Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-03-16

In every community there few pessons
who belong to that class Of society, apo
sitely termed-spuagers.
The word spunger has very general mean
ing, and may properly include those indivi-
duals denominated lofers and FOUNDERS, as well
as those whom its own significant term embTa-
ces- IN present remarks about spungers,
we do not intend 10 treat Of loafers or FOUNDERS,
but only OF the s'sps1ager''--the true, genuine
and unadliterated -ssplsager.n We had some
idea Of endeayoring TO trace The generology Of
spungers, but have abandoned the thought a.
they would not feel sufficient interest in their
own history and the history OF their most W orthy
ancestry, to pay for the labor of the conpila-
ton, but would probably strive to s.spl1syc,s for
copy Of the history, and not even give a
spnngers' thanks therefor. But we have con-
Guided to pursue different course, and will
content ourselves with noticing the s'spsangers'
who .-sp,g,ge7' upon US, and hope that this
sD,e,lgi,sg', notice viii '-er7paage'' all of them
from this Office
OF the various kinds Of ..sptagtrs,'' we think
the one who '.spuages'' upon the printer is the
worst, for printers are prov erbiaIIy the poorest
people in the world. and less able to bear the
loss-to have all the means upon which they
subsist, sucked up and used By some dry
.'sp1nge'' who has no claims upon him, in any
shape or form.
But there are two kind Of ''speagers'' upon
printers-one a bold and fearless s.spznger'7-
the other, the mild, sweet, mplacent-s.sprsr,-
ger-'' The first comes into the Office and de-
Baands paper of the printer--as highwayman
would the purse of traveller, holding that it
is the property Of as much as the other.
The s'B,ild'' ..splmger'' asks for paper with
so much humility and meekness, and accom-
panes the request with such '.seft'' and 'stria-
gsiag'' smile that hard indeed must be the heart
that could answer ".No.n W. printers could
get along tolerably well, if it were not for this
last class of s.sp1sgers'' = for after we have
bestowed upon them paper, they must posi-
lively occupy the printers attention for half
an hour .s.fh their foolish chit chat, by way of
remuneration for ones courtesy, and with he
view, also, of letting Us know what deylish
clever, amiable, good fellows they are. Now
we wish all the 'sp,sagcrs'' of this class-if this
.'5pmging'' article should meet their eye-to
know that TO .'take'' our paper without paying
for it, is hard enough upon US, and that our suE-
ferings are intolerable, when they talk us out
of the news as well as read it out of our paper
gratis.
Now. we wish it known TO all ''spaagcrs''
that we cannot afford to be ''spaaqged'' out of
both our time and our paper, and that if they
viii only signify their desire to US, we viii tax
upon ourselyes-however poor we may be-to
place their names upon list, and send them
their paper to whatever point or place they
may designate, and all the compensation we
VIII ask is, that their names are not 10 be plac-
I'd on our subscription list, and that VIC may be
permitted to publish the list-when we please
and that we be permitted to call it the
'Mendicant Sp"ngers List"