Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-10-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Gentleman's Magazine.]
RETRENCHM M ENT.
A TALE OF OTHER CLIMEs, BUT SUITABLE
TO PRESENT TIMES.

A TALE OF OTHER CLIMEs, BUT SUITABLE
TO PRESENT TIMES.
Cut your coat according to the cloth,
is an old maxim and wise one; and il
people will only square their ideas accor-
ding to the circumstances, how much
happier we might all bel If we only
would come down peg or two in our
notions in accordance with our waning
fortunes, happiness would always be
within our reach. 1t is not what we
have, or what we have not, which adds
or subtracts from our felicity. 1t is the
longing for more than we have, the en-
wing of those who possess that more,
and the wish TO appear in the world, OF
more consequence than we really are,
which destroy our peace of mind, and e.
ventually lead to ruin.
never witnessed man submitting
to circumstances with good humor and
good sense, so remarkably as in my friend
Alexander Willemott. When | first met
him, since our school days, it was at the
close of the war: he had been large con-
tractor with government for army cloth
ing and accoutrements, though his ac-
counts were unsettled. Indeed, it was
said that they were so vast, that it would
employ the time of six clerks for two
years, to examine them, previous to the
balance sheet being struck. AS | lobser-
we'd, he had been at school with me, and
on my return from the East Indies, /
called on him to renew our old acquain-
tance, and congratulate him upon his
success.
"My dear Reynolds, am delighted to
see you. You must come down to Be-
lem Castle: Mrs. Willemott will receive
you with pleasure, ! am sure. You
shall see my two girls"
consented. The chaise stopped at a
splendid mansion, and was ushered in
by a crowd of livered servants. Eve
ry thing was on the most sumptuous and
magnificent scale. Having paid my re-
spects to the lady Of the house, retired
to dress, as dinner was nearly ready, it
being then half past seven o'clock. 1t
was eight before we sat down. To an
observation that made. expressing a
hope that | had not occasioned the din
ner being put off, Willcott replied, "on
the contrary, my dear Reynolds, we
never sit down until about this hour.
How people can dine at four or five
o'clock | cannot conceive, | could not
touch mouthful."
The dinner was excellent, and I paid it
the ecomiums which were its due.
"Do not be afraid, my dear fellow
my cook is an artiste ertraordinaire-a
regular Gordon Bleu You may eat a.
ny thing without fear Of Indigestion
How people can live upon English cook
cry of the present day,l cannot conceive.
| seldom dine out for fear of being poi
soned. Depend upon it, good cook
lengthens your days, and no price is too
great TO ensure one"
When the ladies retired, being alone
we entered into friendly conversation.
| expressed my admiration of his daugh-
ters, who certainly were very handsome
and elegant girls.
every true; they are more than pas
sable" replied he. "We have many Of
fers, but not such as come up to my ex-
pectations. Baronets are cheap now-a-
days, and Irish lords are nothings; |
hope to settle them comfortably. We
shall see. Try this claret; you'll find il