Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-05-17
DAYS OF OLD.

sSssossks e"o Wos sSppostCo W Son-
mon sense. Refined nonsense had no
advocates, and was pretty generally
kicked out Of doors.
Forty ye0rs ago-Men Of property
could labor aud wear homespun 10
church; women spin and weave, make
butter and cheese, whose husbands
were worth thousands.
Forty years ago-There were bat
few merchants in the country--few in.
solvent debtors, and they very rarely
imprisoned for debt.
Forty years ago-The young lsdies
Of the FIRST responsibility learned mu-
sic; but il was the hummiug Of the
wheel, and learned the necessary steps
Of dancing in following il. Their piano
was . loom, their parasol was broom,
and their novels the bible.
Forty years ago-The young gen.
tlemen hosd corn. chopped wood at
the door. and went to school in the
winter TO learn reading, writing, and
arithmetic.
Forty years 0go-Thers were no
such things n balls in the summer,
and but few in the winter. except snow
balls.
Forty years ago--Ifa mechanic pro-
missed to do your work, you might de.
pend on his word ; the thing would be
done.
Forty years ago--When Q mechanic
had finished his work, he was imme.
diateiy paid forit.
The "Ruiing Passion. Some years
ago, in the flagship at Bermuda, q sea.
man vac employed in painting some
part of thar vessel; the paint, which
was white lead. had been mixed with
q portion Of rum, a. a subst for
spirits of turpentine, as rying liquid;
at the close Of the day, when the work
bad been finished. the man who had
performed il could not resist the temp
tation OF draining the remaining liquid
from che pot, and although he must
have been sensible Of its deIeterious
quality, ~ being impregnated with
poisonous matter, he drank il oH, and
very shortly after Maid the Ee:.svsiitt OF { mis-
life for the rash act. On inspect ton
IL was found that the stomach had not
been affected, but that the brain was
in high state Of inflammation.
In further illustration Of this point,
we may here mention .iudiero-serious
anecdote that came within our own
knowledge. A foremost man on board
his Majesty's ship -, in ell reasi-
site qualities q valuable seaman, while
ying on his back in his hammock, al
most in the last stage Of existence frem
Q disease produced by habitual drunk.
snness, was Informed by the surgeon,
that unless he refrsined from drinking,
he would certainly die within month.
On the day following, the surgeon vas
going on shore, and - he passed the
PATIENTS hammock, the latter thus adj
dressed him: al say, doctor, rs you
are going ashore, you may ~ well or.
der my coffin, for | cant give ND the
grog. "--Ujsited Service Journal.
Hugo -arnof, sitting at his window
in q violent fl of the asth,ns, heard a
man in q stentosiau voice crying Oys-
tiers. "Aiss, (cTied he) that extraya-
gait fellow wastes mere breath i'm q
single bawl, than would serve me
week"
A shoemaker Of Schoharie, was the
other day fitting customer with a pair
OF boots, when the buyer observed,
that he had bot one objection 10 them,
which was, that the soles were . little
too thick. - that 10 ALL" repiied
CrispiR, spot on the boots, and the
objection will gradually sOeav 0,cey."
In appropriate Tszf. "A dissenting
minister Of Dundee lately delivered q
sermon TO the inmsses Of the debtsrs'
ward Of the gaol, on which accession he
selected IS his text the following mex.
orable observation: "Vesily I say on.
70 thee, thou shalt by no means come
out Of thence gill thou hast paid the
utiermOst farthiBg."
Horse jOcksy t0if. - sag old chap
said London coekBey 10 c0aehmsn,
will you let Ne have . driver Well,
what wiii you stAndf' "a tanner Ia
sixpeBee.l 'Doae,' said the driver
The young fellow mounted the box a nj
siroye 20 vain e. Cog the jsded nsgs in.
10 trot AT length he spisd little
place where the skin wss rubbed ~,
sod be touched the spot skilfully With
the end Of the lash. They went OF At
> brisk pace. Issy,' said the diver,
pull OF, and give me the reins, my
hne fellow. ] d0n'l stand that, can
tell yon SIR. THAT'S little bit Ikesps
for myself t0hen IIeanis 10 shOp cg"
EPIGRAW
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lhsi 81 riKht ar uDalif AZ him eave sarninas
'sflb fsother,' sags Ilses sout ~ tl,ss ana
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