Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-02-09

incest and best housewife ever saw. Not
| one drop OF water was ever suffered 20 stand
upon her sideboard, except what was in the
| pitcher: the house from cellar Ia garret, aud
in every part, as clean as hands could make
il, and every thing as il should be. 10 suit e.
ven my fastidious taste.
lived there after my bro,her's death, from
! 1876 to 1910 inclusive, and never did see
or smell any thing TO offend my senses, or
tumn, would defy you 10 find leaf or
feather in the yard. No poultry we're per-
milted to come into il, and we had no dirty
children, white or negro, TO make litter or
| filth. A strong enclosure of sawn plank
eight feet high, fenced in the kitchen, smoke
house, ice house, veal house, and wood house.
Gin which the wood for the use of the house
| was stacked away under lock and key The
| key aud hen houses were in the same en-
| closure, which had two doors, one next the
! dwelling house for the use of the mistress
and house servants, and one large enough TO
! admit wagon on the back orshorth side be-
yond which was built quarter, with two
brick chimnies, aud two rooms with FIRE
places, and four rooms without, for servants.
There was also (what had forgot,) a spin
Ming and weaving house.
AT night the dours of the enclosure were
sleep within il, although every one OF them
was in sound OF The lady's bell,
On one unhappy day in very hot and
damp spell of weather of long continuance,
piece of cold lamb was brought TO the table
that was spoiled-lhe first and last instance,
in nearly fifteen years, of the slightest neg
leci in household economy. ordered the
waiter 10 take il away, il being spoiled.
Mrs. X. resented this, and fatty contradict
ed me; and although the lamb absolutely
sf,inH, She ate part OF il 10 prove her words
true, and was affronted with me almost past
forgiveness. dare say that if had no, no
ticed The lamb, she might have given hint
TO the servant TO take il away but The honest
naked truth was not to be borne. We had
no company but Dudley and her younger
son, then schoolboys, and an Englishman
named Knowles, who acted as overseer or
steward, and dihed with US until he look 10
drink
Mrs. r. sioutly denied that the lamb could
be spoiled, because il had been boiled only
the day before, and had been in the ice house
ever since. admitted her facts, hut denied
her logic, ,rhich tras truly loomap's.
maintained that the highest evidence was
that OF the senses; that We must reason from
facts where we could get a, them: and il
was only where we could not, that twas fair
{" argue from probabilities thai the lamb
stunk, and therefore was not sound. This
she denied, ard 10 prove her words, actually
made shift 10 swallow half moutbful,
which under other circumstances she would
not have done for thousand dollars. So
much for the ladies'; charming creatures, the
salt of The earth, whom, like uacie Toby and
all other old bachelors, never could thor
oughly understand, for want of the kew of
matrimony, which alone CAT unlock their Sc.
crets and make plain Gas many a husband
| Can telD all the apparent contradictions IN
their characters.
Yes, SO much for the fairer and better part
OF creation, as from my soul believe them
10 he, but who, as the Waverley man says
OF Kings. are kittle cattle to shoe behind A nd
SO il ought TO be; for il is their poor and a!
most only privilege to Kick, while we roam
where we will, and they must sit until they
are asked. therefore am for UNFOLDING
them in all their own proper privileges, so
long as they don't incroach upon those of
men. A woman who unseres herself de.
serves TO be treated as man.
AS 10 the honesty of servants, have al.
ways thought mine indifferent honest" as
Hamlet says, and yet should have been
| very sorry that the boy that hears this letter
| should find my knife, or either of two little
urchins that you see here about The yard 81
did'nl take il, MASTER" for Negro nsyer
steais)-"1 didn't take ii, sir, fnd [lound]
it," What virtue in terms! Corporal Nym,
a high professor and practitioner ia the art of
taking, says, /" the aoise call it CONVEY"
See Shakespeare. never knew but three
mulaltoes whom believed TO he honcs: and
out OF near 300, have not dozen slaves that
will not take, or concey."
John is as honest as you and are. So is
nj LOT i Enn al n II. 81
dren, believe. Queen is very honest, she is
Too lazy TO steal. Juba is so, so-but not
strictly honest, he is finder sometimes, and
| Can be trusted with any thing but money,
with which he will buy wbiskey.
My bestregalds 10 Mrs M.
Truly yours, j. r. of Roanoke.