Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-03-19

From the Cincinnati Mirror.
THE COMPROMISE.

From the Cincinnati Mirror.
THE COMPROMISE.
ATALE FOR TRUE LOWERS
When persons have arrived at a
certain period in life, it is astonishing
with what grasp habits cling to them.
You may rectify a crook in a sap
ling, but you can never untwist a
knot on a grown-uptree. Cross-grain.
ed it is, and do what you may, cross
grained il will remain. Speaking OF
Knots and cross-grained things puts
me in mind Of i knotty friend once
had. People are very much mista-
ken, by the way, when they say
that old bachelors are crusty. They
are not crusty-that is If you have a
crust Of bread or crust of ice in
your mind-for they are Of a hard
ness or iceness from rib to backbone
and THEREFORE no crust about them.
That they are knotfy, ] admit;-and
hyou have ingenuity to unite one
who has been in the habit of consul
ting his own will,you may as well not
despair Of finding the philosophers
stone yet, as your sagacity is fully up
to the discovery Of any thing.
Well, ! had a knotty friend, named
Will rompkins, who never perpetra-
ted but one pun in his life, and that
was whena certain lady told him once
that he was the most knotty fellow
she ever saw. VIII, with 4 leer in
his left eye, replied that she was more
notify by halt, as he had been bcsecch
ing her to get ready for the altar and
bridal for the last six months, and ev-
ery tire he asked her if she was read
y, she replied she was not-not-not.
And that, continued Will, is evidence
enough that there are more nots a
bout you than there are about me.
you want me to get ready for the
bridal and the altar, do you, Mr..
Will Tompkins,' replied the fair one
Twill let you know that l am nei-
Their horse nor culprit, and there
tore will not have a bride in my
mouth, nor halter about my neck
forgot to describe this couple,
and therefore have got for to do it
as the old ballads phrase it. Will
was three-ard-;hirty; corn-fed and
corpulen,-with tell-tale marks ofred
on the extreme end ofhi nosc-fond
Of the sex, and, consequently. of good
living--and a lover Of Jokes
and his own way Of doing things.
Will had a streak Of wagglshness in
his ilesh-his natural lynch was all
turned to goodhumor-and was alto
gether unequalled for the heartincss
Of his laugh. which emotion would
cause his cheeks to be lifted up to the
almost total eclipse Of that bright lit
tie gray luminary. his eye, which
would twinkle in the shadow cast up
on It. IN manner provocative of the
most ludicrous glee. How did Will
manage to preserve his cel'bacy
All! thereby hangs a tale, which, if
YOU will give me time, Ill tell YOU.
but l must describe Miss Susan nau-
morn hrst. She was twenty-five
single ladies never get into the Sec
ond quarter Of the ccntury-she had
. black eye, which Mil told her look
Cd IKE Venus, becusc it was bright
aad cold; and he used to worship il
every evening, as they do the evening
star IN Persia. Miss Hauthorn' 5
cheek was like one OF those roses
-"h'chare always in bloom-hcr brow
was white like a lily-her lip was red
IKE honey suckle; and thus much
'oE her botany Of her face, which, like
an egantine blossom, was fair and
delicate. and wholesome to look up
"a.
There was An attachment subsisting
between Will and Miss Hauthorn, OF
some years standing. The people
wondering why matrimony. or a
squaeble. or some such interesting is
sue was not forthcoming. In vain
cid they attack either OF the parties
there was a crochet somewhere,
ou' what it was. was the question
which no one could answer. All the
girls thought it must be Miss Hau-
tnorns fault. and all the men suspect
q VIII. Thus were the sexes BY
1e ear. Many were the ingenious
.Pecuiat'ons as to the cause, which
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