Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-03-15

New England. The deacon has D hund :
acres of dyke"-
Seventy" said the deacon, "only seven
"Well, seventy but then there il your
fine deep bottom, Why could run ramrod
into it,
"Iuierval. we call IT," said the descon,
who, taough evidently pleased ., this eulogi-
UNI, seemed 10 wish the experiment of the
ramrod 10 he tried in the right place.
"Well, interval, il you please, (ibough
Ohio, calls Them botioins, ) e just as good =.
idyke. Then there is that water privilege,
worth 5000 or 1000 dollars, twice as good as
what Governor Cass paid Is, 900 dollars for.
l wonder, deacon, you don't put up a cards
ing mill on il ; the same works would carry
a turning lathe, "a single machines circular
saw, grind bark and"-
Too old" said the deacon, "too old for
all these speculstions
''Old !" repeated the clock maker-''not
you; why you are worth half dozen Of
The young men we sec now. a.days; you are
young enough 10 have"-
Here he said something in lower tone of
voice, which did not distinctly hear but
whatever ii was, the deacon was pleased BE
smiled, and said he did not think OF such
things now.
"But your beasts, dear me, Your beasts
must be put ia and have feed saying
which, he went out 10 order them 10 be taken
TO the stable
AS the OLD gentleman closed the door after
him, Mr.. Slick drew near 10 me, and said in
an under tome
"That is what call soft sa,pdsr.' An
Englishman would pass that man as sheep
passes hog in pasture, without look ing at
him or, SAID he, looking rather archy, "if
he was mounted on pretty smart horse,
guess he'd trot away, Jhe could. Now
| 1nd''-
Here his "sotf sa,rder" was cut short by
the entrance of Mr.. Flint
Just come TO say good bye, Mrs. Flint"
"What have you sold all your clocks?''
Eyes, and very low, too, for money is
| scarce and wished 10 cese the consarn-no,
am wrong In saying all, for have just one
LETT Neighbor Steers vile asked TO have
The refusal of it, but guess won't sell ii.
had but two OF them, this one and the feller
| TO 1t, that sold Governor Lincoln. Gen.
Greene, the Secretary of State for Maine,
said he'd give me so dollars for this here one:
II has composition wheels and patent axles-
IT Is beautiful ariicle-a real first ch0p-no
mIstake-genune superfpe; but guessPll
take II back. And beside, squire Hawk
might think kinder hard, that did not give
him the Offer
"Dear me-" said Mrs Flint, eel should
like TO see it-where is il 20
at is in chest of mine, over the way, al
Tom Tapes store +; guess he can ship it on
to Esstport,"
THAT'S good man." said Mrs Flint,
| Jest let's look at il"
| Mr. CIicIy ,y;tl,nu q. abi;-o .,;olJoJ a.
these enlreaties, and soon produced the clock
"a gaudy, highly vanished, trumpery look
ing affair. He placed it on the chimney
piece, where its beauties were pointed out,
and duly appreciated by Mrs. Flint. whose
admiration was about ending in e proposal,
when MIR. Flint returned from giving his
directions about the care of the horses The
deacon praised the Clock-he too thought il
handsome one; but the deacon was pru
dent man. He had a watch-he was sorry,
but he had no occasion for a clock
| 81 guess you're in the wrong furrow, this
time, deacon it amt for SALE" said Mr..
Slick "and il il was, | reckon neighbor
Steel'S wife would have it, for she gives me
no peace about it.'
"Mrs Flint said, that M. Steel had G.
nough TO do, poor man, TO pay his interest,
without buying clocks for his wife
"lis no consarn Of mine," said Mr.. Slick +,
''as long as he pays me what he has to do !;
but guess don't want to sell it-.and be-
sides, i. comes too high that clock can't be
made al Rhode Island under $40. Why it
amt possible, said The clock maker, in appa-
rent surprise, looking at his watch, "why, as
I'm alive, il is 4o'clock, and if hav'nt been
two hours here how on airth shall reach
river Philip TO night? III Tell you what,
Mrs. Flint, I'll leave the clock in your care
till return on my way to the States I'll
set it agoing and put it TO the right time"
AS soon as this operation was performed,
he delivered the key TO the deacon, with q
sort OF serio. comiCo Injunction To wind up
the clock every Saturday night, which Mrs.
Flint said she would take care should be done,
and promised 10 remind her husband Of in
case he should chance to forget it.
That" said The clock maker, as soon az
we were mounted-"ihat call human ma
tur.' Now that clock is sold for $40; it cost
me just dollars and so cents Mrs Flint
J will never let Mrs. Steel have the REFUSAL
nor will The deacon learn, until call for the
clock, that having once INDUCED IN the use
OF a superfluity, how difficult it is TO give IT
up. We can do without any article ofIuxu-
~ we have never had, but when once OBJ
tanned, it is not in human natur' TO surren-
der il voluntarily OF fifteen thousand sold
by myself and partners in this province
twelve thousand we're left in this manner,
and only len clocks were TetUrned-when we
called for them, they invariably boughtihem.
We trust TO soft saWder' TO get them into
the house, and TO human ndtur' that they
never come out of IT,"