Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-01-27

| Ensemble her real feelings Is monster ot
impotence. Now, therefore, IL does hap
pen,(a as Mr., Canning would say,) that truth
is very offensive to the ears of lady, when
to those Of gentleman (her husband for
instance) it would be not at all so.
To illustrate-Mrs. r. Of b., my broth
ers widow. was beyond all comparison the
incest and best housewife that ever saw.
Not one drop Of water was ever suffered
to stand upon her sideboard, except what
was in the pitcher: the house from cellar
TO garnet, and in every part, as clean as
hands could make it, and every thing as it
should be, to suit even my iastdious taste.
lived there after my brothers death.
from 1896 to 1910 inclusive, and never did
| see or smell any thing to offend my sen
ses, or my Imagination, but once. Except
in autumn, | would defy you to find leaf
or feather in the yard. No poultry were
permitted to come into it, and we had no
dirty children, white OF negro, TO make lit
ter or filth. A strong enclosure Of sawn
plank, eight feet high, fenced in the kltch
en-, smoke house, ice house, veal house and
wood house, lin which the wood for the
use Of the house was stacked away under
lock and key,) the turkey and hen house
were in the same enclosure, which had two
doors, one next the dwelling house for the
use OF the mistress and house servants, and
one large ebouh to admit q wagon on the
back or north side, beyond which was a
built quarter, with two brick chmnles, and
two rooms with fire places, and four rooms
without, for servants. There was also
(what had forgot,) a spinning and wea-
wing house.
Alright the doors of this enclosure were
locked up-not a servant being allowed to
sleep within it, although every one of them
was within sound Of the ladys bell.
On one unhappy day in very hot and
damp spell of weah her Of long cont nuance,
piece of cold lamb was brought to the ia.
BILE that was spo,ed-the first and last in
stance, in nearly fifteen years. ot;he slight.
est neglect in household economy. or
dered the waiter to take it away, it beiog
!; spoiled. Mrs. Il. resented this, and tln,ly
contradcted me; and although the lamt
: absolutely SUNK, she ate part Of it to prove
her words true, and was affronted with me
. almost past forgiveness. dare say that i
I had not noticed the lamb, she might have
given n hin, ~ he servant to take 1t away;
but the honest naked truth was not to b.
borne. We had no company but Dndlc,
and her younger son, then scho"ibnvS, an'
= an Engllshman named Know les. who actet
as Ovcrseer or steward, and dlncd with u,
until he took to drink.
: Mrs. r. slou'ly denied that the amt
:. could be spoiled, because It had been hollet
d, only the day before, and had been IN the lc,
: house ever since. ] admitted her facts
:, but denied her logic. Which nas truly a ,oo
mans. maintained That the highest evl
dence was that of the senses; that we mus
Y reason from facts where we could get a
them; and II was only where we could no,
n that It was fair to argue irom proba bll,ieS
o that The lamb stunk, and therefore was no
sound. THIS she denied, and To prove he
words, actually made n shift to swallou
: half a mouthiul, VIII Gu under other cream
II stances she would not have done Tor n thou
, sand dollars. Somucl for the ladies cha
ming creatures the salt OF the earth, whom
y Ike uncle Toby aud all other old bachelors
T never could thoroughly understand. 10
II the want of the key of ma,rimuny, whicI
= alone can unlock their secrets and max
PLAIN. as many q husband can tell all tn
y apparent contradictions IN their characters
e part Of creation, las from my soul | belicv
them, to be,) but who, as the Waverly ma
says of Kings, are little cattle TO shoe behino
And so it ought to be for it Is their poo
), and almost only privilege to kick, while W
!, roam where we will, and they must sit Sill,
. until they are asked. | therefore am 70
r. upholding them in all their own prope
70 privileges, so long as they don't encroac
!. upon those of men. A woman who unser
=. es herself deserves to be treated, and Wi
+ be treated as a man.
= AS to the honesty of servants, have al
@ ways thought nine "indIfierent honest a
:, Hamlet IS. and yet should have beer
i very sorry hat the boy that bears this lei,
ter should Gnd my knife, or either of tw'
q little urchns that you see here about tht
yard, II dldn't take 1t, MASTER" Oor a ne
!, gro never stediO-"I didn't take it, sir,
> find [found] it," What virtue in term.
I Corporal Nym high professor and prac
-, titloner in The art of taking. says, "he wis
= call it CONVEY See Shakspear. neve
. knew but three mnlattoes whom ] believed
to be honest, and out Of near 500 | hav,
not q dozen slaves that will not take, or con
pey."
p John Is as honest MS you and ! are. 81
is old He,,y, knoD-and several of he
4 children, | believe. Queen is very honest
! she is too lady to steal. Juba is so, So
but not strictly honest; he is finder some
times, and can be trusted with anything
but money, with which he will buy vhs
key
, My best regards to Mrs NJ.
Truly yours, ]. r. Of Roanoke.
A bit of COMFORT for those in state Of
, single blessedness.
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