Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-08

expression of gratitude for that or for
any thing else we could do for her. She
was constantly asking us to lend her diff
ferent articles Of dress. and when we
denied it, she said, well | never seed
such grumpy folks as you be; there is
several of my acquaintance what goes to
live out now and then with the old We
men about the town, and thew and their
guirls always lends them what they ask
for l guess you Inglish thinks we
should poison your things Just as bad as
if we was negurs. And here | beg to
assure the reader that whenever l give
conversations, they were not made a
! toisir, but were written down immedi-
ately after they occurred with all the
verbal fidelity my memory permitted.
This young lady left me at the end
of 2 months, because 1 refused to lend
her money enough to buy her silk
dress to go to a ball, saying Then it is
not worth my while to stay any longer
/ n'timagine it possible that such State
of things can be desirable or beneficial
to any ofthe parties concerned. might
occupy hundred pages on the subject,
and yet fail to give an adequate idea of
the sore, angry, ever-wakeiul pride
that seemed TO torment these poor
wretches. In many Of them it was so ex-
cessive that all feeling of displeasure, or
even ofridicule, was lost in pity. One
of these was pretty girl, whose natural
disposition must have been gentle and
kind but her good feelings were sour
ed, and her gentleness turned into NOR
bid sensitiveness, by having heard
thousand times that she was as good as
any other lady, that all men were equal,
and women too, and that it was asin
and shame for free-born American
to be treated like servant When she
found she was to dine in the kitchen,
she turned up her pretty lip, and said,
Il guess that's cause you don't think I'm
good enough to eat with you. You'll
find that won't do here found after
wards that she rarely eat any dinner at
all, and generally passed the time in
tears. | did every thing in my power
to conciliate and make her happy, but 1
am sure she hated me. gave her very
high wages, and she stayed till she had
obtained several expensive articles of
dress, and then, unbeau matin, she came
to me full dressed, and said, Il must go.
when shall you return Charlotte p Il
expect you will see no more of me. ,
And so we parted. Her sister was also
living with me, but her wardrobe was
not yet completed. g. she remained some
weeks longer till it was.'-p.73-77.
Such being the difficulties respecting
domestic arrangements, adds our author,
that the ladies who are brought up "a
mong them cannot have leisure for any
Development ofthe mind: it is, in fact,
out of the question and, remembering
this, it is more surprising that some a
mong them should be very pleasing, than
that none should be highly instructed.
But, whatever may be the talents of the
persons who meet together in society,
the very shape, form, and arrangement
of the meeting is sufficient to paralvze
conversation. The women invariably
herd together in one part Of the room,
and the men at the other; but, in Justice
to Cincinnati, | must acknowledge that
this arrangement is By no means peculiar
to that city, or the western side of the
Alleghanies. Sometimes small attempt
at music produced partial reunion a
few ofthe most daring youths, animated
by the consciousness of curled hair and
smart waistcoats approach the piano
forte, and begin to mutter little to the
half-grown pretty things, who are COM
pairing with one another how many
quarters music they have had
Where the mansion is Insufficient dig
nifty to have two drawing-rooms, the
piano, the little ladies, and the slender
gentlemen, are left to themselves; and on
such occasions the sound of laughter is
often heard to issue from among them
But the fate of the more dignifed per.
sonages, who are left in the other room,
is extensively smal.-The gentlemen
| spit, talk of elections and the price Of
produce, and spit again. The ladie.
look at each others dresses till they
know every pin by heart talk Of Parson
Somebody's last sermon on the day o.
judgment, OF DR.. T'otherbody's new
pills for dyspepsia, till the tea is an.
nounced, when all console themselve,
together for whatever they may have
suffered in keeping awake, by taking
more tea, coffee, hot cake and custard
hoe cake, jenny cake, waffle cake, and
dodger cake, picked peaches, and pre-.
served cucumbers, ham, turkey, hung
, beef, apple sauce, and picked oysters
than ever were prepared in any othel
lao nfrur ~ H. L..