Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-24
NO. "a

have sent all the cash away TO pay for the
cloths. and there is no,e on hand to pay tai
Tors, or to speculate with. An old coat is m
old friend, when a new one is necessarily AZ
enemy.
"Ifave more than thou showcsi,
Lend less than thou owest,n
was the advice Of one Of Lear's sage retain.
ers, and the counsel is yet good. We arc
mot Of the belief, however, that the present
distress in what we call the commercial
world, and which extends TO the universal
world, is a consequence of a want OF econo-
my. II we buy OF a foreign nation more than
we can pay for In produce, we must pay The
balance IN cash, II none Is lett at nome to
pay taxes, The fluctuations OF the money
market are of late years the greatest evil in
trade. Our currency IS fictitious; bank notcs
represent money, and property IS pledged for
their PAYMENT but it Is not gold and silver,
so that at a time when money Is the most
needed at home, or when the most OF II 10
sent abroad. there is none 10 De had on any
kind OF property.-Ol nothing. comes Moth
ling. Now if our Anak sons OF the soil will
persist in leaving the green fields where they
may whistle in the burrows, for the counter
or the wharf. let them not do so without q
~previous balancing of evils A hundred acres
OF Globe will, in the life OF ono man, repay
the labors oil cultivation. with health, equani-
nifty, and a secure competence; dependent
upon no bank. bat only upon the props and
pillars Of our planet Nothing less than tho
expected ollision without a comet can effect
the farmr'. security, a flood or q fire spread
ovet his AN Is, but increases their fertility
and the gaps of an earthquake close of them
selves. so that there are no probable dangers
Of total loss that beset agriculture. IL tho
farmer cannot sell his produce, let him eat
1T, grow fat, and he thankful He may not
have coin; nobody has; but he has what coiR
representation is but a measure OF a vail
ne, but a medium. a representative; the farm
and stock are the things represented.
The merchant may count over daily, sums
that never enter the dreams Of the farmers
he may sell constantly, aud make profit on
every sale. lie may have the imports Of tho
east or south, he may have notes. bonds and
securities, but let him be obliged to pay
$4,000 in times like the present, and though
he can offer security five times the amount.
where will he get what is not 10 be had-tho
needful? II he fail TO raise IL, his whole pro-
perry sacrificed al sale. when no one is ablo
10 buy, may not bring the amount. OF all
envy, the most uniounded is that of a farm
or towards a merchant. a plough is a safer
thing to deal with than a ship, and a crop or
safer insurance than a voyage. II the crop
iCdHUOt Always Dt SOU, " Ndu tHNuIthDiy Uo
consumed. while a package Of notes or bonds,
would not afford a dinner, or The means %
one, TO a rat-Bosfoa Courier.
Sineerify.-W never consent. while
breathe, TO treat a scoundrcl with deierenceS
at the expense Of an honest man, 10 disap-
point a friend; to spare the feelings Of a fool
because he is a fool, and a stranger; no, not
even a stranger; an intruder.
.No,o you are in earnest; n6w | believe
you.
That am. see friendship, love, COM
mon sense, and common honesty sacrificed
every hour to What is called politencss | SEQ
women every day, oua Of respect, as hsy
say, to their husbands. tricked out with bet-
ter dress, with better looks, and with better
dress, to receive strangers, than to receive q
husband--the rogues -persuading the good
easy TOOL, when they give other men a clean
er table cloth; and a better dinner, that they
do il out OF love and respect for HIM
Abominabie! they treat the lord Of their af-
fe%ctions, the partner OF their bed, the father.
of their children, worse than any other man:
they do indeed; there's no denying It.
It's all a wicked, pronigate, cold hearted
he, and they know 1t. They call IT hospi-'
taliiy-Worse and worse Hospitality is sim.
Pile and sincere No, they want to please .
stranger; 10 deceive HIM, even for an hour:
to appear better of in the world, richer, and
more comfortable than they really are. They
are secretly tired Of home; ofthat plain. quiz
ct, comfortable, beautiful dccency, which
makes home so dear TO a man. such wo-
men are sure to be shuts and bypocrites.
Just in proportion TO the difference they mako
between their household and the world; tho
stranger and their husband. And they go
slipshod about the house; their caps o. one
side; hair flying loose; and themselves filter
for a horse pond. than a marriage bed, ora
dinner table, till, in mercy to their hus-
bands, some stranger knocks at the door.
Oh, but if you ask a man to dinner with
yon, You must give him something bettce
than pork or beans.
Not if | eat pork and beans myself.
But he'll be offended.
Let him. He's a fool, If he expects to bo
treated at my own house, by nv own wife.
better than ! myself am. Sir, l can tell, by
looking at the plate Of a man, exactly how
he is esteemed by the woman at the head OF
the table.
Ofcoorse. The higher she esteems him,
and the more she loves, The better he will be
helped.
Exactly the reverse. The husband will be
the worst off; and if there be any particular,
dear friend; who comes often; somebody TO
whom the family are under great obligation.
Won NAV know him BIZ the drumsticks IN his