Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-02-02

~ SeA' us suS ~ 10Y Duyo
pair Of eerks one day, there 10 cure to
be hard frost next morning. There
10 nothing bat vet weather all through
the winter, and no dry weather all
through the summer. Formerly we
used TO have IN eclipse or two in the
course Of the year. and we used 70
lock 1t il through smoked glass. and
rery gosd fun it vss, only il used to
make our moses black. if we did not
take care to hold the glass properly.
I'VE look in the almanac for an eclipse,
We are sure 70 see that il 10 invisible
IN these parts; end even If il 10 visi.
BILE we can never zee il, foe there Is
always cloudy weather. scarcely
know any thing that 10 now % il used
70 Do When ] Gas . boy. Day and
night have not qsite changed pIsces,
but night and morning have. What
used 70 be Sunday morning when !
was . little boy, has nov BY . arrange
mutation become Saturday night. I
wonder Why people cannot dine at
dinner time ~ they used to do; bot
every thing 10 in disorder; q Wild spi :
re Of innovation hes seized mems
minds, and they will do nothing ~
they used 10 do, and ~ they ought to
do. Things went on well enough
when 1 was . boy; we had not half
the miseries and calanities that one
sees and hears Of now. What an Alb
snrd and ridiculous invention is that
nasty, 6ithy. sinking sAss. The build
ings where il is made look like prisons
withoutside, lsud like internal regions
within; end there always is some ac-
eident or other happening il; people
have their houses blown up,and it serves
them right, for they have no business
to encourage such new tangled trum-
perry. The streets used 20 be liz up
well enough with the good old fashion
ed oil lamps, which were quite good
enough far our ancestors, and I think
they might have done for Us; bot any
thing for innovation! I must confess
| like to see the good old greasy lamp
lighters and their nice flaming torches;
they were fifty times better than the
modern gss-Iight men with their little
hand lamps like 90 many GUY Fawkes.
And what harm have the poor old
watchmen done wonder that they
must be dismissed to make room for
q set Of new police men aud blue coats7
The regular old legitimate wstchmen
were the proper and constitutional de-
tenders of the streets, just IS regular
~ ~ the King 10 the defender or the
faith; and . more harmless set Of men
than the watchmen never existed they
would not hurt hy. Things went on
well enough when they had the care of
the streets.
Talk Of What can be
more outrageous Innovation than steam
boatsi They have frightened the fish
ont OF the river already, and If they 60
on increasing ~ they have done Of late,
they will frighten the fish oat Of the
sea too; and I should like to know
where all the fishes are TO 60 TO then.
We shall be in pretty mess if they
all come ashore. Besides, the sea IS
obviously made to sail upon. or what
else is the use IF the windi And if we
have nothing but steam boats, what
will become Of the sail makersf Peo-
pie IN these revolutionary times care
nothing about vested interests. Ihate
innovation. fhate every thing that is
new. hate new shoes, they pinch my
feet; l hate new hats. they pinch my
forehead hate new eoats, they pat
me in mind Of The tailor's bills. Ibats
every thing new, except the New
Monthly Magazine, and I shall hate
that If the Editor rejects my article.
ANFf-fNNOvATION.