Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-03-03

O'Clock, and if havn't been two hours
here--how on earth shall we reach river
Philip tonight iii tell you what, Mr..
Flint, I'll leave the clock in your care till
return on my way to the States. III put it
agolng and put TO the right time"
AS soon as this operation was perform
ed, he delivered the key to the deacon, with
a serio comico injunction todvind the clock
up every Saturday night, which Mrs.
Flint said she would take CAM should be
done, and promised to remind Mr. husband
OF it, in case he should chance to forget it.
"That," said the clock-makeF,. as soon
as We were mounted--"that call 'hun.an
|natar.' Now that clock ID sold for 40 dol
lars, it cost me just 6 dollars and so cents.
Mrs. Flint will never let Mrs. Steel have
the refusal; nor will the deacon learn, un-
til call for the clock, that having once
INDUCED in the use of superfuity, how
difficult it is to give it up. We can do
without any article ofluxury we have ne
yer had, but when once obtained, it is not
in 'human nature to surrender it volunta-
rily. Of fifteen thousand sold by myself
and partners in this province, twelve
thousand were left in this manner, and on
ly ten clocks were ever returned--when
we called for them they invariably bought
them. We trust to soft Sascder,' to get
them in the house, and to 'human natur,'
that they never come out Of it,"
Go AHEAD.--When we resumed our
the clock-maker said, 81
guess we are the greatest nation on the
face Of the airth, and the most enlightened
too"
This was rather too arrogant to pass
and | was about replying that
whatever doubts there might be on that
subject, there could be none whatever that
they were the most modest, when he con-
tinued, "we 60 ahead" the Nova Scotians
go "astarn." Our ships 60 ahead of the
ships of other folks, our steamboats, beat
the British in speed, and so do our stage
coaches; and | reckon real right down
New York trotter might stump the uni
verse for going ahead. But since we in
.roduce the railroads, if we don't 90 "a
head, it's pity. We never knew fairly
what going the whole hog was till then
we actually went ahead OF ourselves, and
that's no easy matter | tell you. Ifthey
only had education here, they might learn
to do 80 too, but they don't know nothin.
"You undervalue them," said |, "they
have their colleges and acadmies, their
grammar schools and primary institutions,
and believe there are few among them
who cannot read and write"
81 guess all that's nothin," said he.--
'As for Latin and Greek, we don't valy It
4 cent; we teach it, and so we do painting
and music, beausc the English do, and we
ike to go ahead Of 'em even in them are
Kings. As for reading, it's we'll enough
or them that has nothing to do, and wri-
ing is plaguy apt to bring man to the
states prison, particularly if he writes his
lame like another man as to have it mis-
aiken for his'n. Cyphering is the thing
: man knows how to cypher, he is sure
y y 90 ,..iSh. We are calculating" peo-
ga horse that &e.,. :. .ho,a :
run back, and the more yos." su - aP. ~
aster he goes astarn. That's "a. the
way with the Nova Scotians; they have
been running back SO fast lately, that they
nave tumbled over bank or two, and near
y broke their necks; 81 now they've got up
ind shook themselves they swear their
lirty clothes and bloody noses are all ow-
ng to the banks. guess ifthey wont look a
read for the future, they'll larn to look be-
lind, & see ifthere'sa bank near hand 'em.
ga bear always goes down tree starn
foremost. He is a cunning critter, he
Knows tan't safe to carry heavy load
,ver his head, and his rump is so heavy,
le don't like to trust it over his'n, for fear
I might take a lurch and carry him heels
,ver head, to the ground; so he let his
tarn down first, and his head arter.
wish the blue noses would find as good an
excuse in their rumps for running back
wards as he has. But the bear 'cypherS,'
le knows how many pounds his hams
weigh, and he calculates if no carried
hem up in the air, they might be top hea-
~ for him.
fHf we had this province we'd 60 to
work, and 'cypher' right off. Halifax is
lothing without river or back country;
i'd nothing to nothing, and guess you
rave nothing still--add rail road to the
Bay Of Funday, and how much do you
,etP That requires cyphering--it will
,ost 100000 dollars, or 10000 pounds OF
your money--add for notions omitted IN
he addition column, one-third, and 1t
makes money-lOO,00o pounds. Interest
It five per cent. 5000 pounds year, now
urn over the slate and count up freight
make it upwards of 95, 900 pounds year.
f had you at the desk, I'D show you
,ill ofitems. Now comes 'substrdction'--
deduct cost Of engines, wear and tear, and
expenses, and what not, and reduce It Tor