Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-05-14

dear aloF, and bll large n1oukhfuI out
Of bis leli leg, while the good, horror.
stricken Doctor, suffered the bottle Of
newly invented fish sauce, to fall from bis
hand and be smashed to pieces on the
door. Now. dearest Indy Susan con.
slider Whit must have been my feelings
did You ecsr 0cI scene
a TIRESOME GUEST
ssaE SITS, AND Will FoREveR SIT z
There IS belonging % the race of human
Biped, sort of troublesome beings who
setting no value on their own time, care
little how much they trespass upon That Of
their more industrious neighbors. They
are q sort Of stay for every person, who
having talked over the whole world at one
sitting, commence again and talk il over
anew from beginning to end before they
are ready 10 take their leave. Ia word.
they sit. and sit, and sit, long enough to full
" justify the motto we have just quoted.
Beside their disposition to hang on, there's
generally about these persons wonderful
hebetude, a slowness in taking hint, I'M
paralleled with the rest of the human race
To give a single instance Of this sitting
propensity, we will introduce the story Of
plain spoken old lady, from the land Of
steady habits.
81 never seed the beat of that ere Cap.
tain Spinout,' said she; "would you be-
lieve it. he called at our house last night
Just as bed done milking, and wanted TO
borrow my brass kettle for his wife to
make apple sauce in. Dyes, says |, she.
may have it and welcome, Captain Spinout,
and went directly and fetched it out Of
the back room, and set It down beside him.
Well, presently our tea was ready, and /
could at do no more than ak him to take
tea with us. o no, he said, he could Mt
stay minute but however, he concluded
he d take a drink Of cider with my hus-
band, and SO he did. Well, after + d done
tea, took my knitting work, and sot down
till | rather thought it high time all honest
people should be a bed. But Captain
Spinout had forgot his hurry, and there be
was still settin and talkin with my husband,
as fast as ever. hate above all things to
be rude. But could mt help hintin to the
Captain that it was GROWN late, and may
be his wife was waitin for the kettle-But
he did Mt seem to take the hint at all
there he sot, and sot, and sot, and sot.
Flndin that words wouldn't have any eff
feet, next rolled up my knittin work, sol
back the cheers, and told the gals it was
time to go to bed. But the Captin didn't
mind it any more than if it had been the
bite ofa aea-but there he sot, and sot and
sot.
Well, next / pulled off my shoes, roast-
ed my feet, as / commonly do list afore
goin to bed, but the Captin didn't mind il
no more than nothin at all-there he sok
and sot, and sot.
then kivered up the fire, and thought
be couldn't help takin the hint; but law
me, he didn't take no notice ont at all--not
the lesst grain in the world--but there he
sot, and sot, and sot.
Thinks ], you're pretty slow at takin a
hint, Captain Spinout so ] sed sort o.
plainly, that thought it was bed time
speakin always to my husband-but jist
so as thought the Captin couldn't help
takin to himself la he didn't 60 at all
for there he sot, and .sot, anil sot.
Seem there war'nt no likelihood of bis
goin' home, axed him if he wouldn't stay
all night. o no, he sed, he could't posi-.
bly, stop mint so seem there warn't no
use in sayin' anything, went TO bed. But
lame would you think il, when got up
IN the mornin, as true as you're alive. there.
was Captin Spinout settin iist where LEFT
him the night before--and there,s conclu.
ded the old lady, lifting up hands in a des.
pairing attitude" and there he sot, and
sot, and sot!
CHERISH THE UNIoN.-The following
paragraph has been quoted from the IN
published papers of JAMES MADISON. As
the advice nearest the heart ofso venerable
sage, and SO true patriot. il Is enin.
emily worthy the attention Of the Ameri
can people:
sADVIcE TO ny CoUNTRY. this
advice, fit ever see the light win not do i
till am no more; il may be considered as
issuing from the tomb. where truth alone
can Be respected, and the happiness Gilman
alone consulted. It will be entitled, there.
fore, to whatever weight can Be derived
from good intentions and from the expe
ence ST one who has served his CounlrsI b
various stations through period 6 forty
years I'd espoused b ms youth, md &
heFed through life. "a The cause 0f is liber-
81. and who has borne 4 psrf in most Of
ercai transactions which win constitute
anorfs 81 It's DESTINY