally about these persons
a wonderful hebetude, slowness at TAX
ing hint, unparalleled with the rest of the
human race.
10 give single instance of this sitting
propensity, We will Introduce the story q
a plain spoken oldlady, from the land Of
steady habits. il7I
E" never seed the beat Of that ARE
Capt Spinitout," said she; would you
believe It, he called at our house last even
ing jest as | had done milking, and want
cd to borrow my brass kettle {: his wife
to make apple sauce in. Dyes, says j,
she may have it in welcome, Captc;n Spin
tout and went directly and fetched it
out OF the bank room, and set it down by
him. Well presently our tea was ready,
and ! couldn't do less than ask him to tax G
tea with ns. 20 no,he couldn't stay a min
ute 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 i
though honest people should be a-bcd.
But Capt. Spinitosit had forgot his hurry,
and there he was still setting and talkine
with my husband as fast rs ever. hate
above all things to be rude, but could
not help limiting to the Captain, that it
was growing late, and may be his wife
was waiting for the kettle. But he didn't
seem to take the hint at all-therc he sot !.
and sot, and sot. e.eDao .aT
I" Finding that words would mt have anv
effect | next rooIled 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 ii il had been
the bite Of . flca-but there he sot, and
sot, and sol. !N,i.
:" Well, next pulled off my shoes and
roasted my feet as l. commonly do Jest
before going to bed but the Captain
didn't mind it no more than nothing at all
there he set, and sot, and sot.
81 then kivered up the fire, & thought
ne couldn't help taking the hint but la
sus ! he didn't take NJ i.fsc. ont at all
not the least grain in the world-but there
I'm sot, and sot, and sot.
" Thinks l, you're pretty slow at talk
ing hint, Captain Splnitout so / said
plainly that / thought it was bedtime
speaking always to my husband but so
as l thought the Captain couldn't help
taking It to hinself-but Ia; it didn't do
no good at all-for, there he sot, and sot,
and sot.
8. Seeing there was no likelihood ofhis
going home, | axeds him if he would stay
all night. On no, he said, he couldn't
possibly stay minute 80, seeing there
was no use in saying any thing, went to
bed. But, la, would you think it, when l
got up in the morning, as true as I'ml a..
live, there was Capatin Spinitout, setting
jest where isleit him the night before
and there concluded the old lady, lifting
her hands in dcspairing attitude, /" and
there nc sot, and sot, ,tand sot."