Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-15

circu'ar has put all TINS upstart eXtraNa'
gance in the heads of the gentry he de-
scrbes? DID the effort TO prevent the
conversion of the public lands into paper
incite the New York merchants to vie
with the European nobility in lheirmodes
Of living? Did il turn the heads Of those
who should have been business people,
and tempt them to convert the credit
system into system of extravaganza and
Iuxury, rs if men who have jus, obtained
confidence to enable themto pursue trade
for calling, had nothing to do hut to
appropriate all they had bought on credit
to enable ,hemt to ape the masnifeence
OF an Europ an hereditary nobility! If
the order cutting of credit and ernaDa>
gance from running wild in the lard, has
diverted it into this nobility mania among
the merchants, il is a lamentable ching
but as it could not be fprescen, ie must
be forgiven. But MIR. Webster has told
the New Yorkers that they must set the
example to the rest Of the Union. and we
suppose that the grand display recently
made is hut an onward assertion OF the
intellectual and political importance they
are about to assume over this republican
county.
'Amidst all the extravagance which
has marked the ent years Of prosper.
ity, in no brans of domestic economy has
;here been such mIscbievous prodigal'y.
as in regard to household servants, par"
titularly cooks and chamberInaids. Peo,
pie have been growing rich-weal,h has
been pouring into the lap Of enterprise
wave after wave, as it were, Of goid--un-
til, forgetful o. the admouiion that inches
often take to themselves wings and ny
away, our citizens have been giddy with
their prosperity, and have not even paus
ed 10 reflect upon the possibility OF any
reverse in their & rlunes. Young mer-
chants have built their castles. aud 'ur>
nished them like palaces, ard set up
their carriages, in shorter time than the
old ones were enabled 10 establish iheir
credit in. Ladies with families OF small
children must have DurSe for ench ot
them; together with cook. waiter, foot
man chambermaids. &c. to-lne llImber
Of small regiment; besides seN"'1g
their washing ~ u laundress. DsZz'ed
with their nlrrorE larger and more splen-
did than European princes can nhIrd 10
purchase" toiling in their coaches, or
seated upon thsT luxnrieus couches 81
crimson velvet, cnnlemp!a'i q ine rieh
mellow high, sieslIrg 'hio' the am lie folds
Il "A. i L. Al; ,Ntfr l4Ft h4V
had neither time nor heart ~ he- '~
upon their domestic dufp. Foregoing
that il Is Of more iaporiancc tof taay :;
know how to make pudding th'.h 10
play the guitar; aud forgetting also. tha-
a thoroughbred lady need never neg ect
the oversight of ncr k ,chen; bu, too
many e our ma,rons have liad FAR less
acquaintance with thar essent,A depart
m.nt Of the domici than Stth the cons
diion Of the pavement on the lashionsb'e
side of Broadway, aud 'hr hx'urs OF
Venables' crimson velyereens, aud stew
ar''s ohaIIys, figured muslln>, aud gros
denaps
" The consequences of tl,i' sac ct
thugs have been Of manitod evil
Amid ali these displays Of wealth and
luxury. wsg have been matters Of wlich
no thought has been taken. Those who
were living at the rate of ten, fifteen aud
twenty thousand dollars per annum, hnd
neither Tine nor occssio, 70 count sbll-
ings in SO small an ailnr as the wages
ol a cook or cliamberma,d, md iaey have
heen permitted 10 regulate their own
prices Their employe ers moreover. ia
king no thought OF Aeir Kitchens. have
left their domesiics TO work az much or
as little as they chose; and instead Of
insisting upon the performance Of their
duties ms matters Of right AID duly. they
have yelfa,iher aggravated the evil by
n ternale coaxlng and bribery. last
yea. we knew lady. in addition to the
most eA'ravagan, wages, To lavish pres
rnis Of lw eniy doilar shswis, and other
10, ses,es. We need no. add that this
year, the polished mirrors. aud Persian
carpets, and Parisian seitees and chair'.
and bedsieads, have been swept away by
the sig, ees,
"But no matter for The result Of the
exitavaRance. The catastrophe brings
no lesson 10 the spoiled servants. Az
cu~iomeda 10 exo,bllani wages, PLAIN
lvers, and house Keepers in modera,e
are unable to obtain do
mes'ics qualified Tor the proper dIscha,gs
Of their duties nt'any reasonable amount
of compensation. Aud when obtained.
their study is their own comfort and con
venience, rather than :he interests of their
employers. Their object ia 10 see how
little they can do, instead cf how much
and how well, and never was chi more
reluctant TO dip her font into water, than